Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
Dr. Ro Kinzler began working as a research scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Museum in 1993. Now she divides her time between her research and developing educational materials for the Museum's National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology.
Her research interests primarily focus on how the molten magma beneath the Earth's crust are created, move and evolve; the behavior of liquids that evaporate readily, called volatiles; how the minerals and chemicals in the upper mantle of the Earth's crust evolve; and processes that form volcanoes in places like the Cascade Mountain Range on the northwest coast and mid-ocean ridges. She enjoys the opportunity to broaden her experience by focusing on educational projects at the Museum's National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology as well as the challenges of raising her young son, Carl II, with her husband Carl.
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Ro Kinzler looking very strong as she holds up a piece of Echo Mountain Quarry pumice for Ed Mathez and exhibit designer Eliot Hoyt.
photo credit: Craig Chesek, © American Museum of Natural History
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