GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY
Faculty for Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology

The faculty in this research group are internationally recognized for research on the nature of silicate melts (Professor Paul C. Hess), the pressure, temperature and time histories of metamorphic and igneous rocks (Professors L. Peter Gromet, Malcolm J. Rutherford, and Alberto E. Saal), and kinetics and mechanisms of transport processes in minerals and melts (Professors Emeritus Bruno Giletti and Richard Yund, Professor Yan Liang). Professor Reid F. Cooper interests include glass-ceramic and ceramic composite materials, inorganic glasses, mechanical properties, kinetics, physics of geological materials: experimental geophysics and experimental petrology.

Experimental research determines basic physiochemical data for geological materials and applies the results to fundamental problems of magma genesis, volcanism, and plate motions on Earth and other planets. Active collaborations with planetary and geophysics faculty and with other institutions add interdisciplinary perspectives.

	Reid F. Cooper Professor Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-2160 / GeoChemistry Room 031 Reid_Cooper@brown.edu
	L. Peter Gromet Associate Professor Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-1920 / GeoChemistry Room 044 L_Gromet@brown.edu
	Paul C. Hess Professor Emeritus Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-1929 / GeoChemistry Room 038 Paul_Hess@brown.edu
	Greg Hirth Professor Tectonophysics/Geophysics 401-863-7063 / GeoChemistry Room 035 Greg_Hirth@brown.edu
	Yan Liang Associate Professor Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-9477 / GeoChemistry Room 043 Yan_Liang@brown.edu
	Malcolm J. Rutherford Professor Emeritus Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-1927 / GeoChemistry Room 037 Malcolm_Rutherford@brown.edu
	Alberto E. Saal Assistant Professor Geochemistry/Mineralogy/Petrology 401-863-7238 / GeoChemistry Room 042 Alberto_Saal@brown.edu

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