Dr. Yuch-Ning Shieh

Professor
ynshieh@purdue.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Associated Website(s): Purdue Stable Isotoope (PSI)

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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.
• 1972 - 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.