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Kevin Righter

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Office Location
208A Hutchison Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-5345

Office Hours: By appointment

Research Overview

Research Interests

  • Igneous petrology, mantle geochemistry, experimental petrology, origin of the Earth and Moon, and planetary melting
  • Planetary interiors, core formation, high pressure phase equilibria, combining trace element partitioning and isotopic tracers, redox state of magmas and terrestrial planets
  • Meteorites, early solar system processes, cosmochemistry