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X-Ray Fluorescence Lab

X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a technology that allows us to examine the elemental makeup of materials. We can apply this in so many ways to answer anthropological questions! The XRF@Â鶹´«Ã½ lab has opportunities for students to get involved with hands-on research, supports student research projects, and collaborates with community organizations across Colorado and Wyoming. Interested in learning more? Contact Dr. Marian Hamilton (Marian.hamilton@unco.edu) with your research idea or to get involved with ongoing projects. 

Undergraduate instruction in XRF technology is supported by CARES Act funding through Â鶹´«Ã½. Ongoing XRF research is supported by a sponsored research grant from Bruker Nano.

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• These are some of the projects supported by the lab since Fall 2021:
  • Determining Aariation in the Strontium-Calcium Ratios of Ugandan Plants
  • Differentiating Frugivores and Folivores Among Ugandan Primates 
  • Dietary analysis of Early North American primate teeth (in collaboration with the University of Wyoming’s Geology Museum)
  • Measurements of Sr/Ca Ratios in Horse Teeth related to Weening, Dietary Change, and Climate (in collaboration with UC Boulder’s Archeological Museum) 
  • Measuring Iron Concentrations in Individuals with Cribra Orbitalia and Porotic Hyperostosis Using XRF - McNair Scholars project by Eduardo Maya
  • - McNair Scholars project by Theresa Schwartz 
  • Identification of toxins in archeological artifacts 

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