Dr. Leslie Hayden begins postdoctoral work with Prof. Jim Van Orman

Dr. Leslie Hayden completed a Ph.D. in Geology at the Rensselaer Polytechic Institue (RPI) in 2007, and arrived in November 2008 after a year of postdoctoral work at UCLA. Dr. Hayden will be working with Prof. Jim Van Orman on experimental studies of tungsten diffusion in minerals, applied to dating planet-building processes in the early solar system.