Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Website
Office: Williamson Hall
Education: Ph.D. High Temperature Geochemistry & Experimental Petrology, Rice University, 2016
Areas of Interest / Research:
- Volcanology
- High-Temperature Geochemistry
- Experimental Petrology
- Planetary Geochemistry
Dr. Ding’s research investigates the exchange of magmatic volatiles (sulfur, carbon, water) between the planetary interior and surface reservoirs. Her research approach involves high-pressure experiments, micro-analysis of the mineral-hosted inclusions, and modeling.
Around 800 million people live in regions that could be directly impacted by volcanic hazards. Moreover, large explosive eruptions inject massive volcanic gases and ash into the atmosphere, leading to potentially catastrophic climate disruptions. Thus, volcanic degassing is fundamentally vital to global climate, eruption forecasting, and cycling of volatiles. Dr. Ding uses mineral-hosted melt inclusions, high-pressure, high-temperature experiments, and thermodynamic modeling to estimate the volatile fluxes from volcanoes, to infer magma plumbing system underneath volcanoes, and to interpret volcanic gas data that potentially can be an eruption precursor.
