Dr. Robyn Hannigan is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Geological Society of America, an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow and the 2007 American Chemical Society Medal awardee for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences.  Her research and student mentoring have been highlighted by SACNAS, AAAS, and the NSF.  Dr. Hannigan's circuitous route to a career in geochemistry began at the College of New Jersey where she earned her BS in Biology.  She completed her doctoral degree in Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Rochester focusing on high and lowtemperature trace element geochemistry.  During her post-doctoral fellowships at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and at Old Dominion University she leveraged her expertise in geochemistry into collaborative research projects with biologists and oceanographers. Her current research focuses on the study of the chemical record of climate change preserved in estuarine and ocean sediments and biominerals.  She and her students hold several patents in areas of sample introduction technologies for mass spectrometric identification of important metals in biological samples.  Dr. Hannigan started a company with former students, GeoMed Analytical, which uses geochemical methods to study human health and food resource issues such as food sourcing and metals in disease treatment and diagnosis.

Robyn Hannigan: University of Massachusetts at Boston

240th National Meeting (2010)

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