James W. Dottin III
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Pronouns (he/him)
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Brown University
Brown University
Welcome! My name is James Dottin and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) at Brown University and the PI of SLAB. I am originally from Boston, MA and through the METCO program I attended Concord Public Schools. I received my B.A. with Honors (majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences) from Wesleyan University and went on on the University of Maryland, College Park to receive a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geology.
My expertise is in using the multiple sulfur isotope composition of a variety of rock materials to understand the origin and evolution of their respective parent bodies. My research has involved rocks from Mars, Earth and Earth's moon, differentiated planetesimals, and chondrites. At Brown, I am establishing a research group that builds on the research I have done and expands into other sub-fields focused on the origin and evolution of planets within our solar system and beyond.
James Dottin CV.pdf
Cameron Adams
Graduate Student
Cameron will be joining SLAB in Fall 2024 as a graduate student. He is majoring in Earth Science and Biochemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, with an expected completion date of May 2024. At IU, Cameron studied thallium isotopes in subduction zones to investigate regional bioavailability of metals. At Brown, Cameron plans to use sulfur isotopes to study the origin and evolution of planets in our solar system and beyond!
Pronouns: he/his
Kiran Patil
Graduate Student
Kiran ('key-run') will be joining SLAB in Fall 2024 as a graduate student. She is majoring in Environmental Geology and International Politics at Juniata College in Huntington, PA. As an undergraduate, Kiran has contributed to research developing copper isotope measurement techniques, investigated the origin of iron oxide ± apatite deposits using iron isotopes, and studied isotope systematics of helium, neon, and carbon in the Andean Convergent Margin. At Brown, she is particularly interested in research projects that focus on the origin of the moon's volatiles and its impacts on the interior, surface, and atmosphere of the moon.
Pronouns: she/her
Josephine Benson, M.Sc.
Research Laboratory Technician
Josie provides oversight of lab operations, including installation, operation, and maintenance of the mass spectrometer and fluorination line. She contributes to ongoing research projects and trains students and visitors to SLAB. She holds an M.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College. Her graduate research combined magnetic and geochemical analyses to characterize modern lacustrine depositional environments. As a 2020.5 graduate of Brown University, she is excited to return to DEEPS as a staff member.