Sonja Aulbach

Department of Geology

Ralf Halama

Department of Geology

Fawna Korhonen

Department of Geology

Mario Luong

Department of Chemistry

Purushottam Shetty

Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering

Seung Ryeol Lee

Department of Geology

Tetsuya Yokoyama

Department of Geology

James Day

Department of Geology

Richard Gaschnig

Department of Geology

Kristi Engel

Department of Geology

Madalyn Blondes

Department of Geology

Marvourneen K. Dolor

Department of Chemistry

Advisor : George Helz (Chemistry) and William McDonough (Geology)

Research : Oxidation reaction and Re-chemistry

Tom Ireland

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : HSE and Os isotope systematics of Ocean Island Basalts (OIB)

Nick Geboy

Department of Geology

Advisor : Alan Jay Kaufman

Research : Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sediments

Jenise Honesto

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Siderophile and chalcophile geo-cosmochemistry

Adam Mansur

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick

Research : . Granulite-facies Xenoliths in Rift Basalts of Northern Tanzania

Katie Mathews

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor : Andréa Grotolli

Research : Trace elements in coral skeleton and sea water

Rachel Potter

Department of Geology

Advisor: Sarah Penniston-Dorland

Research : Diffusion of oxygen and lithium isotopes between the Bushveld Complex and metasedimentary rock

Kate Scheiderich

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Investigating molybdenum isotopes in sedimentary systems

Ruth Schulte

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Re-Os isotope systematics of mafic and ultramafic rocks

Sean Timpa

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick

Research : Lower crest of East Africa

Fang-Zhen Teng

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough and Roberta Rudnick

Research : Lithium isotopic systematics of the continental crust

Ricardo Arevalo, Jr.

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Understanding and quantifying the partitioning behavior of trace elements in the modern mantle

Jeremy Bellucci

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Understanding micron scale isotopic systematics

John-Luke Henriquez

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Developing micro-analytical techniques to measure trace element abundances in chondritic meteorites

Yu Huang

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Geoneutrino flux modeling

Xiao-Ming Liu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and William McDonough

Research : Studying weathering profiles developed on Columbia River basalts

Lin Qiu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and William McDonough

Research : Lithium concentrations and isotopic compositions of low-grade metamorphic rocks

Brian Mumaw

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Developing an in-situ method for the collection of uranium-bearing particles from the atmosphere

Miriam Galenas

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Application of isotopic systems to investigate planetary processes

Michael Mengason

Department of Geology

Advisor : Philip Candela and Philip Piccoli

Research : Mechanisms that generate the chemical compositions found among arc magmas

Jingao Liu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and Richard Walker

Research : Lithospheric mantle evolution

Brian Tattitch

Department of Geology

Advisor : Philip Candela and Philip Piccoli

Research : How copper and other ore metals behave in complex magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits

Kang Chen

Department of Geology

Advisor : Igor Puchtel

Research: Partial melting of the middle to lower continental crustal amphibolite- to granulite- facies metapelites

Ashita Stephen

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Advisor : William McDonough

Research: Biogeochemistry Analyses

Ming Tang

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough and Roberta Rudnick

Research: Mantle melting and generation of oceanic crust to constrain recycling of the materials

Dusty Aeiker

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Brooke Carter

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Elena Chung

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Departments of Geology and Chemistry

Susan Drymala

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Allie Gail

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Amy Gelinas

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Cory Hanson

Senior Thesis Researcher

Department of Geology

Rachel Headley

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Physics

Jonathan James

Senior Thesis Researcher

Department of Geology

Istvan Laszlo

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, and Computer Science

Marc Lipella

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Carey Losey

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Civil Engineering

Ashley McCleaf

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Heather Briallen Njo

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Environmental Science

Brendan Puls

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Darya Slobodyanik

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Casey Soneira

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Lucas Boron-Brenner

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry

Marc Fitzgerald

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry

Rebecca Ohly

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Geology

Sarah Saslow

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry

Louie Sun

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry

Sarah Regen

Senior Thesis Researcher

Department of Geology

Zachary Babbitt

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Computer Science

Kandyce Jackson

Oxon Hill High School

Research Project : Ni isotopic analyses of iron meteorites

Madara Jayatilake

Walt Whitman High School

Research Project : Uranium Isotopic analyses of natural and depleted muds

Lauren Thompson

Charles Flower High School

Research Project : Trace element content of domestic house paint

Annie Kielman

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Research Project : Analyzing trace element content of different colored varieties of quartz

Jett Paraoan

Oxon Hill High School

Research Project : Trace metal analyses of domestic drinking water and Anacostia waters