Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

Associate Professor of Geochemistry

Ph.D, California Institute of Technology, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome to the Noble Gas Laboratory

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
 


My research uses noble gases as tools to answer fundamental questions in Earth and Planetary sciences. The inert nature of the noble gases make them unique geochemical tracers for studying a variety of processes including the accretionary history of extraterrestrial material to Earth, formation of the terrestrial atmosphere, low temperature thermochronometry, exposure age dating, geochemical evolution of the Earth’s mantle, and magma degassing.

The Harvard laboratory is capable of measuring all the noble gases, from He to Xe, and has pioneered multicollector measurements of Ne and Xe. We have unique analytical facilties that allow us to tackle a variety of scientific applications that require high productivity, high precision, and ultra low blanks. Click here to see some high precision measurements generated in our laboratory.


Opportunities: Research opportunities in the noble gas laboratory exist and interested individuals are requested to get in touch with me either by email or by phone.


Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Harvard University
20 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Ph: 617 496 6441 Fax: 617 496 6958
Email: sujoy@eps.harvard.edu

NEWS

We have suggested solutions to the mantle argon concentration paradox and quantified the nature of mass exchange between the upper and lower mantle. 

A news and views article on the paper can be found here

We have also suggested a simple solution to the mantle Helium Paradox.

Our work on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was selected as an Editor's highlight in Geophysical Research Letters

Installation photos!
See photos of the Mass Spectrometer's precarious arrival in April 2004...
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Fall 2008 Courses with Dr. Mukhopadhyay:

Earth and Planetary Sciences 7: Introduction to Geological Sciences

Earth and Planetary Sciences 210: Introduction to Isotope and Trace element Geochemistry

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