Tinted detail of a photo: Wet sand on a beach rippled into many small wavy ridges, with a shallow channel of water behind and grassy land below sharp, dark, partly snow-dusted peaks under white clouds.
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Geodynamics

Lori Willhite

Lori Willhite is a PhD student at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has a B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Earth Science, a B.S. in Biopsychology, as well as an M.S. in Earth Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lori uses isotope and trace element systematics to study the evolution and chemical geodynamics of terrestrial planets. She is also involved with the development of mass spectrometers for future space exploration of terrestrial planets and satellites. Roxy is a border collie mix and rescue.