Historically all of the EPIC lab's research activities, including graduate student education and undergraduate research, have been funded by grants awarded after a competitive selection process from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (see list below). However, due to the current administration's actions around science and education funding and their cascading effects on Arizona State University, we find ourselves facing a research funding shortfall.
As a result we are asking for your help through the mechanisms linked below. If you are someone interested in volcanoes, exoplanets, supporting underrepresented students and/or continuing to protect the US from volcanic eruptions, we hope that you will consider contributing. Even small amounts help cover everyday lab costs such as ethanol ($56/4 L), epoxy to mount up the volcanic crystals we study ($112/bottle), or analyses of volcanic crystals (e.g., electron microprobe costs $49/hour).
Support our work:
Donate directly to the lab (link coming soon! for now reach out to [email protected])
GLOW: Exploring effects of rocky exoplanet composition on habitability and target selection NSF GLOW K. Brugman (PI) & C. Till (Co-I) 2026-2028
Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) S. Desch (PI) & 9 Co-I's including C. Till 2023-2028
Collaborative Research: Synthesizing arc-scale geochemical, petrologic, and geophysical datasets to investigate causes of volcanic diversity in the Cascade Arc. NSF GeoPRISMS Synthesis Grant C.Till (PI) - Co-I's A. Kent (OSU), G. Abers (Cornell) 2020-2023
Collaborative Research: Consequences of flat slab subduction on the chemical, structural, and dynamic evolution of continental lithosphere (Colombia) NSF EAR Frontier Research in Earth Science (FRES) 2019-2023 C. Till (ASU PI) - L. Wagner @ Carnegie Project PI
CAREER: Triggering Eruptions: Determination of Pressure-Temperature-Composition-time Histories for Magma Bodies Preceding Eruption NSF EAR Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) C. Till (PI) 2017-2021 (+No Cost Extension) See ASU press release
Exoplanetary Ecosystems: Exploring Life's Detectability on Chemically Diverse Exoplanets NASA S. Desch (PI) 15 Co-I's including C. Till 2014-2019 See ASU press release
Quantifying Geochemical Exchange at the Slab-Wedge Interface with Experiments & Natural Samples NSF EAR Petrology & Geochemistry C. Till (PI) 2015 - 2018 (+No Cost Extension)
Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS + NanoSIMS Laboratories NSF EAR Instrumentation & Facilities R.L. Hervig (PI), C. Till, L. Williams and P. Williams (Co-I’s) 2015-2017 & 2018-2021 (+No Cost Extension) See ASU press release
Funds to Refurbish the Internally Heated Pressure Vessel Facility at ASU ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences RTS Facility Grant K. Leinenweber (PI), C.Till, R. Hervig, A. Clarke, J. Tyburczy, L. Williams, E. Shock, K. Roggensack (Co-I’s). 2014
Prior to ASU USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012-2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2010 UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor of Research Undergraduate Research Grant, 2002-2003