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Philip A. Candela

Professor Emeritus
Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School

Ph.D. Harvard University, 1982

Contact

Fax: (301) 314-9661

candela [at] umd [dot] edu

Research Interests

Thermodynamics and mass transfer dynamics of magmatic-hydrothermal systems; mineral and resource economics; the role of markets in society; the geology and physical chemistry of shale gas and shale oil extraction; experimental studies of geological materials in the Earth’s upper crust; asbestos geology; mineral deposits in the Appalachians; the formation of granites