FACULTY

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

  • Current Students

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Kathy Staffier – M.S. 2007

  • "Field and microstructural investigation of plagioclase deformation behavior in granulite facies rocks, Mt. Hay, central Australia"

• Dr. Jennifer Wilson – Ph.D. 2004 (New Mexico Tech)

  • Dissertation: "Petrophysical Controls on Deformation and Fluid-Fault Interaction in the Ignimbrite Sequences at Los Alamos, NM and Busted Butte, NV"

  • Visiting Scientist at University of Texas, Austin

• Dr. Geoffrey Rawling – Ph.D. 2002 (NMT)

  • Dissertation: "Fault-zone architecture and permeability structure of faults in poorly lithified sediments"

  • Geologist at New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

• J. Matthew Herrin – M.S. 2001 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Structural characterization of small-displacement faults in poorly lithified sand, and implications for fluid flow"

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University

• Erwin Melis – M.S. 2001 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Middle Proterozoic metamorphism and deformation in the Pecos Complex, New Mexico"

  • Completing Ph.D. at University of Maine at Orono

• Scott Cooper – M.S. 2000 (NMT; Co-Advised with Dr. John Lorenz)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Deformation within a basement-cored anticline: Teapot Dome, Wyoming"

  • Geologist at Sandia National Laboratories

• Rose-Anna Behr – M.S. 1999 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Structural and thermochronological constraints on the movement history of the Montosa Fault, central New Mexico"

  • Interpreter with Pennsylvania Park Service

• Michiel Heynekamp – M.S. 1998 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Controls on fault-zone architecture in poorly lithified sediments, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico: Implications for fault-zone permeability and fluid flow"

  • Co-Owner of Socorro Spring Brew Pub

• Joseph Marcoline – M.S. 1997 (NMT; Co-Advised with Dr. Matt Heizler and Dr. Steven Ralser)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Field, petrographic, and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar constraints on the tectonic history of the central Manzano Mountains, central New Mexico"

  • Working on Ph.D. in Hydrology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

• Kurt Vollbrecht – M.S. 1997 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Constraints on the timing and character of deformation and metamorphism in the San Andres Mountains of south-central New Mexico"

  • Geologist with New Mexico Environment Department

• John Abbott – M.S. 1995 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Constraints on the deformational history of the Tijeras Cañoncito Fault System, north-central New Mexico"

  • Geologist at SAIC, Atlanta, Georgia

• Mary Amelia Walker – M.S. 1995 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Structural interpretation of the Morenci Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona"

  • Geologist at Phelps-Dodge, Morenci, Arizona

• Terry Pollock – M.S. 1994 (NMT)

  • M.S. Thesis: "Evidence for the relative timing and character of Proterozoic deformation and metamorphism in the Ladron Mountains, New Mexico"

  • Consulting Geologist in Colorado