Hi, I am Eason. I am a Research Scientist in the Experimental Petrology Laboratory at Rice University.
My research is rooted in igneous petrology, and I am broadly interested in the physical and chemical processes that govern interior evolution, volcanic activity, and magmatic differentiation on Earth and other rocky planets.
My work focuses particularly on 1) mantle melting, differentiation and volatile evolution in the context of large-scale mantle heterogeneity, 2) the growth habits of crystals and their response to magmatic dynamics, and 3) the mechanisms of metal enrichment in magmatic ore-forming systems.
To carry out my research, I integrate geochemical datasets, experimental petrology, field observations, thermodynamics, computational modelling, and geophysical constraints to quantitatively interrogate natural samples and experimental products in a multidisciplinary framework.
Besides experimental study, I am very enthusiastic about coding and data analysis, where I develop tools for the petrology/volcanology community. Python is my main coding language, I also have a touch on Matlab, LaTeX, shell scripting and HTML.
