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Chenguang Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. His research is focused on the quantitative understanding of the thermal and chemical evolution of Earth's rocky planetary bodies. He is particularly interested in the origin and distribution of volatiles on terrestrial planets, the influences of volatile recycling on planetary magmatism, and the generation and differentiation of various types of magmas. His approach involves developing testable geochemical and petrological models through high-temperature, high-pressure laboratory experiments and utilizing field samples to decode the temperatures, pressures, redox conditions, and rates of Earth and planetary processes. Sun's work emphasizes fundamental aspects such as deep volatile cycling, thermobarometry, and speedometry in Earth and planetary materials, including equilibrium and disequilibrium chemical fractionation.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution • Woods Hole, MA
Conducted research on planetary differentiation and volatile cycles.
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