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

Scott W. Lepley
email: swlyqf@mizzou.edu
Web: http://web.missouri.edu/~swlyqf
degrees attained: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS in Geology, 2002; University of Missouri-Columbia, MS in Geology, 2004
graduate status: PhD (ABD)
thesis project: Late Holocene paleoclimatic events in the Midwest examined through the stable isotopic analyses of tree rings
advisor: Dr. Kenneth MacLeod
anticipated graduation: December 2008

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
 

Gang Luo
email: glk82@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Peking University B.S. 7/2000; Peking University M.S. 7/2003
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Geophysics
advisor: Dr. Mian Liu
anticipated graduation: 2007

Hitoshi Banno
email: HBanno@mizzou.edu
Web: http://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

Deepak Manjunath
email: dvmc56@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: REC-Surat, India, BS in Civil Engineering, 1999
MU, MS in Transportation Engineering, 2002
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Assessing time dependence of Chilean forearc deformation using InSAR.
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: May 2006
 

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
 

Steven Pagan
email: sep89b@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Southeast Missouri State University, BS in Geology, 2003
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Biogeochemistry
advisor: Dr. Mitchell Schulte
anticipated graduation: May 2007
 

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
 

Michael Rigby
email: mr244@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: University of Dayton, BS in Environmental Geology, 2006; BS in Education and Allied Professions, 2006
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Active tectonics in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: May 2008

Justin Beasley
email: jmbq58@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, BA in Geological Sciences, 2004; BS in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, 2004
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Economic Geology / GIS Modeling
advisor: Dr. Kevin Shelton
anticipated graduation: 2007

Danielle Robinson
email: ddrwwd@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Missouri State University, BS in Geology, 2006
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Geophysics and tectonics of the Andes Mountains
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

William Romine
email: wlr7b2@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Truman State University, BA in Physics, MA in Science Education
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Rheological models for Mono Crater Rhyolites
advisor: Dr. Alan Whittington
anticipated graduation: May 2009

James Clements
email: jwcp64@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Morehead State University, BS in Geology, 2006
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Structural mapping of Dallas Dome and its interchanges between adjacent Derby and Hudson Domes, Wind River Range, Wyoming
advisor: Dr. Robert Bauer
anticipated graduation: May 2006

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

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
 

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

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

Sarah Stephenson
email: sksr5b@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Beloit College, BS in Geology, 2007
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Metamorphic petrology/fluid inclusions studies of EJB contact aureole, White Mountains, California
advisor: Dr. Peter Nabelek
anticipated graduation: May 2009

Carolina Isaza-Londoño
email: ci3z4@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Universidad de Caldas, Colombia BS in Geology, 2001; University of Missouri, Columbia. MS, May 2004
graduate status: PhD
thesis project: Late Maastrichtian paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and paleobiology
advisor: Dr. Kenneth MacLeod
anticipated graduation: 2007

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
 

Rani Jaafar
email: rhj6w4@mizzou.edu
degrees attained: Lebanese American University, BE in Civil Engineering, 2006
graduate status: Masters
thesis project: Tectonic plate movement around the Dead Sea fault.
advisor: Dr. Francisco "Paco" Gomez
anticipated graduation: December 2007

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

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: TBD
advisor: Dr. Milene Cormier
anticipated graduation: 2011

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