Overview

I recently completed a Ph.D. at Michigan State University working with Susannah Dorfman. In the summer of 2024, I was an intern at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. I completed a M.S. at the University of Michigan in 2020. In 2018, I completed a B.A. from Augustana College. As an undergraduate student, I had the opportunity to participate in two summer internships (the geophysical lab at the Carnegie Institution for Science and at LDEO, Columbia University).

Research Interests

My research discipline is experimental mineralogy, experimental petrology, and mineral physics. I am fascinated by deep Earth and planetary processes and simulate mantle and core pressure-temperatures using diamond anvil cells and large volume presses.

Recent Publications

High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to ∼60 GPa (Pease et al., 2026)

Raman scattering of rhenium for secondary pressure calibration (Pease et al., 2025)

Liquid Structure of Iron-Nitrogen-Carbon Alloys within the Cores of Small Terrestrial Bodies (Pease et al., 2025)

Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N compounds in planetary cores (Pease et al., 2024)

Liquidus Determination of the Fe-S and (Fe, Ni)-S Systems at 14 and 24 GPa: Implications for the Mercurian Core (Pease and Li, 2022)

Compressibility and High-Pressure Structure of CaMg2Bi2 and YbMg2Bi2 (Calderon-Cueva et al., under review)