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by Richard B. Frankel
California Polytechnic State University
Mössbauer spectroscopy has found applications in physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, geoscience, archeology, metallurgy and materials science. Because the technique largely targets Fe-bearing materials, it has proved to be an invaluable companion to more standard magnetic measurements in probing the composition and structure of magnetic mineralogy. Mössbauer's legacy remains an active area of research at the IRM, one of only two geology departments in the United States with a Mössbauer spectrometer. Many thanks to Dr. Frankel for providing a retrospective of Mössbauer's life and work, as well as personal memories from time spent in Mössbauer's lab.
Also in this issue of the IRM Quarterly, read a report by Visiting Fellow Sophie-Charlotte Lappe (University of Cambridge) and news from the XVIII Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research by Ted Evans (University of Alberta), Friedrich Heller (ETH), and Simo Spassov (Centre de Physique du Globe, Dourbes, Belgium).
IRM faculty member Joshua Feinberg is one of the 2012-2014 recipients of the prestigious McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. The winners were chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which their achievements and ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the significance of their research; and the potential for attracting outstanding students. Read more here.
The next Santa Fe meeting will be June 21-24, 2012. Due to popular demand, an optional field trip will take place on the 21st. As usual, the meeting will be held on the beautiful camps of St. John's College. Meeting details will be announced in 2012.
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