GPS Division Analytical Facility Manager
Ph.D. (ANU, 1996)
Staff Scientist, MPS
Division of Geological and
Planetary Sciences
Caltech 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125
chi@gps.caltech.edu
626 395 6253
(office: 051 Arms)
626 395 6126 (lab: 052 Arms)
Research Interests: Nano-mineralogy, geochemistry, microanalysis and imaging of solid materials, electron beam methods.
Current nano-mineralogy research by Chi Ma, in collaboration with George Rossman, is featured in an article "The Secret Lives of Minerals" in Engineering and Science (Vol. 70, No.1), a Caltech quarterly journal.
New Minerals Discovered: BaTiO3, barioperovskite; Sc4Zr3O12; (Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os); MoNiP.