People
Current Lab Members
Principal Investigator
ALBERTO PEREZ-HUERTA
EDUCATION
2004 - Ph.D. in Geology, University of Oregon, USA
2000 - B.Sc. in Geology, University of Oviedo, Spain
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2022 - present - Program Officer (IPA), Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology (SGP) Program, U.S. National Science Foundation
2021 - present - Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, USA
2009 - present - Curator of Palentology, Alabama Museum of Natural History
2015 - 2021 - Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, USA
2009 - 2015 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, USA
2006 - 2009 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
2005 - Research Staff, Palaeontological Research Centre, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
RESEARCH EXPERTISE: Biomineralization, Biogeochemistry, Mineralogy/Crystallography, Microscopy and Invertebrate Paleontology
CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hc4GUCtm6syxFmvGxwd5XLTQnR9EuOIP/view?usp=drive_link
Note: Currently not accepting new graduate students for the 2023-204 academic cycle.
Research Associate
DR. ESHITA SAMAJPATI
EDUCATION
2020 - Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Florida International University, USA
2014 - M.Sc. in Applied Geology, II T Bombay, India
2012 - B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, Presidency College, India
RESEARCH EXPERTISE: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Microscopy
Affiliated Researcher
DR. SANDI SMART - NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. RESEARCH EXPERTISE: Paleoceanography, Isotope geochemistry
FORMER LAB MEMBERS AND ALUMNI
- Dr. Chiara Cappelli (Research Associate, 2019-2022). Currently: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
- Dr. Fernando Laiginhas (Research Associate, 2014-2017).
- Dr. Terry Lynn Harrell (Ph.D. student, 2011-2016). Currently: Alabama Geological Survey
- Raya Greenberger (M.S. student, 2014-2020). Currently: MVA Scientific Consultants
- Michelle Gannon (M.S. student, 2014-2016). Currently: Drexel Academy of Natural Sciences
- Joanna Clark (M.S. student, 2013-2015). Currently: NASA and University of Houston
- Alexandra Nicosia (M.S. student, 2011-2014).
- Jacob Spry (M.S. student, 2011-2013). Currently: MVA Scientific Consultants
- Brittany Hollon (M.S. student, 2010-2012). Currently: Weatherford Laboartories