Dr. Isaac Larsen receives DOE Early Career Research Award

Portrait of Dr. Isaac Larsen

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this month announced that 73 scientists from across the nation, Assistant Professor Dr. Isaac Larsen will receive funding for their investigations as part of its Early Career Research Program.  Larsen, a geochemist who has access to the latest technologies for quantifying soil production and chemical weathering rates, will focus on these and other variables as part of a wider investigation into “how rocks break down both physically and chemically as influenced by vegetation, climate, geology and surface processes such as landslides, and how those influence the chemistry of surface waters.” Read more...