Alexandra Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Corning, New York, Us

Corning, New York, Us

Building and leading a team of scientists to develop materials and processes for climate change solutions. We are innovating in spaces that have significant impact on lowering GHG emissions and take advantage of Corning's competencies.

Corning, New York, Us

Corning, New York, Us

I currently work in Glass Research inventing new glasses and glass ceramics for display and cover glass applications. My research focuses on developing composition-based models and understanding of fundamental glass properties and phenomena, such as stress and structural relaxation, scattering, diffusivity, liquidus, liquidus viscosity, etc. for Corning Optical Communications (COC, optical fiber), Corning Display Technologies (display glass), and Corning Specialty Materials (cover glass). I collaborate with a broad network of scientists, engineers, and technicians across businesses within Corning and work on stage 1, fundamental research projects through stage 3 projects that are in the process of transfer to manufacturing. Within COC, I am the team leader for the research side of a new glass for fiber applications.

Corning, New York, Us

In my third rotation, I worked in Commercial Technologies as a liaison between the research and development teams and the customer-facing commercial group in the design of a new display glass for Corning Display Technologies.

Corning, New York, Us

My second rotation within Corning was in Optical Fiber Development. In this role, I designed and conducted experiments to gain mechanistic understanding of the materials that are in the process of being transferred from research to manufacturing for new fiber products.

Corning, New York, Us

As a member of the Division of Science & Technology's rotation program for new hire scientists, I worked in Glass Research inventing novel glasses and transparent glass ceramics while developing the fundamental understanding of the materials I was designing. I worked across divisions and departments within Corning to accomplish these goals and have collaborated with a diverse cross section of the company - diverse in both technical backgrounds as well as in the stage of innovation from basic research to development to manufacturing. While this role is no longer my main focus, I continue to conduct glass research and consult on glass ceramics projects.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

My PhD work, conducted with Professor Timothy Grove in the MIT Experimental Petrology Laboratory of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, aimed to constrain hydrous petrologic processes in the mantle wedge at subduction zones. I studied mantle melting, melt-rock reaction, and the influence of water on the generation of magmas in the shallow mantle. Additionally, I worked to quantify H2O solubility in basalt at high pressure, a project that was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Glenn Gaetani at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. To study these high pressure, high temperature processes within the Earth, I used piston cylinder experiments as well as novel analytical techniques for measuring volatiles. While my primary focus was on subduction zone magmatism, the MIT EAPS graduate program also allowed me to pursue an interest in paleoclimate. Using trace element profiles in speleothems, I worked with Professor David McGee and fellow graduate student Elena Steponaitis to understand the paleohydrology and paleoclimate in the US great basin since the last glacial maximum. In addition to research, I was a teaching assistant and taught the laboratory portions of two classes: 1) Petrology and 2) the Structure of Earth's Materials.

New Haven, Ct, Us

-Derived, coded, and implemented a finite-element multi-phase, multi-element diffusion model in MATLAB. -Mounted, polished, and analyzed (by EPMA) mantle xenoliths from Kimberley, South Africa.-Conducted a magnetostratigraphic study in the Yale Paleomagnetic Laboratory and developed a timeline for a hominid evolution study. This work gave me the opportunity to see a research project through from start to finish: from sample preparation to thermal demagnetization and measurement using a cryogenic DC-SQuID magnetometer to write up and presentation of the project at the Geological Society of America Fall Meeting.

New Haven, Ct, Us

Tutored Yale University students in chemistry.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Interned at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry in the life sciences department. Conducted an independent research project and was responsible for the taking care of the animals in the laboratory as well as teaching museum goers about them.

Coached ski racing to kids ages 5 to 18 across a wide range of levels from beginner to USSA racers.

New Haven, Ct, Us

Worked as a laboratory assistant in the student organic chemistry laboratory helping students run GC experiments.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Earth, Atmospheric, And Planetary Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Geology And Geophysics