TRACES Research at Brown
In the TRACES research group at Brown University we use multiple approaches to study the Timing, Rates, And Cycles of Earth Systems. Broadly our efforts fall within three categories of research:
- Using thermo- and geochronology to test hypotheses about the evolution of plate margins
- Investigating the geochemical fingerprints of fluid-rock interactions and volatile cycling at different tectonic settings
- Studying the history of diversity in the geosciences and efforts to make the discipline more inclusive.
TRACES LAB
The TRACES Lab At Brown includes an ASI Alpahchron noble gas mass spectrometer, Rigaku CTLABHX benchtop micro-computed tomography instrument, 3 picking microscopes, heavy liquids density separation, frantz magnetic separator and water table.
We also work closely with the other geochemistry analytical facilities in DEEPS for laser ablation and solution inductively coupled mass spectrometry.
TRACES Team
Emily H. G. Cooperdock, Assistant Professor
Travis Parsons, Lab Manager
César Bucheli-Olaya, PhD student (Brown University 2023-present)
Alexia Rojas, PhD student (USC 2021-2023, Brown University 2023-present)
Anahi Carrera, PhD student (USC 2019-2023, Brown University 2023-present)
Ryley M. C. Tibbetts, PhD student (USC 2019-present)
Justine Grabiec, PhD student (USC 2021-present)
Florian Hofmann, postdoc (USC 2020-2021, currently Research Assistant Professor at University Alaska, Fairbanks)
Interested in joining our group?
Prospective students and postdocs should email Emily with an introduction and a CV. Prospective graduate students should note that our department no longer requires GRE scores and Emily does not either.
If you are a prospective graduate student I will work with you to develop your PhD research projects. If you are a prospective postdoc, I expect you to develop your own research directions and we can discuss how I can help strengthen and support your ideas.