Marissa Tremblay

Marissa Tremblay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (2017) and a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University (2012). Her research focuses on noble gas geochemistry to study Earth's climate history, tectonic geomorphic interactions, planetary impact histories, and volcanic processes. Key contributions include cosmogenic noble gas paleothermometry and experimental work on noble gas diffusion in minerals.

Research Highlights:

• Quantifies past climate changes through noble gas isotopes in rocks.
• Explores interactions between tectonics, topography, and erosion.
• Investigates impact histories of planetary bodies like the Moon and Mars.
• Develops new methods for thermochronology and diffusion kinetics.

Publications Trends: Recent work emphasizes Mars aqueous activity, glacial bedrock temperatures, and magma system dynamics. Methodological advances in cosmogenic noble gas techniques and Bayesian geochronology are prominent.

Awards:

• 2023 Antarctica Service Medal
• 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
• 2020 Marion Milligan Mason Award

Advising & Grants: Advises graduate students (e.g., Addison Curtis, Moe Mijjum). Active in NSF-funded projects on ice-forced magmatic systems and Deccan Traps volcanism.

Labs/Teams: Leads the T@P lab at Purdue, specializing in noble gas thermochronology. Collaborates internationally on projects like the IF-AMPS volcanic system study.