Christy Till

Christy.Till@asu.edu
(480) 727-2828
School of Earth and Space Exploration ISTB4 Room 569 Tempe

Assistant Professor

Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 6004

Biography

Christy Till is a geologist and assistant professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University whose research integrates a variety of petrologic, geochemical, and geochronologic techniques to examine the mechanisms and timescales of magma genesis as relate to the evolution of planetary interiors and volcanic hazards.

She also served as vice chair of the Council of the American Geophysical Union (2012-2014), the largest professional organization of earth and space scientists, and has broad interests in improving communication between scientists and policy makers, educators and the general public.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. Geology/Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
M.S. Geological Sciences, Univ. California, Santa Barbara 2005
B.S. Geological Sciences, Univ. California, Santa Barbara 2004

Research Website

http://epic.asu.edu

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Profile

Research Interests

Christy Till is an igneous petrologist interested in the physical and chemical evolution of planetary interiors. Specifically her research interests are in the chemistry, conditions, and timescales of magma formation as pertain to the differentiation of Earth and other planets, as well as volcanic hazards. To investigate these topics she integrates a variety of techniques including fieldwork, high pressure and temperature piston-cylinder and multi-anvil experiments, elemental and isotopic geochemistry and geochronology (via electron probe, SIMS/SHRIMP, LA-ICPMS and NanoSIMS) and quantitative models.

Publications

Till, C.B., Kent, A., Abers, G., Janiszewski, H., Gaherty, J., Pitcher, B., in review, Towards Assessing the Causes of Volcanic Diversity in the Cascades Arc, Nature Communications.
Iacovino, K., and Till, C.B., in review, DensityX: A program for calculating the densities of hydrous magmatic liquids from 427-1,627 °C and up to 30 kbar, Volcanica.
Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J.R., Costa, F., Rubin, A.E., Gravley, D., Deering, C., Cole, J., Bose, M., 2017, Response to “Cold Storage in a Heat Wave?”, Science (reply to comment)
Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J.R., Costa, F., Gravley, D., Deering, C., Cole, J., Bose, M., 2017, Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals, Science, v. 356, iss. 6343, p. 1154-1156, doi:10.1126/science.aam8720.

Till, C.B., 2017, A Review & Update of Mantle Thermobarometry for Primitive Arc Magmas, American Mineralogist (invited paper), v. 102, p. 931-947, dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5783

Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A, Boyce, J.W., 2015, Months between rejuvenation and volcanic eruption at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, Geology, v.43, no. 8., p. 695-698, doi:10.1130/G36862.1.

Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2015, Melting of the Earth's Upper Mantle, Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition, Haraldur Sigurdsson, editor, p. 35-47.

Research Activity

Till,Christy B*. Quantifying Geochemical Exchange at the Slab-Wedge Interface in the Higashi-Akaishi Peridotite Japan. NSF-GEO-EAR(5/1/2015 - 4/30/2018).
Hervig,Richard Lokke*, Till,Christy B, Williams,Lynda B, Williams,Peter. Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS Laboratories. NSF-GEO-EAR(1/1/2015 - 12/31/2017).
Desch,Steven*, Anbar,Ariel David, Anbar,Ariel David, Asphaug,Erik, Cadillo-Quiroz,Hinsby, Elser,James Joseph, Hartnett,Hilairy, Hartnett,Hilairy, Mcnamara,Allen Kieth, Neuer,Susanne, Patience,Jennifer Lynn, Poret-Peterson,Amisha T, Shim,Sang-Heon, Shock,Everett, Shock,Everett, Till,Christy B, Wadhwa,Meenakshi, Walker,Sara, Young,Patrick, Zolotov,Mikhail. Exoplanetary Ecosystems: Exploring Life's detectability on chemically diverse exoplanets. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(12/31/2014 - 12/30/2019).
Till,Christy B*. CAREER: Triggering Eruptions: Determination of Pressure-Temperature-Composition-time Histories for Magma Bodies Preceding Eruption NSF EAR Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), 2017-2021

Courses

Spring 2020
Course Number	Course Title
SES 494	Special Topics
SES 499	Individualized Instruction
SES 592	Research
SES 598	Special Topics
SES 599	Thesis
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Fall 2019
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 424	Petrology
SES 499	Individualized Instruction
SES 592	Research
SES 599	Thesis
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Summer 2019
Course Number	Course Title
SES 592	Research

Spring 2019
Course Number	Course Title
SES 494	Special Topics
SES 499	Individualized Instruction
SES 592	Research
SES 598	Special Topics
SES 599	Thesis
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Fall 2018
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 424	Petrology
SES 592	Research
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Summer 2018
Course Number	Course Title
SES 592	Research
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Spring 2018
Course Number	Course Title
SES 499	Individualized Instruction
SES 592	Research
SES 599	Thesis
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Fall 2017
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 424	Petrology
GLG 499	Individualized Instruction
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Summer 2017
Course Number	Course Title
SES 692	Research
SES 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation

Spring 2017
Course Number	Course Title
SES 494	Special Topics
GLG 499	Individualized Instruction
GLG 592	Research
AST 592	Research
SES 598	Special Topics
GLG 599	Thesis
SES 692	Research
GLG 692	Research
AST 692	Research
SES 792	Research
GLG 792	Research
AST 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation
GLG 799	Dissertation
AST 799	Dissertation

Fall 2016
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 424	Petrology
GLG 499	Individualized Instruction
GLG 592	Research
GLG 599	Thesis
AST 692	Research
SES 692	Research
GLG 692	Research
SES 792	Research
GLG 792	Research
AST 792	Research
SES 799	Dissertation
AST 799	Dissertation
GLG 799	Dissertation

Summer 2016
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 592	Research
AST 692	Research
GLG 692	Research
GLG 799	Dissertation

Spring 2016
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 101	Intro to Geology I (Physical)
AST 592	Research
GLG 592	Research
GLG 599	Thesis
GLG 692	Research
AST 692	Research
GLG 792	Research
AST 792	Research
GLG 799	Dissertation
AST 799	Dissertation

Fall 2015
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 424	Petrology
GLG 592	Research
SES 598	Special Topics
GLG 599	Thesis
AST 692	Research
GLG 692	Research
AST 792	Research
GLG 792	Research
AST 799	Dissertation
GLG 799	Dissertation

Summer 2015
Course Number	Course Title
GLG 499	Individualized Instruction
GLG 592	Research
GLG 692	Research

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