LaBraun Hampton has worked for the Indiana Geological & water Survey for 4 years as a Laboratory Technician under Maria Mastalerz. Now as the Lab Manager, his expertise resides in developing methodologies for instrumentation pertaining to various rock types, and designing, operating and maintaining protocols for machinery usage.

Operate laboratory equipment including; SC832 DR (TOC/S analyzer, Hg, gas adsorption and helium porosimeter, FTIR spectrometer, several microscopes and grinding and polishing equipment.

• POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL MINERALS IN COAL MINING PRODUCTS, BYPRODUCTS, AND REJECTS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE)
• Fractured Core Pressure-Pulse Decay