Alumni Graduate Students

Marvourneen K. Dolor

Department of Chemistry

Advisor : George Helz (Chemistry) and William McDonough (Geology)

Research : Oxidation reaction and Re-chemistry

Tom Ireland

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : HSE and Os isotope systematics of Ocean Island Basalts (OIB)

Nick Geboy

Department of Geology

Advisor : Alan Jay Kaufman

Research : Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sediments

Jenise Honesto

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Siderophile and chalcophile geo-cosmochemistry

Adam Mansur

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick

Research : . Granulite-facies Xenoliths in Rift Basalts of Northern Tanzania

Katie Mathews

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor : Andréa Grotolli

Research : Trace elements in coral skeleton and sea water

Rachel Potter

Department of Geology

Advisor: Sarah Penniston-Dorland

Research : Diffusion of oxygen and lithium isotopes between the Bushveld Complex and metasedimentary rock

Kate Scheiderich

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Investigating molybdenum isotopes in sedimentary systems

Ruth Schulte

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Re-Os isotope systematics of mafic and ultramafic rocks

Sean Timpa

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick

Research : Lower crest of East Africa

Fang-Zhen Teng

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough and Roberta Rudnick

Research : Lithium isotopic systematics of the continental crust

 

Ricardo Arevalo, Jr.

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Understanding and quantifying the partitioning behavior of trace elements in the modern mantle

Jeremy Bellucci

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Understanding micron scale isotopic systematics

 

John-Luke Henriquez

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Developing micro-analytical techniques to measure trace element abundances in chondritic meteorites

Yu Huang

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Geoneutrino flux modeling

 

Xiao-Ming Liu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and William McDonough

Research : Studying weathering profiles developed on Columbia River basalts

Lin Qiu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and William McDonough

Research : Lithium concentrations and isotopic compositions of low-grade metamorphic rocks

Brian Mumaw

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough

Research : Developing an in-situ method for the collection of uranium-bearing particles from the atmosphere

Miriam Galenas

Department of Geology

Advisor : Richard Walker

Research : Application of isotopic systems to investigate planetary processes

Michael Mengason

Department of Geology

Advisor : Philip Candela and Philip Piccoli

Research : Mechanisms that generate the chemical compositions found among arc magmas

Jingao Liu

Department of Geology

Advisor : Roberta Rudnick and Richard Walker

Research : Lithospheric mantle evolution

Brian Tattitch

Department of Geology

Advisor : Philip Candela and Philip Piccoli

Research : How copper and other ore metals behave in complex magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits

Kang Chen

Department of Geology

Advisor : Igor Puchtel

Research: Partial melting of the middle to lower continental crustal amphibolite- to granulite- facies metapelites

Ashita Stephen

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Advisor : William McDonough

Research: Biogeochemistry Analyses

Ming Tang

Department of Geology

Advisor : William McDonough and Roberta Rudnick

Research: Mantle melting and generation of oceanic crust to constrain recycling of the materials