Christy Till

I am a geologist who studies all things magma: how it is made, what causes to erupt, and how it forms the crust of rocky of exoplanets. I do this through a combination of field work, laboratory analyses, and high pressure and temperature experiments to reverse engineer magma in the lab. My fascination with geology started on family camping trips to the southwest and am fortunate enough to have an aunt who is also a geologist to show me it was also a career path. My path has been full of its fair share of failures, bumps in the road, and amazing mentors who motivated me to continue, in addition to the successes along the way. Today as a professor, I am passionate about using new and creative ways to understand magmatic behavior and opening doors to geology for others.

June 2025