Sarah Greene
Graduate Student
Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry
Office: 333 Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison WI 53706
Email: sgreene@geology.wisc.edu

Research
Originally from California, I received my bachelor's degree in geology from Carleton College. Fascinated by volcanoes, I came to UW-Madison in 2006 to pursue my masters with Brad Singer in igneous geochemistry. I am currently studying the Guatemalan volcano Santa Maria which, in 1902, produced the second-largest eruption of the 20th century. Using petrologic and geochemical methods such as trace-element zoning, two-oxide thermobarometry, and melt inclusion analysis, I am studying the magma chamber processes that led to the catastrophic eruption.