Dustin Trail, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017聽, in recognition of his contributions to studies of early-Earth environments, the conditions suitable for the origins of life, and the evolution of magmas and fluids in the earth糖心传媒檚 crust. Trail conducted this research using path-breaking new geochemical tools, applied to the earth’s oldest materials.
The award is a major honor in the field. 糖心传媒淧ast award winners have shaped the mineralogical/geochemistry discipline,糖心传媒� says John Tarduno, chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The Mineralogical Society of America has been giving the award annually since 1951 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the science of mineralogy by relatively young individuals or those near the beginning of their professional careers.
