Mass spectrometry, Organic carbon, Meteorites, Mars

Elly Breves is a PhD student in the Multidisciplinary Science Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research with Prof. Jacob Shelley focuses on developing computational data reduction and visualization techniques for mass spectral analyses of organic compounds in complex natural samples such as meteorites. Prior to joining RPI, Elly received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh (in her hometown) and an MS in Chemical Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. She has worked as an analytical chemist in the fields of Oceanography and Planetary Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Mount Holyoke College, where she was a collaborator on the ChemCam team for Mars Science Laboratory, and Skidmore College. At RPI, Elly aims to develop computational resources to help elucidate the breadth of information that chemical analyses contain.