Only two weeks remaining ...

... and I will be leaving Chapel Hill. Can't believe I already stayed here for three months already, unbelievable how time flies! I finally handed in my first draft for the scientific report, and will be doing some more lab work while waiting for the editing remarks.
So World Cup started and most people follow the games, although not showing as much enthusiasm as compared to Germany (guess that's to be expected).
Anyway, hope both teams (GER & USA) do well in tomorrow's games. Go German 11!

-Jan

P.S.: What you are seeing on the upper right corner is a cathode luminescence image of a zircon grain from one of the samples I work on. Ain't it nice zonation?

Welcome to The Zircon Chronicles!

Greetings stranger,

The Zircon Chronicles has been brought into being, and I am happy to announce that from now on you will be informed about all the news which I hope are worth reading regarding my stay in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Why Zircon you ask? For those of you who don't know, Zircons are ridiculously tiny minerals which geologists use for determining the age of rocks. As it will be the very focus of my work here during the next 3 months, I chose to affiliate it with this very newsletter.

So anyway, stay tuned for news which are sure to come in the very near future! Also please feel free to comment on the posts, I would love to have some feedback!

-Jan