Nicolas Dauphas (born December 10, 1975) is a planetary scientist and isotope geochemist. He is a professor of geochemistry and cosmochemistry in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago.[1] Within cosmochemistry, his research focus is on isotope geochemistry.[1] He studies the origin and evolution of planets and other objects in the solar system by analyzing the natural distributions of elements and their isotopes using mass spectrometers.[2][3]
Nicolas Dauphas, Professor – Research Focus: Isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry