Faculty Researchers
William Cassata
Ph.D Earth & Planetary Science, 2012, University of California at Berkeley
Evolution of Mars’ atmosphere and climate, Formation and history of the Moon, Planetary volatile sources and evolution, Methodological advances in geochronology
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology, climate change, volcanology, evolution, timescale, East Africa.
Roland Mundil
Ph.D. Geology, 1996
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich.
Time scales of evolution, climate signals in sediments, pluton assembly, U/Pb zircon geochronology
Paul R. Renne
Ph.D. Geology, 1987
University of California at Berkeley.
Applications of geochronology and paleomagnetism to various problems in the evolution of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
Warren D. Sharp
Ph.D. Geology, 1984
University of California at Berkeley.
U-series Dating, Quaternary Geochronology, Paleoclimate, Geomorphology, Paleoanthropology, Archaeology
David L. Shuster
Ph.D., Geochemistry, 2005
California Institute of Technology.
Low-temperature and ⁴He/³He thermochronometry, deciphering influences of long-term climate variability on planetary surfaces, erosion histories of mountain ranges, near-surface thermal history of Mars, geochronology of chemical weathering, kinetics of noble gas diffusion.