PCIGR welcomes Dr. Jason Mulbauer as a postdoctoral fellow!

Jason comes to us from Boise State University with a background in process sedimentology, Cambrian fluvial systems and U-Pb geochronology, and will develop and apply #CA-TIMS methods for #zircon U-Pb #geochronology at PCIGR.

Research poster by Ian Goan, showing geologic maps of British Columbia, rock outcrops and thin section scans, and geochemical results and graphs.

🎉 Congratulations to PCIGR M.Sc. grad Ian Goan for his 1st-prize-winning poster, “Magnetite Petrochemistry in Alaskan-type Ultramafic-Mafic Intrusions of British Columbia: Controls of Magmatic, Mineralization, Subsolidus, and Hydrothermal Processes,” at #AMERoundup2026!

Multi-panel figure showing (clockwise) a map of the Arctic Ocean, a rock sample collected from the ocean, a photomicrograph showing the rock sample in thin section, and a cartoon depicting a hydrovolcanic explosion underwater.

📢 Hot off the press!

Volcanic breccias dredged from the Alpha Ridge in the central Arctic Ocean suggest emergent volcanism during the Late Cretaceous, around 90 million years ago.

Read more about this discovery at rdcu.be/eYkKm

Professor Prytulak dressed in a protective suit and hard at work in a clean lab doing chemistry

🎉 Congratulations to PCIGR’s Julie Prytulak for being appointed as a #CanadaResearchChair Tier 1 in Isotope Geochemistry at #UBC, and for receiving $700,000 from #CFI-JELF!
Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG

PCIGR is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Precision U-Pb #Geochronology!

Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.

Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at pcigr@eoas.ubc.ca!

📢 Exciting new geochemical research published in Nature Astronomy about the #asteroid #Bennu and the origins of our #SolarSystem!

PCIGR team members Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Marg Amini and Vivian Lai contributed to the international research effort.

Read more below!

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📢 We are #HIRING for the position of Finance Manager! Job description and application portal in the link below.

Submissions accepted until September 7.

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What do we know about the composition of the mantle (Part 1)? An Interview with Dominique Weis - EAG Blog

Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social sits down for a Q&A with the European Association of Geochemistry during #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague! Read here! bit.ly/3Ts7ME1

Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!

⏰ Happening TODAY at #Goldschmid2025!

Catch our team in action!

Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at the University of British Columbia YouTube video by Goldschmidt Conference

PCIGR is excited to showcase our facility and share with you what we do, ahead of #Goldschmidt2025! Watch the video below to learn about the cool research we do.

Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!

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Graphic showing PCIGR presenters at Goldschmidt 2025 conference in Prague

🌋🌋🌋 PCIGR will be presenting at #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague next week on July 8!

Catch them in Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth’s Mantle (session in honor of Catherine Chauvel and Dominique Weis)

Oral Session 02l-O1
Poster Session 02l-P1

Full program at bit.ly/3G3Piqc

U-Pb calcite geochronology indicates episodic amagmatic free-convection over tens of millions of years in Carlin-type gold deposits - Mineralium Deposita Deep fluid convection within the upper crust is pivotal in transferring heat and mass between geological environments. However, a comprehensive understanding of how hydrothermal systems influence geol...

Hot off the press! New paper by Andrew Steiner, Kenneth Hickey, @geochem-dweis.bsky.social and Marg Amini about using #LaserAblation U-Pb carbonate #geochronology on calcite veins to constrain the timing of deep-fluid convection in Carlin-type #gold deposits in Yukon, Canada. doi.org/10.1007/s001...

📢 Hot off the press! New paper by Nicole Williamson, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Elly Thistlethwaite, Lauren Harrison, Catherine Armstrong, James Scoates and Michael Garcia on enriched geochemical compositions in Hawaiian lavas. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...

Zircon Morphology and Geochemical Diversity During Closed-System Crystallization of the Skaergaard Intrusion Abstract. The textures and chemistry of zircon in the Eocene Skaergaard intrusion, related to the East Greenland flood basalts and opening of the North Atl

Hot off the press! New publication by Nichole Moerhuis, James Scoates, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Jon Scoates, and Christian Tegner. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1093/petr...

Diagram showing Asian aerosol inputs and aerosol trace element contributions to the subarctic Pacific Ocean.

Hot off the press! New paper by Racquelle Mangahas, Allan Bertram, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Jay Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social and Maria Maldonado. Read the paper here! (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

PCIGR and Project Manager Alice Chang are excited to showcase the use of new analytical instruments in #criticalminerals research and development with MDRU - Mineral Deposit Research Unit. Many thanks also to the Electron Microbeam and X-Ray Diffraction Facility.

Watch the video below!

Welcome to PCIGR! We are located at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Reach out to us if you have a project that requires high-precision elemental, isotopic and/or geochronology analyses. We look forward to assisting you! pcigr.ubc.ca