Technician Support (Years 4 and 5) for Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Facility, Washington State University.

该奖项将为华盛顿州立大学地球分析实验室放射性同位素和地质年代学设施的全职实验室经理职位提供部分支持。在运营的前5年里，该设施取得了巨大的成功，满足了来自美国和世界各地的60多名教职员工和博士后研究人员以及华盛顿州州立大学研究生和本科生的需求。实验室经理将负责确保同位素分析设施（ThermoFinnigan Neptune多收集器ICP-MS， Element2高分辨率ICPMS和清洁实验室）能够继续为Hf， Nd， Pb和Sr放射性同位素系统，Cu, Zn， Fe和Mo重稳定同位素系统，锆石U-Pb定年以及微分析技术提供最先进的服务，包括微钻和适当的激光烧蚀。此外，实验室经理将维护和开发技术，并在设施中进行研究项目。持续的支持对于维持广泛的研究项目至关重要，这些项目目前在地球科学的许多不同领域得到支持，包括地幔和地壳演化、太阳系形成、岩浆室动力学、沉积物来源和古气候研究。这种支助将确保该设施充分发挥其潜力。

0744393VervoortThis award will provide partial support for a full-time Laboratory Manager position in the radiogenic isotope and geochronology facility of the GeoAnalytical Laboratory at Washington State University. During the first 5 years of operation, the facility has been enormously successful, serving the needs of over 60 faculty and postdoctoral researchers, and a similar number of graduate and undergraduate students at WSU, from across the United States, and around the world. The lab manager will be responsible for ensuring that the isotope analytical facilities (ThermoFinnigan Neptune multicollector ICP-MS, Element2 high-resolution ICPMS, and clean laboratory) can continue to offer state-of-the-art services in the Hf, Nd, Pb and Sr radiogenic isotope systems, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mo heavy stable isotope systems, U-Pb dating of zircon, and microanalytical techniques including microdrilling and, where appropriate, laser ablation. In addition, the lab manager will maintain and develop techniques, and conduct research projects in the facility. Continuing support is essential to maintaining the broad range of research projects that the facility currently supports in many diverse fields of Earth sciences including mantle and crustal evolution, solar system formation, dynamics of magma chambers, sediment provenance, and paleoclimate studies. This support will ensure that the facility operates at its full potential.