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Tavo Romann, Wikimedia Commons
October 20, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded the aquisition of a new Horiba Labram HR Evolution confocal Raman microscope for the Bureau as part of their Major Research Instrumentation Program. The instrument will be equipped with a 532 nm laser and a 266 nm UV laser and be compatible with a variety of experimental stages including a Linkam fluid inclusion heating/cooling stage and a hydrothermal diamond anvil cell.
We are seeking PhD candiates who have experience with Raman spectroscopy.
Nicole Hurtig
September 1, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $120,000 grant to Bonnie Frey for the purchase of an Agilent 5900 Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES). This new instrument replaces replaces an older instrument in the Bureau's Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. The new intrument will significantly expand the capablities of the laboratory, particularly for metal analysis. Co-PIs on the grant are New Mexico Tech professors Dr. Benjamin Duval in Biology, Dr. Gayan Rubasinghege in Chemistry, and Drs. Nicole Hurtig and Michael Schaefer in Earth & Environmental Science. Many other students and faculty at NMT will benefit from the new analytical capabilities of the laboratory.