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NSF 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, kinetics (especially diffusion), nuclear waste, volcanology, nominally anhydrous minerals

I am broadly interested in the physical chemistry of Earth materials, particularly the incorporation and behavior of trace elements and impurities. 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 projects on water diffusion in nominally anhydrous minerals are more relevant to volcanology and geodynamics.