Hervig uses the elemental and isotopic chemistry of earth and extraterrestrial materials to deduce their origin and evolution. The main analytical tool he uses is secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS).

My PhD work explores the diverse chemical environments generated through water-rock interactions and their implications for the habitability of rock-hosted systems.

Melanie Barboni is an isotope geochemist/igneous petrologist whose research focuses on understanding magmatic systems, both on Earth and other planetary bodies.

Mara is a 4th year PhD Candidate whose research uses microscopy to study the effects that impacts in space have on the mineralogy of meteorites. She also studies the likely mineralogy of exoplanets using stellar compositions.

Structural characterization and thermodynamic measurements of natural minerals and synthetic materials; determination of their structure-stability relationships at relevant temperature, pressure & chemical conditions.