赖斯的一个主要研究主题是使用地震，岩石学，地球化学，流体动力学和结构地质学等多种工具，了解从内部到地壳的内部构造，结构，动力学和演化。主要研究领域包括地震物理学，地幔对流，岩石圈形成和演化，地幔和地壳的地球化学分异，火山作用，板块运动学，山区建筑，盆地形成，大陆形成/演化，深部挥发性循环和矿产资源。在“整个地球系统”中，我们探索了地球深层内部与其表面之间质量和能量的交换。我们对深层地球在控制长期气候演变，各大洲的形成，地球化学分化，化学和物理风化以及生命的起源和演变中的作用特别感兴趣。同时，我们对地球内部
We start by seeking to understand the sources and mechanisms for the origin of Earth's life-essential volatile elements. Experiments explore the conditions and compositions of both the early Earth and meteorites to constrain the timing, mechanisms and volatile element budget of the early inner Solar System.<br><br>We also seek to understand the landscapes and chemical environments on early Earth and other planetary bodies at the time when life developed. In particular, we consider the thermal and magmatic conditions, surface processes and environments, and volatile and fluid chemistry, and how they changed and cycled through time. Alteration of planetary bodies is one of the key processes that controls the evolution and transport of volatiles in the early solar system. Many of these processes are preserved in meteorites, lunar samples, and samples analyzed in-situ and to be returned from Mars, which allows us to track the fluid-rock interactions that occurred during the formation and early evolution of our solar system's planetary bodies.