Michael E. Wysession

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Michael Wysession
Wysession Lecturing in 2015
Born (1961-12-06) December 6, 1961 (age 62)
Alma materNorthwestern University
Years active29
WebsiteWeb Page of Michael Wysession

Michael E. Wysession (born December 6, 1961) is a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,[1] and author of numerous science textbooks published by Pearson Education, Prentice Hall and the Savvas Learning Corporation. Wysession has made many contributions to geoscience education and literacy, including chairing the inclusion of Earth and space science in the U.S. National Academy of Science report A Framework for K-12 Science Education [2] and the U.S. K-12 Next Generation Science Standards[3]

Education and research

Wysession earned his B.Sc. from

seismic waves propagate through Earth's mantle.[5] An example of his research was the identification with Jesse Lawrence of the lower mantle Beijing Anomaly.[6][7]

Leadership

Wysession is chair of the

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology), including serving as chair of the Education and Outreach Program, working to advance global awareness of earthquakes and seismology. Wysession helped to create the NSF program on Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics. He has been an editor of five scientific journals published by the American Geophysical Union
and is currently editor-in-chief of Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists.

Textbooks

Wysession has authored and co-authored many K-12 textbook programs including the K-8 national science programs Interactive Science

National Science Teachers Association
), science centers, and other venues.

Awards

For his research, Wysession received a

Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1992) and a National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), awarded at the White House (1996). For his education and outreach, Wysession received the inaugural Ambassador Award from the American Geophysical Union (2014), the Frank Press Service Award from the Seismological Society of America (2016), and the Geosciences in the Media Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(2021).

References

  1. ^ Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary (2017-05-04). "Michael E. Wysession". Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. doi:10.17226/13165
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  3. doi:10.17226/18290
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  4. ^ Wysession, M. E., "Large-scale structure at the core-mantle boundary from core-diffracted waves", Nature, 382, 244-248, 1996.
  5. ^ Wysession, M. E., and S. Baqer, Earthquake Animation: Visualizing the propagation of seismic shear waves through the mantle, ©1999 (A 20-minute narrated movie in VHS format).
  6. ^ Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth Livescience
  7. ^ [1] J.F. Lawrence, M.E. Wysession; Seismic Evidence for Subduction-Transported Water in the Lower Mantle
  8. ^ Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Interactive Science [18 Volumes, grades K-8], Pearson Education, 2011.
  9. ^ Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Elevate Science [12 Volumes, grades K-8], Pearson Education, 2017.
  10. ^ Wysession, M.E., D. Frank, and S. Yancopoulis, Physical Science: Concepts in Action, Prentice-Hall, 925 pp., 2004, 2006, 2008.
  11. ISBN 978-1-4183-2718-7, 978-1-4183-2719-4
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  12. ISBN 978-1-4183-3396-6
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  13. ISBN 0-86542-078-5
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  14. ^ Wysession, M. E., How the Earth Works [A video course of 48 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2008.
  15. ^ Wysession, M. E., The World’s Greatest Geologic Wonders [A video course of 36 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2013.
  16. ^ 1Wysession, M. E., The Science of Energy: Power and Resources Explained [A video course of 24 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2016.

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