Danielle Ziva Shulaker

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  • Title
    Research Scientist
  • Email
    shulaker1@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 423-9574
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Ziva Shulaker is a research scientist in the Trace Isotope and Element Signatures Group in the Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division. Her expertise and interests are in advancing high-precision mass spectrometry methods (RIMS, NGMS, LA-ICP-MS, SIMS) to address complex problems across scientific fields. She is a member of the Laser Ionization of Neutrals (LION) laboratory at LLNL, which uses resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS) to uniquely characterize isotopic signatures of material, from presolar grains (particles that derive from stellar explosions before the formation of our solar system) to nuclear material. She currently develops and applies novel RIMS measurements in the LION laboratory to nonproliferation and safeguards mission space.

PhD Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 2019

BS Geology/Paleobiology and geochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012

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  1. Shulaker DZ, Gordon SM, Hammerli J, DesOrmeau JW. "Fluid‐Driven Mass Transfer During Retrograde Metamorphism and Exhumation of the UHP Western Gneiss Region Terrane, Norway." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, e2022GC010659.
  2. Shulaker DZ, Trappitsch R, Savina MR, Isselhardt B, 2023. "High-useful yield and new autoionizing state of resonantly ionized tungsten." Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 38, 457-463.
  3. Shulaker DZ, Grove M, Hourigan J, Van Buer N, Sharman G, Howard K, Miller J, Barth A, 2019. “Detrital K-feldspar Pb Isotopic Evaluation of Extraregional Sediment Transported through an Eocene Tectonic Breach of Southern California’s Cretaceous Batholith.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 508, 4-17. 
  4. Shulaker DZ, Hourigan JK, Grove M, 2018. “Evaluating the Impact of Pb Volatilization During 40Ar/39Ar CO2 Laser Fusion upon LA-ICP-MS Measurement of Pb Isotopic Composition of Detrital K-feldspar.” Chemical Geology. 483, 78-87. 
  5. Shulaker DZ, Schmitt AK, Zack T, Bindeman I, 2015. “In-situ oxygen isotope and trace element geothermometry of rutilated quartz from Alpine fissures.” American Mineralogist. 100, 915-925. 

 

  • Outstanding Graduating Student Award (Stanford, 2019) 

  • GSA/ExxonMobil Student Research Grant (GSA, 2016) 

  • GSA Structural Geology/Tectonics Student Grant (GSA, 2016)