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Julien M. Allaz was born in France, but has a significant professional presence in Switzerland. He earned his MSc in 2003 and PhD in 2008 in Geology from the Universities of Lausanne and Bern, Switzerland, respectively. His early career concentrated on structural geology and metamorphic petrology in the Central Alps, Switzerland, utilizing electron microprobe analysis and isotopic work alongside extensive fieldwork. His engagement with scanning electron microscopy during this period led him to a postdoctoral position at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2009, where he focused on trace element analyses and monazite dating. By 2012, Julien became a Research Associate at the University of Colorado Boulder managing the electron microprobe laboratory. He joined ETH Zürich in 2018 as the head assistant in the electron microprobe and scanning electron microscopy laboratories. His research interests include magmatic petrology, geochronology, and ore deposits, particularly rare earth elements (REE). He is also active in web coding and has established several key databases and groups in microanalysis, underscoring his commitment to advancing the field of geochemistry.
ETH Zurich • Zürich, Switzerland
Head of the electron microprobe and scanning electron microscopy laboratories.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst • Amherst, MA, USA
Focused on petrochronology and electron microprobe dating of monazite.
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