M. Darby Dyar
Kennedy-Schelkunoff Professor of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College
FCAD
Location
217 Kendade Hall
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075
Education
Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geochemistry
B.A. Wellesley College, Geology & Art History
Address
Mount Holyoke College 50 College Street South Hadley, MA 01075
Research Interests
Dr. Dyar is a mineralogist and spectroscopist interested in a wide range of problems relating to the evolution of the solar system. She studies the redox state of iron and the abundance of hydrogen in solar system materials using Mossbauer, x-ray absorption, and emissivity, and reflectance spectroscopy.