Michael Perfit
Michael Roger Perfit (born 1949) is an American geologist who is currently an emeritus distinguished professor at the University of Florida.[1][2][3][4]
Perfit graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1971, and earned a master's degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1974 and 1977, respectively. After working for five years as a research fellow at the Australian National University, he joined the University of Florida faculty in 1982.[5] He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, elected in 2008 for "his distinguished contributions in marine geology and igneous petrology."[6]
He has published over 150 professional papers and articles as well as two books – one is a children's book written and illustrated with Perfit's college roommate, Don Brown, - entitled “Older Than Dirt: A Wild but True History of Earth”. The other is an academic book that focuses mainly on the exploration of the deep ocean floor, mid-ocean ridges, deep sea volcanism and hydrothermalism, and the structure and composition of oceanic crust.[7] The highly illustrated book is entitled “Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor” by Jeff Karson, Deb Kelley, Dan Fornari, Mike Perfit and Tim Shank.[8][9]
Selected publications
[edit]- Brown, Don; Perfit, Mike (2017). Older Than Dirt: A Wild but True History of Earth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780544805033. LCCN 2016018643.[10]
- Karson, Jeffrey A.; Kelley, Deborah S.; Fornari, Daniel J.; Perfit, Michael R.; Shank, Timothy M. (2015). Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85718-5. LCCN 2014028680.[7] In 2016, this book received a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers.[8][9]
- Lowell, Robert P.; Seewald, Jeffrey S.; Metaxas, Anna; Perfit, Michael R., eds. (2013). Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers. American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph Series. Vol. 178. John Wiley & Sons.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Michael Perfit". ufl.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Distinguished Professors". ufl.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Michael Perfit". The Conversation. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Szmania, Chelsea (5 February 2019). "Geologist Describes "Frightening, Exhilarating" Dive 8,500 Feet Underwater". Inverse. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Curriculum vitae". Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ↑ 2008 GSA Fellows, Elected by Council 4 May 2008, GSA Today, vol. 18, no. 7 (July 2008), Geological Society of America; p. 18
- 1 2 Reviews of Discovering the Deep:
- Hartnett, Kevin (2015-05-28). "The atlas the ocean has been waiting for". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Seyfried Jr., William E. (2015-12-14). "BOOK REVIEW: Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and the Ocean Crust". Oceanography. 28 (3): 231–232. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2015.75.
- 1 2 "2016 Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- 1 2 Manley, Amy (2017-03-08). "Like Traveling to Another Planet". Syracuse University. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ↑ Reviews of Older Than Dirt:
- "Older Than Dirt: A Wild But True History of Earth". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- "Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, November 1, 2017". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Bush, Elizabeth (2017). "Review". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 71 (2). Johns Hopkins University Press: 63. doi:10.1353/bcc.2017.0679. S2CID 201777599.
- "OLDER THAN DIRT: A Wild but True History of Earth". Kirkus Reviews. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
External links
[edit]- Michael Perfit publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Education and Outreach: Best in show
- Scientist at work: I'm a geologist who's dived dozens of times to explore submarine volcanoes
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