A gas chromatograph mass spectrometer combines gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify and quantify substances. The device separates the substance into components which are detected ...

Samples are loaded into an ultra-high vacuum sample chamber where they are heated with a diode laser to release the He. The sample gas is spiked with 3He, cleaned using a gettering system, and ...

She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, where she applies noble gas mass spectrometry to problems of nuclear nonproliferation and planetary science.