Welcome
Research in the McDermott lab investigates the aqueous and volatile geochemistry and biogeochemistry of seafloor hydrothermal vents and ancient terrestrial fracture waters tapped by deep mines. These systems link fundamental geological and biological processes that sustain microbial life in the largely unexplored deep subsurface biosphere, and they represent modern analogues of environments that may have played a critical role in the origin of life on the early Earth. Much of our work is interdisciplinary. Collaborations with microbiologists and geologists enrich our understanding of these complex systems.
We use a suite of geochemical tools, from isotopic characterization and abundance analyses to thermodynamic assessments, to reveal the origin of carbon and sulfur-containing compounds in deep vent and mine fluids. Are these compounds generated by living things, or can they form without any contribution from life?
The team is growing. We are looking for a postdoc to join the lab at Lehigh University. Please get in touch.
We use a suite of geochemical tools, from isotopic characterization and abundance analyses to thermodynamic assessments, to reveal the origin of carbon and sulfur-containing compounds in deep vent and mine fluids. Are these compounds generated by living things, or can they form without any contribution from life?
The team is growing. We are looking for a postdoc to join the lab at Lehigh University. Please get in touch.
Contact Information
Jill McDermott is an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences department at Lehigh University. Leading up to this, she was a MAGNET postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, and is an alumna of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography (Ph.D), the University of New Hampshire (M.Sc.), and Dartmouth College (B.A.).
Jill M. McDermott
jill [dot] mcdermott [at] lehigh [dot] edu
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
Lehigh University
1 West Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
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jill [dot] mcdermott [at] lehigh [dot] edu
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
Lehigh University
1 West Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
Google Scholar, Research Gate
