Research
interests
center around the detailed crystal-chemical characterization of
minerals
associated with weathering, diagenetic, and hydrothermal environments.
Particularly
as these minerals serve to proxy the record of environmental change
throughout
earth history. Clay minerals are the most common and reactive solid on
the
Earth's surface therefore, my research activities involve the study of
these
fine grain particles using methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance,
vibrational spectroscopy, stable isotopes, chemical, X-ray and
electron
diffraction.
