Shaofan Che

Photo: Shaofan Che

Research Scientist

Education: 
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2020
Email: 
shaofanche@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-203-9163
Office: 
PAIS, Room B210

Research Area/s:

Planetary Sciences,  Meteoritics

Personal File/s:

Curriculum vita

Research and Academic Interests:

My research explores the formation and evolution of the early solar system through the study of extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites and asteroidal samples, using electron microscopic techniques, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam (FIB), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). I am particularly interested in how microscopic and nanoscale mineralogical and chemical records preserve evidence of nebular processing and post-accretionary alteration on planetary parent bodies. My current research project aims to systematically investigate submicron materials in the matrices of pristine carbonaceous chondrites to reveal their microstructures and chemical compositions, and to understand their origins and potential relationships with other chondritic components. This work seeks to establish the genetic and physicochemical links among these fundamental building blocks of the solar system.