PENG JIANG
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About Me

Aloha! I am a geoscientist with particular interests in microanalysis, mineral micro-geochemistry, rock and ore genesis, and the Earth's dynamics. I am currently an Assistant Faculty Specialist and the Electron Microprobe lab manager in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). 
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Motivated by my Master's research work on titanite, I have developed very strong interests in microanalysis, accessory minerals, and tectonics behind them. I am a SUPER fan of connecting "micro mineral world" with the "macro geology world", i.e., linking mineral-scale growth with plate-scale petrologic and tectonic processes. I am keen on using petrochronologically significant major and accessory minerals to unravel timescales, physical and chemical condition (P-T-x) changes during mineral growth, to gain insights into magmatic, metamorphic, and hydrothermal processes, and to unravel plate-scale tectonic evolution and the deep Earth's dynamics, via the sophisticated in-situ analytical techniques (Raman, EPMA, LA-MC-ICPMS, SIMS, EBSD, APT, etc.) and the combined thermodynamic-geochemical modeling. I am also interested in applying the experimental mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry to natural samples to more rigorously constrain the geologic processes, and resolve a variety of geological problems.

My broad interests in geosciences have allowed me to work on very different research projects in various tectonic settings (from craton, hot orogens, mid-ocean ridges, to hotspots). My most recent research projects focus on 1) method developments on in-situ elemental and isotopic analyses by EPMA and LA-(MC-)ICP-MS; 2) Monazite petrochronology study in Damara Orogen; and 3) Olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, and spinel geochemistry study in East Pacific Rise (EPR), Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR), and Hawaiʻi volcanoes.

​If you are interested in undergraduate research and/or graduate (master or PhD) opportunities at UHM, or collaborations on some research projects, please feel free to contact me.
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Me at the Great Smoky Mountains @ 2021.06
My Education Background:
  • Ph.D. (Geology), University of Florida (UF), 2022.
  • M.S. (Mineralogy, Petrology & Mineral Deposit Geology), Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017.
  • B.S. (Geology), China University of Geosciences, 2013.​

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"The world is so large that I wanna see and explore!" (世界那么大,我想去看看!) 

Cover photo: An outlook at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, O‘ahu island, Hawaii. @ 2022.11​
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