8. 2017-2023 NSF EAR-1714892, “Collaborative Research: Subduction below Extreme Sedimentation - A Multidisciplinary Transect from the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta to the IndoBurma Backarc” 共同主持co-PI, $ 2,524,950
7. 2018-2020 NASA 17-PDART17_2-0091, “MoonDB Phase 2: Restoration of Lunar Geochronological and Lunar Meteorite Data” 共同主持co-PI, $508,919
6. 2015-2017 NASA-PDART, “MoonDB: Restoration and Synthesis of Lunar Petrological Data to Empower Future Science”, 共同主持co-I, $493,845
5. 2016-2018 Lamont Climate Center, “Provenance of the Marlboro Clay, a unique formation deposited during the PETM”, 主持PI, $10,300
4. 2015-2017 Lamont Climate Center, “Upper Miocene to Pleistocene Glaciations on the Antarctic Peninsula; Sr dating and stable isotope analyses”, 主持PI, $10,300
3. 2014-2017 Lamont Climate Center, “Sm-Nd isotope fingerprinting of detrital hornblendes from East Antarctica”, 主持PI, $10,297
2. 2015-2018 NSF EAR-GeoPRISIMS 1457293, “Collaborative Research: Focused Study of Aleutian Plutons and their Host Rocks: Understanding the building blocks of continental crust”, 共同主持co-PI, $200,003
1. 2014-2016 NSF-ICER 1440351, “Collaborative Research: Earthcube RCN: iSamples: The internet of samples in the earth sciences”, 共同主持co-PI, $299,965
专利：
CIP23-3411-I-YG国家知识产权局专利申请；发明创造名称：一种基于水解 Na2O2 碱熔法的硅酸盐硼同位素测定方法；发明人：蔡悦, 李烨, 李正辉, 李百蝉, 张微微
硼同位素是地球与行星科学研究中的一个重要工具。但是精确测量硅酸盐的硼同位素还存在一定的挑战，其主要原因源于样品消解。碱熔法是一种适合于硅酸盐样品的熔样方法。但是，目前用于测量硅酸盐硼同位素的碱熔法采用昂贵的铂金或者玻璃碳坩埚和较高的助熔剂比例，导致成本高、效率低等问题。而且，现有的碱融法在样品和试剂前处理过程中存在工艺流程复杂和准确性较差的问题。为了解决现有技术中的这些问题，本发明提供了一种安全且高效的硅酸盐硼同位素测定方法，以水解过氧化钠作为助溶剂，该方法采用廉价的银坩埚和马弗炉，在最大限度降低助溶剂用量的同时实现了硅酸盐样品硼含量和硼同位素组成的精准测试。该方法对地球深部水循环、矿产资源勘探、地球与行星演化等研究领域具有重大的作用。
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