M.

Elise Rumpf
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
61 Route 9W, Seismology 201F
Palisades, NY 10964
Tel: (808) 366-8970
erumpf@ldeo.columbia.edu

Education
Ph.D.
Certificate
B.S.
B.A.
Minor

Geology and Geophysics, May 2014, University of Hawaii at Mnoa, Honolulu, HI.
(GPA 3.87/4.00)
Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, May 2014, University of
Hawaii at Mnoa, Honolulu, HI.
Physics, August 2007, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Geology, August 2007, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Mathematics, August 2007, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
(GPA 3.81/4.00)

Research Experience
2015
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
University, New York, NY. Mentor: Einat Lev,
Engineered and executed experiments examining lava-substrate interactions
using analog materials, at the LDEO Fluid Mechanics Lab., and using molten
basalt, at the Syracuse University Lava Project Facilities.
Completed field campaigns in Iceland and Chile to investigate lava flow
morphology and emplacement mechanics using UAV imaging and sample
collection.
2007 2014 Graduate Assistant, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of
Hawaii at Mnoa, Honolulu, HI. Advisor: Sarah A. Fagents.
Developed field and laboratory experiments and numerical models to measure
and simulate lava-regolith heat transfer.
Used satellite-based data sets to classify and compare lunar and terrestrial basalt
flow morphologies.
Conducted fieldwork on Oahu, Hawaii, to ground-truth satellite interpretations of
layered lava flow sequences in valley walls.
2006
Summer Intern, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. Advisor: Patrick J.
McGovern.
Implemented computer based models to investigate the influence of volcano
shape and lithospheric flexure on magma ascent and tectonic environment at
large volcanoes on Venus.
2005
Summer Intern, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Advisor: Robert
R. Herrick.
Investigated the geologic histories of several large impact craters on the surface
of Venus using radar images and topographic data collected during the Magellan
mission.

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Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
University of Hawaii at Mnoa
Introductory Geology Laboratory (GG 101L, 2013)
Mineralogy Laboratory (GG 301L, 2013)
Metamorphic Petrology Laboratory (GG 302L, 2014)
Geomathematics (GG/OCN 312, 2008 & 2012)
State University of New York at Buffalo
College Physics II Laboratory (PHY152, 2004)
General Physics II Laboratory (PHY158, 2005)
Freshman Honors Colloquium (UE102SEM, 2003)
Guest Lecturer
University of Hawaii at Mnoa
Geological Hazards (GG130, 2012)
Disaster Management: Hazards (PLAN 671, 2012)
Tutor
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Athletics (2003-05)
Shared Interest Housing Honors Corps (2003-05)

Field and Cruise Experience

2016
4-week investigation of popping rocks and seafloor basalt morphologies utilizing
HOV Alvin and AUV Sentry R/V Atlantis, Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
2016
UAV imaging and classification of lava flow morphology and mentoring students in
the field Quizapu Volcano, Chile.
2015
UAV imaging and classification of basalt flow morphology and substrate types
Laki and Holuhraun, Iceland.
2013 2014
Measurement and classification of basalt flow sequences in valley walls various
locations, Oahu, Hawaii.
2010 2012
Investigation into heat transfer from an active lava flow into substrate Klauea
Volcano, Hawaii.
2009
University of Hawaii Explosive Volcanology Field Course North Island, New
Zealand.
2008
Investigation of debris flow emplacement history Ruapehu Volcano, New
Zealand.
2008
Investigation of lava channel morphology Klauea Volcano, Hawaii.
2007
University at Buffalo Geology Field Course Utah, Colorado, Wyoming.
2005
Installation and maintenance of seismometers North Slope, Alaska.

Awards and Honors

2015 present Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation.
2012
Fred M. Bullard Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of Hawaii.
2011
Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, University of Hawaii.
2011
European Geosciences Union Keith Runcorn Travel Award
2010
First Place, Student Poster Competition, Lunar Science Forum, San Jose, CA.

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Curriculum Vitae

Awards and Honors, Cont.

2009 2014
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation.
2009
Kleinman Grant for Volcano Research, U.S. Geological Survey.
2007 2008
Earth and Planetary Science Fellowship, University of Hawaii.
2007
Outstanding Geology Student, Department of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo.
2006
Geology Dept. Pegrum Prof. Development Scholarship, SUNY at Buffalo.
2005
Honors Program Research and Creative Activities Grant, SUNY at Buffalo.
2004 2006
Physics Department Sekula Scholarship, SUNY at Buffalo.
2002 2007
Deans List, 2002 - 2007 (overall cumulative GPA = 3.81/4.00)
2006
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Nominee, SUNY at Buffalo.
2002 2007
Distinguished Honors Scholar, SUNY at Buffalo.
Relevant Skills
Computers: Operating Systems: Mac OS, Unix, Windows
Languages: MATLAB
Software: ArcGIS, Microsoft Office Applications, Adobe Illustrator,
PHOENICS CFD Software, ExaminIR, AgiSoft PhotoScan
Languages: Conversational French
SCUBA Certified for Open Water, National Association of Underwater Instructors
Operation of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) cameras
Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Completion of the Classroom and Practicum Components of Fundamentals of Teaching Course
offered by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Columbia University, 2015.

Mentorship Experience
2015 present Mentor, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates & Columbia University
Work-Study Program, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
2011 2014
Graduate Mentor, NASA Space Grant Program, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
and Planetology.

Synergistic Activities
2016
Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House, Columbia University.
2016
Scientist, World Science Festival, New York City.
2016
Guest Blogger, Red Rover, Popping Rocks Cruise Website, WHOI.
2015 present Postdoctoral Representative, Campus Life Committee, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory.
2015
Expert, Physics Buzz Podcast: Lava in the Lab, Physics Central podcast.
2012 2013
Team Captain, Team Geology Rocks, Relay for Life of University of Hawai`i at
Mnoa.
2012
Expert, Ph.Detours Episode 1: LAVA!!, Ph.D. (Piled Higher and Deeper) Comics
web video series, Klauea Volcano, Hawaii.
2008 2012
Graduate Representative, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, University of Hawaii.
2008
Event Supervisor, Hawai`i State Science Olympiad, Windward Community
College.
2007 2013
Open House Volunteer, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
University of Hawaii.
2004 2005
Floor Leader, Shared Interest Housing Honors Corps, SUNY at Buffalo.
2004
Project Volunteer, Uganda Village Project, Iganga District, Uganda.

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Curriculum Vitae

Presentations
Lava-Substrate Interactions: Field and Experimental Investigations, Hawaiian Volcano
Observatory, Volcano, Hawaii, September 20, 2016.
Lava-Substrate Interactions: Field and Experimental Investigations, Cascades Volcano
Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, April 18, 2016.
Planetary Volcanology: Studying the Physics of Lava Flows Across the Solar System, (invited)
American Physical Society Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Black Hills State
University, Spearfish, South Dakota, January 16, 2016.
Thicknesses of Lunar Lava Flows: Comparison of Layered Mare Units with Terrestrial Analogs,
(invited) Fall Seminar, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural
History, October 15, 2015.
"Thicknesses of Lunar Lava Flows: Comparison of Layered Mare Units with Terrestrial Analogs,"
MGG-SGT Seminar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, October 7, 2015.
Satellites, Kiawe, and the Moon: Adventures in Classifying Lava Flows, TGIF Seminar Series:
Fred M. Bullard Graduate Fellowship Seminar, Department of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Hawai`i at Mnoa, November 8, 2013.
Lava-Substrate Heat Transfer: Terrestrial and Lunar Investigations, Jack Kleinman Fellowship
Seminar Series, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Volcano, Hawai`i, February 15, 2013.
Investigating lava-substrate heat transfer on the Moon, Planetary Seminar Series, Hawai`i Institute
of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai`i at Mnoa, April 25, 2012.
A Lunar Rosetta Stone: Deciphering the History of the Early Solar System, Hawai`i Space Lecture
Series, Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai`i at Mnoa, April 27,
2010.
Lava-Substrate Heat Interactions: Implications Toward the Discovery of a Lunar Rosetta Stone,
Planetary Seminar Series, Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai`i
at Mnoa, April 14, 2010.
Publications
Rumpf, M. E., and E. Lev (in preparation), Investigating Lava-Substrate Interactions Through
Analog and Basalt Pour Experiments, Bulletin of Volcanology.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, and C. W. Hamilton (in preparation), Experimental Measurements of
Lava-Substrate Heat Transfer, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
Rumpf, M. E., H. Needham, and S. A. Fagents, (in review), Thicknesses of Lunar Lava Flows:
Comparison of Layered Mare Units with Terrestrial Analogs, Icarus.
McGovern, P. J., E. B. Grosfils, G. A. Galgana, J. K. Morgan, M. E. Rumpf, J. R. Smith, and J. R.
Zimbelman (2014), Lithospheric Flexure and Volcano Basal Boundary Conditions: Keys to the
Structural Evolution of Large Volcanic Edifices on the Terrestrial Planets, Geological Society of
London Special Publication on Volcanism and Tectonism in the Solar System,
doi: 10.1144/SP401.7.
McGovern, P., M. E. Rumpf, and J. Zimbelman (2013), The influence of lithospheric flexure at large
volcanoes on Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2013JE004455.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, I. A. Crawford, and K. H. Joy (2013), Numerical modeling of lavaregolith heat transfer on the Moon and implications for the preservation of implanted volatiles,
Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 118, 382-397, doi: 10.1029/2012JE004131.
Herrick, R. R., and M. E. Rumpf (2011), Postimpact modification by volcanic or tectonic processes
as the rule, not the exception, for Venusian craters, J. Geophys. Res., 116, E02004,
doi:10.1029/2010JE003722.
Crawford, I.A., Fagents, S. A., K. H. Joy and M. E. Rumpf (2010), Lunar Palaeoregolith Deposits as
Recorders of the Galactic Environment of the Solar System and Implications for Astrobiology,
Earth, Moon and Planets, 107, 75-85.

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Curriculum Vitae

Fagents, S. A., M. E. Rumpf, I.A. Crawford, and K. H. Joy (2010), Regolith heating by lunar mare
lava flows: Implications for the preservation potential of implanted extra-lunar volatiles. Icarus, 207,
595604.
Wessel, P., T. Anderson, R. Austin, A. Benediktsdottir, M. T. Chandler, M. M. Conley, S. Kim, R. L.
Michaud, M. E. Rumpf, J. D. Sleeper, and J. R. Weiss (2009), Seminar 2.0: Learning With Skype
and Video Podcasts, Eos, Trans. AGU, 90(17).
Abstracts
Lev, E., H. Dietterich, and E. Rumpf (2016) Experimental investigation of the impact of cooling and
solidification on lava flow interaction with obstacles, AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., Abs. V53A-3075.
Rumpf, M. E., E. Lev, C. W. Hamilton, and S. Scheidt (2016) The Influence of Bed Roughness on
Lava Flow Emplacement and Morphology: A Laboratory and Field Study, Cities on Volcanoes 9,
November 20-25, 2016, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Lev, E., H. Dietterich, and E. Rumpf (2016) The influence of rheology on the interaction of lava
flows with obstacles, Cities on Volcanoes 9, November 20-25, 2016, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Rumpf, M. E. and E. Lev (2016, withdrawn), Investigating the Effects of Substrate Roughness on
Lava Flow Emplacement through Analog Experiments, LPSC XLVII, Abs. # 2442.
Rumpf, M. E. and E. Lev (2015), Investigating lava-substrate interactions through flow experiments
with syrup, wax, and molten basalt, AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., Abs. V13D-08.
Rumpf, M. E., H. Needham, and S. A. Fagents (2014), Thicknesses of Lunar Lava Flows:
Comparison of Layered Mare Units with Terrestrial Analogs, Lunar Science Forum,
https://ac.arc.nasa.gov/p8m5tgso7uk.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, C. W. Hamilton, and I. A. Crawford (2013), Numerical and
Experimental Approaches Toward Understanding Lava Flow Heat Transfer, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall
Mtg. Suppl., Section Abs. V51D-2707.
Needham, H. L., M. E. Rumpf, and S. A. Fagents (2013), Investigation of Layered Lunar Mare Lava
flows through LROC Imagery and Terrestrial Analogs. AGU, Fall Mtg. Suppl., Section V53C.
Crawford, I.A., S.A. Fagents, M.E. Rumpf, and K.H. Joy (2013) Early Solar System Records
Preserved in Lunar Palaeoregolith Deposits, European Planetary Science Congress, Vol. 8, 1100.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, and C. W. Hamilton (2013), Experimental Investigations of Lavaregolith Heat Transfer, Lunar Science Forum, https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/p99wsvt9dso/.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, C. W. Hamilton, R. Wright, and I. A. Crawford (2012), Lava-substrate
heat transfer: Laboratory experiments and thermodynamic modeling, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Mtg.
Suppl., Abs. V11B-2764.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, C. W. Hamilton, and I. A. Crawford (2012), Understanding lava
substrate heat transfer on Hawaii and the Moon using thermodynamic modeling and laboratoryscale lava flows, AGU Chapman Conference on Hawaiian Volcanoes.
Fagents, S. A., M. E. Rumpf, and C. W. Hamilton (2011), Laboratory Investigations of Lava Flow
Heat Transfer, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Mtg. Suppl., Abs. V31A-2511.
Crawford, I.A., S.A. Fagents, K.H. Joy, and M.E. Rumpf (2011) Astronomical and Astrobiological
Records Preserved in Lunar Palaeoregolith Deposits, Royal Astronomical Society National
Astronomy Meeting, 292.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, C. W. Hamilton, and I. A. Crawford (2011), The Search for a Solar
Record in Lunar Paleoregoliths through Numerical Modeling and Analogous Experiments, EGU
Gen. Assem.,Vol. 13, EGU2011-875.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, C. W. Hamilton, and I. A. Crawford (2010), Adventures in Lava and
Dust: Testing the Potential for Solar Wind and Galactic Cosmic Ray Preservation in Lunar
Paleoregolith, Abs.P13B-1391 at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.
Crawford, I.A., S.A. Fagents, M.E. Rumpf, and K.H. Joy (2010) Astronomical and Astrobiological
Records Preserved in Lunar Palaeoregolith Deposits, European Planetary Science Congress, Vol.
5, 735.

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Curriculum Vitae

Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, and I. A. Crawford (2010), A Lunar Rosetta Stone: Deciphering the
History of the Early Solar System, Lunar Science Forum, Abs. 212.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, I. A. Crawford, and K. H. Joy (2009), The preservation of ancient
solar-wind particles buried beneath lunar basalt flows as determined through heat transfer
modeling, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Mtg. Suppl., P23C-1290.
Fagents, S. A., M. E. Rumpf, I.A. Crawford, and K. H. Joy (2008), Lunar paleoregolith deposits as
archives of solar system history, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Mtg. Suppl., Abs. 31B-1403.
Rumpf, M. E., S. A. Fagents, I. A. Crawford, and K. H. Joy (2008), Predicting volatile preservation in
the lunar regolith through heat transfer modeling, LPSC XXXIX, Abstract #2259.
McGovern, P. J. and M. E. Rumpf (2007), Lithospheric flexure: the key to understanding the diverse
shapes of large volcanoes on Venus, Abstracts with Programs, GSA, Abs. 164-7.
Rumpf, M. E. and P. J. McGovern (2007), The influence of lithospheric flexure and volcano shape
on magma ascent on large volcanoes on Venus, LPSC XXXVIII, Abstract #1374.
McGovern, P. J. and M. E. Rumpf (2007) Implications of volcanic edifice shapes and structures for
the volcanological and thermal evolution of Venus, LPSC XXXVIII, Abstract #2387.
Rumpf, M. E., R. Herrick, and T. K. Gregg (2005), The complicated geologic histories of large
Venusian impact craters, Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Mtg. Suppl., Abs.P33A-0233.