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Report – EAG Ambassador Beatrix Heller at GSA
This October I was able to attend the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, the “GSA Connects 2022” in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
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Report: EAG Ambassador Thaïs Couasnon Ventures to Ventura
I recently had the great opportunity to be the EAG ambassador at the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference held on Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM) in Ventura (USA) from October 7-14.
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Lives of the Great Geochemists: Katsuko Saruhashi
"There are a lot of reasons why women don't go into science. The lack of equal opportunity is one. There is also the attitude of society, of parents and teachers. And there is little recognition of...
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Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Hauke Vollstaedt
The EAG Communications Committee recently interviewed three geochemists who made the move from academia to industry. Here, we hear from Hauke Vollstaedt, Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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The 7th European Conference on Crystal Growth: An EAG Sponsored Student Reports Back
Attending the 7th European Conference on Crystal Growth (ECCG7), Paris, France was very special for me as this was the first conference where I was able to attend and present my work in person...
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Fieldwork on the Revillagigedo Islands: the challenge and bliss of a geochemical field campaign in a remote uninhabited Mexican UNESCO National Parc
The various aspects of geochemical research, and the field work specifically, make it the best job in the world I think. However, organization and planning of the fieldwork are crucial for the...
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Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Ye Zhao
Many geochemists have transitioned from academia to industry, or vice-versa, during their careers, and sometimes back again or more than once. The EAG Communications Committee recently interviewed...
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Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Kim Dalby
It is a myth that leaving University is a one-way street. The door between Industry and Academia swings both ways and is more open (in my opinion) than ever before.
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Outreach
Being a Distinguished Lecturer during the Pandemic Times
Early 2020 I received a very kind email inviting me to be the EAG Distinguished Lecturer, which involved giving talks in Eastern and Central Europe. That was the original plan. Then the pandemic began
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Six Questions to Andy Ridgwell
Meet Andy Ridgwell (University of California, Riverside) a geochemist who writes computer models – numerical representations of the primary interactions of climate with atmospheric CO2...
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Rock archive: How rocks can tell us about the Earth’s past
The main tool in reconstructing Earth’s environmental history is – rocks! In order to explore the 'rock archive,' we must first understand what kind of stories different types of rocks can tell us!
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Welcome to Rock Archive: A new outreach blog
Rock Archive is an outreach blog that communicates to the public about the current state of knowledge on Earth’s past and present environments.