Redox-Sensitive Metal Isotope Geochemistry

氧化还原敏感的稳定金属同位素系统正在成为解决进化中的基本问题和重大社会挑战的有力工具，例如确保足够的矿物和能源资源，以维持一个日益先进的技术社会，同时保护环境。肯德尔博士的团队将利用已建立和创新的同位素系统，为早期动物进化与海洋氧合变化之间的关系提供新的见解；更好地了解矿石的成矿过程，这将有助于勘探公司发现新的矿床；研究有害藻华繁殖期间湖泊的变化，为环境保护和补救策略提供信息。

Redox-sensitive stable metal isotope systems are emerging as powerful tools to address fundamental questions in evolution and major societal challenges such as securing sufficient mineral and energy resources to sustain an increasingly advanced technological society while simultaneously protecting the environment. Dr. Kendalls team will use established and innovative isotope systems to provide new insights on the relationship between early animal evolution and changes in ocean oxygenation; better understand ore mineralization processes, which will help exploration companies find new ore deposits; and study changes to lakes during the proliferation of harmful algal blooms, to inform strategies for environmental protection and remediation.