Research Interests

My work focuses around the alteration of mafic and ultramafic rocks by hydrous and carbonated fluids. To do this, I use a variety of analytical techniques including petrography, x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and electron microprobe together with hydrothermal experiments and geochemical modelling to constrain temperatures, water/rock, chemical and mineralogical changes and track alteration of rocks. These processes occur globally and have occurred throughout geologic history.

I am currently investigating the potential of long-term carbon storage in carbonate minerals during fluid-rock interactions in mafic and ultramafic rocks.