Rachel Haymon

As a child growing up in Baton Rouge Louisiana, Marie Curie was the only woman scientist Haymon knew.{{Cite journal|date=2005|title=Autobiographical Sketches of Women in Oceanography {{!}} Oceanography|url=https://tos.org/oceanography/article/autobiographical-sketches-of-women-in-oceanography|journal=Oceanography|volume=19|issue=1|page=132|access-date=2021-09-24}} Haymon had multiple ideas about careers as a child, including several scientific options such as oceanographer, archeologist, astronaut. or paleontologist.{{Cite web|date=2000|title=Dive and Discover : Expedition 3 : Interview|url=https://divediscover.whoi.edu/archives/expedition3/interviews/haymon.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=divediscover.whoi.edu}} In college, she decided to study geology and has a B.A. from Rice University (1976). In 1982, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego working on hydrothermal deposits at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise.{{Cite thesis|title=Hydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22235298|date=1983|language=English|first=Rachel Michal|last=Haymon|oclc = 22235298}} Following her Ph.D., she accepted a position at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she was promoted to professor in 1998.{{Cite web|title=UCSB Geological Sciences - Rachel Haymon|url=http://haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu}} Haymon retired from full professor in 2010.{{cite journal|date=December 17, 2015|title=Autobiographical sketches|url=https://tos.org/oceanography/article/women-in-oceanography-a-decade-later-autobiographical-sketches1|journal=Oceanography|volume=27|issue=4|page=131}}

Haymon's research centers on the deposition of minerals at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Haymon's work on ophiolites in Oman revealed fossils of hydrothermal vent worms{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Koski|first2=Randolph A.|last3=Sinclair|first3=Colin|date=1984-03-30|title=Fossils of Hydrothermal Vent Worms from Cretaceous Sulfide Ores of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman|url=https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.223.4643.1407|journal=Science|volume=223|issue=4643|pages=1407–1409|doi=10.1126/science.223.4643.1407|pmid=17746052|bibcode=1984Sci...223.1407H|s2cid=30213463}}{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=R. M.|last2=Koski|first2=R. A.|date=1985|title=Evidence of an ancient hydrothermal vent community: fossil worm tubes in Cretaceous sulfide deposits of the Samail ophiolite, Oman|url=http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=7903134|journal=Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington|language=en|issue=6|pages=57–65|issn=0097-0298}} and geological evidence of hydrothermal venting.{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Koski|first2=Randolph A.|last3=Abrams|first3=Michael J.|date=1989-06-01|title=Hydrothermal discharge zones beneath massive sulfide deposits mapped in the Oman ophiolite|url=https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1989)0172.3.CO;2|journal=Geology|volume=17|issue=6|pages=531–535|doi=10.1130/0091-7613(1989)017<0531:HDZBMS>2.3.CO;2|bibcode=1989Geo....17..531H|issn=0091-7613}} As a graduate student, Haymon worked on the mineralogy of hydrothermal vents at 21ºN North along the East Pacific Rise using samples collected during the RISE project.{{Cite journal|last=Haymon|first=R. M.|date=1983-12-01|title=Hydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific rise at 21°N|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-6742%2883%2990040-7|journal=Journal of Geochemical Exploration|series=Proceedings of the 9th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=493–495|doi=10.1016/0375-6742(83)90040-7|bibcode=1983JCExp..19..493H |issn=0375-6742}}{{Cite journal|last=Haymon|first=Rachel M.|date=1983|title=Growth history of hydrothermal black smoker chimneys|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/301695a0|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=301|issue=5902|pages=695–698|doi=10.1038/301695a0|bibcode=1983Natur.301..695H|s2cid=45206494|issn=1476-4687}}{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Kastner|first2=Miriam|date=1981-05-01|title=Hot spring deposits on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: preliminary description of mineralogy and genesis|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X%2881%2990041-8|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=53|issue=3|pages=363–381|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(81)90041-8|bibcode=1981E&PSL..53..363H|issn=0012-821X}} Using data from 1989, Haymon mapped the distribution of hydrothermal vents along the 9ºNorth of the East Pacific Rise.{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Fornari|first2=Daniel J.|last3=Edwards|first3=Margo H.|author-link3=Margo Edwards|last4=Carbotte|first4=Suzanne|author-link4=Suzanne Carbotte|last5=Wright|first5=Dawn|author-link5=Dawn Wright|last6=Macdonald|first6=Ken C.|author-link6=Kenneth C. Macdonald|date=1991-06-01|title=Hydrothermal vent distribution along the East Pacific Rise crest (9°09′–54′N) and its relationship to magmatic and tectonic processes on fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X%2891%2990226-8|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=104|issue=2|pages=513–534|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(91)90226-8|bibcode=1991E&PSL.104..513H|s2cid=128614514 |issn=0012-821X}} Then, in 1991, Haymon led the team that returned to this site and discovered a recent eruption on the seafloor.{{cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=R. M.|last2=Fornari|first2=D. J.|last3=Von Damm|first3=K. L.|author-link3=Karen Von Damm|last4=Lilley|first4=M. D.|last5=Perfit|first5=M. R.|author-link5=Michael Perfit|last6=Edmond|first6=J. M.|last7=Shanks|first7=W. C.|last8=Lutz|first8=R. A.|last9=Grebmeier|first9=J. M.|author-link9=Jacqueline M. Grebmeier|last10=Carbotte|first10=S.|last11=Wright|first11=D.|date=1 August 1993|title=Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°45–52′N: Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(93)90008-W|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=119|issue=1|pages=85–101|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(93)90008-W|issn=0012-821X|last12=McLaughlin|first14=N.|first15=E.|last15=Olson|author-link10=Suzanne Carbotte|last14=Beedle|first13=M.|last13=Smith|author-link11=Dawn Wright|first12=E.|bibcode=1993E&PSL.119...85H}} They dubbed the area "Tube Worm Barbecue" because of the dead tubes worms found in the regions with recent lava flow.{{Cite journal|last=Holden|first=Constance|date=1991|title=Water Couldn't Dash This BBQ|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2879529|journal=Science|volume=254|issue=5028|pages=29|doi=10.1126/science.254.5028.29.c|jstor=2879529|issn=0036-8075}}{{Cite book|last=Hill|first=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7kwDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rachel+Haymon%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA157|title=Gold: The California Story|date=2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-23680-6|language=en}} Haymon described the excitement of seeing the outcome of the recent eruption in a subsequent newspaper article.{{Cite news|last=Wood|first=Daniel B.|date=July 21, 1991|title=World Under Water|language=en|page=37|publisher=The Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WZGAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Rachel+Haymon%22&pg=PA37&article_id=4244,4771432}} Repeated visits to the area revealed the tube worms were gone within eleven months after the eruption, replaced by small fish, octopus, and crabs.{{Cite journal|last1=Lutz|first1=Richard A.|last2=Shank|first2=Timothy M.|last3=Fornari|first3=Daniel J.|last4=Haymon|first4=Rachel M.|last5=Lilley|first5=Marvin D.|last6=Von Damm|first6=Karen L.|last7=Desbruyeres|first7=Daniel|date=1994|title=Rapid growth at deep-sea vents|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/371663a0|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=371|issue=6499|pages=663–664|doi=10.1038/371663a0|bibcode=1994Natur.371..663L|s2cid=4357672|issn=0028-0836}} Later work by Haymon on the East Pacific Rise revealed hydrothermal venting along the ridge-flank sites, away from the black smokers.{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Macdonald|first2=Ken C.|last3=Benjamin|first3=Sara B.|last4=Ehrhardt|first4=Christopher J.|date=2005-02-01|title=Manifestations of hydrothermal discharge from young abyssal hills on the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise flank|url=https://doi.org/10.1130/G21058.1|journal=Geology|volume=33|issue=2|pages=153–156|doi=10.1130/G21058.1|bibcode=2005Geo....33..153H|issn=0091-7613}} In 2006, Haymon led the team that discovered the first black smokers within the hydrothermal vents fields near the Galapagos.{{Cite journal|last=Reed|first=Christina|date=2006-02-01|title=Boiling points|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=439|issue=7079|pages=905–907|doi=10.1038/439905a|pmid=16495964|issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=White|first2=Scott M.|last3=Baker|first3=Edward T.|last4=Anderson|first4=Peter G.|last5=Macdonald|first5=Ken C.|last6=Resing|first6=Joseph A.|date=2008|title=High-resolution surveys along the hot spot–affected Gálapagos Spreading Center: 3. Black smoker discoveries and the implications for geological controls on hydrothermal activity|journal=Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems|language=en|volume=9|issue=12|doi=10.1029/2008GC002114|bibcode=2008GGG.....912006H|issn=1525-2027|doi-access=free}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Fornari|first2=Daniel J.|last3=Edwards|first3=Margo H.|author-link3=Margo Edwards|last4=Carbotte|first4=Suzanne|author-link4=Suzanne Carbotte|last5=Wright|first5=Dawn|author-link5=Dawn Wright|last6=Macdonald|first6=Ken C.|author-link6= Kenneth C. Macdonald |date=1 June 1991|title=Hydrothermal vent distribution along the East Pacific Rise crest (9°09′–54′N) and its relationship to magmatic and tectonic processes on fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(91)90226-8|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=104|issue=2|pages=513–534|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(91)90226-8|bibcode=1991E&PSL.104..513H|s2cid=128614514 |issn=0012-821X}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|date=February 1983|title=Growth history of hydrothermal black smoker chimneys|journal=Nature|volume=301|issue=5902|pages=695–698|doi=10.1038/301695a0|bibcode=1983Natur.301..695H|s2cid=45206494}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=Rachel M.|last2=Kastner|first2=Miriam|author-link2=Miriam Kastner|date=1 May 1981|title=Hot spring deposits on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: preliminary description of mineralogy and genesis|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(81)90041-8|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=53|issue=3|pages=363–381|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(81)90041-8|bibcode=1981E&PSL..53..363H|issn=0012-821X}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Spiess|first1=F. N.|last2=Macdonald|first2=Ken C.|last3=Atwater|first3=T.|last4=Ballard|first4=R.|last5=Carranza|first5=A.|last6=Cordoba|first6=D.|last7=Cox|first7=C.|last8=Garcia|first8=V. M. Diaz|last9=Francheteau|first9=J.|last10=Guerrero|first10=J.|last11=Hawkins|first11=J.|date=28 March 1980|title=East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments|url=https://doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4438.1421|journal=Science|volume=207|issue=4438|pages=1421–1433|doi=10.1126/science.207.4438.1421|first18=J. D.|first19=S.|first13=R.|first20=W.|last12=Haymon|first12=R.|first22=C.|last22=Rangin|first21=J.|last21=Orcutt|last18=Macdougall|last20=Normark|first17=B.|last17=Luyendyk|first16=R.|last16=Larson|first15=M.|last15=Kastner|first14=T.|last19=Miller|last13=Hessler|last14=Juteau|pmid=17779602|bibcode=1980Sci...207.1421S|s2cid=28363398}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Haymon|first1=R. M.|last2=Fornari|first2=D. J.|last3=Von Damm|first3=K. L.|author-link3=Karen Von Damm|last4=Lilley|first4=M. D.|last5=Perfit|first5=M. R.|author-link5=Michael Perfit|last6=Edmond|first6=J. M.|last7=Shanks|first7=W. C.|last8=Lutz|first8=R. A.|last9=Grebmeier|first9=J. M.|author-link9=Jacqueline M. Grebmeier|last10=Carbotte|first10=S.|last11=Wright|first11=D.|date=1 August 1993|title=Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°45–52′N: Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(93)90008-W|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=119|issue=1|pages=85–101|doi=10.1016/0012-821X(93)90008-W|issn=0012-821X|last12=McLaughlin|first14=N.|first15=E.|last15=Olson|author-link10=Suzanne Carbotte|last14=Beedle|first13=M.|last13=Smith|author-link11=Dawn Wright|first12=E.|bibcode=1993E&PSL.119...85H}}

• AAAS-Newcomb-Cleveland Award (1980),{{Cite web|title=Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://www.aaas.org/awards/newcomb-cleveland-prize/recipients|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.aaas.org|language=en}} for Spiess et al. paper{{Cite journal|last1=Spiess|first1=F. N.|last2=Macdonald|first2=Ken C.|last3=Atwater|first3=T.|last4=Ballard|first4=R.|last5=Carranza|first5=A.|last6=Cordoba|first6=D.|last7=Cox|first7=C.|last8=Garcia|first8=V. M. Diaz|last9=Francheteau|first9=J.|last10=Guerrero|first10=J.|last11=Hawkins|first11=J.|date=1980-03-28|title=East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments|url=https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.207.4438.1421|journal=Science|volume=207|issue=4438|pages=1421–1433|doi=10.1126/science.207.4438.1421|pmid=17779602|bibcode=1980Sci...207.1421S|s2cid=28363398}}
• Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1999){{Cite web|title=UCSB Geological Sciences - Rachel Haymon|url=http://haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu/CurriculumVitae.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu}}
• Fellow, Geological Society of America (2005){{Cite news|date=2005|title=GSA Fellows Elected by Council on 15 May 2005|page=14|work=GSA Today|url=https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/15/7/pdf/gt0507.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2021}}

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• [https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb3072703w 1979 archived photo of Haymon]

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