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Graduate Student Profiles

William Alward
email: wsakb4@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: DePauw University, BA in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Structural mapping of the Schoettlin Mountain Quadrangle, Wind River Range, Wyoming
advisor: Dr. Robert Bauer
anticipated graduation: May 2010

Mark Leatherman
email: mlvdb@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Central Michigan University, BS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Economic Geology
advisor: Dr. Martin Appold
anticipated graduation: 2010
 

Gina Applebee
email: gmafz9@mizzou.edu
degrees attained:College of Charleston, BS in Geology, 2006
graduate status: Masters
interests: tectonics, marine faulting, mid-ocean ridges, stress interactions
advisor: Dr. Milene Cormier
anticipated graduation: 2010
 

Jesse Merriman
email: jdm42c@missouri.edu
degrees attained: University of Missouri-Kansas City, BS in Geology, 2009
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: TBD
advisor: Dr. Alan Whittington
anticipated graduation: 2011

Geoffroy Avard
email: gar2f@mizzou.edu
Web: http://www.volcanea.org
degrees attained: Ecole Supérieure de Mécanique de Marseille, French Engineering Degree in Mechanics, 2002; Clermont-Fd, DEA of Volcanology, 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Role of magma viscosity in controlling dacitic lava flows
advisor: Dr. Alan Whittington
anticipated graduation: 2010

Michael Pelch
email: map67d@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: B.S. Geology, University of Missouri, 2004
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Geochemistry of the Illinois/Kentucky Fluorite District
advisor: Dr. Martin Appold
anticipated graduation: 2011

Hitoshi Banno
email: HBanno@mizzou.edu
Web: web.missouri.edu/~hbmq3/
degrees attained: Kanazawa University, BS in Geology, 1999; University of Arizona, BS in Geology, 2003; Saint Louis University, MS in Geology, 2006
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Clay mineralogy in subduction zones
advisor: Dr. Michael Underwood
anticipated graduation: 2010
 

Bobbie Pennington
email: bspv23@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Texas at Dallas, BS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Intraplate earthquakes of China
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: 2010
 

Xueyang Bao
email: xbqzb@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Science & Technology of China, BS, June 2001; University of Science & Technology of China, MS, June 2005
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Geophysics
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: 2010
 

Jennifer Poole
email: jpyq9@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS in Environmental Science, 2007
graduate status: Masters
interests: Environmental Geochemistry
advisor: Dr. Cheryl Kelley
anticipated graduation: 2010

Rachel Barker
email: rlb42c@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Missouri, BS in Geology, 2008; University of Missouri, BS in Education, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Biogeochemistry
advisor: Dr. Karyn Rogers
anticipated graduation: May 2011

Kelsey Putman
email: kepd32@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, BS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Ordovician marine micropaleontology, paleoclimatology
advisor: Dr. Kenneth Macleod
anticipated graduation: 2010

Damon Bassett
email: dbassett77@yahoo.com
degrees attained: SMSU, BS in Geology, Aug. 2000
MU, MS 2002
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Paleoceanography and biostratigraphy in the lower Ordovician of central Texas
advisor: Dr. Kenneth MacLeod
anticipated graduation: 2007
 

Geneviève Robert
email: genevieve.robert@mizzou.edu
Web: web.missouri.edu/~grtzd
degrees attained: McGill University, BS in Earth Science, 2005; University of British Columbia, MS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: The viscosity of hydrous arc basalt
advisor: Dr. Alan Whittington
anticipated graduation: 2013-14

Ariel Bennett
emailafbbpc@mizzou.edu
degrees attained
: Northern Kentucky University, BS in Biology, 2007
graduate status
: PhD
thesis project
: Biogeochemistry and Astrobiology
advisor
: Dr. Mitchell Schulte
anticipated graduation
: December 2012


Danielle Robinson
email: ddrwwd@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Missouri State University, BS in Geology, 2006
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Shear-wave splitting of the Puna Plateau
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: May 2009

Brian Bollin
email: bkbqm2@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Utah, BS in Geology, 2001; MS in Geology 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Geospatial intelligence
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: 2011


ShayAnna Romine
email:  srbpc@mail.mizzou.edu
degrees attained:   University of Wyoming, BS in Geology 2005
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: earthquake studies
advisor: Dr. Mian Liu
anticipated graduation: May 2011

Brian Campbell
email: bacvy7@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Elizabeth City State University, BS in Geology 2008
graduate status: Masters
interests: tectonic, remote sensing, active subsurface modeling, paleoseismology
advisor: Dr. Milene Cormier
anticipated graduation: 2011
 

Nathan Rossman
email: nrrpnb@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Winona State University (Winona, MN), BS in Geoscience, May 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Hydrogeology
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: 2010

Savas Ceylan
email: scyc8@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Istanbul University, BS in Geophysics, 2005; MS in Geophysics 2008
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Seismology
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: 2012
 

Audrey Sima
email: amstw8@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Oklahoma State University, BS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Hydrogeology
advisor: Dr. Cheryl Kelley
anticipated graduation: May 2010

Yue Du
email: yd5vf@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Peking University, BS in Geophysics, July 2009
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Geophysics
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: May 2011

Gleb Skobeltsyn
email: gs5ff@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Novosibirsk State University, BS in Geology, 2002; MS in Geology, 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: 3D seismic structure in the Caucasus
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: 2012

Junhua Guo
email: jg2kc@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Ocean University of China, BE 2001; Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MS, 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Sedimentology and tectonics
advisor: Dr. Michael Underwood
anticipated graduation: 2009
 

Amanda D. Smith
email: adshy5@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Northwest Missouri State University, BS in Geological Sciences
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Economic Geology
advisor: Dr. Kevin Shelton
anticipated graduation: May 2010

Björn Held
email: bmhyq9@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Missouri, BS in Geology, 2008; BA in Russian, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Use of remote sensing to track the Bull Lake Creek Slide, Wyoming
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: December 2010

Sarah Stephenson
email: sksr5b@mail.mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Beloit College, BS in Geology, 2007; University of Missouri, MS in Geology, Dec. 2009
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: geomicrobiology /biogeochemistry
advisor: Dr. Karyn Rogers
anticipated graduation: May 2014

David Hillix
email: dmh5xc@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Kansas, BS in Environmental Geology, 2007
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Sedimentology and stratigraphy
advisor: Dr. Michael Underwood
anticipated graduation: 2009
 

Mark Sutcliffe
email: masf3d@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Millersville University, BS in Geology, 2007; BA in Quantitative Economics, 2007
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Microtectonic of the Laramie Range, Wyoming
advisor: Dr. Robert Bauer
anticipated graduation: 2009
 

Hal Johnson
email: johnsonhe@missouri.edu
degrees attained: University of Missouri-Columbia, BS and MS in Geology, 1998 and 2001
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Tectonic and environmental controls on underwater seeps
advisor: Dr. Milene Cormier
anticipated graduation: 2011
 

Justin Tiffany
email: jmtq49@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Missouri State University, BS in Geology, 2008
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Structural mapping, Wind River Range, WY
advisor: Dr. Robert Bauer
anticipated graduation: May 2011

Ajit Joshi
email: aj2v4@mizzou.edu
degress attained: Tribhuvan University (Nepal), BS in Geological Sciences, 2002; MS in Geological Sciences, 2004
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Numerical modeling of hydrocarbon transport in the Gulf of Mexico Basin
Advisor: Dr. Martin Appold
anticipated graduation: 2011

Zach Wenz
email: zjwn88@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Minnesota Duluth, BS in Geology, 2002; University of Alaska Fairbanks, MS in Geology, 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Mississippi Valley-type deposits
advisor: Dr. Martin Appold
anticipated graduation: 2011

 

Qie Zhang
email: qz9n9@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Nanjing University, BS, July 2002; Nanjing University, MS, July 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Geophysics
advisor: Dr. Eric Sandvol
anticipated graduation: 2008

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