Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

Alberto Saal

Professor
GeoChem Building
Room 038
Research Interests Geochemistry, Earth History, Tectonics Volcanology and Petrology, Planetary Geoscience

Biography

I have broad interests in the application of geochemistry to problems of earth, planetary, and environmental science.

Recent News

In a new study published in Icarus, a team of researchers led by DEEPS graduate student Thomas Williams and Professors Stephen Parman and Alberto Saal have used modern analysis techniques to closely examine the microscopic mineral deposits on the outside of lunar beads from the Apollo mission. The team's findings suggest a change in eruption style over the course of a pyroclastic volcanic eruption in the Taurus-Littrow Valley.
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Brown researchers DEEPS professor Alberto Saal, and Kim Cobb, DEEPS professor and director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, were both named to the 2023 class of fellows by the American Geophysical Union, a scientific organization.
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News from DEEPS

Kim Cobb and Alberto Saal elected as AGU Fellows

Professors Kim Cobb and Alberto Saal have been elected as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellows. They join 53 other individuals in the 2023 Class of Fellows. AGU, the world's largest Earth and space sciences association, annually recognizes a select number of individuals for its highest honors. Since 1962, the AGU Union Fellows Committee has selected less than 0.1% of members as new Fellows.
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