LaBraun Hampton has worked for the Indiana Geological & water Survey for 4 years as a Laboratory Technician under Maria Mastalerz. Now as the Lab Manager, his expertise resides in developing methodologies for instrumentation pertaining to various rock types, and designing, operating and maintaining protocols for machinery usage.

Operate laboratory equipment including; SC832 DR (TOC/S analyzer, Hg, gas adsorption and helium porosimeter, FTIR spectrometer, several microscopes and grinding and polishing equipment.

• Critical minerals in Devonian metalliferous black shales of the Illinois Basin
• Statewide Subsurface Energy Project
• Critical Minerals in Pennsylvanian Black Shales in Indiana
• Mitchell CarbonSAFE
• Acquisition of an X-ray Diffraction System to Enhance Research Capabilities in Mineralogical Studies at the Indiana Geological and Water Survey