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Today, I got to join Professor Rudnick’s class on a trip to the Smithsonian. I never expected there to be any surprises. It was billed to be a trip to see the rock and meteorite collection. In my graduate school petrology class, I

The commencement activities were really inspiring. I had dinner with my thesis advisers, reconnected with old classmates, witnessed the conferment of honorary degrees to inspiring world class intellectuals, and received my diploma, which was written entirely in Latin.   Video

I gave a talk at Princeton on my research project titled The Composition of the US Continental Crust: A Transdimensional Approach It was great to interact with the entire department.

Some photos from the field with the MAGIC team.  

Here is a throw-back to the research cruise to the Shatsky rise in the  Northwest Pacific. I have not ventured out tot he open sea since then, but I have continued to work on data from stations deployed on the sea-floor bottom and