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• McCubbin, F. M., Barnes, J. J., Ni, P., Hui, H., Klima, R. L., Burney, D., Day J. M. D., Magna, T., Boyce, J. W., Tartese, R., Vander Kaaden, K. E., Steenstra, E., Elardo, S. M., Zeigler, R. A., Anand, M., and Liu, Y. (In Press), Endogenous lunar volatiles. New Views of the Moon 2 – Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry.

Peer Reviewed Papers

• Ni, P. and Shahar, A., Copper isotope fractionation by diffusion in a basaltic melt. Earth and Planetary Research Letters (In Review)

• Ni, P., Shahar, A., Badro, J., Yang, J., Bi, W., Zhao, J., Hu, M.Y., and Alp, E.E., (2022) Planet size controls Fe isotope fractionation between mantle and core. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098451. link to paper
  

• Dottin, J.W., Farquhar, J., Kim, S.T., Shearer, C., Wing, B., Sun, J., and Ni, P., (2022) Isotopic evidence of sulphur phtochemistry during lunar regolith formation. Geochemical Perspective Letters, 23, 38-42. link to paper

• Chen, S., Ni, P., Zhang, Y. and Gagnon, J., (2022) Trace element partitioning between olivine and melt in lunar basalts. American Mineralogist., 107(8), 1519-1531.
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• Smith, E. M., Ni, P. (co-first & co-corresponding author) , Shirey, S. B., Richardson, S. H., Wang, W., and Shahar, A. (2021). Heavy iron in large gem diamonds traces deep subduction of serpentinized ocean floor. Science Advances, 7(14), eabe9773. link to paper;
  link to Carnegie press release;
  link to GIA press release;
  link to Phys.org

• Ni, P., Macris, C. A., Darling, E. A. and Shahar, A. (2021). Evaporation induced Cu isotope fractionation during tektite formation: Insights from vaporization experiments. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 298, 131-148. link to paper

• Ni, P., Fiege, A., Zhang, Y., Newville, M., and Lanzirotti, A. (2021). Rapid reduction of MORB glass by H₂ diffusion in graphite capsule experiments – a XANES study. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(2), 1-18. link to paper

• Ni, P., Chabot, N. L., Ryan, C. J. and Shahar, A., (2020). Heavy iron isotope composition of iron meteorites caused by core crystallization. Nature Geoscience, 13, 611-615.
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  link to Nature Geoscience Cover;
  link to Carnegie press release;
  link to APL press release

• Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Chen, S. and Gagnon, J. (2019). A melt inclusion study on volatile abundances in the lunar interior. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 249, 17-41. link to paper

• Ni, P., Zhang, Y. and Guan, Y. (2017). Volatile loss during homogenization of lunar melt inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 214-224. link to paper

• Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Simon, A. and Gagnon, J. (2017). Cu and Fe diffusion in rhyolitic melts during chalcocite “dissolution”: Implications for porphyry ore deposits and tektites, American Mineralogist, 102(6), 1287-1301. link to paper

• Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Simon, A., and Ni, P. (2016). Cassiterite dissolution and Sn diffusion in silicate melts of
  variable water content. Chemical Geology, 441, 162-176. link to paper

• Ni, P., and Zhang, Y. (2016). Cu diffusion in a basaltic melt. American Mineralogist, 101(6), 1474-1482. link to paper

Selected Conference Abstracts

• Ni, P., Shahar, A., Badro, J., Yang, J., Bi, W., Zhao, J., Hu, M.Y., and Alp, E.E. Iron isotope fractionation during core formation suppressed by disproportionation. AGU Fall meeting, 12/2021

• [Invited] Ni, P., Shahar, A., and Zhang, Y. Copper isotope fractionation by diffusion in silicate melts. Goldschmidt conference, 07/2021

• Ni, P., Macris, C. A., Darling, E. A., and Shahar, A. Copper isotope fractionation during solid-liquid metal equilibrium. Goldschmidt, 08/2019

• Ni, P., Chabot, N. L., Ryan, C. J., and Shahar, A. Evaporation and isotope fractionation during tektite formation: insights from vaporization experiments. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 03/2020

• Ni, P., Chabot, N. L., Ryan, C. J., and Shahar, A. Iron isotope fractionation during asteroidal core crystallization. Lunar and Planetary Science, 03/2019

• Chen, S., Ni, P., Zhang, Y., and Gagnon, J. Elemental partitioning between olivine and melt inclusion in lunar samples. Lunar and Planetary Science, 03/2019

• Macris, C. A., Ni, P., Darling, E. A., Shahar, A., and Young, E. Evaporation induced isotope fractionation in tektites: an experimental study. GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, 11/2018

• McCubbin, F. M., Liu, Y., Barnes, J. J., Anand, M., Boyce, J. W., Burney, D., Day, J. M. D., Elardo, S. M., Hui, H., Klima, R. L., Magna, T., Ni, P., Steenstra, E., Tartèse, R., and Vander Kaaden, K. E. Endogenous Lunar Volatiles. New Views of the Moon 2 – Asia,  04/2018 link to abstract

• Ni, P., and Zhang, Y. Testing the possibility of a volatile-enriched origin for sample 74220. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 03/2018 link to abstract

• [Invited] Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Fiege, A., Newville, M., Lanzirotti, A. Rapid reduction of MORB glass in piston cylinder experiments with graphite capsule – a XANES study. AGU Fall meeting, 12/2017 link to abstract

• Ni, P., Zhang, Y., and Guan Y. Melt inclusion study on water and other volatiles in the lunar mantle. AGU Fall meeting, 12/2016 link to abstract

• Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Simon, A., and Gagnon, J. Cu and Fe diffusion in rhyolitic melts during chalcocite “dissolution”. Goldschmidt Conference, 08/2015 link to abstract

• Ni, P. and Zhang, Y. Cu diffusion in basaltic melts. Goldschmidt Conference, 06/2014 link to abstract