Laura Gardner
PhD Candidate
B.S. Environmental Science, University of California Los Angeles, 2008
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
- LauraGardner2024@u.northwestern.edu
- 847-467-2467
- Tech F476
Research Interests
I use spectroscopy (the way light interacts with materials) to analyze the composition and alteration of minerals and proteins within geological and biological materials. Currently, I am exploring how Raman spectroscopy may contribute to construction activities on the Moon. I am also using Raman spectroscopy to estimate collagen preservation in medieval human bones.
Publications
Gardner, L.L., Abramovich, W., Romanov, M., Flohr, S., Kierdorf, U., Kierdorf, H., Almer, J.D., Jacobsen, S.D., Gonzalez, G.B., Park, J.-S., and Stock, S.R. (2025) Assessment of diagenesis in archaeological human second metacarpal bones using the intensity of the small angle X-ray scattering D-period peak. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 22, 20240826.
Ni, P., Shirey, S., Walter, M., Czas, J., Novella, D., Nestola, F., Kueter, N., Smith, E., Stachel, T., Pearson, D., Steele, A., Gardner, L.L., Jacobsen, S.D., Harte, B., Harris, J.W., and Shahar, A. (In review) Onset of slab mantle melting recorded by ferropericlase inclusions in diamonds. Science Advances.
Wang, F., Bausch, H.J., Gardner, L.L., Zhang, D., Armstrong, K., Bell, A.S., Zhao, J., Alp, E.E., and Jacobsen, S.D. (2025) Thermoelastic Properties of Iron-Rich Ringwoodite and the Deep Mantle Aerotherm of Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL109666.
Ni, P., Shirey, S., Walter, M., Czas, J., Novella, D., Nestola, F., Kueter, N., Smith, E., Stachel, T., Pearson, D., Steele, A., Gardner, L.L., Jacobsen, S.D., Harte, B., Harris, J.W., and Shahar, A. (In review) Onset of slab mantle melting recorded by ferropericlase inclusions in diamonds. Science Advances.
Wang, F., Bausch, H.J., Gardner, L.L., Zhang, D., Armstrong, K., Bell, A.S., Zhao, J., Alp, E.E., and Jacobsen, S.D. (2025) Thermoelastic Properties of Iron-Rich Ringwoodite and the Deep Mantle Aerotherm of Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL109666.