Melisa A. Diaz

Melisa A. Diaz studies cold and extreme environments, including Antarctic soils, glaciers, and ice cores, examining geochemistry, microbial life, and how landscapes record environmental history. This work also extends to using such polar and terrestrial sites as models for understanding icy moons and other planetary surfaces, and includes some research on environmental justice issues like soil contamination.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a notable peak in 2020 and generally steady but modest activity of a few papers per year since then.

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