25 July 2024. Mass spec move-in day! We finally unboxed the MC-ICP-MS and EA-IRMS and brought them into the lab. Installation begins in a week!
1 July 2024. Our technician and mass spec guru, Rosa Grigoryan, officially joined the lab. Welcome, Rosa! We're lucky to have you here.
6 June 2024. Chenyi Tu (UC Riverside) was awarded a fellowship from the NASA Postdoctoral Program to join our group next year. Congrats, Chenyi! Looking forward to having you join us.
22 May 2024. Grant funded: we will be studying the diagenetic reactions leading to sedimentary phosphorus enrichment with support from the American Chemical Society.
28 December 2023. The mass specs have arrived! The Sapphire MC-ICP-MS and Horizon 2 IRMS will be installed next year.
16 November 2023. Our work on nitrogen isotope analysis of cycad fossils was published in Nature Ecology & Evolution and featured by Duke Today.
15 November 2023. Mike was highlighted in an article about new Duke faculty conducting climate-related research.
1 November 2023. GAIA Lab website is live! Stay tuned as we build an isotope geochemistry lab.