Chadlin M. Ostrander, PhD

I am an isotope geochemist by training and a paleooceanographer by interest. I have experience with a wide range of trace metal isotope systems such as V, Fe, Mo, Tl, and U. I have applied these isotope systems to sedimentary rocks of various ages, but most of my work to this point focuses on the Precambrian (older than ~540 Million years). My interpretations of these ancient records are ground-truthed by parallel work in modern ancient-Earth analogs, for example the Baltic Sea and anoxic lakes and ponds in Minnesota and Massachusetts. 

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When not doing ancient-Earth geochemistry I like to read and think about ancient-Earth geochemistry. I am a dedicated baseball fan and like good music.