Professor
Analytical Chemistry
Cosmochemistry

In Memoriam: The Meteoritical Society
In Memoriam: ISU Newsroom

B.S., 1987, Purdue University
Ph.D., 1993, Purdue University

Experience:
1993-2001 Argonne National Laboratory

Awards:
ISU Caleb Mills Distinguished Teaching Award, 2010
ISU Promising Scholar Award, 2007
CAS Educational Excellence Award, 2005

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Research Interests

Dr. Wolf's research interests focus on the development of methods for the determination of concentration and disposition of major, minor, and trace elements in meteorites. He is currently working on developing chemical methods in conjunction with elemental determination by ICPMS and chemometric techniques in order to identify volatile trace element host phases in primitive meteorites.

Selected Publications

J. M. Friedrich, N. M. Abreu, S. F. Wolf, J. M. Troiano, G. L. Stanek (2018) “Redox-Influenced Trace Element Compositional Differences Among Variably Aqueously Altered CM Chondrites.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 237, 1-17.

S. F. Wolf, J. R. Compton, C. J. L. Gagnon (2012) “Determination of 11 Major and Minor Elements in Chondritic Meteorites by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” Talanta 100, 276-281.

J. M. Friedrich, S. F. Wolf, D. Rumble III, J. Troiano, C. J. L. Gagnon, J. R. Compton, P. Jenniskens, M. H. Shaddad (2010) “The Elemental Composition of Almahata Sitta.” Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 45, 1718-1727.

R. R. Jensen, S. S. Brake, S. F. Wolf, M. F. Bekker, P. J. Hardin and M. W. Jackson (2010) “Chemical Element Concentrations in Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) Leaves at the Reclaimed Green Valley Coal Mine, Indiana, USA.” Environmental Earth Science 60, 1391-1405.

S. F. Wolf, M.–S. Wang, and M. E. Lipschutz (2009) “Labile Trace Elements in Basaltic Achondrites: Can they Distinguish between Meteorites from the Moon, Mars and V-Type Asteroids?” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 44, 891-903.

M. E. Lipschutz, S. F. Wolf, F. B. Culp, and A. J. R. Kent (2007) “Geochemical and Cosmochemical Materials.” Analytical Chemistry 79, 4249-4274.