Change the world
Research @ Mandela
Primary discipline: Earth and Marine Sciences
Faculty: Science
Professor Bell was born and raised in Cape Town, earning BSc (Zoology, Chemistry, Geology) and BSc Hons (Geology) degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT), followed by a PhD in Geochemistry from the California Institute of Technology. He has held research positions at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, UCT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Arizona State University.
The research is relevant to understanding patterns of global change, to local environmental sustainability, to minerals, energy, and water resources, and to human curiosity about life elsewhere in the galaxy.