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<h1 class="w3-text-white"><span>James K. Muller</span></h1>
<p style="font-size:1.75vw" class="w3-text-gray w3-hide-small">Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography</p>
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        Hi, I'm James! I'm a post-doctoral researcher in the <a href="https://emilyjchin.squarespace.com/">lab of Dr. Emily Chin</a> at <a href="https://scripps.ucsd.edu">Scripps Institution of Oceanography</a>, UC San Diego.
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        My academic research interests are rooted in answering a few basic questions about volcanoes that are, ultimately, motivated by reducing volcanic risk:
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            <li>What melts to form magmas, and what causes this melting?</li>
            <li>Why do volcanoes form where they do?</li>
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        To tackle these problems, I use a combination of observations, data, and modeling. This generally involves terrestrial and sea-going fieldwork to collect samples. I then analyze these rocks and minerals in the lab using techniques like scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and mass spectrometry (solution and laser ablation ICPMS). I'll also use tools like thermodynamic modeling software (e.g., <a href="https://perplex.ethz.ch">Perple_</a><a href="https://perplex.ethz.ch" style="color:purple">X</a> </a>) and Python to recreate real rocks with computers.
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        In addition to my time in academia, I have previously worked in the environmental industry in CT, NY, and CA. <!-- Before arriving at SIO, I received an A.M. degree from Harvard, an M.A. degree with research thesis at Queens College-CUNY, and a B.A. from Pomona College, all in geology. I also worked for a time in the environmental industry in CT, NY, and CA.-->
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                <dt>Ph.D. (2025), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego</dt>
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                    <b><i>Advisor: </i></b>Emily J. Chin
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                    <b><i>Dissertation: </i></b>"When magmas break the rules: Origins of tectonically enigmatic oceanic and terrestrial volcanism"
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                <dt> A.M. (2019) Harvard University</dt>
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                    <b><i>Advisor: </i></b>Charles H. Langmuir
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                <dt>M.A. (2016) Queens College, City University of New York</dt>
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                    <b><i>Advisor: </i></b>Marc-Antoine Longpré
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                    <b><i>Thesis: </i></b>“Tephrostratigraphy of the AD 1730–1736 Timanfaya eruption, Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Insights to the dynamics of large basaltic fissure eruptions”
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                <dt>B.A. (2013) Pomona College</dt>
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                    <b><i>Advisors: </i></b>Jade Star Lackey, Richard W. Hazlett
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                    <b><i>Thesis: </i></b>"Age and origin of the Malapai Hill Basalt, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA"
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        <li><b>Muller, J.K.</b>, Chin, E.J. (<i>in review</i>) Young, enigmatic lavas from a fossil slab remnant beneath Baja California, Mexico. <i>Geology</i>.</li>
        <li>Durkin, K., Castillo, P.R., Straub, S.M., Mallick, S., Saal, A. and <b>Muller, J.K.</b> (<i>in press</i>) Widespread contamination of the Pacific upper mantle during the mid-Cretaceous. <i>Marine Geology</i>, p.107460, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107460">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107460</a>.</li>
        <li><b>Muller, J.K.</b>, Longpré, M.-A. (2024) Tephra dispersal and composition reveal the explosive onset of a large basaltic fissure eruption: Timanfaya, Lanzarote, 1730–1736 CE. <i>Bulletin of Volcanology</i>, v. 86, n. 38, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01729-5">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01729-5</a>.</li>
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                James K. Muller<br>
                Sverdrup Hall 3139<br>
                Scripps Institution of Oceanography<br>
                UC San Diego<br>
                La Jolla, CA 92093-0212 USA<br>
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                James K. Muller<br>
                7835 Trade St., Suite 100<br>
                ATTN: Sverdrup Hall 3139<br>
                San Diego, CA 92121 USA<br>
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