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2023-2024 MS and Ph.D. Graduates

Student

Title

Megan Borel (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Dave Foster and Jim Vogl
“Extensional Tectonics and 3D Development of the Pioneer Metamorphic Core Complex, Idaho”

Now a Postdoc at NASA University of Maryland
Meredith Miska (MS)

Advisor: Ray Russo
“Tracing Archean-Proterozoic Crustal Evolution in Northern Michigan Using U-Pb Age and Hf Isotopic Compositions of Detrital Zircons”

Working in Sioux City, Iowa
Molly Anderson (Ph.D.)

Advisors: Mike Perfit and Steve Elardo
“Petrogenesis of the 8°20' N Seamount Chain: Modeling Mantle Heterogeneity and Melting in the Near-Ridge Environment ”

Now a Postdoc at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Jacob Gaddy (MS)

Advisor: Tom Bianchi
“Spatial and Temporal Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter in South Florida Treatment Wetlands ”

Now a Staff Geologist at Geosyntech Consultants
Stephanie Killingsworth (MS)

Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
“Geochemistry of Fossil Shark Teeth as Age Proxies for Neogene Sites of Florida ”

Now a PhD student in Geological Sciences, UF
Laura Mulrooney (MS)

Advisor: Dave Foster and Jim Vogl
“Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Eocene Pioneer Intrusive Suite: Pioneer Metamorphic Core Complex South-Central Idaho”

Now a Geologist 2 at CDM Smith Consulting
Nicole Greco (Ph.D.)

Advisor: John Jaeger
“Quantitative Grain Size Analysis of Water Column and Sub-Seafloor Sediments in Ice-Proximal Environments as Influenced by Glacial Meltwater and Sediment Discharge ”

Now a Communications Engagement Coordinator for a Center at UC Santa Barbara
McKenna Holiday (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Courtney Sprain
“A Multidisciplinary Approach to Western North American Landscape Evolution and the Associated Hazards ”

Left geology temporarily
Ranpeng Li (MS)

Advisor: Juliane Dannberg
“Exploring Mantle Convection Styles through Earth's History: The Role of Phase Transitions ”

Now a PhD student at University of Kiel, Germany
Andrew Oberhelman (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Jonathan Martin
“Carbon Cycling in the Carbonate Critical Zone ”

Now a Postdoc at Florida International University
Daniel Astudillo Manosalva (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Stephen Elardo
"The Petrology of the Lunar Interior and Its Early Magmatism Addressed through a Modeling, Analytical, and Experimental Approach”

Now a Postdoc at ETH Zurich
Denise Buckner (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Amy Williams
“Predicting the Mixed Signal of Organics on Mars: Ancient Biotic, Meteoritic Abiotic, or UV-Altered Meteoritic?”

Now a Research Associate at Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Brian Kelly (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Raymond Russo
“Investigating Rupture Properties of Large Earthquakes for Seismic Hazard Mitigation”

No Position Yet
Jing Lyu (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Andrew Zimmerman
“Pyrogenic Carbon in Soil and Comparison of Quantitative Methods”

No Position Yet

 

Laura Mulrooney (M.S., 2023) and a volunteer from Occidental College in Alaska.
Ray Russo and Brian Kelly (M.S., 2024) at UF graduation.
Pete Adams and Matthew Conlin (Ph.D., 2022) at UF graduation.
Amy Williams and Denise Buckner (Ph.D, 2024) at UF graduation.