BIOGRAPHY

I am a geologist/petrologist/geochemist who investigates how our planet has evolved with time, from the deepest parts of the Earth's mantle to the continental crust and to the atmosphere. I combine field mapping and sampling with state-of-the-art analytical tools (mass spectrometry, x- ray spectrometry, electron probe microanalysis) and simple analytical and numerical modeling. I have worked on continent formation and destruction, redox evolution of the Earth's interior, the origin of various ore deposits, the petrological structure of volcanic margins, and the origin of granites. I am now working on the geochemical interactions between the deep Earth and oceans/atmospheres to better understand what controls long-term climate evolution.

RESEARCH AREAS

petrology, continent formation and destruction, magma chamber processes, whole Earth carbon cycling

EDUCATION

B.A. Geology (1996) University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Geochemistry (2001) Harvard University
Postdoc (2001-2002) Caltech