Rebecca Lange

Lange studied geology at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1995, and remained there for her doctoral studies. She was a member of Sigma Xi.[3] Lange completed her doctorate under the supervision of Ian S. E. Carmichael.[2][4] Together they worked on the aurora volcanic field, which is located in the Mono Lake in the Great Basin.[5]

Lange was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University where she worked with Alexandra Navrotsky on the heat capacities of silicate liquids.[6]

Lange was appointed assistant professor at the University of Michigan in 1991 and was promoted to Professor in 2004. Her research investigates how magmatism and volcanism have shaped the Earth.[1] Lange studies the formation of the continental crust. She works on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a neogene volcanic arc at the edge of the North American Plate.[7] Here she is uncovering the eruption rates of magma, proportions of different types of magma and role of water.[7][8]

She created a thermodynamic model of the plagioclase-liquid exchange reaction.[9] Lange's model contained calorimeteric and volumetric information for the liquid and crystalline components.[9] Lange has since served on the F.W. Clarke Medal committee.[10]