Dr. Bei Chen
Building
E,
Room
224 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
With Josi Holtz, I am helping to run the ICPMS facilities of the HELGES laboratories, including ICP-OES, iCAP Q, Element 2 and Neptune. Working with Dr. Patrick Frings and Jutta Schlegel who are responsible for Clean laboratory, we focus on quantifying element concentrations and metal(loid) isotope ratios in a diverse range of environmental and geological matrices by both solution and in-situ (with our advanced Femtosecond Laser Ablation) analytical methods. We always welcome new projects both collaborative and commercial.
Research Interests:
- Isotope geochemistry in minerals and biominerals.
- Geochemistry (trace elements and U-O-Hf isotopes etc.) of detrital minerals.
- Evolution of the Early Archean crust.
- Development of analytical methods.
Career:
- SHRIMP (Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe) Technical Officer. 2022-2023. Research School of Earth Sciences, the Australian National University.
- LAICPMS (Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) Technical Officer. 2019-2020. Research School of Earth Sciences, the Australian National University.
Education:
- PhD. Earth Sciences. Research School of Earth Sciences, the Australian National University. Thesis: Growth of the Preserved Continental Crust: Integrated U-Pb, O, and Hf Isotopic Systematics of Detrital Zircons from Australia and Antarctica.
- M.S. Geochemistry. State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Research: Cenozoic magmatic rocks in the Yunnan area, Eastern Tibet.
- B.S. Geology. College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, China. Research: The Study of Paleoarchean Granitic Rocks and Their Fabric Feature in Taili Area, Liaoning Province.