Dr. Yuch-Ning Shieh

Professor

E-mail: ynshieh@purdue.edu

Associated Website(s): Purdue Stable Isotoope (PSI) ,

Education

Ph.D.- California Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

Stable-isotope geochemistry, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon isotopes in igneous and metamorphic petrology, sulfur isotopes in coal and mineral deposits.

Awards and Honors

American Men and Women of Science.

Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology.

Professional Experience

  • 1987- present Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1986 - present Corresponding Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • 1996-present Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, hangzhou, China.

  • 1998 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Geology, National Taiwan University.

  • 1988 -1993 Visiting Professor, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  • 1989 Visiting Research Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

  • 1979 - 1987 Associate professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1981 Visiting Scientist, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • 1978 - 1981 Guest Investigator, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of washington, Washington, D.C.

  • !972 - 1979 Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1972 Summer Visiting Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University.

  • 1968 - 1972 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McMaster University.

Selected Publications

  • Bechtel, A., Y.N. Shieh, W.C. Elliott, S. Oszczepalski and S. Hoernes, 2000: Mineralogy, crystallinity and stable isotopic composition of illitic clays within the Polish Zechstein basin: Implications for the genesis of Kupferschiefer mineralization. Chemical Geology 163, 189-205.

  • Chen, C.H., S. Nakada, Y.N. Shieh and D.J. DePaolo, 1999: the Sr, Nd and O isotopic studies of the 1991-1995 eruption at Unzen, Japan. J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 89, 243-253.

  • Shieh, Y.N., 1999: Sulfur isotope geochemistry of coals, oil-shales, and salt marsh ecosystems. Proceedings of Conference on Sustainable Development and Geosciences Prospect. Taipei, Taiwan. 98-103.