Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Earth and Atmospheric Science
INFORMATION ABOUT

Kristen Mitchell

Graduate Research Assistant

Office: ES&T 1243
Email: kristen.mitchell@eas.gatech.edu
Lab room: ES&T 1166
Advisor: Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen

Education:

  • 2005 B.S., Marine Science (Marine Chemistry),Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fl, USA
  • 2007 M.S., System Earth Modeling (Biogeochemistry), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Awards:

  • 2005-2006 Student Fulbright Fellowship, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Supervisor: Don Canfield

Research Interests:

  • Biogeochemical cycling of selenium and sulfur
  • Selenium isotopes as a geochemical tracer
  • Hydrothermal systems

Publications:

  1. Mitchell, K. and Canfield, D., Sulfate Reduction and Sulfur Isotope Fractionation in Modern Evaporite Ponds (2007) Goldschmidt Abstracts 2007- M. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71: A607-A697
  2. Mitchell K., Heyer A., Canfield, D.E., Hoek, J., Habicht, K.S., Temperature Effect on the Sulfur Isotope Fractionation during Sulfate Reduction by Two Strains of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeoglobus fulgidus (2009) Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02002.x