My research relies on high-temperature laboratory experiments to interpret the geochemical signatures preserved in igneous rocks. I am interested in the petrologic evolution of differentiated planetary bodies including Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury. I implement elemental diffusion, isotopic fractionation, and spectroscopy as tools to unravel the compositional evolution of magmas throughout the solar system. ​​​

​email contact: k.b.williams [at] wustl [dot] edu