Anthony R. Kampf, Ph.D.
Curator and Department Head

CURRICULUM VITAE

HIGHER EDUCATION

• The University of Chicago: Ph.D., Mineralogy and crystallography, 1976
• University of Illinois, Chicago: M.S., Mineralogy and crystallography, 1972
• University of Illinois, Chicago: B.S., Chemistry, 1970

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)

• Curator, Mineral Sciences: Nov. 1980 - present
• Division Chief, Earth Studies: July 2000 - 2002 
• Deputy Division Chief, Earth Sciences: Oct. 1989 - June 1993
• Associate Curator, Mineral Sciences: Jan. 1978 - Oct. 1980
• Assistant Curator, Mineral Sciences: Jan. 1977 - Jan. 1978

ORGANIZATIONS, AFFILIATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences 
• Adjunct professor: 2006 to present
• Mineralogical Society of America
  • Member: 1972 to present
  • Fellow: 1987 to present
  • Delegate to IMA Commission on Museums: 1992 to 2008
  • Delegate to IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification: 2008 to present
  • Associate Editor of American Mineralogist: 1992 to 1995
  • Kraus Crystallographic Research Grant Committee: 2007 and 2008
• Mineralogical Association of Canada
  • Member: 1979 to present
• The Mineralogical Society (of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • Member: 2005 to present
• International Mineralogical Association
  • Member: 1992 to present
  • Commission on Museums: 1992 to 2008 (Webmaster: 2002 to present)
  • Subcommission on Catalogue of Type Specimens: 1992 to 2008
  • Subcommission on World Directory of Collections: 1992 to 1995
  • Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names: 2008 to present
  • Subcommision on Eudialite Nomenclature: 2000 to 2003
  • Working Group on Databases and Computer Applications: 1998 to 2003
• Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
  • Member: 1977 to present
  • Board of Directors: 1980 to present
  • Vice President: 1985 to 1989
  • President: 1989 to 1991, 2001 to 2003
  • Chair, Computer Committee: 1996 to present
  • Webmaster: 1996 to present
• San Bernardino County Museum, Division of Earth Science
  • Research Associate: 1986 to present
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
  • Visiting curator for the Mineral & Gem Gallery, "Beauty from the Earth": 2005 to 2008
• Gemological Institute of America
  • Gems & Gemology Editorial Review Board: 1981 to present
  • Research Associate: 1995 to present
• Fund for the Preservation of the California State Mining & Mineral Museum
  • Board of Directors: 2000 to present
• Mineralogical Record
  • Board of Directors: 1982 to present
  • Editorial Review Committee: 1988 to present
  • Associate Editor: 1996 to present
  • Vice President: 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006
  • President: 2001 to 2003
• Rocks and Minerals
  • Consulting Editor: 1980 to present
• Friends of Mineralogy
  • Member: 1972 to present
  • Board of Directors: 1978 to 1994
  • Vice President: 1980
  • President: 1981 to 1982
• Friends of Mineralogy, Southern California Chapter
  • Member (honorary): 1982 to present
  • Board of Directors: 1982 to 1994, 2000
  • President: 1983
  • Vice President: 1984 to 1986
• Mineralogical Society of Southern California
  • Member (honorary): 1977 to present
• Southern California Micro-Mineralogists
  • Member (honorary):1980 to 2006
• California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
  • Museum Committee: 1978 to 1987

HONORS / AWARDS / RECOGNITION

• American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Scholarship Foundation: 1986 award for "Distinguished Service in the Earth Sciences".
• Mineralogical Society of America: Fellow since 1987.
• Basciano et al (2001) Kampfite, a new barium silicate carbonate mineral species from Fresno County, California. Canadian Mineralogist 39, 1053-1058 (August, 2001).
• Leicht, D. (2003) Who's who in mineral names: Anthony Robert Kampf (b. 1948) Rocks & Minerals 78, 126-128 (March/April 2003)
• Brunauer Award presented by the Cements Division of the American Ceramic Society in recognition of the best paper on cements published during 2005: Bonaccorsi, E., Merlino, S., and Kampf, A. R. (2005) The crystal structure of tobermorite 14Å (plombierite), a C-S-H phase. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 88, 505-512.