Past and Present Students Advised

Alex Smith (undergraduate research project) "Constraints on the genesis of sulfide mineral deposits in the Morgan Run Formation from Re-Os isotope analysis", completed Fall 1992.

George Knight (undergraduate research project) "An examination of the Ellicott City Granite", completed Spring 1993

Alice Daly (undergraduate research project) "The origin of black chondrules in enstatite chondrites", completed Fall 1993.

Carmala Garzione (undergraduate research project) Isotopic constraints on the origin of the King's Mountain, N.C., pegmatite, completed Spring 1994.

Steve Bertolo (undergraduate research project) Relations between phases of the Ellicott City Granodiorite, completed Spring 1994.

Dina Lambros (undergraduate research project) Cl-F trends in apatites external to the Tin Mountain pegmatite, completed Fall 1994.

Sheila Bettendorf (undergraduate research project) Cl-F trends in apatite from the Tin Mountain pegmatite, completed Fall 1994.

Jeffrey Hightower (undergraduate research project) Genetic relations in the Wissahickon Schist, completed Spring 1995.

Barbara Fowler (undergraduate research project) Re and Os metal-silicate partitioning, completed Spring 1996.

Blessing Asuquo (undergraduate research project) Re-Os systematics of ophiolite chromitites, completed Spring 1999.

Cliff Williams (undergraduate research project) Distribution of Pt in continental crustal materials. 2000-2001 (did not complete).

Brendan Puls (undergraduate research project) Os isotopic compositions of Chinese ophiolites. 2002-2003.

Amy Gelinas (undergraduate research project) Identification of impactor in Chicxulub melt breccias. 2002-2003.

Jeff Hillebrand (undergraduate research project) Partitioning of highly siderophile elements between silicate and metal in pallasite meteorites. 2003-2004.

Lynnette Picher (undergraduate research project) Fractionation of highly siderophile elements in the Kilauea Iki lava lake. 2005-2006.

Elena Chung (undergraduate research project) Fractionation of Mo isotopes via redox processes. Spring 2008.

Jesse Dietderich (undergraduate research project) Highly siderophile element systematics of group IIAB iron meteorites. 2009-2010.

Serge Muya (undergraduate research project) Trace element constraints on pegmatite evolution. 2010 and 2011 (did not complete).

Steve Ginley (undergraduate research project) Temporal comparison of chemical and isotopic characteristics of oceanic mantle. 2012-2013.

Adam McKeeby (undergraduate research project) A study of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle underlying west Antarctica. 2013-2014.

Jonathan Tino (undergraduate research project) A study of highly siderophile element distributions in H-chondrites. 2015.

Kyle Ludwig (undergraduate research project) A study of highly siderophile elements and Os isotopes in Gorgona Island, Colombia komatiites. 2016-2017.

Hope Tornabene (undergraduate research project) A study of group IIC iron meteorites. 2017-2018.

Braden Lense (undergraduate research project) A study of the origin of gold nuggets from Costa Rica and British Columbia. 2020-2021.

Alison Schwab (M.S.) "Assessment of lithium concentration and isotopic data as hydrologic tracers in a first-order catchment" (1994-1996). Completed August 1996.

Asuka Tsuru (M.S.) The isotopic evolution of Os in the upper mantle: evidence from the Jormua Ophiolite Complex, Finland. (1995-1997). Completed September 1997.

Sarah Libeau (M.S.) Tracing lead pollution in the Chesapeake Bay: evidence from sediments and oysters. Completed December 1998.

Ji Li (M.S.) A study of the Allegheny gold district ores using the Re-Os system Completed M.S. December 2001.

David Cook (M.S.) Re-Os and Pt-Os studies of evolved iron meteorites. Completed M.S. August 2001.

Nick Geboy (M.S.) (co-advised with A.J. Kaufman) Rhenium-osmium age determinations of glaciogenic shales from the Mesoproterozoic Vazante Formation, Brazil. Completed M.S. December 2006.

Ruth Thompson Schulte (M.S.) Isotopic systematics of the Taitao ophiolite, southern Chile. Completed M.S. May 2007.

Gregory Archer (M.S.) Re-Os isotopic and highly siderophile element studies of chondritic components Completed M.S. 2012.

Caitlin Brown (M.S.) (co-advisor with M. Brown) Completed M.S. 2013.

Mitchell Haller (M.S.) A comparative study of Proterozoic and Phanerozoic ophiolites. Completed M.S. 2017.

Hope Tornebene (M.S.) A study of group IC iron meteorites. Completed M.S. 2020

Emily Chiappe. Chemical and isotopic systematics of IIIE iron meteorites and ungrouped iron meteorites. Completed 2022.

Paul Tomascak, (Ph.D.) "The Petrogenesis of Granitic Rocks, southwestern Maine". (1991-1995). Completed December 1995.

Michael Smoliar, (Ph.D.) "Re-Os systematics of iron meteorites". (1993-1996). Completed December 1996.

Steve Lynton (Ph.D.) (co-advised with P.A. Candela) A study of Li isotopes in magmatic systems. Completed Ph.D. December 2003.

Amitava Gangopadhyay (Ph.D.) Osmium isotopic study of komatiite sources. Completed Ph.D. December 2004.

Thomas Ireland (Ph.D.) Highly siderophile element and tungsten systematics of Hawaiian picrites. Completed Ph.D. August 2009.

Kathleen Scheiderich (Ph.D.) Molybdenum isotopes in water and sediments. Completed Ph.D. December 2009.

Jingao Liu (Ph.D.) (co-advisor with R.L. Rudnick) Creation and destruction of lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton. Completed Ph.D. August 2011.

Miriam Sharp (Ph.D.) Determination of siderophile element characteristics throughout luanr history: Implications for the lunar magma ocean and late heavy bombardment. Completed Ph.D. May 2014.

Emily Worsham (Ph.D.) Siderophile elements and molybdenum, tungsten and osmium isotopes as tracers of planetary genetis and differentiation: implications for the IAB iron meteorite complex. Completed Ph.D. December 2016

Gregory Archer (Ph.D.) Highly siderophile elements, ¹⁸⁷Re-¹⁸⁷Os and ¹⁸²Hf-¹⁸²W Isotopic systematics of early solar system materials: constraining the early evolution of chondritic and achondritic parent bodies. Completed Ph.D. December 2016

Connor Hilton (2016-present) Genetics of the parent bodies of iron meteorites.

Lori Willhite (Ph.D.) Spatiotemporal variability of tungsten-182 in the Hawaiian plume. (in progress)

Emily Chiappe. Chemical and isotopic study of ungrouped iron meteorites. (in progress).

Kiran Almas (Ph.D.) TBD. (in progress)