Laura Mori

	LAURA MORI
	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Geochemistry of the Instituto de Geología
	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
	Advisor: Dr. Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno
	Research Areas Analysis of the components and processes involved in magma generation during the Cenozoic evolution of the Mexican subduction system, from the Sierra Madre del Sur to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Personal Information

Place and date of birth: La Spezia, Italy, December 30^th, 1978.

E-mail: lmori@geologia.unam.mx

Telephone: 0052 5622 4329 ext. 206

Academic Background

Undergraduate Studies: Universitá degli Studi di Pisa, Bachelor Degree in Geological Sciences. Period: 1997-2003. Date of dissertation: November, 2003. Thesis: “I basalti ofiolitici dell’Isola d’Elba: affinità geochimica primaria ed effetti metamorfici”. Graduated with honors. Advisor: Dr. Sergio Rocchi.

Postgraduate studies: Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Geochemistry and Petrology). Period: 2004-2007. Date of dissertation: September, 2007. Thesis: Origen del magmatismo miocénico en el sector central de la FVTM y sus implicaciones en la evolución del sistema de subducción mexicano. Advisor: Dr. Arturo Gómez-Tuena.

Upgrading short courses

Curso teórico de espectrometría de plasma acoplado a masas. Held by Jorge Marín-Téllez from the Thermo Electron Corporation. Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. May, 2005.

An introduction to light stable isotope geochemistry. Applications to paleoclimate studies. Held by Dr. Viorel Atudorei from the University of New Mexico. Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. October, 2005.

Petrología de rocas sedimentarias terrígenas . Held by Dr. Arturo Martín-Barajas from the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada. Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. September, 2006.

Understanding giant explosive eruptions: pyroclastic density currents, ignimbrites, and calderas . Held by Dr. Michael Branney from the Leicester University. Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. September, 2006.

International school of isotope geology – Frontiers in petrogenesis and magmatology, and applications to archaeometry and environmental sciences . Verbania-Pallanza, Italy. June, 2007.

Languages

Italian: mother tongue

Spanish: 100%

English: 100%

Published or in press original investigations

Mori, L., Gómez-Tuena, A., Cai, Y., Goldstein, S.L., 2007. Effects of prolonged flat subduction on the Miocene magmatic record of the central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt . Chemical Geology, 244 (3-4), 452-473.

Gómez-Tuena, A., Mori, L., Rincón-Herrera, N.E., Ortega-Gutiérrez, F., Solé, J., Iriondo, A., 2008. The origin of a primitive trondhjemite from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and its implications for the construction of a modern continental arc. Geology, 36 (6), 471-474.

National and international congresses

Mori, L., Gómez-Tuena, A., Langmuir, C.H., Goldstein, S.L., 2004. El magmatismo miocénico del estado de Querétaro, México. IV Reunión Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra , Juriquilla, Queretaro.

Mori, L., Gómez-Tuena, A., Goldstein, S.L., 2006. Effects of prolonged flat subduction on the Miocene magmatic record of the central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. 2006 AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco.

Mori, L., Gómez-Tuena, A., Goldstein, S.L., 2007. Variable slab contributions characterize the Miocene magmatic record of the central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. 2007 AGU Joint Assembly , Acapulco. Winner of the AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award.

Rincón-Herrera, N.E., Gómez-Tuena, A., Mori, L., Ortega-Gutiérrez, F., 2007. Rhyolite genesis by slab melting and mantle interaction: an example from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. 2007 AGU Joint Assembly, Acapulco.

Seminars and talks

Mori, L., 2006. Magmatismo miocénico en los estados de Querétaro y Guanajuato. IV Simposium de Estudiantes , Centro de Geociencias, UNAM.

Mori, L., 2006. El magmatismo miocénico del sector central de la Faja Volcánica Trans-Mexicana. Predoctoral dissertation at the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM.

Mori, L., Arturo Gómez-Tuena, 2006. Efectos de una subducción plana prolongada en el sector central de la Faja Volcánica Trans-Mexicana. V Simposium de Estudiantes , Centro de Geociencias, UNAM.

Mori, L., 2008. El magmatismo miocénico de la Faja Volcánica Trans-Mexicana: petrogénesis e implicaciones tectónicas. Self-introducing talk at the Instituto de Geología, UNAM.

Mori, L., 2008. Magmatismo en zonas de subducción. , Round Table "Procesos Dinámicos del Interior de la Tierra", Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM.

Lab and analytical experience

Preparation of thin sections for petrographic studies (Department of Earth Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Pisa).

Ultra-clean lab work (Department of Earth Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Pisa; Centro de Geociencias, UNAM): sample preparation and chemical digestion for trace element analyses by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS).

Ultra-clean lab work (Centro de Geociencias, UNAM; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University: Sr, Nd and Pb separation with ionic exchange columns for isotopic analyses by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS).

Trace element analysis with an ICP-MS (VG Elemental PlasmaQuad 2+ instrument, property of the Department of Earth Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Pisa; Thermo Series X^II instrument, property of the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM).

Experience in operating a TIMS for Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic determinations (VG Sector 54-30 instrument), acquired at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (visiting student during August-September, 2005).

Major element determination in mineral phases , using a scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) (Philips XL30 microscope with EDAX DX4 microanalysis, property of the Department of Earth Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Pisa).

Teaching experience

Teaching assistant of “Igneous Petrogenesis” at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí. January-June, 2005.

Teaching assistant of “Igneous Petrogenesis” at the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. August-December, 2005.

Teaching of “An Introduction to Earth Sciences” at the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. August-December, 2006.

Teaching assistant of “Igneous Petrogenesis” at the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. January-June, 2007.

Teaching of “Geochemistry and Magmatic Processes” at the Instituto de Geología, UNAM. January-June, 2009.

Professional Activities

Assistant to visitors at the GNV-INGV (Gruppo Nazionale di Vulcanologia) Operative Center of the island of Stromboli Italy. September, 2002.

Geochronology lab assistant at the Archaeology Department, Universitá degli Studi de Pisa. October, 2002-January, 2003.

Honors, Fellowships, and Grants

Honorific mention for excellence during graduate studies at the Universitá degli Studi di Pisa. November, 2003.

Ph.D. fellowship , funded by the División de Estudios de Posgrado (DGEP), UNAM. August, 2004-June, 2007.

AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award for the best presentation within the Vulcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Session of the 2007 AGU Joint Assembly, Acapulco. August, 2007.

Recipient of a student grant for excellence during Ph.D. studies , funded by the Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. August, 2007.

Postdoc fellowship , funded by CTIC-UNAM. Starting from March, 2008.