Kevin Boyce
· Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and, by courtesy, of Earth System ScienceStanford University · Geological Sciences
Active 1988–2025
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About
Kevin Boyce is a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Stanford University and, by courtesy, of Earth System Science. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, obtained in 2001, and completed his undergraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, earning B.S. degrees in Literature and Biology in 1995. His academic and research focus is within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to the understanding of Earth's processes and systems. As a faculty member, he is involved in teaching, research, and departmental activities at Stanford University, located in Stanford, California.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Engineering
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Systems engineering
- Optics
- Quantum mechanics
- Aerospace engineering
Selected publications
Experimental Astronomy · 2022 · 124 citations
The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), it aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over an hexa…
The impact of vegetation on meandering rivers
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · 2022 · 122 citations
Senior authorPhysical Review Letters · 2020 · 33 citations
Cold molecules provide an excellent platform for quantum information, cold chemistry, and precision measurement. Certain molecules have enhanced sensitivity to beyond standard model physics, such as the electron's electric dipole moment (eEDM). Molecular ions are easily trappable and are therefore particularly attractive for precision measurements where sensitivity scales with interrogation time. Here, we demonstrate a spin precession measurement with second-scale coherence at the quantum projec…
Macroecological diversification of ants is linked to angiosperm evolution
Evolution Letters · 2023-03-31 · 24 citations
articleOpen accessAnts are abundant, diverse, and occupy nearly all habitats and regions of the world. Previous work has demonstrated that ant diversification coincided with the rise of the angiosperms, and that several plant traits evolved as ants began to expand their nesting and foraging habits. In this study, we investigate whether associations with plants enabled niche expansion and are linked to climatic niche evolution in ants. Our analysis of over 1,400 ant species reveals that ancestral expansion from fo…
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology · 2021-11-16 · 24 citations
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Frequent coauthors
- 197 shared
F. S. Porter
- 159 shared
G. V. Brown
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 155 shared
Richard L. Kelley
Goddard Space Flight Center
- 130 shared
C. A. Kilbourne
Goddard Space Flight Center
- 115 shared
P. Beiersdörfer
Cheetah Conservation Fund
- 87 shared
S. M. Kahn
- 67 shared
Kazuhisa Mitsuda
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 59 shared
C. K. Stahle
Labs
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Education
- 1996
Ph.D., Geology
Stanford University
- 1991
M.S., Geology
University of California, Berkeley
- 1988
B.S., Geology
University of California, Berkeley
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