Jana Berlin

Ph.D. candidate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

                                                                                                                            

Research interests

Meteorites, planetary sciences and cosmochemistry:

• ►  processes in the solar nebula and evolution of the early solar system

• ►  chondrule formation mechanisms

• ►  oxygen isotope fractionations among meteorites

• ►  asteroidal processes (i.e. thermal metamorphism, differentiation and
       core formation)

• ►  relating meteorites to asteroids via VIS/NIR reflectance spectroscopy

• ►  identification of impact crater projectiles

Mineralogy and geochemistry:

• ►  methods to determine the Fe³⁺ content in minerals

• ►  oxidation state of the Earth's mantle

• ►  mantle xenoliths

• ►  mineral identification

Analytical methods:

• ►  Optical microscopy
  ►  Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  ►  Electron microprobe (EPMA)
  ►  Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
  ►  Laser-fluorination mass spectrometry (oxygen isotopes)

  ►  High-pressure and high-temperature experiments
   

My Ph.D. thesis will focus on the relationship between matrix and chondrules in the most primitive chondritic meteorites involving a systematic study of chemical compositions and oxygen isotopes.
Advisors:  Dr. Adrian Brearley and Dr. Rhian Jones

The title of my M.S. thesis was: Mineralogical and petrographic examination of the chondritic breccia Rumuruti.
Advisors:  Dr. Dieter Stöffler, Dr. J. Arndt and Dr. Cornelia M. Lingemann

University of New Mexico

Department of  Earth & Planetary Sciences