Gabriella Weiss
Assistant Research Scientist · Non-Tenure Track
Center for Space Science and Technology
About
Gabriella is an isotope geochemist who in interested in uncovering the information recorded within molecules. Molecules contain clues about their synthesis as well as the environmental conditions surrounding their formation which are useful to environmental and planetary sciences, medical science, food science, archaeology, and many other fields. Currently, Gabriella measures the carbon and hydrogen isotope signatures of organic compounds to understand past hydrological change and distinguish between living and abiotic, chemical processes.
Education
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Ph D, Marine Organic Geochemistry
— Utrecht University (2019) : Hydrogen isotope composition of algal chemical fossils: a tool for reconstructing paleo sea surface salinity
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MS, Dating and Chronology
— Queens University Belfast (2014) A chronology of Holocene palaeosalinity in the eastern Limfjord, Denmark based on isotopic and micropalaeontological evidence
- BA, Anthropology — University of California Riverside (2010)
- Other — Riverside Community College (2008)
Presentations
- Using isotope geochemistry to understand signatures of life 2025