LIBS: 50 Shades of White with Andrew Somers

For this episode we read: "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy – An Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration (Harmon et al., 2019)" Starting from the basics of what is LIBS through to cutting edge applications, Andrew Somers (Global Business Director: Geochemistry at SciAps Inc.) is here to guide us through the ins and outs of this tech.  For our young geochemists - are you nervous about making the jump from working at a mining company to working for a vendor? Andrew has some words of wisdom on this too.