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

	Eric Attias OCEEMlab focuses on mitigating climate-driven phenomena by studying dynamic processes at oceanic plate boundaries, addressing geohazards, and promoting a New Blue Economy. Research Interests: (1) The interplay between mantle plumes, submarine freshwater, and marine biodiversity in volcanic systems. (2) Hot-spot mantle plume geodynamics and submarine volcanism. (3) Slab rollback-driven toroidal and poloidal mantle ...
	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.