Research Group

Caroline Rogers, MS

Caroline is a second year graduate student at the University of Missouri with a major in Geology and a minor in Museum Studies. She is using Pb isotopes to decipher mantle heterogeneity along the Basin-and-Range and Colorado Plateau transition. Caroline is a GSA On To the Future participant and received a GSA Graduate Research Grant in 2025. 

Alex Smith, MS

Alex is a master's student at the University of Missouri pursuing his degree in geology with a focus in geochemistry and petrology. He is investigating the timing of the mega-landslides in southern Utah. He is inspired to study the geochemistry, mineralogy, and grain morphology of the collapsed volcanic fields to further our current understanding of the catastrophic mega-landslides.