Help Fund Our Research
Historically all of our lab's research activities, including graduate student education and undergraduate research, have been funded by grants awarded after a competitive selection process from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (see list below). However, the current administration's policies and cuts to the US's science agencies and funding are hitting these programs hard, as well as those supporting underrepresented scholars in science. The changes at the federal level have also caused Arizona State University to pull back funds usually available to us to help support our research due to budget shortfalls. Therefore we find ourselves without funding to conduct research at present.
As a result we are asking for your help through the mechanisms linked below. If you are someone interested in volcanoes and volcano research, supporting underrepresented students and/or continuing to protect the US from volcanic eruptions, we hope that you will consider contributing. Even small amounts help cover everyday lab costs such as ethanol ($56/4 L), epoxy to mount up the volcanic crystals we study ($112/bottle), or analyses of volcanic crystals (e.g., ASU electron microprobe costs $49/hour).
Support our work:
As a result we are asking for your help through the mechanisms linked below. If you are someone interested in volcanoes and volcano research, supporting underrepresented students and/or continuing to protect the US from volcanic eruptions, we hope that you will consider contributing. Even small amounts help cover everyday lab costs such as ethanol ($56/4 L), epoxy to mount up the volcanic crystals we study ($112/bottle), or analyses of volcanic crystals (e.g., ASU electron microprobe costs $49/hour).
Support our work:
- Donate directly to the lab (link coming soon! for now reach out to [email protected])
- Experiment.com project on South Sister volcano: experiment.com/projects/what-leads-to-eruption-a-test-case-at-south-sister-volcano (funded Sept 2025!)
Major Grants
Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions
NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)
S. Desch (PI) & 9 Co-I's including C. Till
2023-2028
Collaborative Research: Synthesizing arc-scale geochemical, petrologic, and geophysical datasets to investigate causes of volcanic diversity in the Cascade Arc.
NSF GeoPRISMS Synthesis Grant
C.Till (PI) - Co-I's A. Kent (OSU), G. Abers (Cornell)
2020-2023
Collaborative Research: Consequences of flat slab subduction on the chemical, structural, and dynamic evolution of continental lithosphere (Colombia)
NSF EAR Frontier Research in Earth Science (FRES)
2019-2023
C. Till (ASU PI) - L. Wagner @ Carnegie Project PI
CAREER: Triggering Eruptions: Determination of Pressure-Temperature-Composition-time Histories for Magma Bodies Preceding Eruption
NSF EAR Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
C. Till (PI)
2017-2021 (+No Cost Extension)
See ASU press release
Exoplanetary Ecosystems: Exploring Life's Detectability on Chemically Diverse Exoplanets
NASA
S. Desch (PI) 15 Co-I's including C. Till
2014-2019
See ASU press release
Quantifying Geochemical Exchange at the Slab-Wedge Interface with Experiments & Natural Samples
NSF EAR Petrology & Geochemistry
C. Till (PI)
2015 - 2018 (+No Cost Extension)
Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS + NanoSIMS Laboratories
NSF EAR Instrumentation & Facilities
R.L. Hervig (PI), C. Till, L. Williams and P. Williams (Co-I’s)
2015-2017
&
2018-2021 (+No Cost Extension)
See ASU press release
Funds to Refurbish the Internally Heated Pressure Vessel Facility at ASU
ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences RTS Facility Grant
K. Leinenweber (PI), C.Till, R. Hervig, A. Clarke, J. Tyburczy, L. Williams, E. Shock, K. Roggensack (Co-I’s).
2014
Prior to ASU
USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012-2013
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2010
UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor of Research Undergraduate Research Grant, 2002-2003
NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)
S. Desch (PI) & 9 Co-I's including C. Till
2023-2028
Collaborative Research: Synthesizing arc-scale geochemical, petrologic, and geophysical datasets to investigate causes of volcanic diversity in the Cascade Arc.
NSF GeoPRISMS Synthesis Grant
C.Till (PI) - Co-I's A. Kent (OSU), G. Abers (Cornell)
2020-2023
Collaborative Research: Consequences of flat slab subduction on the chemical, structural, and dynamic evolution of continental lithosphere (Colombia)
NSF EAR Frontier Research in Earth Science (FRES)
2019-2023
C. Till (ASU PI) - L. Wagner @ Carnegie Project PI
CAREER: Triggering Eruptions: Determination of Pressure-Temperature-Composition-time Histories for Magma Bodies Preceding Eruption
NSF EAR Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
C. Till (PI)
2017-2021 (+No Cost Extension)
See ASU press release
Exoplanetary Ecosystems: Exploring Life's Detectability on Chemically Diverse Exoplanets
NASA
S. Desch (PI) 15 Co-I's including C. Till
2014-2019
See ASU press release
Quantifying Geochemical Exchange at the Slab-Wedge Interface with Experiments & Natural Samples
NSF EAR Petrology & Geochemistry
C. Till (PI)
2015 - 2018 (+No Cost Extension)
Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS + NanoSIMS Laboratories
NSF EAR Instrumentation & Facilities
R.L. Hervig (PI), C. Till, L. Williams and P. Williams (Co-I’s)
2015-2017
&
2018-2021 (+No Cost Extension)
See ASU press release
Funds to Refurbish the Internally Heated Pressure Vessel Facility at ASU
ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences RTS Facility Grant
K. Leinenweber (PI), C.Till, R. Hervig, A. Clarke, J. Tyburczy, L. Williams, E. Shock, K. Roggensack (Co-I’s).
2014
Prior to ASU
USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012-2013
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2010
UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor of Research Undergraduate Research Grant, 2002-2003
