The Peng Ni-Lab aims at understanding the formation and evolution of Earth and other planets by experimentally studying isotope fractionation of Cu and Fe during related processes.
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth, Planets, and Space Sciences in University of California, Los Angeles. I’m an experimental petrologist who seeks to understand the geochemical processes during the formation, differentiation and evolution of Earth and other planets. I utilize a variety of analytical and experimental tools, as well as natural sample studies to solve intriguing questions in these fields.
I got my PhD in 2017 from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a John Dorr Academic Achievement Award. My PhD thesis focused on:
- The experimental study of Cu diffusion in silicate melts to understand Cu-bearing ore deposit formation and volatile isotope fractionation in tektites
- The volatile abundances in the lunar mantle using lunar olivine-hosted melt inclusions
After my PhD, I went to the Geophysical Laboratory (now part of the Earth & Planets Laboratory) of Carnegie Institution for Science as a Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow. During my postdoc, I’ve incorporated non-traditional isotope geochemistry into my research. Please check out the “Research” tab of my website if you want to learn more about the type of research projects I work on.
“What you’re seeking is the exhilaration, emotion, of discovery,
Clair C. Patterson
of an understanding—that’s what you’re seeking”
Peng Ni
He/Him
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
pengni@epss.ucla.edu
Phone
310-825-9932
Office
1806 Geology
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567