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Julie BryceAssistant Professor
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Background
• B.A., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1993
• Ph.D., Geological Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
Teaching
In the 2006-2007 academic year I am teaching ESci 7/841 Geochemistry and ESci 420 Our Solar System. I am also co-teaching ESci 7/866 Volcanology (with Joe Licciardi and Jeff Johnson) and ESci 7/845 Isotope Geochemistry (with Erik Hobbie). I have been known to teach ESci 998 Proposal Development.
Students
The UNH Isotope People (UNHIP) group include NRESS Ph.D. students Claire Hoff and Melissa Smith and M.S. students Jenny Locke, Florencia Prado and Kerri Schorzman, and B.S. student Jennie Garcia. Alumni include Chris Waters (B.S. 2004) and Ian Honsberger (B.A. 2006) and alumna Rachel Scudder (B.A. 2006), all of whom are enrolled (or plan to enroll) in graduate degree programs. Honorary alumna Cindy Van Dyke (B.A., Chemistry, 2004) now works in industry.
Research Interests
My primary research interests lie in the application of trace elemental and isotope geochemistry to time and track processes on and within the Earth System. Here are several ongoing projects that fit under this large umbrella.
Linking basaltic melts to the chemical structure of the mantle |
Wet and dry deposition of trace metals in New England
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Elemental cycling in terrestrial ecosystems |
Phenocryst compositions and melt inclusions as probes of mantle source and crustal-level processes (photo by Chris Waters) |
Selected publications can be found here.
Facilities
We have a personally refurbished “clean” lab, a large facility we keep clean in which we have microclean environments to carry out preparation of work in clean environments. We are currently designing a proper clean lab facility for the upcoming renovation of James Hall that commences next year.
In April 2007, we are taking delivery on a single-collector high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS). Our HR-ICP-MS will be equipped with a 213 nm deep UV laser so we will have the capability to do both solution-based and in situ trace elemental characterization.
Service
I co-direct TESSE, a collaborative program between UNH, Dillard University, Elizabeth City State University, and Pennsylvania State University designed to transform middle and high school education about the Earth System.
I also serve on the Advisory Board of UNH’s McNair Research Opportunities Program.
Please direct any inquiries to julie.bryce(at)unh.edu