David Christie Gary Klinkhammer
(Facility Director)
Kelly Kenison Falkner Andy Ungerer
(Facility Manager)

Andy Ungerer manages day-to-day operations and maintenance of the Plasma Spectroscopy Facility. An advisory committee ( G. Klinkhammer, D. Christie, K. Falkner, and A. Ungerer) takes overall responsibility for administration of the Facility. Gary Klinkhammer ,the Director of the Facility, is mainly responsible for science coordination and long-term viability. This committee has successfully led the facility through an NSF infrastructure upgrade (STI) providing a new laboratory for ICP and other instrumental analysis systems, an OCE grant to upgrade ICPMS sample introduction hardware, and continued research-driven proposals supporting the facility. The goal of the advisory committee is to have a forward-looking vision incorporating or developing state-of-the-art instrumental methods applied to earth sciences. At the same time, provide a dependable, user-friendly analytical laboratory conducive to efficiently completing the research of a wide range of investigators.