ABOUT US

The Origins Laboratory was created in 2004 at the University of Chicago (Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute). Our interests are closely tied to the question of origins. Which processes governed the synthesis of the elements? How did matter expelled from the successive generations of stars contribute to shape the cosmic abundances of the elements? How and when did solar system bodies such as planets, asteroids, and comets form? How did the Earth get its wet atmosphere? For addressing these questions, we study the natural distribution of elements and isotopes using various instruments designed for separating nuclides according to their mass.

2009 group members: Paul Craddock, Thomas Ireland, Francois Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas, Haolan Tang, Junjun Zhang, Corliss Sio

2008 group members: Ali Pourmand, Myriam Telus, Paul Craddock, Nicolas Dauphas, Junjun Zhang, Corliss Sio, Haolan Tang

 

2007 group members: Fang-Zhen Teng, Nicolas Dauphas, Myriam Alexandre, Haolan Tang, and Ali Pourmand

 

2005 group members: Vincent Busigny, Nicolas Dauphas, and Liping Qin