March 2020 - My new paper was just published in Nature Geoscience! As it turns out, the geochemical heterogeneities in the Moon's crust started having a dramatic influence on how much magma the Moon was making and where early on in its history. Check out the paper here, and here is the UF press release on the paper!
January 2020 - My new experimental geochemistry laboratory, The Florida Planets Lab, has passed all of its construction inspections and is now ready to get setup for some great science! Find out more about it here!
July 2019 - The University of Florida highlighted my work on Apollo samples in light of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. You can see the interview here!
July 2019 - Check our an article from Science News that I'm quoted in on how the Apollo samples have been curated over the past 50 years and what we've learned from them!
March 2019 - I was honored to present an invited talk discussing the lunar magma ocean hypothesis in a special session entitled 50 Years of Lunar Science: The Legacy of "One Small Step" at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference! The session celebrated the impact of the Apollo missions on lunar science in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of both Apollo 11 and LPSC. You can find the lineup for the special session and links to the abstracts here.
March 2019 - My EPSL paper on iron isotope fractionation is now available online here and will be published in the May 1st issue of the journal.
February 2019 - My manuscript on how the composition of planetary cores affects iron isotope fractionation and its implications for volatile depletion models in the terrestrial planets has been accepted at EPSL!
December 2018 - After spending a no-teaching Fall 2018 semester at the Geophysical Lab at Carnegie wrapping up a few things, Amy and I have officially arrived in Gainesville and are excited to get settled in at UF!
August 2018 - The new website for my Planetary Geochemistry group and Experimental Geochemistry lab is up and running! Check it out here: www.ufexpet.com
August 2018 - Started a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida! I'll be located at Carnegie in DC until December when I move to Gainesville.
May 2018 - Accepted a faculty position in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida! I will be starting the position in Fall 2018 and establishing an Experimental Geochemistry lab there.
May 2018 - Presented two talks, one related to iron isotope fractionation during core formation and the other on lunar crust building magmatism, at the LPI's Conference on Planetary Differentiation in Pasadena, CA, a meeting I helped organize.
May 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences.
March 2018 - Presented two talks, including an invited talk in the special session on the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 17, at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, TX.
March 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at the University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences .
February 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at the University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences.
December 2017 - Presented an invited seminar at Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences.
November 2017 - Visited Cusco and Machu Picchu in Peru, and Coyhaique, Chile in Patagonia over the Thanksgiving holiday! Pictures to come!
November 2017 - I presented the Fall 2017 Neighborhood Lecture for the Geophysical Laboratory, entitled "The Roadside Geology of Earth's Moon."
May 2017 - Joined the MoonRise Lunar Sample Return Mission proposal team as a science team co-investigator!
May 2017 - Presented an invited talk at Apollo 17 45th Anniversary Symposium, headlined by Apollo 17 Astronaut Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, at the Goddard Spaceflight Center.
April 2017 - Paper on the origin of iron isotope variations in the terrestrial planets was published in Nature Geoscience with our image on the cover!
April 2017 - Seminar presented at Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences.
March 2017 - Presented a talk and a poster at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, TX.
February 2017 - Special invited seminar at the University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
February 2017 - Invited guest speaker at the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Workshop on Young Lunar Volcanism, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.
January 2017 - Special invited seminar at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
December 2016 - Attend the workshop for the new Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes volume in the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, for which I was an author on Chapter 3.
October 2016 - Seminar presented at Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences.
June 2016 - I was awarded a prestigious NASA Early Career Fellowship!
June 2016 - NASA Solar System Workings proposal on the origin of the lunar crust was selected for funding!
June 2016 - Presented an invited talk at the Goldschmidt Conference – Session 02g: Lunar Evolution: Endogenous and Exogenous Processes - in Yokohama, Japan.
May 2016 - Presented at the first workshop for New Views of the Moon 2, an upcoming volume in the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry series, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.
April 2016 - Geochemistry seminar presented at the University of Maryland, Department of Geology.
April 2015 - Seminar presented at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
January 2020 - My new experimental geochemistry laboratory, The Florida Planets Lab, has passed all of its construction inspections and is now ready to get setup for some great science! Find out more about it here!
July 2019 - The University of Florida highlighted my work on Apollo samples in light of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. You can see the interview here!
July 2019 - Check our an article from Science News that I'm quoted in on how the Apollo samples have been curated over the past 50 years and what we've learned from them!
March 2019 - I was honored to present an invited talk discussing the lunar magma ocean hypothesis in a special session entitled 50 Years of Lunar Science: The Legacy of "One Small Step" at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference! The session celebrated the impact of the Apollo missions on lunar science in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of both Apollo 11 and LPSC. You can find the lineup for the special session and links to the abstracts here.
March 2019 - My EPSL paper on iron isotope fractionation is now available online here and will be published in the May 1st issue of the journal.
February 2019 - My manuscript on how the composition of planetary cores affects iron isotope fractionation and its implications for volatile depletion models in the terrestrial planets has been accepted at EPSL!
December 2018 - After spending a no-teaching Fall 2018 semester at the Geophysical Lab at Carnegie wrapping up a few things, Amy and I have officially arrived in Gainesville and are excited to get settled in at UF!
August 2018 - The new website for my Planetary Geochemistry group and Experimental Geochemistry lab is up and running! Check it out here: www.ufexpet.com
August 2018 - Started a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida! I'll be located at Carnegie in DC until December when I move to Gainesville.
May 2018 - Accepted a faculty position in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida! I will be starting the position in Fall 2018 and establishing an Experimental Geochemistry lab there.
May 2018 - Presented two talks, one related to iron isotope fractionation during core formation and the other on lunar crust building magmatism, at the LPI's Conference on Planetary Differentiation in Pasadena, CA, a meeting I helped organize.
May 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences.
March 2018 - Presented two talks, including an invited talk in the special session on the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 17, at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, TX.
March 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at the University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences .
February 2018 - Presented a special invited seminar at the University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences.
December 2017 - Presented an invited seminar at Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences.
November 2017 - Visited Cusco and Machu Picchu in Peru, and Coyhaique, Chile in Patagonia over the Thanksgiving holiday! Pictures to come!
November 2017 - I presented the Fall 2017 Neighborhood Lecture for the Geophysical Laboratory, entitled "The Roadside Geology of Earth's Moon."
May 2017 - Joined the MoonRise Lunar Sample Return Mission proposal team as a science team co-investigator!
May 2017 - Presented an invited talk at Apollo 17 45th Anniversary Symposium, headlined by Apollo 17 Astronaut Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, at the Goddard Spaceflight Center.
April 2017 - Paper on the origin of iron isotope variations in the terrestrial planets was published in Nature Geoscience with our image on the cover!
April 2017 - Seminar presented at Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences.
March 2017 - Presented a talk and a poster at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, TX.
February 2017 - Special invited seminar at the University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
February 2017 - Invited guest speaker at the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Workshop on Young Lunar Volcanism, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.
January 2017 - Special invited seminar at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
December 2016 - Attend the workshop for the new Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes volume in the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, for which I was an author on Chapter 3.
October 2016 - Seminar presented at Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences.
June 2016 - I was awarded a prestigious NASA Early Career Fellowship!
June 2016 - NASA Solar System Workings proposal on the origin of the lunar crust was selected for funding!
June 2016 - Presented an invited talk at the Goldschmidt Conference – Session 02g: Lunar Evolution: Endogenous and Exogenous Processes - in Yokohama, Japan.
May 2016 - Presented at the first workshop for New Views of the Moon 2, an upcoming volume in the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry series, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.
April 2016 - Geochemistry seminar presented at the University of Maryland, Department of Geology.
April 2015 - Seminar presented at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Cover Photo: The Skógafoss waterfall along the southern coast of Iceland, June 2015
