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Megan Eve Newcombe
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College Park
Professional Experience
University of Maryland College Park
Assistant Professor
2019 - Present
Carnegie Institution for Science
Postdoctoral Fellow
2018 - 2019
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 - 2018
California Institute of Technology
Graduate Student
2009 - 2015
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Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Received December 2020
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received January 2011
Presentation Title: Zonation of volatile and major elements in basaltic melt inclusions: a snapshot of syn-eruptive processes
Event: 2011 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
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Current Roles
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Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund in Petrology and Geochemistry
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Student Awards Committee
Publications
3D Diffusion of Water in Melt Inclusion‐Bearing Olivine Phenocrysts
Olivine‐hosted melt inclusions are an important archive of pre‐eruptive processes such as magma storage, mixing and subsequent ascent t...
March 04, 2024
Mineralogy, provenance, and diagenesis of a potassic basaltic sandstone on Mars: CheMin X-ray diffra...
The Windjana drill sample, a sandstone of the Dillinger member (Kimberley formation, Gale Crater, Mars), was analyzed by CheMin X‐ray diffrac...
January 29, 2016
AGU Abstracts
Efficiency and timing of water loss during heating of early-formed planetesimals
EXPLORING ROCKY BODY EVOLUTION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 15 december 2023
Megan E. Newcombe, Liam Peterson, Sumedha Desikama...
The timing of delivery and the types of bodies that contributed volatiles to the terrestrial planets remain highly debated. For example, it is unknown...
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Exploring the Magmatic Plumbing System of Pavlof Volcano, Alaska over Time with Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions
UNDER PRESSURE: MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF PRESSURE-DEPENDENT PARAMETERS AND DECOMPRESSION RATES IN MAGMAS II POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2023
Valerie Kelly K. Wasser, Taryn M. Lopez, Jessica F...
Pavlof Volcano, Alaska is frequently active and often erupts with little to no precursory unrest. Prior petrologic work at Pavlof suggests that magma ...
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Using Microlite Number Density to Understand Variation in Magma Decompression Throughout a Single Eruption at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
UNDER PRESSURE: MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF PRESSURE-DEPENDENT PARAMETERS AND DECOMPRESSION RATES IN MAGMAS II POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2023
Claire Rowan-Arnett, Kristina J. Walowski, Megan E...
Cinder Cone, located in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California, erupted in 1666 CE and had three main eruptive phases, producing explosi...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Hess Medal Committee
2022 - 2025
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Student Awards Committee
2022 - 2024
Member
Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund in Petrology and Geochemistry
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