Nadja Drabon
Assistant Professor of Earth and 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