Current Graduate Students
Zachary Ellia, MS Geology, EPSCoR Graduate Research Fellow
Thesis topic: The geochemistry of Neoarchean zircons collected in weathering profiles below the Great Unconformity
Undergrad: Miami University
Thesis topic: The geochemistry of Neoarchean zircons collected in weathering profiles below the Great Unconformity
Undergrad: Miami University
Graduated Students
David Johnson, MS Geology 2026
Thesis topic: Thermochronology and structural evolution of the Northeastern Uinta Mountains
Undergrad: Utah Valley University
Elisha Manandhar, MS Geology 2025
Thesis topic: Deep-time thermochronology of the Teton Range
Current gig: Ore Control Geologist at Equinox Gold
Haley Dietz, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Application of whole-rock and plagioclase phenocryst geochemistry to assess basalt flow group correlation, magmatic water content, and petrogenesis in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Current gig: Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Idaho Water Science Center, Idaho National Laboratory Project Office
Anna Miller, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Using deep-time thermochronology to recover missing geologic histories across unconformities in the Uinta Mountains, Utah
H. Eugene (Gene) Rubin, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Using Thermochronology to Quantify Emplacement Conditions of the Maxwell Lake Dike Complex (Wallowa Mountains, USA) During the Main Phase Eruptions of the Columbia River Basalts
Current gig: Geologist at Hecla Mining Company in Greens Creek, Alaska
R. Lindsey Sutherland, MS Geology 2022
Thesis: Application of Olivine Phenocrysts to Assess Basalt Flow Correlations from the Materials and Fuels Complex in the Idaho National Laboratory
Current gig: National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Official, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rebecca Goughnour, MS Geology 2022
Thesis: Quantifying Columbia River Flood Basalt Eruption Durations Using the Resetting of Low-Temperature Thermochronometers Next to Dikes
Current gig: Field Geologist, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
Thesis topic: Thermochronology and structural evolution of the Northeastern Uinta Mountains
Undergrad: Utah Valley University
Elisha Manandhar, MS Geology 2025
Thesis topic: Deep-time thermochronology of the Teton Range
Current gig: Ore Control Geologist at Equinox Gold
Haley Dietz, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Application of whole-rock and plagioclase phenocryst geochemistry to assess basalt flow group correlation, magmatic water content, and petrogenesis in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Current gig: Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Idaho Water Science Center, Idaho National Laboratory Project Office
Anna Miller, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Using deep-time thermochronology to recover missing geologic histories across unconformities in the Uinta Mountains, Utah
H. Eugene (Gene) Rubin, MS Geology 2024
Thesis: Using Thermochronology to Quantify Emplacement Conditions of the Maxwell Lake Dike Complex (Wallowa Mountains, USA) During the Main Phase Eruptions of the Columbia River Basalts
Current gig: Geologist at Hecla Mining Company in Greens Creek, Alaska
R. Lindsey Sutherland, MS Geology 2022
Thesis: Application of Olivine Phenocrysts to Assess Basalt Flow Correlations from the Materials and Fuels Complex in the Idaho National Laboratory
Current gig: National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Official, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rebecca Goughnour, MS Geology 2022
Thesis: Quantifying Columbia River Flood Basalt Eruption Durations Using the Resetting of Low-Temperature Thermochronometers Next to Dikes
Current gig: Field Geologist, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources