- The UCLA SIMS laboratory is partially supported by NSF's
Instrumentation and Facilities Program to develop and maintain a national facility for
in situ microscale isotopic analyses of geologic materials and to provide access
to its unique capabilities to the broader community to address important problems in earth
and planetary science.
- Since the inception of facility operations (1996),
approximately 200 scientists have undertaken projects in the UCLA SIMS lab. Over the last
3 years, more than 100 external users representing more than 50 institutions have used the
facility. Most are directly affiliated with NSF-sponsored research project, with about one
quarter of remaining users sponsored by other funding agencies (NASA, DoE, NIST, PRF, and
NIH). Approximately 3 dozen MS and (mostly) PhD theses have utilized ion microprobe data
as a significant component of the research; about half of these students were from
institutions other than UCLA.
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