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Invited contribution

An early career scientist at CAM2017 in Vienna

I am really grateful to the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) for their support to attend the Conference on Accessory Minerals (CAM–2017), which took place from 13–17 September 2017

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General
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Rotorua bubbles with microbiologists: An EAG Ambassador at ISSM 2017

Thanks to support from the EAG I was able to attend the 2017 conference of the International Society of Subsurface Microbiology, held in Rotorua, New Zealand.  Rotorua is an amazing city due to

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General
Marco Mangayayam

EAG student sponsorship: I went to Uppsala to scatter.

Looking at minerals on a nanoscale helps us to understand their behaviour, and we can certainly learn from them for our advantage. Minerals that are highly reactive in ambient environments are not

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Invited contribution

EAG Student Sponsorship: A trip to ‘Migration 2017’ in Barcelona

I recently travelled to Barcelona to present at Migration 2017, a world-renowned conference which brings together world leading experts exploring the chemistry, and migration of actinides and fission

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Six questions to Rob Raiswell

Rob Raiswell gained his research degrees from Liverpool University and his first academic position was as a Lecturer in Sedimentary Geochemistry at the University of East Anglia. He moved to the

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Invited contribution

Ore deposits and ophiolites: EAG ambassador Thomas Belgrano reports from SGA2017

I am extremely grateful for the support of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) for contributing to my attendance at the 14th SGA Biennial Meeting in Québec city as an Early Career Science

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Goldschmidt 2017
Foteini Drakou

Fishing for Hg and harvesting Pb – Consequences of human activity

It is my first time attending the Goldschmidt conference and I am impressed by the variety of topics that can be accommodated under the umbrella of Geochemistry. From the Origin of Solar System

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Sami Mikhail

Prof Bernard Marty (President, EAG) – all well-known researchers were early-career scientists at some stage!

Prof Bernard Marty is the new President of the European Association of Geochemistry. Here we learn of his thoughts on self-empowerment for Early Career Scientists, the support offered from the EAG,

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Goldschmidt 2017
Sami Mikhail

Dr Francis McCubbin (2017 FW Clarke Award) – ECR consistently being overlooked, under-appreciated, and, frankly, taken advantage of.

Dr Francis McCubbin is the 2017 FW Clarke Awardee. Below he shares his thoughts on academic classism and the need for a fundamental culture shift in the treatment of non-Tenured academics, outlines hi

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Goldschmidt 2017
Martin Mangler

The science behind the science

What do you think - in five days of Goldschmidt presentations, the product of how many years worth of labwork have you seen projected onto the screen, how many months of troubleshooting

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Goldschmidt 2017
Foteini Drakou

Conscripting plants and the microbial community for mineral exploration

Geologists have a great deal of geochemical tools for exploration of new mineral deposits. But, as most of the unexploited treasure is hiding at great depth, geologists have to invent and employ

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Goldschmidt 2017
Deirdre Clark

The rain, the Seine and the Eiffel Tower

Paris appears to be a bit sad that this year's conference is drawing to end since it has started to rain yesterday evening. The rain was especially timely for those making their way from the Palais

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