Investigating high-pressure mineral transformations in shocked meteorites using advanced electron microscopy.
Characterizing laser 3D-printed lunar regolith simulants to enable future off-world construction.
Abbott, T.M., Akins, C., Barsoum, M.L., Gardner, L.L., Hjelmstad, M., Hu, X., Farha, O.K., Winkelmann, A., Heck, P.R., Sharp, T., Dravid, V.P., Jacobsen, S.D. (2026). Revealing multiple ringwoodite and wadsleyite transformation mechanisms in a shock-melt vein using transmission Kikuchi diffraction. American Mineralogist. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2026-10241
Barsoum, M.L., Abbott, T.M., Jacobsen, S.D., Farha, O.K., Dravid, V.P. (2025). Crystal Orientation and Defect Mapping in Electron Beam-Sensitive Zeolites with Near-Axis Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction. Nano Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05800
Du, F., Yuk, S.A., Qian, Y., Mbaye, E.H.A., Vincent, M.P., Bobbala, S., Abbott, T.M., et al. (2025). A biomimetic multi-component subunit vaccine via ratiometric loading of hierarchical hydrogels. Nature Communications, 16, 5443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60416-x
Liu, R., Janicki, T.D., Marks, S.D., Gyan, D.S., Zuo, P., Savage, D.E., et al. (2024). Optical and electronic functionality arising from controlled defect formation in nanoscale complex oxide lateral epitaxy. Science Advances, 10(30), eadk5509.
Hassan, Z.A., Isheim, D., Buchholz, D.B., Abbott, T.M., Chung, Y.W. (2026). Tribocatalytic NiCrMo Superlattice Nanolayer Coatings for Wear Protection of Steel under Boundary Lubrication. Research Square Preprint. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9180491/v1
Revealing Multiple Pathways of Ringwoodite and Wadsleyite Formation in the Catherwood L6 Shocked Meteorite Using Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction Minnesota Microscopy Society Meeting (May 1, 2026)
Revealing Multiple Pathways of Ringwoodite and Wadsleyite Formation in the Catherwood L6 Shocked Meteorite Using Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction New England Microscopy Society Spring Meeting (April 10, 2026)
Phase Transformation Mechanisms and Plastic Deformation in Shocked High-Pressure Minerals Using Near-Axis TKD and 4D-STEM Microscopy & Microanalysis (2025)
2025
Abbott, T.M., Gardner, L.L., Koube, K., Svaldi, V., Nguyen, T., Edmunson, J., Dravid, V.P., Jacobsen, S.D. EBSD Crystallographic and Microstructure Characterization of Laser 3D-Printed Lunar Regolith Simulants for Off-World Construction. Microscopy & Microanalysis.
Jacobsen, S.D., Bausch, H., Townsend, J.P., Davis, J.P., Duwal, S., Seagle, C.T., Abbott, T.M., Clark, A.N. Shock-Ramp Compression of MgO up to 400 GPa on the Z Machine. American Geophysical Union.
Gogola, N., Villalon, K.V., Abbott, T.M. Evaluating the Effectiveness of BEX-EDS SEM for Rapid Forensic Sand Analysis. Microscopy & Microanalysis.
Abbott, T.M., Gardner, L.L., Koube, K., Svaldi, V., Nguyen, T., Edmunson, J., Dravid, V.P., Jacobsen, S.D., 2025. Crystallographic Texture and Microstructure of Laser 3D-Printed Lunar Regolith Stimulant Using EBSD. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
2024
Abbott, T.M., Ribet, S., Bausch, H., Gardner, L., Bustillo, K., Ophus, C., Dravid, V.P., dos Reis, R., Jacobsen, S.D. Phase Transformation Characterization of High-Pressure Olivine Polymorphs in Shocked Meteorites using STEM-EDS and 4D-STEM.
2022
Marquez, R., Charlier, B., Abbott, T., Smeets, P., Heck, P., Tissot, F.L.H. Search for the Carriers of P-process Anomalies in Early Solar System Condensates. Goldschmidt Conference.
2021
Clinkscales, E., Abbott, T., Rougvie, J. Interface-Coupled Dissolution-Precipitation Mechanism in K-Feldspar Replacements Produced by Low-Temperature K-Metasomatism. Geological Society of America.
Abbott, T.A., Ribet, S.M., Kabat, N., Smeets, P.J., dos Reis, R., Dravid, V.P. Exploring the Inner Space of Outer Space: Multi-Length Scale, Multimodal Characterization of Muonionalusta IVA Iron Meteorite. Microscopy & Microanalysis.
2017–2016
Dodd, J.P., Abbott, T., Gibbons, J.A. A Pliocene Marine Diatom δ18O Record of Terrestrial-Marine Feedbacks and Orbitally-Paced Cryogenic Brine Formation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. AGU Fall Meeting.
Abbott, T., Dodd, J.P., Findley, M., Scherer, R.P. Cryogenic Brine Formation in the Ross Sea Recorded by Diatom Silica Oxygen Isotope Values from a Pliocene Marine Sediment Core. Geological Society of America.
Abbott, T., Dodd, J.P., Hackett, H., Scherer, R.P. A First Look at Oxygen and Silicon Isotope Variations in Diatom Silica from a Pliocene Antarctic Marine Sediment Core. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.