These are students - current and former - who have been involved in research in my group!
Charlotte Norris
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "Trace element geochemistry of Alaskan eclogites"
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "Trace element geochemistry of Alaskan eclogites"
Kate Bickerstaff
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "The relationship between hydrogen and other elements in garnets from two contact metamorphic localities"
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "The relationship between hydrogen and other elements in garnets from two contact metamorphic localities"
Kathy Stepien
PhD Student, Geology
PhD Thesis: TBD
PhD Student, Geology
PhD Thesis: TBD
Alex Taylor
MS, Geology '23
MS Thesis: "New constraints on the metamorphic history of the Catalina Schist paleosubduction zone"
MS, Geology '23
MS Thesis: "New constraints on the metamorphic history of the Catalina Schist paleosubduction zone"
Christiana Hoff
PhD Student, Geology
PhD Thesis: "Natural and experimental constraints on lithium incorporation and diffusion behavior in garnet and the implications for investigating fluid-rock interactions"
PhD Student, Geology
PhD Thesis: "Natural and experimental constraints on lithium incorporation and diffusion behavior in garnet and the implications for investigating fluid-rock interactions"
Kalman Bass
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "Lithium Diffusion Experiments on Grossular Garnet"
Geology Undergraduate
Senior Thesis: "Lithium Diffusion Experiments on Grossular Garnet"
Abby Brodsky
BS Geology '21
Senior Thesis: "Fluid or flop: Investigating the metasomatism at North Doherty pluton"
BS Geology '21
Senior Thesis: "Fluid or flop: Investigating the metasomatism at North Doherty pluton"
Will Hoover
PhD, Geology '21
PhD Thesis: "Characterizing the duration, periodicity and chemical impact of fluid transport in the subducting slab: Insights from isotope geochemistry of high-pressure metamorphosed oceanic crust"
PhD, Geology '21
PhD Thesis: "Characterizing the duration, periodicity and chemical impact of fluid transport in the subducting slab: Insights from isotope geochemistry of high-pressure metamorphosed oceanic crust"
Currently: NSF Post-doctoral fellow, Univ. Washington
Zexing Zheng
BS Geology '20
Senior Thesis: "Investigating oxygen fugacity changes during subduction metamorphism" Current position: Graduate student at Clark University
BS Geology '20
Senior Thesis: "Investigating oxygen fugacity changes during subduction metamorphism" Current position: Graduate student at Clark University
Kayleigh Harvey
PhD, Geology '20
PhD Thesis: "Petrologic and geochronologic constraints on the thermal and structural evolution of paleo-subduction interfaces"
PhD, Geology '20
PhD Thesis: "Petrologic and geochronologic constraints on the thermal and structural evolution of paleo-subduction interfaces"
Currently at: JEOL, USA
Sona Chaudhary
BS Geology '20
Senior Thesis: "Metasomatism in Monviso Eclogites: Birth of the Reaction Rind"
BS Geology '20
Senior Thesis: "Metasomatism in Monviso Eclogites: Birth of the Reaction Rind"
Nivea Magalhaes
PhD Geology '19
PhD Thesis: "Origin of the anomalous sulfur isotope composition of the Rustenberg Layered Suite (Bushveld Complex), South Africa"
PhD Geology '19
PhD Thesis: "Origin of the anomalous sulfur isotope composition of the Rustenberg Layered Suite (Bushveld Complex), South Africa"
Currently: Research Scientist, University of St. Andrews
Tyler Hicks
BS Geology '18
Senior Thesis: "P-T conditions and chemical changes in Monviso eclogites: Implications for fluid-rock interaction in a subduction shear zone"
BS Geology '18
Senior Thesis: "P-T conditions and chemical changes in Monviso eclogites: Implications for fluid-rock interaction in a subduction shear zone" Jenna Reimer
BS Geology '19
Senior Thesis: "Comparing metamorphic conditions of Catalina Schist rocks using zirconium-in-rutile thermometry"
BS Geology '19
Senior Thesis: "Comparing metamorphic conditions of Catalina Schist rocks using zirconium-in-rutile thermometry" Cristy Ho
BS Geology '19
Senior Thesis: Conditions of melange diapir formation
Current position: Graduate student at Penn State
BS Geology '19
Senior Thesis: Conditions of melange diapir formation
Current position: Graduate student at Penn State
Gwen Sullivan
BS Geology, '18
Senior Thesis: "Fluids in subduction zones: Production of jadeite in Panoche Pass"
BS Geology, '18
Senior Thesis: "Fluids in subduction zones: Production of jadeite in Panoche Pass" Devin Simmons
BS Geology '19
Research Assistant
BS Geology '19
Research Assistant Justine Grabiec
BS, Geology, '17
Senior Thesis: "Insights into the formation of the Cottonwood Canyon Fault in the Catalina Schist"
Current position: Graduate student at USC
BS, Geology, '17
Senior Thesis: "Insights into the formation of the Cottonwood Canyon Fault in the Catalina Schist"
Current position: Graduate student at USC
Jessica Adams
Geology Undergraduate
Undergraduate research assistant
Geology Undergraduate
Undergraduate research assistant
Leigh Roble
MS, Geology, '14
MS Thesis: "Lithium and its isotopes as a tracer of fluid flow mechanisms in the Catalina Schist "
Current position: Water Quality Specialist for the PA Department of Environmental Protection
MS, Geology, '14
MS Thesis: "Lithium and its isotopes as a tracer of fluid flow mechanisms in the Catalina Schist "
Current position: Water Quality Specialist for the PA Department of Environmental Protection
Hollie McBride
BS, Geology, '13
Senior Thesis: "Zirconium in rutile thermometry: Temperature estimates for metamorphic rocks of the Catalina Schist"
Current employer: Gemological Institute of America
BS, Geology, '13
Senior Thesis: "Zirconium in rutile thermometry: Temperature estimates for metamorphic rocks of the Catalina Schist"
Current employer: Gemological Institute of America
Julia Gorman
MS, Geology, '13
MS Thesis: "Highly siderophile elements as tracers of mantle-crust interactions in subduction zone metamorphic rocks"
Current position: Water Quality Specialist for the PA Department of Environmental Protection
MS, Geology, '13
MS Thesis: "Highly siderophile elements as tracers of mantle-crust interactions in subduction zone metamorphic rocks"
Current position: Water Quality Specialist for the PA Department of Environmental Protection
John-Luke Henriquez
MS, Geology, '12
MS Thesis: "Tracing retrograde metamorphic fluids in a subduction zone using Li: Franciscan Complex, California"
Current position: Instructional support technician/adjunct professor at SUNY Cortland.
MS, Geology, '12
MS Thesis: "Tracing retrograde metamorphic fluids in a subduction zone using Li: Franciscan Complex, California"
Current position: Instructional support technician/adjunct professor at SUNY Cortland.
Natalie Sievers
BS, Geology, '13
Senior thesis: "Altered dioritic clasts in lawsonite-blueschist facies metaconglomerates: Catalina Schist, CA"
Current position: Ion probe lab manager, Virginia Tech
BS, Geology, '13
Senior thesis: "Altered dioritic clasts in lawsonite-blueschist facies metaconglomerates: Catalina Schist, CA"
Current position: Ion probe lab manager, Virginia Tech
Greg Polley
BS, Geology, '12
Senior thesis: "A study of the multiple sulfur isotope composition of xenoliths from the Premier Kimberlite, South Africa"
BS, Geology, '12
Senior thesis: "A study of the multiple sulfur isotope composition of xenoliths from the Premier Kimberlite, South Africa"
Supriya Khadke
BS, Environmental Sci '10
Senior Summer Scholars Research Project: "Lithium isotope study of eclogite from the Samana Peninsula of the Dominican Republic"
BS, Environmental Sci '10
Senior Summer Scholars Research Project: "Lithium isotope study of eclogite from the Samana Peninsula of the Dominican Republic"
Rachel Potter
MS, Geology, '09
MS Thesis: "Diffusion of oxygen and lithium isotopes at a contact between the Bushveld Complex and metasedimentary rock: Implications for the timescale of Phepane Dome diapirism"
Current position: Staff Consultant at TechLaw, Inc.
MS, Geology, '09
MS Thesis: "Diffusion of oxygen and lithium isotopes at a contact between the Bushveld Complex and metasedimentary rock: Implications for the timescale of Phepane Dome diapirism"
Current position: Staff Consultant at TechLaw, Inc.
Cory Hanson
BS, Geology, '09
Senior Honors Thesis: "Vein Related Mass Transport in the Ritter Range Roof Pendant during Late Cretaceous Contact Metamorphism
BS, Geology, '09
Senior Honors Thesis: "Vein Related Mass Transport in the Ritter Range Roof Pendant during Late Cretaceous Contact Metamorphism
Whitney Ford
BS, Math, '10
Research project through LSAMP program: "Dehydration of Serpentinites in the Bergell contact aureole, Northern Italy"
BS, Math, '10
Research project through LSAMP program: "Dehydration of Serpentinites in the Bergell contact aureole, Northern Italy"
Sarah Regen
BS, Geology, '10
Senior thesis: "Fluid-rock interactions: Lithium concentrations in minerals from a block in the Franciscan Complex, California"
BS, Geology, '10
Senior thesis: "Fluid-rock interactions: Lithium concentrations in minerals from a block in the Franciscan Complex, California"
University of Maryland • Department of Geology • College Park, MD 20742 • sarahpd@umd.edu