CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Alan Espino
(PhD, anticipated 2026)
Investigating fault patterns in the Franklin Mountains, western Texas, during evolution of the Rio Grande rift
Melissa Ortega
(PhD, anticipated 2027)
Geoscience education and community-driven research in a border community
Paola Soto-Montero
(MS, anticipated 2025)
GIS analysis of Texas rivers: Evaluating the impact of geology, climate, and land use on riverine 234U/238U ratios
James Barker
(MS, anticipated 2026)
Apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He constraints on exhumation of the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schist
Abubakar Aliyu
(PhD, anticipated 2028)
Fault kinematic analysis and geochronology of the Bear Canyon conglomerate, southeastern California: Constraining evolution of the Eastern California Shear Zone
PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS
Julian Biddle
(MS, 2017)
Constraining times of extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range using apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology
Georgina Rodriguez Gonzalez
(MS, 2019)
Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: Exploring the possibility of fault reactivation
Aaron Conley
(MS, 2021)
Reconstructing the transition from Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas
Nathan Reade
(MS, 2019)
Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic investigation of the long-term thermal evolution of Proterozoic rocks in west Texas and southern New Mexico
Jacoup Roiz
(MS, 2020)
Utilizing zircon (U-Th)/He and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology to refine the thermal history of the Great Unconformity within New Mexico and Colorado
Jesse Kelsch
(PhD, 2023)
Southern Rio Grande rift kinematics and geochronology, Big Bend fold geometry, and the use of real data in geoscience education: Contributions to the understanding of Big Bend geology and to public geoscientific literacy
Garrett Goff
(MS, 2019)
Structural and sedimentological analysis of the Bear Canyon conglomerate, southeastern California: Implications for the timing and style of Miocene deformation within the Eastern California Shear Zone
Victor Garcia
(PhD, 2020)
Uranium series dating and geochemistry of fault zone precipitated secondary carbonates: Insights into paleofluid sources, tectonics, and climate in the Rio Grande rift
Hao Pham
(MS, 2024)
Investigating changes in surface water chemistry across the Llano uplift and the Balcones fault zone in central Texas using strontium and uranium isotopes
David West
(MS, 2024)
Investigating styles of contraction and overprinting by Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas