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Ed D. Young
Professor of geochemistry, University of California Los Angeles
Member, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee
Professional Experience
University of California Los Angeles
Professor of geochemistry
2020 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1990
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
Citation
For insightful analytical and theoretical work elucidating the chemical and isotopic compositions of planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond.
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Clumped Isotope Signatures of Abiotic Methane: The Role of the Combinatorial Isotope Effect

Methane clumped isotope signatures of abiogenesis may be diagnostic of the origin of methane on Earth and other planetary bodies. We performed synt...

July 17, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Fleeting but Not Forgotten: The Imprint of Escaping Hydrogen Atmospheres on Super-Earths
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
Hilke Schlichting, James Rogers, Edward D. Young
Small, close-in exoplanets are divided into two subpopulations: super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Most super-Earths are thought to have lost their primor...
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The Influences of Silicate-Hydrogen Phase Equibria on the Structure of Sub-Neptunes and Super-Earths
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 09 december 2024
Edward D. Young, Lars P. Stixrude, James Rogers, H...
We investigate the consequences of non-ideal chemical interaction between silicate and overlying hydrogen-rich envelopes for rocky planets using basic...
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Remineralization and circulation in Baffin Bay investigated with nitrogen concentration and isotopic tracers
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 21 february 2024
Cara C. Manning, Annie Bourbonnais, Julie Granger,...
Baffin Bay is a marginal sea between Greenland and Baffin Island that connects Pacific waters traveling through the Arctic to the North Atlantic. Paci...
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Volunteer Experience
2020 - 2025
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee
2020 - 2023
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee
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