Yearly Archives: 2011

Below is a joint UBC and University of Hawaii press release on a paper by Dr. Weis and her colleagues, entitled “Role of the deep mantle in generating bilateral the compositional asymmetry of the Hawaiian mantle plume,” that was just published in Nature Geoscience.

Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaii’s Twin Volcanoes

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Hawaii’s main volcano chains — the Loa and Kea trends — have distinct sources of magma and unique plumbing systems connecting them to the Earth’s deep mantle, according to UBC research published this week in Nature Geoscience, in conjunction with researchers at the universities of Hawaii and Massachusetts.

August 14–19, 2011 — Prague, Czech Republic

During the Goldschmidt Conference 2011, interviews were conducted with some of the Geochemical Fellow Medallists.

One of the Medallists is our own Dominique Weis who was selected as a 2011 Geochemical Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. This honorary title is bestowed upon outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made a major contribution to the field of geochemistry.

Click here for the interviews video.

September 2011

PCIGR’s new custom-built 2200 sq. ft. facility was completed in September 2011, at a total cost of ~$7.5 million, after 8 months of construction and almost 3 years of planning. This unique geochemical facility will house 6 new state-of-the-art instruments, allowing for new analytical developments, innovative research, and integration with teaching and outreach.

June 1, 2011 — UBC

PCIGR received the visit of an official delegation from French-speaking universities led by the Jean-Claude Marcourt (Minister of Higher Education and Economy), Bruno van der Pluijm (Ambassador of Belgium in Canada), Pr. Didier Viviers (Provost, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Pr. Albert Corhay (first Vice-Provost of the Université de Liège), and Pr. Bruno Delvaux (Provost, Université de Louvain).

Representatives responsible for research administration, industry interface, and international relations were also part of the delegation.

April 2011

Dominique Weis has been selected as a 2011 Geochemical Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. This honorary title is bestowed upon outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made a major contribution to the field of geochemistry.