Hunter Broeder
current MS student
Ancestral Rocky Mountain and Laramide structures in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Hunter Broeder
current MS student
Ancestral Rocky Mountain and Laramide structures in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Dylan Frawley
current MS student
geologic mapping of the Sand Creek fault area: polyphase contraction in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Miriam Primus
current MS student
structural evolution of mylonitic and brittle-plastic shear zones aong the western flank of the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Sammy Malavarca
current PhD student
magmatism, metamorphism, and deformation in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Cole Sitar
MS 2023 (currently a geotechnical engineer at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
Geologic mapping and kinematic analysis of the Independence Mine shear zone in the Sangre de Cristo Range, southern Colorado: Extensional reactivation of a Laramide reverse fault
Emily Perman
MS 2023 (co-advised by Sean Gallen) (currently a mapping geologist at the Colorado Geological Survey)
Quaternary alluvial lineaments in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Morphology, relationships to bedrock structures, and link to the seismic cycle of the Andean subduction margin
Erinn Johnson
MS 2021 (currently a geologist at Schnabel Engineering in Longmont )
Structural analysis along the Ouray fault, SW Colorado: Implications for the kinematic development of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains
Skyler Mavor
PhD 2021 (currently a postdoc at the USGS in Flagstaff)
Timing, kinematics, and tectonic significance of strike-slip fault systems in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and the Lower Colorado River Corridor, USA
Nikki Seymour
PhD 2020 (currently an assistant professor at Occidental College)
Magmatism, deformation, and mineralization along the intra-arc Atacama fault system, northern Chile
Stewart Williams
MS 2019 (currently a lab manager at Stanford University)
Structural evolution of the Potosí uplift, Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico
Rachel Ruthven
MS 2018 (currently a high school science teacher in Texas)
Structural evolution and rheology of the Paposo shear zone in the Atacama faults system, northern Chile
Kajal Nair
MS 2018 (co-advised with Sven Egenhoff) (currently a geologist at Camino Natural Resources in Denver)
Facies reconstruction and detrital zircon geochronology of the Ingleside/Casper Formation
Evan Strickland
MS 2017 (currently a geoscientist at the Texas Water Development Board in Austin)
Geology of the footwall of the northern Plomosa Mountains metamorphic core complex, west-central Arizona
Sammy Malavarca (2022): Characteristics and origin of high-grade metamorphism of the Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation in the Sangre de Cristo Range, southern Colorado
Benji Byars (2021): Structural analysis of a high-grade metamorphic zone in the Pennsylvanian Minturnn Formation, Sangre de Cristo Range, southern Colorado
Sara Newman (2020): Clastic dikes at the Fountain Formation – Ingleside Formation contact near Lory State Park, Colorado
Micah Hernandez (2019): U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of Paleozoic to Mesozoic strata in the Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile (co-supervised with Nikki Seymour)
Michael Wyatt (2017): Evidence for dextral transtension in the southern Plomosa Mountains, west-central Arizona
Jacqueline Benefield (2015, George Mason University): Distinguishing Miocene mylonitization from Late Cretaceous–early Tertiary mylonitization in the Harcuvar Mountains metamorphic core complex, west-central Arizona
Carlin Green (2015, George Mason University): 3-D strain analysis and structural development of the Chilhowee Group in the western Blue Ridge Mountains near Front Royal, Virginia, 2015
Terence Vomocil (2015, George Mason University): Brittle faulting in the South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Phoenix, Arizona
Emily Bird (2014, George Mason University): Structural geology of the Lincoln Ranch Basin, eastern Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona
Caroline Gross (2014, George Mason University): Tectonic significance of mylonites in the Little Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona: Insights from recrystallized quartz grain size analysis
Marques Hatfield (2014, George Mason University): Stratigraphy of the footwall and hanging wall of the Buckskin detachment fault, eastern Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona