FACULTY

• Dr. Laurel Goodwin – laurel@geology.wisc.edu

  • Former Students

• Dr. Basil Tikoff – basil@geology.wisc.edu

  • Former Students

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

• Dr. Seth C Kruckenberg – Ph.D. 2009 (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

  • Dissertation: "The Dynamics of Migmatite Domes in Extending Orogens"

  • Post Doctoral research: Understanding the relationships between the formation of compositional layering, structural fabrics, strain heterogeneities, and the formation of inferred melt pathways: Twin Sisters ultramafic complex, WA

GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Richard Becker – Ph.D. in progress, M.S. 2005

  • Ph.D. Topic: "The impact of fracturing on glacial landscapes"

• Bryn Benford – Ph.D. in progress, M.S. 2007

  • Ph.D. Topic: "Neotectonics of Jamaica using geology, geodesy, and geophysical methods"

  • M.S. Thesis: "Continuation of the Western Idaho shear zone: South Mountain, Idaho"

• Nicole Braudy – Ph.D. in progress

  • Ph.D. Topic: "Development of the Western Idaho shear zone south of McCall, Idaho"

• Nicolas Garibaldi – M.S in progress

  • Current Project: "Tectonics of El Salvador"

• Paul Riley – Ph.D. in progress, M.S. 2006

  • Ph.D. Topic: "Organization and characterization of fracture systems in the Toulumne Intrusive Suite, Sierra Nevada batholith, CA"

  • M.S. Thesis: "The spatial distribution of deformation bands and fractures in the Pajarito Fault Zone and implications for vadose zone fluid flow through the Bandalier Tuff, New Mexico"

• John Schneider – M.S. in progress

  • Current Project: "Fracture and Deformation Band formation in the Teapot Dome anticline, WY"

• Jue Wang – M.S. in progress

  • Current Project: The link between sedimentation and faulting in deltaic settings

VISITING FACULTY

Gerhard Oertel

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Kelly Hoehn

• Ryan Shedivy