Dr. Guoyin Shen of APS will deliver a seminar on "Structures of amorphous materials under high pressure."
Dr. Raj Dutta completed his PhD in the mineral physics group at Princeton University. Dutta's PhD work involved studying analogs of silicate and oxide mineral phases at multi-megabar pressures using laser-heated diamond anvil cells combined with in-situ powder x-ray diffraction. At Carnegie Science, he will be focusing on he will be focusing on dynamic compression techniques, particularly using gas guns. Dutta will work with Dr. Sally June Tracy to understand the high-pressure phase transitions in geophysically important mantle phases and their analogs. Dutta's research interests center around studying materials under extreme pressure and temperature conditions using a wide array of experimental techniques.
Washington, DC— Every school child learns about the water cycle—evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
Dr. Vincent S. Riggi joins EPL as a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Andrew Steele. Riggi received his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He will be working on abiotic carbon dioxide reduction in the context of prebiotic chemistry and astrobiology. Experiments will test novel CO2 reduction mechanisms and their feasibility in natural systems. His research interests include astrobiology, prebiotic chemistry, organic synthesis, and high pressure/high temperature geochemistry.
Dr. Xinyu Zhang comes to GL from Jilin University in China. Zhang will be working with Alex Goncharov on theoretical and experimental investigation of novel structure at high pressure for the next year.
Dr. Timothy Strobel of Carnegie Science Geophysical Laboratory presented on "Superdiamonds with tunable properties: a new class of sp3-bonded carbon-based frameworks."
Dr. Thomas Meier of the University of Bayreuth delivered a seminar on "Magnetic Resonance in Tight Spaces: Perspectives and New Directions."
Dr. Kelin Regina Tasca comes to GL as a Visiting Investigator from Brazil, by way of Howard University. She will be working with Dr. Alex Goncharov for a year on the study of fast chemical reactivity of energetic materials using novel ultrafast laser techniques.
Dr. Maxim Bykov joins GL from the University of Bayreuth as a Visiting Investigator. He will work with Dr. Alex Goncharov.
