Oliver Tschauner
Associate Research Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Office:
BPB 110
Mail Code:
4010
Phone:
702-895-1716
Fax:
702-895-4064
Email:
olivert@physics.unlv.edu
Expertise
Crystallography, Solid State Science, Mineralogy, Synchrotron and X-Ray Diffraction
Additional Information
My research interests are in mineral physics and planetary science with emphasis on shock metamorphism in meteoritic and terrestrial rocks, and on physical properties of rock-forming minerals of the Earth's mantle. I study the effect of pressure-induced changes in bonding on the chemical properties of geomaterials. Such effects are expected to be key in understanding the evolution of the Earth, in particular in its early stages, and they also establish a fascinating example how fundamental effects on atomic level control large scale features in planetary bodies.
