M. Darby Dyar

Kennedy-Schelkunoff Professor of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College
M. Darby Dyar
mdyar@mtholyoke.edu

Education: 

Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geochemistry
B.A. Wellesley College, Geology & Art History

Office: 

217 Kendade Hall

Address: 

Mount Holyoke College 50 College Street South Hadley, MA 01075

Phone Number: 

413-538-3073

Fax: 

413-545-4223

Research Interests: 

Dr. Dyar is a mineralogist and spectroscopist interested in a wide range of problems relating to the evolution of the solar system. She studies the redox state of iron and the abundance of hydrogen in solar system materials using Mossbauer, x-ray absorption, and emissivity, and reflectance spectroscopy.