Lectures

(Stars denote student/postdoc presentations, underline denote presenter. Presentations by collaborators are listed only when significant personal contribution.)

In conferences

  1. Formation and evolution of the protolunar disk
    Razvan Caracas
    (International Geological Congress, Busan, S. Korea, August 2024)
  2. The pyrolite melts of the early Earth: structure, compressibility, viscosity, volatile content
    Razvan Caracas
    (International Geological Congress, Busan, S. Korea, August 2024)
  3. ab initio methods: impacts and the origin of the Moon
    Razvan Caracas
    (The OHP Summer School for Sample Returns, Manosque, France, June 2024)
    invited talk
  4. The need for machine learning to break size barriers in studying the behavior of natural lavas and magmas
    Razvan Caracas, and the IMPACT and HIDDEN teams
    (NORA = Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Conference, Kristiansand, Norway, June 2024)
  5. The thermodynamics of giant impacts between rocky planets
    Razvan Caracas
    (Impacts Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA, April 2024)
  6. Starting the atmosphere after a protolunar disk
    Razvan Caracas
    (Rocky Worlds, Zurich, Switzerland, January 2024)
  7. Formation and evolution of the protolunar disk and the magma ocean
    Razvan Caracas
    (Geological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 2023)
    Dana Medal talk
    invited talk
  8. Mineralogy2022: The year of mineralogy
    Razvan Caracas
    (International Union of Crystallography, Melbourne, Australia, August 2023)
    invited talk
  9. Condensation of planets and formation of atmospheres from protolunar disks after giant impacts
    Razvan Caracas, Sarah T. Stewart, Laura Schaefer
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  10. Lower mantle rehydration and core-mantle water exchanges from ab initio proton diffusivity in bridgmanite and post-perovskite
    Chris Mohn, Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  11. Diffusion of noble gases in silica polymorphs at Earth’s mantle conditions *
    Sarah Figowy, Razvan Caracas, Chris Mohn
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  12. Vaporization of He and C from a Pyrolite Melt: Implications for the Early Earth’s Atmosphere and Magma Ocean *
    Anne H. Davis, Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  13. The critical point and the vaporization of phologopite *
    Xi Zhu, Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  14. Study of multicomponent silicate system under shock in the protoplanetary disk *
    Adrien Saurety, Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt conference, Lyon, France, July 2023)
  15. Dynamical properties of diamond from ab initio simulations
    Razvan Caracas
    (International Diamond School, Brixen, Italy, 2023)
    invited talk
  16. The thermodynamic state of the protolunar disks after the giant impact
    Razvan Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, USA, December 2022)
    invited talk
  17. Supercritical points and the supercritical state of silicate systems from first-principles simulations *
    Emma Stoutenburg, Cara Vennari, Natalia V. Solomatova, Andrew Campbell, Razvan Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, USA, December 2022)
  18. Supercritical points and the supercritical state of silicate systems from first-principles simulations
    Razvan Caracas
    (2022 IUCr Advanced High-Pressure Workshop, December 2022)
    invited talk
  19. The thermodynamic state of the protolunar disks after giant impacts
    Razvan Caracas, Sarah T Stewart
    (33rd IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, online, August 2022)
    invited talk
  20. Thermochemical state of the protolunar disk after the giant impact
    Razvan Caracas, Sarah T Stewart
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  21. Moon Impact – a geological story
    Razvan Caracas, Lena Martin, Mandy Bethkenhagen, Tim Bögels, Anais Kobsch, Zhi Li, Renata Schaan, Natalia Solomatova
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  22. Helium partitioning between the mantle and the core at the early Earth *
    Ozge Ozgurel, Razvan Caracas
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  23. Partial core vaporisation during giant impacts *
    Zhi Li, Razvan Caracas, Francois Soubiran
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  24. Study of self-diffusion of noble gases in magma ocean *
    Adrien Saurety, Razvan Caracas
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  25. Densities and miscibilities of carbonate-silicate-metal melts in the lower mantle *
    Anne Davis, Natalia Solomatova, Razvan Caracas, Andrew Campbell
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  26. Thermochemical state of the protolunar disk after the giant impact *
    Tim Bögels, Razvan Caracas
    (23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, July 2022)
  27. Silicate supercritical fluids and melts in the context of planetary formation 
    Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt 2022, on-line, July 2022)
    invited keynote lecture
  28. Outgassing of the magma ocean after the giant impact 
    Razvan Caracas
    (Goldschmidt 2022, on-line, July 2022)
    invited keynote lecture
  29. Silicate supercritical fluids and melts in the context of planetary formation 
    Razvan Caracas
    (EHPRG Meeting 2020, Tenerife, Spain, September 2020)
  30. What atoms have to tell us about the protolunar disk 
    Razvan Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco CA, USA, December 2019)
    invited centennial talk
  31. Direct calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium from ab initio Gibbs ensemble *
    Zhi Li, Razvan Caracas 
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco CA, USA, December 2019)
  32. The fate of carbon after the giant impact *
    Natalia V. Solomatova, Razvan Caracas, 
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco CA, USA, December 2019)
  33. Carbon flux through, inside, and outside of the magma ocean
    Razvan Caracas, Natalia V. Solomatova, Anne Davis, Andrew Campbell
    (DCO Meeting 2019, Washington DC, USA, October 2019)
    invited talk
  34. Vibrational Spectra: From Ideal Crystals to Ideal Melts
    Razvan Caracas, Jean-Alexis Hernandez, Zhi Li
    (Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain, August 2019)
    invited keynote lecture
  35. Behavior of Selected Volatile Species during the Giant Impact and in the Protolunar Disk
    Razvan Caracas, N. V. Solomatova
    (Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain, August 2019)
  36. Hydrogen mobility in transition zone silicates
    Razvan Caracas
    (CEED summer symposium, Sarpsborg, Norway, June 2019)
    invited talk
  37. An atomistic view of the protolunar disk
    Razvan Caracas
    (EWASS Meeting 2019, Lyon, France, June 2019)
  38. An atomistic view of the protolunar disk
    Razvan Caracas
    (EGU Meeting 2019, Vienna, Austria, April 2019)
  39. Carbon Sequestration in the Magma Ocean Implied by Complex Carbon Polymerization *
    Natalia V. SolomatovaRazvan Caracas, Craig E. Manning
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC, USA, December 2018)
  40. Critical point of feldspars *
    Anais Kobsch and Razvan Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC, USA, December 2018)
  41. An ab initio perspective on Giant Impacts and the protolunar disks
    R. Caracas and the IMPACT team
    (Highlights and prospects for numerical astrophysics in France, 2018, Lyon, France)
    invited talk
  42. Recreating the Giant Impact and the protolunar disk from ab initio simulations
    R. Caracas
    (XXII Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 2018, Melbourne, Australia)
  43. Silicate melts of the protolunar disk and the formation of the magma ocean from ab initio simulations
    R. Caracas, S. T. Stewart
    (The first billion years. Differentiation Workshop 2018, Pasadena, CA, USA)
  44. Behavior of feldspars during the Giant Impact *
    Anaïs KobschRazvan Caracas
    (EGU 2018, Vienna, Austria)
  45. Molten silicate mantle during a giant impact. Speciation from vapor to supercritical state
    R. Caracas and S. T. Stewart
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA)
  46. Raining a magma ocean: Thermodynamics of rocky planets after a giant impact
    S. T. Stewart, S. J. Lock, R. Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA)
  47. Volatiles in the hot silicate melts of the protolunar disk
    R. Caracas
    (The Origins of Volatiles in Habitable Planets: The Solar System and Beyond 2017, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
    invited talk
  48. Volatiles in the hot silicate melts of the protolunar disk
    R. Caracas
    (6th Joint Workshop on High Pressure, Planetary and Plasma Physics (HP4) 2017, Goettingen, Germany)
    invited talk
  49. Supercritical silicate melts during and in the aftermath of the Giant Impact
    R. Caracas
    (Goldschmidt 2017, Paris, France)
    invited talk
  50. Supercritical silicate melts during and in the aftermath of the Giant Impact
    R. Caracas
    (Compres Annual Meeting 2017, Tamaya REsort, NM, USA)
    invited keynote talk
  51. Supercritical melts.
    R. Caracas
    (8th ABINIT developers’ Workshop 2017, Frejus, France)
  52. Supercritical multi-component silicate melts.
    R. Caracas
    (MecMatPla School and Workshop 2017, Montgenevre, France)
    invited talk
  53. Melts of the early Earth. An ab initio computational perspective.
    R. Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  54. Carbon polymerization in multi-component silicate melts at high pressure.
    R. Caracas
    (2016 Extreme Physics and Chemistry Workshop, 2016, Stanford, USA)
    invited lecture
  55. Minerals in the mantle and the core
    R. Caracas
    (a series of lectures on Crystallography and Computational Mineral Physics, taught together with Daniele Antonangelli at the Doctoral Training School, 2016, Barcelotte, France)
    invited lecture
  56. First-principles molecular dynamics
    R. Caracas
    (CECAM school – Thermodynamic and ab initio modeling of natural fluids and melts, 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  57. Pyrolite during and in the aftermath of the Giant Impact
    R. Caracas
    (European High Pressure Research Group EHPRG 2016, Bayreuth, Germany)
  58. Carbon speciation in silicate melts
    R. Caracas
    (European High Pressure Research Group EHPRG 2016, Bayreuth, Germany)
    invited talk
  59. Magmas of the early Earth
    R. Caracas
    (CIDER 2016 Summer Program “Flow in the deep Earth”, 2016, Santa Barbara, USA)
    invited talk
  60. Density crossover in the magma ocean
    R. Caracas, R. Nomura, K. Hirose, and M. Ballmer
    (Magma Oceanology Workshop, 2016, Atami, Japan)
    invited talk
  61. Hydrogen mobility in transition zone silicates
    R. Caracas, and W. Panero
    (JPGU 2016 Meeting, Chiba, Japan)
    invited talk
  62. Crystallization of the magma ocean
    R. Caracas, R. Nomura, K. Hirose, and M. Ballmer
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA)
    invited talk
  63. Refining the chemical composition of the inner core with multicomponent alloys: from first-principles to thermodynamics and seismology
    R. Caracas, A. Martin, and M. Torrent
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  64. Stable Isotope Evidence for Planetary Differentiation
    A. Shahar, W. Mao, E. Schauble, R. Caracas, M. Reagan, and A. Gleason
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA)
    invited talk
  65. Structural and Chemical Flexibility of Hydrous Phases D and H
    W. Panero, R. Caracas, and J. Pigott
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  66. Ferroelectric ices at extreme conditions
    R. Caracas
    (13th European Meeting on Ferroelectrics, 2015, Porto, Portugal)
    invited talk
  67. Theoretical Raman spectra
    R. Caracas
    (Inelastic light scattering in ferroic materials, pre-EMF workshop, 2015, Porto, Portugal)
    invited lecture
  68. Magmas in the Earth
    R. Caracas,Alexandra C. Seclaman
    (Atomistic simulations in Earth Sciences, CECAM workshop, 2015, Paris, France)
    invited talk
  69. Magmas in the Earth
    R. Caracas,Alexandra C. Seclaman
    (GeoNeutrinos 2015 Workshop, Paris, France)
    invited talk
  70. ABINIT on Mars via WURM
    R. Caracas, E. Bobocioiu, A. Ilie, E. Vasile
    (Abinit developers workshop 2015, Liege, Belgium )
    invited talk
  71. Magmas in the Earth
    R. Caracas,Alexandra C. Seclaman
    (Evoplanets Workshop, 2015, Santa Barbara, USA)
    invited talk
  72. Making the Earth pie
    R. Caracas
    (Evoplanets Program, 2015, Santa Barbara, USA)
    invited lecture
  73. Advanced aspects of theoretical Raman spectra: anharmonicities, isotopes, examples, databases
    R. Caracas
    (Raman WURM CNRS Thematical school, 2014, Lyon, France)
    lecture
  74. Theoretical (ab initio) modeling of Raman spectra
    R. Caracas
    (Raman WURM CNRS Thematical school, 2014, Lyon, France)
    lecture
  75. Theoretical Raman spectra of carbonates
    R. Caracas, E. Bobocioiu, E. Vasile, A. Ilie
    (Deep Carbon Obsevatory Worskhop 2014, Los Angeles, USA)
    invited talk
  76. Theoretical modeling of Raman spectra
    R. Caracas
    (CarboRaman, CNRS Thematical school, 2014, Nouan-le-Fuzelier, France)
    invited lecture
  77. Applications of the density-functional theory (DFT) in the study of interior of the Earth
    R. Caracas
    (21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, IMA2014, Sandton, South Africa)
    invited medal lecture
  78. Stability and spectroscopy of MgSO4 minerals under Martian conditions. Role of hydration on sulfur isotope partitioning
    R. Caracas, E. Bobocioiu
    (21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, IMA2014, Sandton, South Africa)
  79. The WURM project – a web-based freely available database of computed physical properties for minerals with a special focus on Raman
    R. Caracas, E. Bobocioiu
    (21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, IMA2014, Sandton, South Africa)
  80. Compressibility of carbonatite melts and glasses
    R. Caracas
    (52nd European High Pressure Research Group International Meeting, EHPRG 2014, Lyon, France)
  81. Tutorial on atomistic simulations
    R. Caracas
    (pre-EHPRG14 school, Lyon, France)
    invited lecture
  82. Non-linear properties and Raman response
    R. Caracas
    (ABINIT CECAM school 2014, Lyon, France)
    lecture
  83. Elastic and piezoelectric responses
    R. Caracas
    (ABINIT CECAM school 2014, Lyon, France)
    lecture
  84. Constraining the core composition from mineral physics
    R. Caracas
    (Accrete Workshop, May 2014, Nice, France)
  85. New insights into the behavior of water ices VII and VIII at extreme conditions
    R. Caracas and R. J. Hemley
    (EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria)
  86. Carbonatitic melts and glasses at high pressure
    R. Caracas
    (11th International Workshop on WATER DYNAMICS, March 2014, Sendai, Japan)
    invited talk
  87. Isotope partitioning between minerals of the Earth’s mantle from ab initio calculations
    R. Caracas and C. Jackymiw
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA)
    invited talk
  88. First-principles simulations of carbonatites
    R. Caracas and R. E. Cohen
    (Deep Carbon Observatory pre-AGU workshop, Dec. 2013, Stanford, CA, USA)
  89. Fe-Si system: a potential major component of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas
    (Workshop on Transport Properties in the Earth’s Core, Oct. 2013, Kawaguchiko Lake, Japan)
    invited lecture
  90. Mineral physics of the dynamic planets
    R. Caracas
    (XIII International Workshop on Modeling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Sept. 2013 Honefoss, Norway)
    invited lecture
  91.  Fe-Si System: A Potential Major Component of the Earth’s Core
    Caracas R, Verstraete M, Fischer R & Campbell A
    (Goldschmidt 2013 Meeting, Florence, Italy)
  92. Single Crystal Elasticity of the Na1.07Mg1.58Al4.91Si1.26O12 NAL Phase and Seismic Heterogeneity in the Deep Mantle
    Pamato MG, Kurnosov A, Boffa Ballaran T, Trots DM, Caracas R & Frost DJ
    (Goldschmidt 2013 Meeting, Florence, Italy)
  93. Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions in Coesite
    Cernok A, Boffa Ballaran T, Caracas R, Miyajima N, Bykova E, Prakapenka V, Liermann H-P & Dubrovinsky L
    (Goldschmidt 2013 Meeting, Florence, Italy)
  94. Carbonatitic glasses and melts
    R. Caracas and R. E. Cohen
    (EGU 2013, Vienna, Austria)
    PICO
  95. From planetary surface spectroscopy to deep interiors in a numerical lab: atomistic first-principles simulations
    R. Caracas
    (EGU 2013, Vienna, Austria)
  96.  Applications of the Density Functional Theory in the study of the planetary interiors
    R. Caracas
    (GDR ModMat 2013 General Meeting, Marseille, France)
  97.  The iron alloys of the Earth’s core
    Razvan Caracas, Matthieu J. Verstraete, Alejandra Vargas Calderon, Stephane Labrosse, John W. Hernlund, Hitoshi Gomi, Kenji Ohta, Kei Hirose
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA)
    invited talk
  98.  Multimegabar compression of glasses of planetary materials
    R. Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  99.  Silicate-metal reaction-induced snow atop the Earth’s core
    John Hernlund, Stephane Labrosse, Christine T. Houser, Kei Hirose, Razvan Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  100.  ABINIT applications: Raman spectrosopy, High pressure, Phase transition
    R. Caracas
    (CECAM School on Dynamical properties with the ABINIT package, 2012, Zurich, Switzerland)
  101.  Non-linear response, including Raman
    R. Caracas
    (CECAM School on Dynamical properties with the ABINIT package, 2012, Zurich, Switzerland)
  102.  Mechanical, elastic, piezoelectric properties
    R. Caracas
    (CECAM School on Dynamical properties with the ABINIT package, 2012, Zurich, Switzerland)
  103.  The light elements of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas
    (GCOE Symposium 2012, Sendai, Japan)
    invited talk
  104. The iron alloys of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas Matthieu J. Verstraete, Alejandra Vargas Calderon, Stephane Labrosse, John W. Hernlund, Hitoshi Gomi, Kenji Ohta, Kei Hirose
    (2012 CIDER Summer School, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) invited lecture
  105.  The iron alloys of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas Matthieu J. Verstraete, Alejandra Vargas Calderon, Stephane Labrosse, John W. Hernlund, Hitoshi Gomi, Kenji Ohta, Kei Hirose
    (Compres 2012 and HPMPS-8 Meetings, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA)
  106.  Theoretical Raman spectra
    R. Caracas and E. Bobocioiu
    (International school of RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO EARTH SCIENCES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2012, Nancy, France)
    invited lecture
  107.  Density functional perturbation theory and applications in mineralogy
    (Postgraduate course – Investigating the Deep Earth: Observation, Experiments, and Models, 2012, Paris, France)
    invited lecture
  108.  The iron alloys of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas and M. Verstraete
    (EGU 2012, Vienna, Austria)
  109.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite: experimental identification and implications for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas
    (EGU 2012, Vienna, Austria)
  110.  The WURM project – a web-based freely available database of computed physical properties for minerals
    R. Caracasand E. Bobocioiu
    (EMPG 2012, Kiel, Germany)
  111.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite: experimental identification and implications for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas
    (EMPG 2012, Kiel, Germany)
  112.  Identification of the Spin Transition in Fe-bearing Perovskite and Implications for the Lower Mantle
    R. Caracas
    (AGU 2011, San Francisco, USA)
  113.  Carbon-bearing silicate melts in the deep Earth
    F. Gygi, R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen (AGU 2011, San Francisco, USA)
  114.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite
    R. Caracas
    (CECAM, Dynamical Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials, 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  115.  The WURM project – a web-based freely available database of computed properties for minerals
    R. Caracas and E. Bobocioiu
    (DMG, DKG and OMG joint meeting 2011, Salzburg, Austria)
  116.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite – implications for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas
    (DMG, DKG and OMG joint meeting 2011, Salzburg, Austria)
  117.  Anomalies and phase transitions of dense ice
    R. Caracas and R.J. Hemley
    (DMG, DKG and OMG joint meeting 2011, Salzburg, Austria)
  118.  The light elements of the Earth’s core
    R. Caracas
    (PURE-III workshop, Paris, France)
    invited talk
  119.  The WURM project – a web-based freely available database of computed physical porperties for minerals
    R. Caracas ad E. Bobocioiu
    (ECMS – European Conference of Mineralogy and Spectroscopy, Potsdam, Germany)
  120.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite: implications for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas
    (ECMS – European Conference of Mineralogy and Spectroscopy, Potsdam, Germany)
  121.  Exciting applications of DFT in the study of the deep Earth 
    R. Caracas
    (2011 GRD-DFT++ workshop, Obernai, France)
  122.  Carbon in the core 
    R. Caracas
    (Deep Carbon Observatory workshop 2011, Paris, France)
    invited talk
  123.  The effect of Si alloying on the transport and elastic properties of iron
    R. Caracas
    (RST 2010, Bordeaux, France)
  124.  The spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite: does it matter?
    R. Caracas
    (RST 2010, Bordeaux, France)
  125.  The spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite
    R. Caracas, D. Mainprice, C. Thomas
    (2010 CECAM Workshop on “Computational Mineral Physics: Applications in Geosciences”, Zurich, Switzerland)
    invited talk
  126.  Mineral physics in the subduction zone
    R. Caracas, L. Bezacier, E. Bobocioiu, B. Reynard
    (2010 CECAM Workshop on “Computational Mineral Physics: Aplications in Geosciences”, Zurich, Switzerland)
    invited talk
  127.  Lattice dynamics and theoretical spectroscopy at high pressure
    R. Caracas
    (psi-K Conference 2010, Berlin, Gemany)
    invited talk
  128.  Lattice dynamics and spectroscopy at high pressure
    R. Caracas
    (IMA 2010 Meeting, Budapest, Hungary)
  129.  Carbnonate melts in the Earth’s mantle
    R. CaracasR.E. Cohen, F. Gygi
    (IMA 2010 Meeting, Budapest, Hungary)
  130.  Spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite – Consequences for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas, D. Mainprice, C. Thomas
    (IMA 2010 Meeting, Budapest, Hungary)
  131.  The WRUM project – a web-based freely available database of computed physical properties for minerals
    R. Caracas, E. Bobocioiu
    (IMA 2010 Meeting, Budapest, Hungary)
  132.  Elastic and piezoelectric responses in ABINIT
    R. Caracas
    (Linear and non-linear responses of solids with the ABINIT software : phonons, electric fields, and other perturbations, CECAM workshop, 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  133.  The spin transition in Fe-bearing perovskite
    R. Caracas
    (1st Global Network Symposium on Earth’s Dynamics, 2010, Akiu Sendai, Japan)
  134.  The effect of FeSi alloys on the seismology and transport properties of the lowermost mantle and the outer core
    R. Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2009, San Francisco, USA)
  135.  Unique Chemical Signatures Returned by Crystallization of a Basal Magma Ocean and Constraints upon the Thermal Evolution of the Early Earth
    John HernlundRazvan Caracas, Michael Manga, Nicolas Coltice, Stephane J. Labrosse
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2009, San Francisco, USA)
  136.  Dynamical properties of materials at extreme conitions
    R. Caracas
    (DyPrSo (=Dynamical Properties of Solids) XXXII, September 2009, Antwerp, Belgium)
    invited talk
  137.  Dynamical properties of minerals at extreme conitions
    R. Caracas
    (GeoItalia2009, September, 2009, Rimini, Italy)
    invited keynote lecture
  138.  Spin transition in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite
    R. Caracas
    (MAPT, Micro-Analysis, Processes, Time, Edinburgh, September, 2009)
  139.  Spin transitions in Fe-bearing MgSiO3 in the Earth’s lower mantle
    R. Caracas and Christine Thomas
    (AGU Spring Meeting, 2009, Toronto, Canada)
  140.  Fe-Si alloys in the lowermost mantle and the outer core
    R. Caracas and Matthieu Verstraete
    (AGU Spring Meeting, 2009, Toronto, Canada)
  141.  High-pressure study of water ices VII-VIII-X
    R. Caracas
    (ABINIT Workshop 2009, Autrans, Franmce)
  142.  Thermodynamic Phase Relations in the MgO-FeO-SiO2 System in the Lower Mantle
    A.S. WolfR. Caracas and P.D. Asimow
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2008, San Francisco, USA)
  143.  (Mg,Fe)SiO3 in the lower mantle: phase equilibria and stability, influence of spin on compressibility and elasticity
    R. Caracas, A.S. Wolf and P.D. Asimow
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2008, San Francisco, USA)
  144.  Melting at high pressures
    R.E. Cohen, J. Vorberger, B. Militzer, R. Caracas and F. Gygi
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2008, San Francisco, USA)
  145.  Raman spectra of minerals from first-principles calculations
    R. Caracas
    (Mineral spectroscopy by theory and experimenat, CECAM Workshop, 6-9 October, 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland)
    invited lecture
  146.  (Mg,Fe)SiO3 in the lower mantle: phase equilibria and stability, influence of spin on compressibility and elasticity 
    R. Caracas
    (Transport Properties of the Lower Mantle Workshop, 21-24 October 2008, Yunishigawa-onsen, Japan)
  147. Calculs ab initio
    R. Caracas
    (Structure et dynamique du manteau profond, Les Houches Summer School, 12-17 October 2008, Les Houches, France)
    invited lecture
  148.  Molecular crystals under pressure
    R. Caracas
    (Vlab Workshop, July 2008, Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
    invited lecture
  149.  Ice X At High Pressure or What Are First-Principles (ab initio) Calculations Good At ?
    R. Caracas
    (The Science of Solar System Ices Workshop, 5-8 May) 2008, Oxnard, CA, USA)
  150. ABINIT studies on ferroelectrics and Earth and planetary materials
    R. Caracas
    (ABINIT 2008 – International school on vibrational spectroscopies: a hands-on introduction to ABINIT, 2008, Queretaro, Mexico)
    invited lecture
  151.  Non-linear effects and Raman spectra
    R. Caracas
    (ABINIT 2008 – International school on vibrational spectroscopies: a hands-on introduction to ABINIT, 2008, Queretaro, Mexico)
    invited lecture
  152.  Stability of H2O ice polymorphs at high pressure
    R. Caracas
    (AGU Fall Meeting, 2007, San Francisco, USA )
  153.  (Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)O3 post-perovskite and the D” layer
    R. Caracas
    (Goldschmidt, 2007, Koeln, Germany)
  154.  Elastic tensors and Raman spectra of mantle minerals from density functional perturbation theory
    R. Caracas
    (7th High Pressure Mineral Physics Seminar, HPMPS 7, 2007, Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan)
    invited talk
  155.  Theoretical precursors to polymeric nitrogen
    R. Caracas and R.J. Hemley
    (2007 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, USA)
  156.  Elastic and spectroscopic properties of Earth and planetary materials
    R. Caracas
    (3rd International ABINIT Developer Workshop, 2007, Liege, Belgium)
  157.  Theoretical investigation of minerals in the D” layer
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (2006 GSA Northeastern Meeting, Harrisburg, PA)
    invited talk
  158.  Computational study of the pressure behavior of post-perovskite phases
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (2006 APS March Meeting, Baltimore, March, 2006)
  159.  Effect of chemistry on the physical properties of perovskite and post-perovskite (Mg,Fe,Al)(Al,Si)O3
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (2005 AGU Fall Meeting)
  160.  High-pressure elasticity of perovskite and post-perovskite (Mg,Fe,Al)(Al,Si)O3
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (2005 AGU Fall Meeting)
    invited talk
  161.  Stability and elasticity of the perovskite and post-perovskite phases and implications for the lower mantle
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (1st Geological Society of America 2005 Annual Meeting)
  162.  First principles study of the MgSiO3-FeSiO3-Al2O3 system at high-pressure
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (1st VLab Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, July, 2005)
    invited talk
  163.  Effects of chemistry on the properties and transformation of perovskite to the post-perovskite phases with implications for the lowermost mantle
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (AGU Spring Meeting, New Orleans, May, 2005)
  164.  Theoretical and experimental investigation of the metallic phases of sulfur at megabar pressures
    R. Caracas, O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, R.E. Cohen and R. Hemley
    (SMEC 2005 Meeting – Study of Matter under Extreme Conditions, Miami, FL, April, 2005)
    invited talk
  165.  Effects of chemistry on the properties and the phase transition of perovskite to post-perovskite with implications for the lowermost mantle
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (SMEC 2005 Meeting – Study of Matter under Extreme Conditions, Miami, FL, April, 2005)
  166.  Incommensurately modulated sulfur at megabar pressures: experimental and computational study
    O. DegtyarevaR. Caracas, E. Gregoryanz, R.E. Cohen and R. Hemley
    (2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, March, 2005)
  167.  Total energy and linear response computations for perovskite and post-perovskite phases in the MgSiO3-FeSiO3-Al2O3 system
    R. Caracas and R.E. Cohen
    (2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, March, 2005)
  168.  Ab initio simulations of incommensurate phases
    R. Caracas and X. Gonze
    (First-principles simulations: perspectives and challenges in mineral sciences, CECAM Workshop, Lyon, September, 2004)
    invited lecture
  169.  Density-functional perturbation theory, and its applications in mineral sciences
    X. Gonze, G.-M. Rignanese and R. Caracas
    (First-principles simulations: perspectives and challenges in mineral sciences, CECAM Workshop, Lyon, September, 2004)
    invited lecture
  170.  Structure, equation of state, and elasticity of CaSiO3 at lower mantle pressures
    R. Caracas, B.B. Karki and R. Wentzcovitch
    (Annual APS March Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, March, 2004)
  171.  First-principles determination of the behavior of calaverite, AuTe2 under pressure
    R. Caracas and X. Gonze
    (Colloque de l’Association Francaise de Cristallographie, Caen, 2003)
  172.  Crystallography and Wannier functions in ABINIT
    R. Caracas, K. Rabe and X. Gonze
    (Workshop ABINIT, 2002, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
  173.  First-principles simulations of calaverite
    R. Caracas and X. Gonze
    (18th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, September, 2002)
  174.  Linear-response identification of phase transitions
    X. GonzeR. Caracas and D. Klug
    (Workshop on thermodynamical and structural properties of materials, Avignon, September 10-24, 2001)
    invited talk
  175.  First-principles study of Pb2MgTeO6 perovskite
    R. Caracas and X. Gonze
    (Workshop on Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, 2001, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.)
  176.  First-principles study of crystals exhibiting an incommensurate phase transition
    X. GonzeR. Caracas, P. Sonnet, F. Detraux, Ph. Ghosez, I. Noiret, and J. Schamps
    (Workshop on Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, 2000, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.)
    invited talk
  177.  Simulations ab initio des phases incommensurables
    R. Caracas and X. Gonze
    (The Xth Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group “Aspects modernes de la Mineralogie”, 2000, Bruxelles, Belgium)
  178.  Gaussian approximation of the electron density in FeS2 polymorphs
    R. Caracas
    (The IXth Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group “Aspects modernes de la Mineralogie” 1998, Liege, Belgium)
  179.  Pattern analysis of the modulated structure of cannizzarite, Pb46Bi54S127
    R. Caracas and Ph. Sonnet
    (The IXth Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group “Aspects modernes de la Mineralogie” 1998, Liege, Belgium)

  180. In seminars

    1. Protolunar disks: condensation and atmosphere
      R. Caracas
      (PHAB internal seminar, Oslo, Norway, June 2020)
    2. Evolution of the magma ocean and its implications for the core chemical and thermal evolution
      R. Caracas
      (ERC GRACEFUL, Toulouse, France 2020)
      invited talk
    3. The thermodynamic state of the protolunar disks formed from giant impacts
      R. Caracas
      (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, December 2020)
      invited talk
    4. The thermodynamic state of the protolunar disks formed from giant impacts
      R. Caracas
      (CEED, Oslo, Norway, September 2020)
    5. About the exhibition The formation and evolution of the solar system and of the mineral world.
      R. Caracas
      (Christmas symposium, CEED, Oslo, Norway, December 2019)
    6. Atomistic simulations of magmas: current status and perspective
      R. Caracas
      (SAB meeting, The Center for the Earth Evolution and Dynamics, CEED, Oslo, Norway, December 2019)
    7. An atomistic-scale perspective on the Giant Impact and the protolunar disk
      R. Caracas
      (Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France, November, 2019)
      invited talk
    8. Hydrogen mobility in transition zone silicates
      R. Caracas
      (Summer CEED symposium, Sarpborg, Norway< June, 2019)
    9. Silicate melts from the Giant Impact to the Basal Magma Ocean
      R. Caracas
      (5th anniversary of the Center for The Earth Evolution and Dynamics, CEED, Oslo, Norway, February, 2018)
      invited talk
    10. Supercritical silicate melts in the protolunar disk.
      (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, USA, October, 2017)
      invited talk
    11. Evolution and condensation of the proto-lunar disk
      (Earth and Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, February, 2017)
    12. The Magma Ocean in the aftermath of the Giant Impact
      (Observatoire Cote d’Azur, Nice, January, 2017)
    13. First-principles simulation of magmas in the Earth
      (Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, University of Clermont Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, March, 2016)
      invited talk
    14. Brief introduction to first-principles calculations
      (Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, May 2015)
      Erasmus lecture
    15. Theoretical modeling of Raman spectra
      (Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Magurele, Romania, May 2015)
      Erasmus lecture
    16. ab initio modeling of molecular solids at extreme conditions
      (Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, May 2015)
      Erasmus lecture
    17. First-principles simulations of complex silicate liquids in the Earth
      (Earth and Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015)
      invited talk
    18. First-principles simulations of water ices VII and VIII at extreme conditions
      (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, USA, December 2014)
      invited talk
    19. Constrains on the core composition from mineral physics
      (Dept. Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, March 2014)
      invited talk
    20.  Applications of DFT in the study of planetary interiors
      (LPMCN, Univ. Lyon 1, Lyon, France, January 2013)
      invited talk
    21.  Planetary interiors from a computational perspective
      (Institut Neel, ETSF node, Greoble, France, June 2011)
      invited talk
    22.  Numerical experiments for the deep Earth
      (Department of Earth Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, March 2011)
      invited talk
    23.  Fe-bearing perovskite and post-perovksite: phase stability, spin transitions, and the consequences for the lower mantle
      (Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan, February 2011)
      invited talk
    24.  Earth and Planetary materials from a computational perspective
      (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Muenchen, September 2010)
      invited talk
    25.  Earth and Planetary materials from a computational perspective
      (University of Muenster, Muenster, February 2010)
      invited talk
    26.  High-pressure mineral physics from a computational perspective
      (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Califonia in Los Angeles, USA, December 2009)
      invited talk
    27.  Ab initio modeling of planetary ices
      (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA, December 2009)
      invited talk
    28.  Minerals at extreme conditions from a computational perpective
      (GeoZentrum Munich, University Ludwig Maximilian, July, 2009)
    29.  Phase diagram of ice X
      (Mhedoc (=The French group on laser physics and laser shock), Fontainebleau, Ecole Polytehcnique, Mai, 2009)
    30.  First-principles calculations for mineralogy
      (Universite Montpellier, Mai, 2009)
      invited talk
    31.  Theoretical Raman spectroscopy
      (DAM, CEA, Bruyere-le-Chatel, March, 2008)
      invited talk
    32.  First-principles calculations for mineral physics
      (ENS Lyon, March, 2009)
    33.  Matter at extreme conditions
      (Unite de Physico-Chimie et Physique des Materiaux, Ecole Polytechnique, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, January, 2009)
      invited talk
    34.  Theoretical Raman spectroscopy
      (Bayerisches GeoInstitut, Bayreuth, Germany, July, 2008)
    35.  First-principles study of planetary ices
      (Laboratoire de Planetologie, Universite de Grenoble, January, 2008)
      invited talk
    36.  Ab initio studies of major Earth and planetary materials
      (Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, December, 2007)
    37.  Ab initio studies of major Earth and planetary materials
      (The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, October, 2007)
      invited 
    38.  Ab initio studies of major Earth and planetary materials
      (Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, September, 2007)
    39.  Complexity in the phase diagram of a simple compound: Nitrogen
      (Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany, May, 2007)
    40.  First-principles studies of incommensurate materials
      (Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany, May, 2006)
      invited 
    41.  Theoretical mineralogy: insights into the interior of the Earth
      (Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany, November, 2005)
      invited 
    42.  Theoretical mineralogy: insights into the interior of the Earth
      (Centre de Recherche en Matière Condensée et Nanosciences (CRMCN), Marseille, France, November, 2005)
      invited 
    43.  High-pressure theoretical mineralogy – images of the Earth interior
      (T-1 Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, October, 2005)
      invited 
    44.  First-principles calculations on major minerals present in the Earth’s lower mantle
      (Mineral Physics Luncheon Seminar Series, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, March, 2005)
      invited 
    45.  First-principles calculations on major minerals present in the Earth’s lower mantle
      (Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March, 2005)
    46.  First-principles study of incommensurate materials
      (Rappe Group Seminars, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March, 2005)
      invited 
    47.  First-principles study of materials involved in incommensurate transitions
      (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, March, 2004)
    48.  First-principles study of materials involved in incommensurate transitions
      (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, September, 2003)
    49.  First-principles study of materials involved in incommensurate transitions
      (Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orleans, Orleans, September, 2003)
      invited 
    50.  First-principles study of materials involved in incommensurate transitions
      (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, September, 2003)
    51.  Ab-initio simulations of incommensurately modulated crystals
      (Rencontres SPMS, Ecole Centrale de Paris, September 21, 2000)
      invited 
    52.  Oxides: crystal morphology and crystal structure
      Universite Catholique de Louvain, Mineralogy Dept., 1997, Louvain-la-Neuve
    53.  Electrostatic potentials in interstratified oxides. Case study: euxenite
      Bucharest University, Mineralogy Dept. Meeting, 1997, Bucharest
    54.  Periodic bond chains in rutile and related structures
      Bucharest University, Mineralogy Dept. Meeting, 1996, Bucharest

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