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Bob Bodnar is the leader of the Fluids Research Group. Bob received his BS degree in
chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh, MS in geology from the University of Arizona, and PhD
in geochemistry from Penn State University. Bob's interests include playing (running, basketball, racketball) and watching (football, baseball, basketball) sports, 1960s-70s rock & roll, sports cars, mineral collecting, mindless reading
(mystery and action novels), traveling and animals. |
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Claudia Cannatelli is a Post Doctoral Researcher from Rome (Italy).
She graduated from the University of Naples (Federico II) where she participated in an International PhD program between Italy and USA.
Her project is focused on the determination of the composition and the pre-eruptive volatile contents of the Campi
Flegrei (Italy) magmas by studying melt inclusions. Her interests include volcanic seismology, bradyseismic and deformational events,
risk and hazard in volcanic areas. She likes swimming, hiking, playing piano and cooking Italian dishes. |
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Charles Farley is the primary technician for Vibrational Spectroscopy Lab. Charles likes to fish. |
Graduate Students |
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Steve Becker is a fourth year Ph.D. student interested in fluids
associated with ore forming systems, including porphyry copper, epithermal, and basinal (MVT) deposits.
He has used both experimental techniques and natural samples to help solve problems related to these systems.
Projects include an experimental study to determine the pressure at final homogenization for fluid inclusions
that homogenize by halite disappearance, development of a new model for the distribution of fluids in the porphyry-epithermal
transition, improvement on the Raman spectroscopic method for the analysis of oxygen isotope values of calcite,
and determination of the metal concentration of MVT ore fluids. In his (scarce) spare time, Steve likes to collect
obsolete SGI and Sun computers, play basketball, read books, listen to evil metal bands, drink tasty beer and spend
time with his wife and son. |
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Rosario Esposito is is a PhD student participating in the joint PhD program between VT and the Universita di Napoli Federico II. He began his PhD studies in fall 2006 and
his research involves determining the magmatic evolution of the Campi Flegrei (Italy) volcanic field using melt inclusions.
In addition to geology, Rosario loves practicing theatre and playing chess. |
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Andras Fall is a Ph.D. candidate in his second year.
He is a proud Transylvanian! His research is concerned with understanding why homogenization temperatures of fluid inclusions within an FIA vary.
He likes photography, skiing, soccer and culinary experiments ! |
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Massimiliano (Max) Rolandi is a first year PhD candidate. His research project involves modelling the stability of volcanic soil slopes. He is an Italian engineer, 28 years old.
He likes participating in sports (soccer above all), reading any kind of books and repairing old classic Italian scooters.
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Daniel Moncada is a first-year grad student working on remote sensing to monitor the surface of the earth.
He is also developing mathematical models to help predict earthquakes.
He likes hiking, reading books on philosophy and watching non-commercial movies. |
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Rocky Severs is a 5th year PhD student
interested in magmatic activity of all sorts and is working on several projects
involving melt inclusions (MI). One study is examing laboratory-heating induced water loss in
MI using Raman spectroscopy. A second project involves determination of partitioning behavior between silicate melt and pyroxene and
plagioclase using natural samples from White Island, New Zealand. A third project involves the definition of melt inclusion assemblages (MIA) . His interests outside of geology
include running (5Ks to marathons), soccer, wine, and cooking. |
