Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

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Gerrit Budde

Assistant Professor
budde@brown.edu
GeoChem Building
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Research Profile
Gerrit Budde Website
Research Interests Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience

Biography

As a cosmochemist my research focuses on the origin and early evolution of the Solar System. Using high-precision isotope composition measurements of meteoritic and terrestrial samples, I investigate the provenance and genetic relationships of meteorites and their components, the timescales and processes of planetesimal accretion, as well as the formation history of planets and nature of their building materials.

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Research at Brown

Budde and Herbert each receive 2023 Salomon Awards

Assistant Professor Gerrit Budde received a Salomon award for his work establishing new procedures for complete sample digestion of meteorite samples utilizing laser-assisted melting and for combined isotope analyses of oxygen and ‘heavy’ elements. Professor Timothy Herbert received a Salomon award for his project developing proof of concept data directly relevant to the long-term stability of the Antarctic ice cap to be submitted to the NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics program.
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