Meet Dr. Corey Wall - Geochronologist

Corey Wall is the Facilities Manager and U-Pb geochronologist for the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, at the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He is interested in determining the age of rocks using minerals that can be extracted from them. He aims to extract minerals such as zircon and determine the age of the rock by precisely measuring the elements Uranium and Pb on mass spectrometers. Before joining EOAS, Corey was a post-doctoral researcher and a research scientist at the Isotope Geology Laboratory at Boise State University, Idaho. Corey provides analytical services to faculty member, government geological surveys, and private sector exploration and mining companies.