Cynthia Chen

PhD Student, Dartmouth College, USA 

I am a 5th year PhD student in Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College located in Hanover, New Hampshire.  For my undergraduate work, I studied Earth Systems at Stanford University.  My general research interests involve using isotopes as tracers for natural processes.  The primary focus of my research has been using osmium isotopes to understand continental weathering processes, and their contributions to the ocean's osmium budget.  I am also working on projects involving micrometeorite ablation using coupled iron and osmium isotopes and sources of osmium to precipitation.  When I am not working in the lab and teaching, I can be found practicing at the ice arena with teammates on the figure skating team.