Ed Young is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry in the Department of
Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles,
and is the PI of the UCLA NASA Astrobiology Institute lead team.  His
current research interests include Early solar system rock-forming
processes and terrestrial planet formation; asteroid hydrology as
evidenced through studies of meteorites; development of new laser
ablation techniques for measuring light element isotope ratios in rock
materials; isotope fractionation processes in terrestrial and
extraterrestrial systems; thermodynamics and the evolution of
metamorphic rocks.