Sirbescu, Monaliza

• Sirbescu, M., Krukowski, E., Schmidt, C., Thomas, R., Samson, I., Bodnar, R. (2013) Quantitative borate analysis of fluid inclusions through Raman spectroscopy. Application to inclusions from San Diego County pegmatites, California, USA. Chemical Geology, 342, p.138-150.
• Price, T.J. and Sirbescu, M.-L.C. (2012) Fluid evolution during crystallization of the King's X pegmatite, Florence County, Wisconsin, USA, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, p. 249.
• Benaway, R.A., Sirbescu, M.-L.C., and Schmidt, C. (2012) Evaluation of water-rich boundary layers formed during partial crystallization of synthetic pegmatite melts, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, p. 249.
• Sirbescu, M.-L.C., Wilke, M., Veksler, I. and Whittington, A.G. (2012) Effects of water on the nucleation of Li-rich granitic melts, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2012 Conference Abstracts, Mineralogical Magazine, v. 75, p. 2200.
• Nabelek, P.I., Whittington, A.G., and Sirbescu, M.-L.C. (2010) The role of H2O in rapid emplacement and crystallization of granitic pegmatites: resolving the paradox of large crystals in highly undercooled melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(3), p.313-325.
• Liu, X.-M., Rudnick, R.L., Hier-Majumder S., and Sirbescu, M. (2010) Processes controlling lithium isotopic distribution in contact aureoles: a case study of the Florence County pegmatites, Wisconsin. G3-Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11 Q08014, doi:10.1029/2010GC003063.
• Paliewicz, C.C., Hockemeyer, J.A., Sirbescu, M.-L.C., van Hees, E.H. (2010) Possible sources of high boron in McIntyre gold mine tailings, Timmins, Ontario, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 246.
• Hockemeyer, J.A., Paliewicz, C.C., Sirbescu, M.-L.C.(2010) Textural and mineralogical changes during crystallization of a lithium pegmatite, Florence County, Wisconsin, USA, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 246.
• Sirbescu, M., Wilke, M., Veksler, I., Whittington, A. (2010) Experimental crystallization of Li-B-pegmatites, Annual Congress of the International Mineralogical Association, Budapest, Hungary.
• Nabelek, P.I., Whittington, A.G., Sirbescu, M.C. (2010) Production of large crystals in highly undercooled H2O-rich granite melts, Annual Congress of the International Mineralogical Association, Budapest, Hungary.
• Sirbescu, M.-L., Leatherman, M.A., Student, J.J., and Beers, A.R. (2009) Apatite textures and compositions as records of crystallization processes in the Animikie Red Ace pegmatite dike, Wisconsin, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, p. 725-743.
• Sirbescu, M.-L.C., Wilke, M., Veksler, I. (2009) Understanding Pegmatite Texture: Kinetics of Crystallization in the Haplogranite-Li-B-H2O System, Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 90(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, V43B-2233.
• Wilson, E., Sirbescu, M.-L., Schmidt, C., Thomas, R., Samson, I., Bodnar, B. (2009) Quantitative borate analysis of fluid inclusions in quartz through Raman spectroscopy, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41(7), p.255.
• Sirbescu, M.-L.C., Hartwick, E., and Student, J. (2008) Rapid crystallization of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence County, Northeastern Wisconsin: Inclusion microthermometry and conductive-cooling modeling. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 156(3), p.289-305.
• Sirbescu M., Nabelek P., and Maloney J. (2008) Chemical evolution during undercooled crystallization of granitic pegmatites: boron, lithium, and lithium isotopes, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40(6), p.335.
• Lyter, M. and Sirbescu, M. (2006) Fluid evolution in a gem-bearing pocket pegmatite at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California. A novel method of gemstone exploration, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 38(7),p.55. Geology. 31, p. 685-688.
• Sirbescu M.-L. C. and Nabelek P. I. (2003) Dawsonite: an inclusion mineral in quartz from the Tin Mountain pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota. American Mineralogist, 88, p.1055-1059.
• Sirbescu, M. and Nabelek P.I. (2003) Crystallization conditions and evolution of magmatic fluids in the Harney Peak Granite and associated pegmatites, Black Hills, South Dakota: Evidence from fluid inclusions. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, 67, p.2443-2465.

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Honors and Awards

• Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Helmholtz Institute - GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany, 2009
• CMU College of Science and Technology Teaching Award, 2005-2009
• Fred Strothman Scholarship, 1999
• W.A. Tarr Scholarship, 1996
• Walter D. Keller Scholarship, 1996-1999
• Donald K. Anderson Graduate Student Teaching Award, 1996-1997
• Program for Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996
• U.S. Intelligence Agency Scholarship, 1993-1994
• Soros Foundation Travel Fellowship, 1994

• Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2002
• M.A., Geology, Binghamton University, New York, 1996
  
• B.S., Geology, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1989

• High-Temperature Geochemistry
• Ore Deposits
• Experimental Petrology

Dr. Sirbescu is a member of the Mineralogical Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the Geological Society of America, and the Mineralogical Society of Canada.