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Yishen (Eason) Zhang

@yishenz.bsky.social
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Research Scientist @ Rice University | Experimental petrologist | Planetary interior 🌓🪐 | Volcanology 🌋| PhD @KU Leuven | Postdoc @ Rice eazzzon.github.io

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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Check out our new GCA paper, for the first time we are looking at S bonding in silicate melts with first principles simulations! The results are applicable to S rich magmatic system like #Mercury! doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
AI is killing part of the science. Reviewing used to be enjoyable and a way to learn. Now I spend too much time reviewing AI generated papers. I wonder if the authors even understand what they’ve written. It even sounds hilarious that if AI review AI written papers. #chatgpt #peerreview #research
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interested in planetary interiors in rocky planets and ocean worlds 🌍🌙🪐? please consider submitting to our #AGU2026 session by 5th August! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...
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Interior Dynamics as Drivers of Planetary Evolution and Habitability: From Rocky Planets to Ocean Worlds
The internal structure and dynamics of planetary bodies fundamentally control their thermal evolution, surface environments, and long-term habitability. Processes operating within planetary interiors ...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Back to Boston after 8 years! Oh my…it’s pretty warm 😂
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Fairy ring on Rice’s football court 😮
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Set up and running the first experiment with cold seal! 🥳 #experimentalpetrology
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Dian Ji @dianji.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What powered the Moon's late-stage volcanism? 🌙🌋 Our experiments & modeling published in EPSL with Rajdeep Dasgupta show garnet in the young lunar mantle, pointing to deep fertile material by mantle overturn or prolonged mantle convection. @riceeeps.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ep...
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Saffy Thorn 🌋🌍 @sodicsaffy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thrilled to share that my first paper was published today 🎉 We performed low pressure experiments on 9 alkaline compositions, at a wide range of redox conditions, and used this data to calibrate new equations for estimating equilibrium Kd(Fe-Mg) for Ol-melt & Cpx-melt in alkaline systems
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Phase equilibria and liquid lines of descent in alkali basalts at one atmosphere and the role of oxygen fugacity - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
This study presents new experimental data on the effect of oxygen fugacity (fO2) and bulk composition on phase equilibria and liquid lines of descent in alkali basalts. Crystallisation experiments wer...
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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We have a new paper. This one is about generating highly differentiated, low F melts through a series of interconnected magma chambers, each undergoing only moderate crystallization (moderate F), with the effects compounding after each successive staging. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Oxygen fugacity is so confusing in geology but is quite appealing in atmosphere chemistry, here the definition of oxygen fugacity as the partial pressure of oxygen makes more sense and is measurable with a sensor that responds to the voltage. #experimentalpetrology
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Recalibrating our 10-yr old gas mixing furnace, here is a small bizarre set up I made but perfect return voltage from TC to we can convert to a temperature (room temperature right now). #experimentalpetrology
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Yining Karl Li @yiningkarlli.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Moon fully eclipsing the Sun, captured by Artemis II. ....shot on Nikon Z9!!!!
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 07/04/2026
Awesome image from Artemis. Big!
Earth behind the Moon
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA
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Dian Ji @dianji.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New work challenges the idea of a “wet” Moon🌙💧 Our GCA study, with Raj and @cintylee.bsky.social, shows water-rich lunar melt inclusions form via magmatic recharge, instead of requiring a wet mantle! The Moon may still be strongly volatile-depleted. @riceeeps.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New shot of the Moon taken only a few hours ago by the Artemis II crew! More of the lunar far side coming into view :-D flic.kr/p/2s676GN
The Moon.

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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Thermodynamics: 10% physics, 90% unit conversions
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#Mercury is unusually S-rich. Could #sulfur play a role similar to #volatiles on Earth in shaping melt generation and differentiation? Here, Raj and I combine spectros and expts to show how S dissolves in Mercurian melts affects Mercury’s interior evolution. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The effects of sulfur on near-liquidus phase relations of highly reduced basaltic melts with implications for magmatism in Mercury
Data returned from NASA’s MESSENGER mission reveal that Mercury’s surface is highly enriched in sulfur (S) and depleted in iron (Fe), consistent with …
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IAVCEI ECR-Net @iavceiecrnet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are excited to annouce both our returning and new IAVCEI ECR-Net Working Group officers (2/3)! Stay tuned for updates, events, and opportunities ahead 🌋!
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IAVCEI ECR-Net @iavceiecrnet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are excited to annouce both our returning and new IAVCEI ECR-Net Working Group officers (3/3)! Stay tuned for updates, events, and opportunities ahead 🌋!
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
What happened if a planet has weight-percent-level S in the mantle melts and how such large amounts of S affect melt generation in reduced planet like Mercury? Stop by my poster tomorrow morning at V21B-0069 and let’s chat! #AGU2025
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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Next Monday @riceuniversity.bsky.social we have a panel discussion on the geopolitics of critical minerals for the energy transition. Geology does not distribute natural resources fairly. This leads to a complex web of trade and geopolitical tensions. events.rice.edu/event/415347...
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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We r having a panel discussion on critical minerals Dec 8 @riceuniversity.bsky.social in conjunction with the French Consulate of Houston.
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Olivier Namur @oliviernamur.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Find our new model to calculate post entrapment crystallization of melt inclusions @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social open access here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Constraining the Impact of Post‐Entrapment Crystallization Correction Algorithms on Melt Inclusion Compositions and Petrological Interpretations With MagmaPEC
Numeric PEC correction results are highly dependent on which Fe3+/Fe2+ and mineral-melt partition coefficient modes are used internally MagmaPEC is Python PEC correction software that supports a ...
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Tim Lichtenberg @timlichtenberg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
w/ Oli Shorttle, @johannateske.bsky.social & Eliza Kempton we reviewed our current understanding and prospects for peaking on the inside of small #exoplanets in "Constraining exoplanet interiors using observations of their atmospheres": www.science.org/stoken/autho... & arxiv.org/abs/2510.08844 🔭🧪⚒️☄️
Illustration of predicted interior structures of sub-Neptune exoplanets. Observed density and atmospheric constraints are interpreted in three scenarios, each with a gaseous envelope. Water worlds have a small metal core, rocky mantle, high-pressure ice layer, and possible liquid water ocean. Gas dwarfs have a larger metal core and a magma ocean. Global supercritical regimes have no clear boundaries between layers. Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.
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VolcaKnowledge Podcast @volcaknowledge.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT! 🚨 It's time to talk scientific illustration in the world of volcanoes and geology with @geologytalk.bsky.social , Annabelle Foster! Full episode available to watch or listen now! (Link in bio) #geology #art #artist #stem #steam #illustration #science
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The Mt. Hood is stunning #volcano
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Some facts: as a postdoc, I haven't started my research career yet 😂 #postdoc
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Lab made lunar analogs, the color matches really well with the lunar soil #Moon #Experiments
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Going to conferences as a postdoc: 3x the cost, 1/3xxx the travel grant opportunities. #postdoc #research
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Nick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Hi all, especially ECRs! My Department is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience. We are a small liberal arts college with a small but engaged geo department. Looking to interview and hire immediately. Please apply! ⚒️ careers.geosociety.org/job/visiting...
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience Washington and Lee University: Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience Location: Lexington, VA Open Date: Jun 04, 2025 Descr...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Cool opal collection here at Jackson school of geosciences at UT Austin #mineral #geology
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Rarely use the Mn in the silicate glass then why do we still keep measuring it in the EPMA campaign 🤔
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A nice visit to UK and catch up with old and new friends. Finally back to H-town tomorrow!
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Dian Ji @dianji.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Want to know the lunar sulfur evolution from Apollo to Chang’e-5 mantle? Check out our new GCA paper! A new sulfur content at sulfide saturation (SCSS) model is also attached that is suitable for sulfides with variable metal-sulfur ratio. doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
👀I still like the idea of explaining your paper in a thread, bsky seems have more words too
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you missed my talk, here is the thread of the paper bsky.app/profile/yish...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Where and how the lavas in farside South Pole were generated? In this work led by Rice Uni, together with Raj Dasgupta @dianji.bsky.social @cintylee.bsky.social and collaborators, we explore the possibilities with a petrological approach 1/5 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Mantle Melting Conditions of Mare Lavas on South Pole–Aitken Basin of Lunar Farside
Remote sensing data of the South Pole–Aitken basin are utilized to estimate lunar mantle-derived primitive melt compositions Calculations of multiple saturation of primary melts with mantle miner...
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Ice breaker should be renamed as friend reunion 😂 #LPSC2025
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Tomorrow at 8:55, waterway 5, I will talk about our recent work about at what conditions the farside mantle melted to generate the surface lavas of South Pole-Aitken basin #LPSC2025
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Dian Ji @dianji.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What is the origin of the young Chang’e-5 mare basalts? -Tomorrow (Monday) at 2:50 in the #LPSC2025 Waterway 1, I'll present a joint study that reveals the presence of garnet in the young lunar mantle, as a consequence of lunar cumulate mantle overturn.
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Olivier Namur @oliviernamur.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Happy to see the first paper of Ephrem Kamate published today. Congrats Ephrem. @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Magmatic differentiation and plumbing system beneath Nyamulagira volcano (Virunga Volcanic Province, East African Rift)
Nyamulagira volcano (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) is one of Africa's most active volcanoes and poses a significant threat to the nearby r…
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Yishen (Eason) Zhang @yishenz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Waiting over two weeks for an editor's decision on a paper feels oddly similar to tracking a lost Amazon package #research #postdoc
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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A very interesting paper by Keeley in 2021 Science Advances. They analyzed all Santa Ana Wind (SAW) events and associated fires in Southern California between 1950s and 2020. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Ignitions explain more than temperature or precipitation in driving Santa Ana wind fires
Temperature and precipitation play less of a role in predicting area burned compared to wind speed and number of ignitions.
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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
How did Mars have flowing water on its surface when its surface is too cold to support liquid water? Did Mars have a warmer climate long ago or…? Our new paper sheds light on this dilemma www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Crustal thickness effects on chemical differentiation and hydrology on Mars
The thermal state of planetary crusts depends primarily on heat flow from the mantle to the crust and the depth-integrated radioactive heat generation…
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Olivier Namur @oliviernamur.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Glad to report that our #FWOVlaanderen project with Kaustubh Hakim about #exoplanets was supported. We’ll be recruiting soon #kuleuven_fwet
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Olivier Namur @oliviernamur.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Happy to share that Leuven was selected as host for the BepiColombo Mercury2026 conference! Looking forward to organizing it! @BepiColombo @KU_Leuven @leuvenresearch #Mercury
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Dian Ji @dianji.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
How did S inventory evolve in the lunar mantle? - Tomorrow (Friday) morning Board 3015 at #AGU24, I'll present a new model designed for lunar fO2, that can calculate the S solubility of silicate melts in equilibrium with sulfides of different metal/sulfur, and its application to the lunar mantle.
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Carla Tiraboschi @carlatb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
📣open PhD Position📣 We’re looking for a PhD student to experimentally investigate the role of aqueous fluids in the transfer of carbon in subduction zones at @unimuenster.bsky.social🇩🇪 in collaboration with the University of Perugia🇮🇹. More info here stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/7...
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