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🔬 Basic Sciences Division

The Basic Sciences Division (BSC) provides the theoretical foundation and fundamental science support that underpins all applied research across the lab, with the goal of becoming a recognized center for interdisciplinary basic science bridging theory and application. It spans five core domains - mathematics and numerical methods, physics and wave mechanics, chemistry and geochemistry, earth sciences and geodynamics, and biology and biogeochemistry - developing fundamental theories and mathematical frameworks that other divisions draw on for applied, resource- and hazard-oriented work.

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Mathematics Center

Develops mathematical foundations for geophysical modeling, spanning PDEs for wave propagation, inverse theory and regularization, Bayesian inference and uncertainty quantification, and stochastic processes for reservoir modeling.

16

Applies fundamental physics - elastic wave theory in anisotropic media, Maxwell's electromagnetic field equations, thermodynamic modeling of subsurface fluids, and gravitational potential theory - to geophysical phenomena.

12

Chemistry Center

Investigates geochemical processes, mineral reactions, and fluid-rock interactions relevant to energy resource extraction, covering CO2 mineralization kinetics, PHREEQC-based speciation modeling, hydrocarbon PVT behavior, and clay diagenesis.

16

Studies subsurface microbiology and biogeochemical cycling - from microbial-enhanced oil recovery and biogenic methanogenesis to extremophile adaptation and aquifer biogeochemistry - for applications in bioremediation and enhanced recovery.

16

Atmospheric Sciences Center

Studies atmospheric dynamics and weather systems by combining observational data with numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling, reproducing frontal theory and cyclogenesis through ensemble-forecast simulation and analyzing their links to climate variability.

14

Stratigraphy & Sedimentology Center

Reproduces Earth's sedimentary record and stratigraphy — depositional environments and the rock cycle — through sedimentary-basin modeling, reconstructing geological history via the principle of uniformitarianism.

14

Structural Geology & Tectonics Center

Combines structural-analysis data with plate-kinematics modeling — including seafloor spreading — to elucidate crustal-deformation mechanisms and plate-tectonic processes through simulation.

14

Petrology & Mineralogy Center

Simulates the crystallization and metamorphic pathways of rocks and minerals through Bowen's reaction series and phase-equilibrium thermodynamic modeling to characterize magmatic evolution and metamorphic processes.

12

Geochemistry Center

Combines isotope geochemistry with mineral-stability thermodynamic modeling to characterize the chemical composition and elemental distribution of Earth materials, reproducing geochemical differentiation through thermodynamic simulation.

12

Paleontology & Evolutionary Biology Center

Combines fossil-record and comparative-anatomy data with phylogenetic modeling and extinction-dynamics simulation to reconstruct evolutionary history and past biodiversity.

13

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Center

Develops algorithms for processing and analyzing satellite remote-sensing and multispectral/hyperspectral imagery, applying them to Earth observation, land-use change monitoring, and environmental-change detection.

14

Hydrogeology & Soil Science Center

Reproduces groundwater systems — including artesian aquifers — and unsaturated-zone soil processes through groundwater-flow modeling (MODFLOW/HYDRUS-type approaches), simulating scenarios to support sustainable water-resource management.

12

Physical Oceanography Center

Reproduces ocean circulation, waves, tides, and thermohaline circulation through general-circulation-model (GCM) simulation to reveal the interaction between climate and marine systems.

12

Marine Geology & Geophysics Center

Integrates seafloor geology and geophysics — including mid-ocean-ridge systems and submarine geomorphology — by remapping and reinterpreting existing observational data alongside plate-tectonic simulation to reconstruct ocean-basin evolution.

12

Chemical Oceanography Center

Investigates ocean chemistry and biogeochemical cycling — with particular focus on the ocean's role in global carbon cycling and thermohaline-circulation-driven trace-element transport — by simulating these mechanisms through coupled ocean biogeochemical-circulation models (box models, GCM coupling).

12

Marine Biology & Ecology Center

Simulates plankton community dynamics and biodiversity through population- and ecosystem-level modeling to reveal the ecological processes and evolutionary patterns of marine organisms and ecosystems.

14