Our research portfolio contains a rich and expansive body of work. Department of Geoscience students collaborate with renowned professors to solve both age-old mysteries and new problems. Our research has led to knowledge breakthroughs that will impact science and technology for decades to come, and we haven’t stopped yet! Our students enjoy both comprehensive research facilities and numerous funding opportunities.
RESEARCH PROFILE
Chloë Bonamici, Associate Professor
Chloë Bonamici connects metamorphic petrology and geochemistry to structural geology. She studies how chemical and physical rock properties work together, usually over many millions of years to build continents and concentrate critical mineral resources. A developing branch of her research investigates the flow and fracture of large ice masses, which are also rocks. Bonamici’s wide-ranging interests are unified by the understanding that geologic processes are encoded in the microscopic chemical, isotopic, and structural patterns within the minerals that make up rocks. These patterns can be detected with highly specialized, state-of-the-art analytical instruments, like electron-beam microscopes and mass spectrometers. Bonamici serves as the faculty lead for both the Wisconsin Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Lab (WiscSIMS) and the IceHaus Lab.
Chloe in the field with students and colleagues
Research Areas
Facilities & Labs
The department is proud to provide numerous modern facilities and laboratories to its students, researchers, and collaborators. Below are links to additional information about some of these facilities.