Dr. Randall T. Cygan
Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University
Randall Cygan earned his Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy in 1983 from Pennsylvania State University. He recently retired as Senior Scientist from Sandia National Laboratories where he worked for over thirty years. His research interests are varied, including investigations of mineral equilibria, chemical kinetics, adsorption and dissolution of minerals, interfacial behavior of materials, shock metamorphism, and atomistic modeling of minerals, materials, and geochemical processes. He currently holds an adjunct position at Texas A&M University.