the children's book Lava Scientists: Careers on the Edge of Volcanoes (Sarah Latta, Enslow Publishing, Inc.); National Geographic Television (Man versus Volcano, April 2011; One Strange Rock, March 2018); National Geographic Weekend Radio (January 2015); Discovery Channel (Against the Elements, Spring 2009; Volcano Time Bomb, December 2012); NHK Japanese Public Television (Miracle Continent Antarctica); and, Boston Museum of Science (“Volcanoes on the Verge”). Sims contributes regularly to the National Geographic Explorers blog. Special Awards and Honours Fulbright US Scholar Award (2016–2017), Top 10 Teacher Award, University of Wyoming (2015), Extraordinary Merit in Research Award, University of Wyoming (2015), National Geographic Society Explorer, Faculty Senate Speaker Award, University of Wyoming (2104), Meritorious Teaching Award, University of Wyoming (2014), Papadopoulos Fellow, Kincaid School, Houston, Texas (2012), Mellon Independent Study Awards, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1999; 2001; 2006; 2008), Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley (1992), Estwing Outstanding Senior Geologist, Colorado College (1986), Getty Oil Fellowship, Colorado College (1984). Significant publications *Authors marked with an asterisk are graduate students working with Sims. Mantle dynamics and magma genesis Sims, K.W.W., S.J. Goldstein, J. Blichert-Toft, M.R. Perfit, P. Kelemen, D.J. Fornari, P. Michael, M.T. Murrell, S.R. Hart, D.J. DePaolo, G.D. Layne, and M. Jull (2002). “Chemical and isotopic constraints on the generation and transport of melt beneath the East Pacific Rise.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66, 19, 3481-3504. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(02)00909-2. Sims, K.W.W., M.T. Murrell, D.J. DePaolo, W.S. Baldridge, S.J. Goldstein, D. Clague and M. Jull (1999). “Porosity of the melting zone and variations in the solid mantle upwelling rate beneath Hawaii: Inferences from 238U–230Th–226Ra and 235U-231Pa disequilibria.” Geochimimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 63, 23, 4119-4138, doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00313-0. Sims, K.W.W. and D.J. DePaolo (1997). “Inferences about mantle magma sources from incompatible element concentration ratios in oceanic basalts.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 4, 765-784. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00372-9. Sims, K.W.W., D.J. DePaolo, M.T. Murrrell, W.S. Baldridge, S.J. Goldstein, and D. Clague (1995). “Mechanisms of magma generation beneath Hawaii and Mid–Ocean ridges: U–Th and Sm–Nd isotopic evidence.” Science, 267, 508–512. doi: 10.1126/science.267.5197.508. Sims, K.W.W., J. Blichert-Toft, P.R. Kyle, S. Pichat, J. Bluzstajn, P.J. Kelly, L.A. Ball, and G. D. Layne (2008). “A Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb isotope perspective on the genesis and long-term evolution of alkaline magmas from Erebus volcano, Antarctica.” Invited article to special volume on Mt. Erebus in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 177, 606-618. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.006. Sims, K.W.W., J. Maclennan, J. Blichert-Toft, E.M. Mervine,