Earth and Environmental Sciences

Title: Professor

Education: PhD, University of California, San Diego

224 Hutchison Hall
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Box 270221
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627

Phone: (585) 275-0051
robert.poreda@rochester.edu

Fax: (585) 244-5689

Office Hours: By appointment

People—Robert J. Poreda

Professor Poreda's research focuses on novel applications of noble gas chemistry to the earth sciences, in seven diverse areas.

Use of tritium and ³He to determine the flow and age distribution of shallow groundwater
Transport of dissolved metals to the coastal ocean via submarine groundwater discharge
Cosmic ray produced ³He and ²¹Ne and their applications to geomorphology and climate change research
Transport of volatiles (He, Ar, carbon) from magma to geothermal and natural gas reservoirs
Climate change in Antarctica and the evolution of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes
Delivery of exogenous carbon molecules (e.g. fullerenes) to the earth by meteorite impact and the implications for formation of the atmosphere
Impact tracers at the K/T and Permian/Triassic extinctions and the link to flood basalt volcanism