Techniques
Below are brief introductions to three key techniques I use in my research.
Isotope Geochemistry
I use clean-lab chemical techniques and high-precision multicollector ICP-MS isotopic analyses to explore how planetary systems evolve chemically and thermally—from the processes occurring within magma chambers to the dynamics of global magma oceans.
British Geological Survey, UK
Harvard University, US
Geodynamics
I develop geodynamic models to explore the coupled thermo-chemical evolution of planetary interiors. These models incorporate fluid dynamics, heat transport, melt migration, and melt–solid interactions to capture the physical processes shaping magma oceans, crust formation, and mantle differentiation. My primary computational environment is Python.
Animation illustrating preliminary results for melt fraction and chemical evolution in early Moon.
Paleomagnetism
I combine field sampling, rock-magnetic characterization, and laboratory paleomagnetic measurements to reconstruct plate motions and supercontinental evolution through deep time.
Sampling drill cores from diabase sills in the gorgeous Fanjingshan area (Mount Fanjing), Guizhou, China.