Technician Support: Request for Phase 1 for MC-ICP-MS Laboratory

EAR-0318213庄臣基金将提供威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校放射性同位素实验室一名新技术人员三年工资的75%，该实验室需要为一个耗资100万美元的新实验室配备工作人员，该实验室包括一个新的多收集器、电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP-MS)[MicroMassIsoProbe]。全职技术员职位的其余25%资金将来自大学。这一新的技术员职位将为NSF-EAR的铁、铜、锌和汞的稳定同位素变化研究项目以及Lu-Hf、U-Th和U-Pb系统的放射性同位素研究提供核心技术支持，应用于地球微生物学、地球化学、水化学、变质作用、火山作用和行星演化等问题。技术员岗位支持的研究计划相当广泛，涉及地质、微生物学、水化学和空间科学等领域。学生将参与到各个层面，从本科生到高级博士后。此外，这项研究将涉及来自大量其他机构的合作者。其中几个项目涉及与社会问题直接相关的工作，包括水质和火山灾害，以及涉及更广泛范围的工作，包括生命的起源和进化。

EAR-0318213JohnsonFunding will supply 75% of the salary required for three years for a new technician in the Radiogenic Isotope Lab at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, which is required to staff a new $ 1M lab that includes a new multi-collector, inductively-coupled plasma mass-spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) [Micromass IsoProbe]. The remaining 25% funding for the full-time technician position will come from university sources. The new technician position will provide core technical support for NSF-EAR research projects on stable isotope variations of Fe, Cu, Zn, and Hg, as well as radiogenic isotope studies of the Lu-Hf, U-Th, and U-Pb systems, as applied to problems in geomicrobiology, geochemistry, water chemistry, metamorphism, volcanism, and planetary evolution. The research plan the technician position will support is quite broad, spanning the fields of geology, microbiology, water chemistry, and space science. Students will be involved at all levels, from undergraduate students to senior post-docs. In addition, the research will involve collaborators from a large number of other institutions. Several of the projects involve work that is directly pertinent to societal issues, including water quality and volcanic hazards, as well as those that involve a broader scope, including the origin and evolution of life.