Postdoctoral Fellows

Munazza Alam
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Exoplanet atmospheres; host star elemental abundances; planet formation and evolution
- 202-478-8863
- malam@carnegiescience.edu
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Jens Barosch
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry
- (202) 478 8900
- jbarosch@carnegiescience.edu
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Tiange Bi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Computational chemistry; high pressure; crystal structure prediction of novel materials with advanced properties
- 202-478-8946
- tbi@carnegiescience.edu
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Kara Brugman
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Experimental petrology; magma genesis on exoplanets, Earth, and solar system bodies; diffusion chronometry; geothermometry; volcano science and hazards; high-silica magmatic systems; volatile solubility and cycling
- (202) 478-8981
- kbrugman@carnegiescience.edu
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Matthew S. Clement
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Terrestrial planet formation; origin of the Earth and inner solar system; planet embryo formation; GPU computing; collisional evolution of the asteroid belt
- (202) 478-8861
- mclement@carnegiescience.edu
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James W. Dottin, III
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Geology
- (202)478-8872
- jdottin@carnegiescience.edu
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Samuel G. Dunning
Postdoctoral Fellow
High Pressure Materials Science; New Materials Synthesis; Materials Characterization
- 202-478-8940
- sdunning@carnegiescience.edu
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Rajkrishna Dutta
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
High pressure and temperature conditions; analogs of silicates and oxides; density functional theory; dynamic compression experiments
- (202) 478-8934
- rdutta@carnegiescience.edu
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Eric Edmund
Postdoctoral Fellow
Thermal conductivity of Bridgmanite at lower mantle conditions. Melting and transport properties of iron alloys at high pressures and temperatures.
- 202-478-8913
- eedmund@carnegiescience.edu
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Innocent Chinwe Ezenwa
Postdoctoral Fellow
Geophysics; geochemistry; planetary interior dynamics; element partitioning
- 202-478-8924
- iezenwa@carnegiescience.edu
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Nico Kueter
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Experimental (isotope) geochemistry with focus on light stable isotopes; Petrology, Mineralogy, Geology
- (202) 478-8972
- nkueter@carnegiescience.edu
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Francesca Miozzi
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Exoplanets; extreme conditions experiments; mineral physics; petrology
- 202-478-8938
- fmiozzi@carnegiescience.edu
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Peng Ni
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Geochemistry; planetary science
- (202) 478-8927
- pni@carnegiescience.edu
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Anjali Piette
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Exoplanet atmospheres; Atmospheric characterization & modeling; Atmosphere-interior interactions
- 202-478-8942
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Daniel E. Portner
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Subduction zones, slab behavior, seismic imaging, magmatic systems, mantle dynamics, plate tectonics, and material recycling
- (202) 478-8856
- dportner@carnegiescience.edu
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Aldo S.M. Raeliarijaona
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ferroelectrics, Materials Science
- (202) 478-8952
- araeliarijaona@carnegiescience.edu
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Tara Shreve
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Volcanology; InSAR; Crustal deformation; Analytical and numerical modelling; Remote sensing of volcanic degassing; Caldera-rift systems
- (202) 478-9999
- tshreve at carnegiescience.edu
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Nathan Sime
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Mathematical modelling, numerical methods, uncertainty quantification, large scale computing.
- 202-478-8867
- nsime@carnegiescience.edu
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Zachary A. Torrano
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Cosmochemistry; Geochemistry; Meteorites; Planetary Science, Isotopes
- 202-478-8862
- ztorrano@carnegiescience.edu
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Wenzhong Wang
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
First-principles calculations, Mineral physics, Heterogeneities within Earth's interior and Beyond, Isotope geochemistry, Planetary differentiation
- (202) 478-9999
- wwang10@carnegiescience.edu
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Jason Williams
Postdoctoral Fellow
Geochemistry, data science, machine learning, numerical modeling, high-performance computing, and geospatial analysis
- 202-478-8953
- jwilliams10@carnegiescience.edu
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Michael L. Wong
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Planetary atmospheres; habitability; biosignatures; emergence of life
- 202-478-8948
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Longjian Xie
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Chemical and thermal evolution of Earth’s interior, Melt properties under high pressure, Ultra-high temperature (>3000 ºC) and high pressure (>40 GPa) generation and measurement in the multi-anvil press
- (202) 478-9999
- lxie@carnegiescience.edu
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Yan Zhan
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Geodynamics; Volcanology; Crustal Deformation; Numerical Modeling; Data Assimilation
- 202-478-2394
- yzhan@carnegiescience.edu
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Mingming Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Planet Formation and Evolution; Geodynamic Modeling; Transport Properties of Silicates
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- mzhang@carnegiescience.edu
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Ningli Zhao
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Rock Physics, Geodynamics, Geochemistry.
- 202-478-8861
- nzhao@carnegiescience.edu
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Claire Zurkowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mineral physics; crystal X-ray diffraction; planetary deep interiors
- 202-478-8868
- czurkowski@carnegiescience.edu
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