CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Alan Espino
(PhD, anticipated 2026)
Investigating fault patterns in the Franklin Mountains, western Texas, during evolution of the Rio Grande rift
David West
(MS, anticipated 2024)
Using digital mapping techniques to document Laramide contraction in the Indio Mountains, western Texas
Hao Pham
(MS, anticipated 2024)
Investigating changes in river water chemistry across the Llano Uplift and Balcones fault zone using strontium and uranium isotopes
Jesse Kelsch
(PhD, anticipated 2023)
Kinematic analyses of Rio Grande rift extension and Laramide drag folding in the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas and northern Chihuahua: What can we learn about lithospheric stress, and how can we enable more geoscientific learning without student stress?
Paola Soto-Montero
(MS, anticipated 2023)
GIS analysis of Texas rivers: Evaluating the impact of geology, climate, and land use on riverine 234U/238U ratios
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
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
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
Georgina Rodriguez Gonzalez
(MS, 2019)
Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: Exploring the possibility of fault reactivation
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
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
Aaron Conley
(MS, 2021)
Reconstructing the transition from Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas