Nadja Drabon
Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
My research focuses on the habitability of the early Earth and how it was affected by crustal processes and changing surface environments.
Nadja Drabon received a BS in Geological Science from Free University of Berlin in 2011 and Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University in 2018. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University from 2018-2020 and at Harvard University in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences from 2020-2021 and was appointed as an assistant professor in 2021.
The study of the early Earth requires a clear understanding of present-day sedimentary processes as well as an appreciation of the non-uniformitarian character of the early Earth. My research integrates multidisciplinary approaches by applying stratigraphic, provenance and geochemical analyses paired with detailed knowledge of complex geology at outcrop- to basin-scale. Specifically, my contributions to the field focus on: (1) Furthering our understanding of the formation of crust during the Hadean and Archean, (2) evaluating processes of early life recorded in the rock record and studying the influence of impact-related environmental perturbations on the biosphere, and (3) characterizing the poorly understood tectonic processes in the Archean.
Contact Info
20 Oxford St. Cambridge MA 02138
https://drabon.eps.harvard.edu
Research Group Coordinator: Alison Meurer