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1 Zhu Mao Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Education: Princeton University Ph.D. Gepphysics 2009 M.S. Geophysics 2006 University of Science and Technology of China B. S. Geophysics 2004 Research experience: Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Texas, Austin Post-doctoral research fellow, University of California, Los Angeles Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Texas, Austin Graduate student, Mineral Physics Group, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Undergraduate researcher, Rock Mechanics Laboratory, USTC Teaching experience: Teaching assistant for undergraduate courses at Princeton University: ENV202A: Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Climate, Air Pollution, Toxics, and Water, Spring 2008 GEO207: A Guided Tour of the Solar System, Fall 2007, Fall 2005 GEO210: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Hazards, Spring 2007 Activities and Memberships: Convener for MR13, Spin Crossover in Earth s Deep Interior, 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Student Representative to Program Committee, COMPRES Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June, 2008 Member, American Geophysical Union Member, Mineralogical Society of America Review for Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, American Mineralogist, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Progress in Natural Science Laboratory Skills and Experience: Diamond anvil cells, laser heating, synchrotron x-ray diffraction, Brillouin spectroscopy, synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy, synchrotron high-energy resolution inelastic x-ray scattering, synchrotron radial X-ray diffraction, synchrotron x-ray emission, synchrotron resonant x-ray emission, Raman spectroscopy, externally-heating diamond anvil cell

2 Awards: Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship, Princeton University, Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 2007 Centennial fellowship, Princeton University, Excellent Undergraduate Dissertation, USTC, 2004 Outstanding undergraduate, USTC, 2004 Panasonic Electronics Talent student Foundation scholarship, USTC, Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC, Zhang Zongzhi Sci-Tech Scholarship, USTC, Publications 21. Mao. Z., J.-F. Lin, J. Liu, A. Alatas, L. Gao, J. Zhao and H. K. Mao (2012), Sound velocity of hcp-fe and Fe-Si alloy in the Earth s core, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, Mao. Z., J. F. Lin, S. D. Jacobsen, T. S. Duffy, Y-Y. Chang, J. R. Smyth, D. J. Frost, E. Hauri, and V. B. Prakapenka (2012), Sound velocities of hydrous ringwoodite to 16 GPa and 673 K,, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, , Xie, M., R. Mohammadi, Z. Mao., M. M. Armentrout, A. Kavner, R. B. Kaner and S. H. Tolbert (2012), Exploring the high pressure behavior of superhard tungsten tetraboride, Physical Review B, 85, Lin, J. F., E. E. Alp, Z. Mao, T. Inoue, C. McCammon, Y. Xiao, P. Chow and J. Zhao (2012), Electronic spin and valence states of Iron in the lower-mantle silicate perovskite by synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, Mao. Z., J. F. Lin, J. Liu, and V. B. Prakapenka (2011), Thermal equation of state of lower-mantle ferropericlase across the spin crossover, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, doi: /2011gl Mao. Z., M. Armentrout, E. Rainey, A. Kavner, C. Manning, D. Hickmott, P. Dera and V. B. Prakapenka (2011), Dolomite-III, A new candidate lower mantle carbonate, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L22303, doi: /2011gl Mao. Z., J.-F. Lin, H. P. Scott, H. C. Watson, V. B. Prakapenka, Y. Xiao and P. Chow (2011), Iron-rich perovskite in the Earth s lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 309, Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost and T. S. Duffy (2011), Effect of hydration on the single-crystal elasticity of Fe-bearing wadsleyite to 12 GPa, American Mineralogist, 96, Mao. Z., S. M. Dorfman, S. Shieh, J.-F. Lin, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka and T. S. Duffy (2011), Equation of state of a new high-pressure phase of Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12, Physical Review B, 83, Mao. Z., L.-F. Lin, C. Jacobs, H. C. Watson, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, E. E. Alp, and V. B. Prakapenka (2010), Electronic spin and valence states of Fe in CaIrO 3 -type silicate post-perovskite in the Earth's lowermost mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost and T. S. Duffy (2010), Velocity crossover between hydrous and anhydrous forsterite at high pressures, Earth and

3 Planetary Science Letters, 293, Lin. J.-F., Z. Mao, H. Yavas, J. Zhan and L. Dubrovinsky (2010), Shear wave anisotropy of textured hcp-fe in earth s core, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298, Lin. J.-F., Z. Mao, I. Jarrige, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, T. Okuchi, N. Hiraoka and S. D. Jacobsen (2010), Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures, American Mineralogist, 95, Dorfman, S. M., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, A. Kubo, Y. Meng, V. Prakapenka, and T. S. Duffy (2010), Phase transitions and equations of state of alkaline earth fluorides CaF 2, SrF 2, and BaF 2 to Mbar pressures, Phys. Rev. B, 81, Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy (2008), Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite at high pressures: Implications for Earth s transition zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L Speziale. S., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, P. J. M. Monteiro, H. R. Wenk, T. S. Duffy, F. Schilling (2008), Single-crystal elastic constants of natural ettringite, Cement and Concrete Research, 38, Jacobsen. S. D., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, T. S. Duffy, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl and D. J. Frost (2008), Effects of hydration on the elastic properties of olivine, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L Mao, Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost, and T. S. Duffy (2008), Single-crystal elasticity of wadsleyites, β-mg 2 SiO 4, containing wt% H 2 O, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 266, Mao, Z., F. Jiang, and T. S. Duffy (2007), Single-crystal elasticity of zoisite, Ca 2 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 92, Shi X., Y. Hu., Z. Mao., S. Li., C. Zhao, F. Shi., D. Shao., C. Jiang., and S. Qiao (2005), Vertical Deformation Inversion of Magma Activity in Tengchong area, Journal of Seismological Research, 28, (in Chinese). 1. Shi X., Y. Hu., Z. Mao., C. Zhao, F. Shi., and D. Shao (2004), Application of fault model in vertical deformation and gravity analyses in Tengchong volcanic area, Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, 24, (in Chinese). Abstracts Mao. Z., J.-F. Lin, A. Alatas, H. Yavas, J. Zhao and L. S. Dubrovinsky, Elasticity of hcp-fe in the Earth s inner core, EoS Trans.AGU Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR23A-2013, 2010 Mao, Z., J.-F. Lin and J. Liu, Electronic spin and valence states of iron in lower-mantle perovskite and post-perovskite, EoS Trans.AGU Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR13A-1912, 2010 Wang, J., Z. Mao, F. Jiang and T. S. Duffy, Elasticity of single-crystal quartz to 10 GPa, EoS Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR31A-1974, 2010 Lin, J-F., Z. Mao, Iron-rich perovskite and post-pervoskite in the lower mantle, EoS Trans.AGU Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR24A-01, 2010 Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, and T. S. Duffy, Effects of hydration on the velocity structure of the Earth s upper mantle and transition zone (Invited), EoS Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI43A-04, 2009 Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Elastic properties of Fe-bearing wadsleyite at high pressures, EoS Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract

4 DI12A-01, 2009 Wang. J., Z. Mao, S. M. Dorfman, V. Prakapenka, and T. S. Duffy, Phase transitions and equation of Yttrium Iron Garnet at high pressures, EoS Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR13A-1670, 2009 Mao. Z., S. M. Dorfman, S. Shieh, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka and T. S. Duffy, High-pressure phase of Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12 : A new superhard solid? CDAC winter workshop, 2009 Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Sound velocity crossover of hydrated olivine at high pressures, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13C-1971, Dorfman, S. M., Z. Mao, S. R. Shieh, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka, and T. S. Duffy, Synthesis and equation of state of perovskites in the Mg 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 - Fe 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 system, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR43B-01, Xie, L., Z. Mao, S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal elasticity of wadsleyite with 1.7 wt % H 2 O to 11 GPa by Brillouin scattering, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI23A-1751, Jacobsen, S. D., S. van der Lee, C. M. Holl, Z. Mao, F. Jiang, T. S. Duffy and J. R. Smyth, Effects of hydration on the elastic properties of transition zone minerals, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI13C-02, Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Hydration of olivine increases sound velocities at high pressures, COMPRES Annual Meeting, Mao, Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Elasticity of Hydrous Olivine Polymorphs: Implications for Seismic Structure of the Transition Zone, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI51B-07, Mao, Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite to 12 GPa, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR52A-05, Dorfman, S. M., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, A. Kubo, V. Prakapenka, and T. S. Duffy, Phase transitions and equations of state of alkaline earth fluorides CaF 2 and SrF 2 to 95 GPa, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR43C-1522, Mao. Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite and implication for the Earth s transition zone, Virtual Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Materials, Univeristy of Minnesota, Mao, Z., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite at high pressures and its implication for the earth s transition zone, COMPRES Annual Meeting, 2007 Dorfman, S. M., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, A. Kubo, and T. S. Duffy, Phase transitions and equations of state of alkaline earth fluorides CaF2 and SrF2 to 95 GPa, COMPRES Annual Meeting, Mao, Z., F. Jiang, S. D. Jacobsen, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite by Brillouin scattering, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR14A-08, Speziale, S., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, P. J. Monteiro, H. Wenk, T. S. Duffy, and F. Schilling, Single-Crystal Elasticity of Ettringite at ambient conditions, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11B-0117, 2006.

5 Jacobsen, S. D., F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, Z. Mao, C. M. Holl, and D. J. Frost, Sound velocities of hydrous olivine and the effects of water on the equation of state of nominally anhydrous minerals, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53F-03, Mao, Z., F. Jiang., and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal Elasticity of Zoisite Ca 2 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH) by Brillouin Scattering, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR44A-08, Mao, Z., F. Jiang., and T. S. Duffy, Single-crystal Elasticity of Zoisite Ca 2 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH) by Brillouin Scattering, COMPRES Annual Meeting, 2005

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