地球与行星室内哲学博士-地球动力学

赖斯的一个主要研究主题是使用地震，岩石学，地球化学，流体动力学和结构地质学等多种工具，了解从内部到地壳的内部构造，结构，动力学和演化。主要研究领域包括地震物理学，地幔对流，岩石圈形成和演化，地幔和地壳的地球化学分异，火山作用，板块运动学，山区建筑，盆地形成，大陆形成/演化，深部挥发性循环和矿产资源。地球内部的动态过程控制着地壳和地幔的形成和演化。研究的主题包括大陆的形成和演化，软流圈对地幔对流的影响，地幔动力学，火山作用及其对气候演化的影响，板块构造，俯冲动力学和行星的热演化。
A major research theme at Rice focuses on understanding the composition, structure, dynamics and evolution of Earth's interior from the core to the crust using a diversity of tools including seismology, petrology, geochemistry, fluid dynamics, and structural geology. Key areas of research include earthquake physics, mantle convection, lithosphere formation and evolution, geochemical differentiation of the mantle and crust, volcanism, plate kinematics, mountain building, basin formation, continent formation/evolution, deep volatile cycling, and mineral resources. Dynamic processes within the Earth's interior control the formation and evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle. Research topics addressed include the formation and evolution of continents, influence of asthenosphere on mantle convection, mantle dynamics, volcanism and its effect on climatic evolution, plate tectonics, subduction dynamics, and thermal evolution of the planet.