Benjamin GilbertProfile page
ASSOC ADJ PROF-AY
Geochemistry Dept
- ASSOC ADJ PROF-AYGeochemistry Dept
BIO
Benjamin Gilbert obtained a B.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University in 1994 and a Ph.D. from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2000. His graduate research was based upon synchrotron x-ray spectromicroscopy studies at the Synchrotron Radiation Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, for which he received the SRC Aladdin Lamp Award. He performed post-doctoral research at UW – Madison and the University of California at Berkeley.
In 2004, he joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and founded (with colleagues Jill Banfield and Glenn Waychunas) the Berkeley Nanogeoscience Center. In April 2007, he was promoted to a career scientist position.
In 2004, he joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and founded (with colleagues Jill Banfield and Glenn Waychunas) the Berkeley Nanogeoscience Center. In April 2007, he was promoted to a career scientist position.
LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS
- Earth Senior ScientistGO Geochemistry Dept, Energy Geosciences, Earth&Envmntal Sciences, Berkeley, CA, USA27 Jun 2002 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Postdoctoral Research ScholarUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States2001 - 2003
- Postdoctoral Research ScholarUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States1999 - 2001
- Research AssistantUniversity of Cambridge, Institute of Biotechnology, Cambridge, United Kingdom1993 - 1994
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Scientific ConsultantNeotronics, Ltd., United Kingdom1994 - 1994
DEGREES
- PhDÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland1995 - 1999
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Leadership ProgramUniversity of California, Berkeley, Center for Executive Education, Berkeley, United States2011
AREA
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
DIVISION
- Energy Geosciences