Geochemical Lab
Organic Laboratory
Analysis of organic molecules from rocks and organisms.
GCMS
Analysis of the structures of individual organic compounds
TC/EA and EA-IRMS
Analysis of H, O, C, and N isotope ratios of bulk organic and inorganic samples
MARS 6
The CEM Mars6 Microwave Reaction System performs organic extractions and other reactions
GC-IRMS
Analysis of isotopic compositions of individual organic compounds
Microbiological Lab
Microbiological Laboratory
Culturing of microbes, extraction/processing of DNA and other biological analyses
Incubators
A variety of stationary and shaking incubators for the culturing of microbes at various temperatures
Chemostats
One New Brunswick Bioflo 3000, two Solaris IO1000 units, and some homemade units allow microbial cultivation in continuous culture.
Microplate reader
A BioTek Epoch2 microplate spectrophotometer performs automated growth curves and spectrophotometry
Thermocycler
An Eppendorf MasterCycler used to perform PCR
Microbiological microscope
Nikon Eclipse Ci-L microbiological microscope for observations of bacterial cells.
Gassing station
Custom-built to create anaerobic headspace in sealed microbiological vessels.
Gelbox
For visualization of DNA gels
Nanodrop
Nanodrop 2000c combination cuvette spectrophotometer and micro-spectrophotometer
Autoclave
An oldie but goodie
Sensorlab
Emlid Reach RS2
High-precision GNSS devices capable of cm-scale accuracy with RTK or PPK corrections
Tello
Micro-drones used for student flight training in preparation for the operation of drones in the field.
Phantom IV Pro
Basic photo-capable drone used for creating orthomosaics, SfM photogrammetry, and video.
P4 Multispectral
Capable of 5-band multispectral photographs for investigation of ecosystem and crop health
M600P with GeoSLAM Horizon
16-channel Velodyne puck lidar at 905 nm, with a datalogger on a heavy-lift quadcopter.
Geospatial Computation
Software packages include GeoSLAM Hub, Metashape, Trimble Business Center, RTKLIB, Emlid Studio, CloudCompare, and ArcGIS Pro