The Mantle Processes Group presented an exhibit, “Ocean Rocks!” at UD Coast Day. This exhibit displayed samples collected from the seafloor and styrofoam objects shrunken by sending them down to the seafloor! The exhibit was adapted from an event held at the National Museum of Natural History in June. More information is in this UDaily […]
Katie Kumamoto has joined Lars Hansen’s group at Oxford University as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. She will be working on the contributions of composition and length-scale to the peak strength of the lithosphere.
Kuan-Yu Lin has joined the Mantle Processes Group! Kuan-Yu completed his B.S. at National Cheng Kung University with a double major in Earth Sciences and Chemistry. He then completed his M.S. in Geosciences at National Taiwan University, with a thesis on the geochemistry of peridotites from ophiolites in Turkey.
Suzanne Birner is now an assistant professor at Berea College, where she is establishing a Geology program, beginning with the development of a new minor.
Melinda Bahruth has joined the Mantle Processes Group to work on deformed rocks from oceanic transform faults. Mindy completed her B.S. in Geology at Wichita State University and has been awarded a Graduate Scholars Fellowship by the University of Delaware.
Suzanne Birner and Katie Kumamoto graduated this weekend!
Suzanne Birner successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Variations in the Oxygen Fugacity of the Upper Mantle“. Congratulations Dr. Birner!
Katie Kumamoto successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Exploring the Rheological Properties of the Upper Mantle: From the Field to the Laboratory”. Congratulations Dr. Kumamoto!
Kendra Lynn has joined the Mantle Processes Group as a postdoctoral scientist. Kendra received her PhD in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Hawai’i. She worked with Mike Garcia on compositional zoning in olivine from Kilauea tephras, focusing on diffusion chronometry as a tool for investigating magmatic processes. At the University of Delaware, Kendra […]
Cecile Prigent has joined the Mantle Processes Group as a postdoctoral scientist. Cecile received her PhD from the Universite Grenoble-Alpes, France, working with Stephane Guillot and Philippe Agard on the interaction of subduction fluids with peridotites in the Oman Ophiolite. Her research focus is on the feedbacks between ductile deformation and fluid circulation.