Dr. Benjamin Gill
FACULTY AFFILIATE | Global Change Center
Geosciences
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(540) 231-6521 • bcgill@vt.edu
Ben Gill is an Associate Professor in Department of Geosciences and is a geochemist and sedimentary geologist who specializes in reconstructing the present and past chemical cycles on our planet. His research combines classic sedimentologic and stratigraphic methods with both proven and novel geochemical and numerical modeling techniques.
Gill leads the Biogeochemistry Laboratory Group at Virginia Tech. The main research focus of his group concerns understanding the connections between major changes in the environment (oxygenation/deoxygenation oceans, climatic warming and cooling, etc.) and major events in the history of life (originations, diversifications and mass extinctions).
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