ALUMNI NEWSLETTER - Earth Sciences - University of Minnesota

New Lab Managers: X-ray Computed Tomography Lab ....In March 2012 the department purchased an X5000 high resolutionX-ray Computed Tomography (XRCT) system. The newfacility was funded in part by a grant to Donna Whitney fromthe University of Minnesota’s Infrastructure Investment Initiative.The XRCT lab is available for use by researchers within andbeyond the University of Minnesota as well as from industry andgovernment agencies. Analyses can be performed by lab staff orby users, including graduate and undergraduate students, whocan be trained to operate the equipment and software independently.Brian Bagley, PhD 2011, was hired to manage the new facilityand arrived in May 2012. Research from the lab has alreadybeen presented at three conferences and we are looking forwardto a busy and productive year. See xraylab.esci.umn.edu for additionalinformation.Martin Saar and Brian Bagley with the newly installed XRCT.Microtus ochrogaster haydenii crania and mandibles. (Sample courtesy of David Fox)....Electron Microprobe LabIn October 2012, Dr. Anette von der Handt joined us to takeover the responsibility for the Electron Microprobe Lab. She hasmore than 10 years of experience in microbeam analysis and hasworked with various electron microprobe models on a wide arrayof applications. Dr. von der Handt got her PhD from the Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry in Mainz working on melt-rockreaction and cooling processes in abyssal peridotites. Since thenshe has worked on a variety of applications using the electron microprobeand is looking forward to continuing the lab’s excellentservice for our internal and external users. More information onthe lab can be found at http://probelab.esci.umn.edu.Anette von der Handt at Gullfoss in IcelandAlumni NewsletterPage 9