The Environmental Analytical Laboratory (EAL) is an UC Merced core facility supported by the Office of Research and Economic Development. It offers instrument access and analytical services to promote research, education, and community outreach on a fee-for-service or contract basis.
The EAL provides analytical expertise and services to facilitate research and educational programs and foster inter- and multi-disciplinary collaborations across academia, government, and industry through facility recharge fees. The EAL makes analytical instruments available and affordable to all researchers at a modest cost with full technical support. The facility offers users high quality, timely and affordable analytical service through its reliable, well-maintained research-grade instrumentation, established standard operating procedures (SOPs), comprehensive user training, and technical support. We provide new user training, self-operation instrument use, certain instrument drop-off services, new project and grant proposal assistance, and technical consultation.
The EAL is equipped with an array of state-of-the-art instrumentation and sample preparation equipment located in the Biomedical Science and Physics Building, Rooms 18A, 18B, 18C, and 18G at the UC Merced main campus.
We offer rapid and accurate measurements of environmental samples - including water, soil and organic matter - for major and trace elements, select chemical species, nutrient concentrations, and stable isotopes to meet a wide range of analytical needs in support of diverse research and educational programs in environmental, chemical, biological, geological, ecological sciences and engineering.
Please browse the list of major instruments and their capabilities for details.
