Tabb Prissel
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
Professor Tabb Prissel's research integrates natural sample analysis with experimental petrology, orbital mission data, and geochemical modeling to explore the igneous evolution of the Earth, Moon, and rocky worlds. As an educator, he strongly encourages questions and believes that geologists are storytellers.
General topics of interest include:
- Evolution of planetary crusts
- Primary magmas
- Magma-rock interactions
- Magma oceans and impact melt seas
- Mission enabling science
- Field studies
Teaching
- EAPS 11800 Introduction to Earth Sciences
- EAPS 51700 Lunar Exploration