Lab location: MS 3.02.44
Research focuses on understanding volcanic activity on Earth and other planets, using field, experimental and theoretical approaches. Key lab equipment includes differential scanning calorimeters (DSC), high temperature rheometers and viscometers, and light flash analysis (LFA) for measuring thermal conductivity.
rhyolite lava flow in central Iceland
graduate students conducting research on the Paxton Springs lava flow, New Mexico
infrared camera image of basaltic lava at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
graduate students making lava in the HAMsTER laboratory
crystallizing lava in the laboratory crucible is ~7 cm wide
