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Shelby Rader

Chemistry · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Radioactive element chemistry and processingThallium and Germanium StudiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHeavy metals in environmentGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Publications

46

Citations

221

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
AI-generated

Shelby Rader studies the chemistry of metals such as lead, thallium, and molybdenum in Earth and environmental systems, using their isotope signatures (variations in the atomic weight of an element) to trace where these metals come from and how they move. This work spans deep geological processes like subduction and metamorphism as well as environmental questions such as metal pollution, how plants take up toxic metals, and cleaning up contaminated mine sites.

Metal isotope geochemistry (lead, thallium, molybdenum)Environmental metal contamination and pollution tracingPlant uptake of metals and mine-tailings remediationSubduction-zone and metamorphic rock chemistryRare earth element enrichment in minerals

Publication activity has grown steadily over the past decade, rising from a couple of papers per year in the late 2010s to a dozen in 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 12 publications12252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×7
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta×3
  • Chemical Geology×3
  • Applied Geochemistry×3
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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