Lars Ehm
Associate Professor
Geosciences
Focus: Crystallography, Mineralogy, Mineral Physics

Diploma, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2000
Dr. rer. nat., Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science, 2003-2005
Postdoctoral Associate, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, 2005-2007
Research Faculty, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, 2007-2018
Faculty member at Stony Brook since 2018
Professor Ehm’s research interests are the structure-property relationships of Earth Materials at extreme conditions. A detailed description of his research interests and activities may be found on his research website.
Selected Publications:
Chen, G. D. Gwanmesia, L. Ehm, C. Le Losqe, D.R.Neuville, B.L.Phillips, B. Li, R.C.
Liebermann. Synthesis and characterization of polycrystalline KAlSi3O8 hollandite
[liebermannite]: Sound velocities vs. pressure to 13 GPa at room temperature. Comptes
Redus Geoscience, in press.
Sims, S.J. Jaret, E.R. Carl, B. Rhymer, N. Schrodt, V. Mohrrholz, J. Smith, Z. Konopkova,
H.P. Liermann, T.D. Glotch, and L. Ehm. Pressure-induced amorphization in plagioclase
feldspars: A time-resolved powder diffraction study during rapid compression. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, 517:166-174, 2019.
S.S. Lonabov, J.A. Daly, A.F. Goncharov, X.J. Chan. S.K. Ghose, H. Zhong, L. Ehm,
T. Kim, and J.B. Parise. Iodine in Metal-Organic Frameworks at High Pressure. Journal
of Physical Chemistry A, 122:6109-6117, 2018.
E.-R. Carl, H.-P. Liermann, L. Ehm, A. Danilewsky, and T. Kenkmann. Phase transitions
of α‐quartz at elevated temperatures under dynamic compression using a membrane‐driven
diamond anvil cell: Clues to impact cratering? Meteoritics and Planetary Science,
52:1465-1474, 2018.
James, M. Esfahani, W.R. Woerner, A. Sinclair, L. Ehm, A.R. Oganov, and J.B. Parise,
Theoretical and Experimental Investigations into Novel Oxynitride Discovery in the
GaN-TiO2System at High Pressure. Crystals 8:15, 2018
E.-R. Carl, U. Mansfeld, H.-P. Liermann, A. Danilewsky, F. Langenhorst, L. Ehm, G.
Trullenque, and T. Kenkmann. High-pressure phase transitions of α-quartz under nonhydrostatic
dynamic conditions: A reconnaissance study at PETRA III. Meteoritics and Planetary
Science, 52:1465-1474, 2017.