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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Columbia University | Earth Institute
Geochemistry Division, 219 Comer Building
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: (845) 365-8653 Fax: (845) 365-8155
ferriss@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Research interests: mineralogy, geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology

I am a mineralogist interested primarily in the incorporation and behavior of impurities and trace elements. My completed projects range from experimental work on uranium dioxide corrosion to a computational study of titanium incorporation in zircon as a function of pressure. While much of my Ph.D. centered on nuclear waste management, my current interests are more relevant to igneous petrology and geodynamics.