Melt Generation, Magmas & Volcanism

Faculty

	Kenneth S Befus Volcanology, igneous petrology, mineralogy, gemology
	Elizabeth J Catlos Please see https://catloslab.org/
	James E Gardner Volcanology, volcanic eruption processes, magmatic processes, experimental petrology, volatiles in magmas, degassing of volatiles from magmas, control of degassing behavior on volcanic eruptions and formation of ore bodies
	Marek Locmelis Critical minerals, economic geology, ore deposits, empirical and conceptual exploration targeting, translithospheric mass transfer, ethical and sustainable mining
	Chenguang Sun Deep volatile cycling; magmatic and metamorphic processes; planetary differentiation and habitability
	Taiyi Wang Fault mechanics, seismic source theory, caldera collapse, volcano geodesy

Research Faculty

	Brent Elliott
	James O Thompson Wildfires, Volcanology, Remote Sensing, Thermodynamics of Geological Processes, Infrared Spectroscopy, Geohazards and Surface Geology, Multi-scale Land Surface Modeling

Emeritus

Douglas Smith Research on mantle evolution using tools of mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.