Facilities:
The Biogeochemistry Laboratory is a recently-renovated, 1700 sq.ft. facility maintained by Professor Steven Petsch and the Department of Geosciences, UMass-Amherst.
organic geochemistry -
- fume hoods, rotary evaporators, concentrators, column chromatography, muffle furnace
- HP 6890 GC
- HP 5973 GC-MS
- HP 5890 GC with JAI Curie Point pyrolyzer
- Shimadzu TOC-V total organic carbon analyzer
- Costech ECS140 Elemental Analzyer with ConFlo-III interface to Finnegan Delta XL isotope ratio mass spectrometer (ir-MS also equipped with automated carbonate prep system and Gas Bench for analysis of carbonates and waters, maintained by Prof. Stephen Burns)
- Shimadzu GC-8A GC
molecular and microbiology -
- -30C low-temp and -80C ultralow-temp freezers
- refridgerated centrifuge
- hybridization ovens, incubators
- gassing station for anaerobic incubations
- DNA extraction, amplification, gel electrophoresis
office space-
- networked PC workstations with graphing, data analysis, geochemical modeling and word-processing software
- in-lab desk space with network connections for six personnel
contact:
Biogeochemistry Lab
160 Morrill Science Center 4-South
ph: 1 (413) 545-1252