Under the microscope

Established in 2015, the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Microbeam Laboratory houses various state-of-the-art instruments for use by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and beyond.

Learn about available instruments
An elemental x-ray map of a high-pressure eclogite from the world's youngest known (ultra)high-pressure terrain in Papua New Guinea. Photo Credit: Stacia Gordon and Joel Desormeau

Recent news from the Mackay School

Collage image of portraits of Paula Noble, Jean-Paul Perrotte, Montana Hodges and Wendy Calvin

University faculty to give lectures at Nevada Museum of Art

The lectures are part of the “Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada” exhibit

A man walking toward a rocky outcropping on a hillside.

Andrew Siciliano receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Siciliano will continue to study geochemistry at the University of Utah

A framed photograph, engraved plaque and tattered book sit on a desk.

Carl Nesbitt wins prestigious Arthur F. Taggart award, reflects on family ties

Nesbitt is the third generation in his family to graduate from the Mackay School