Dr. Alex Ruzicka  Assistant Professor EMail: RuzickaA@pdx.edu Homepage: http://web.pdx.edu/~ruzickaa/ CV: http://web.pdx.edu/~ruzickaa/vita.htm Phone: 503.725.3372 Fax: 503.725.3025

 

• Ph.D., University of Arizona, Planetary Sciences, 1996.
• M.S., S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Earth and Space Sciences, 1988.
• B.S., University of Minnesota, Geology, 1982.
• B.S., University of Minnesota, Geophysics, 1982.

Courses Taught:

• G201 Physical Geology I
• G202 Physical Geology II
• G203 Historical Geology
• G445/545 Geochemistry
• G446/546 Meteorites
• G456/556 Astrogeology
• UNST232 UNST299 Global Environmental Change
• UNST151,152,153 Chaos and Community
• UNST421 Geology of the Northern Basin and Range 

Research Interests:

Meteorites, Planetary Science, Cosmochemistry, Geochemistry.

Research Themes:

• Differentiation in asteroidal bodies
• Solar nebula processes
• Extent and role of collisions and shock metamorphism in the early solar system

Extracurricular Activities: 

Hiking, photography (landscape/portraits), gardening, Cascadia Meteorite Lab (ok, kind of curricular), and last (but you can be sure not least) the Dynamic Duo (Catherine & Christopher).