Meng GuoT.C Chamberlin Postdoctoral Fellow and Origins of Life Fellow

Research Focus:

Early Earth evolution, Planetary habitability, Earth system modeling

Email:

meng727@uchicago.edu

Office:

Hinds 577

Biography

Prefered Pronouns: She/Her

Meng specializes in modeling the evolution of terrestrial planets. She earned a Ph.D. from Yale University, where she focused on the history of continental formation and its broader implications for the evolution of Earth surface environment. She also holds an M.S. from the University of Maryland in Geology, College Park, and a B.S. from Central South University in Applied Chemsitry. Driven by a deep curiosity about Earth’s transformation from an inhospitable world to a habitable planet, Meng’s research seeks to unravel the intricate interactions among the solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans over geological time.

Research Interests

Coupled evolution of solid Earth-atmosphere-ocean; Continental evolution; origin of life, planetary habitability

Selected Publications

[1] Guo*, M., Korenaga, J., “Argon constraints on the early growth of felsic continental crust”, Science Advances, 6, eaaz6234, 2020. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz6234)

[2] Guo*, M., Korenaga, J., “A new halogen budget of the bulk silicate Earth points to a history of early halogen degassing followed by net regassing”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2116083118, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116083118)

[3] Guo*, M., Wostbrock, J. A., Planavsky, N. J., Korenaga, J., “Reconstructing seawater δ18O and Δ′17O values with solid Earth system evolution”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 592, 117637, 2022. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117637)

[4] Guo*, M., Korenaga, J., “The combined Hf and Nd isotope evolution of the depleted mantle requires Hadean continental formation”, Science Advances, 9, eade2711, 2023. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2711)

[5] Guo*, M., Korenaga, J., “Rapid rise of early ocean pH under elevated weathering rates”, Nature Geoscience, 1-7, 2025. (DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01649-9)