M. Darby Dyar
Kennedy-Schelkunoff Professor of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College
Location
217 Kendade Hall
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.