Open Opportunities:

This could be you!  I am currently looking for new research students and collaborators to start a project. The following opportunities are currently available:

Undergraduate Students at Wheaton College:  Do you want to gain research experience to help prepare you for a career or for graduate school?  Are you interested in doing research involving metamorphic rocks, garnet, or isotope geochemistry?  There is room for you to join my research group!  I am currently looking for one more undergraduate student to join my research lab for the 2023-2024 academic year.  Please set up an appointment to talk to me about this opportunity.

Potential Collaborators and Individuals with Unique Garnets:  I am always looking for exciting garnet geochronology projects.  Please email me to discuss your samples.  I am especially interested if you have access to samples that may represent Earth's oldest garnet!

Current Research Student:

Ethan Paul working in the clean lab at University of South Carolina

Ethan Paul (‘24): Senior Thesis - Thermodynamic modeling to provide P-T constraints on Archean Metamorphism in South Africa


Former Research Students:

  • Lauren Madsen (‘22): Honors Senior Thesis - Bulk Lu-Hf Garnet Geochronology in the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa (now grad. student at University of Maine)

  • Gillian Rhea (‘21): Senior Thesis - Petrology of a sample from the Canadian Shield (now grad. student at California State University, Northridge)

  • Luke Penney (‘20): Research Assistant - Compilation of peer-reviewed garnet ages

  • Bradley Dowell (‘19): Research Assistant - Compilation of peer-reviewed garnet ages

Collaborators:

  • Dr. Lenka Baratoux - Institute of Research for Development, West African Exploration Initiative

  • Prof. Ethan Baxter - Boston College

  • Prof. Vickie Bennett - Australian National University

  • Prof. Mark Caddick - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Dr. David Collings - previously at the University of Leeds

  • Dr. Kathryn Cutts - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (postdoctoral scholar)

  • Prof. Besim Dragovic - University of South Carolina

  • Prof. Michelle Gevedon - Colorado College

  • Prof. Erik Haroldson - Austin Peay State University

  • Dr. Michael Jercinovic - University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Jacques Kone - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal (graduate student)

  • Prof. Stephen Mojzsis - University of Colorado Boulder (emeritus)

  • Prof. Allen Nutman - University of Wollongong

  • Prof. Scott Samson - Syracuse University

  • Prof. Gary Stevens - Stellenbosch University

  • Mike Tappa - University of Wisconsin Madison (researcher)

  • Dr. Stephanie Walker - Boston College

  • Prof. Mike Williams - University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Dr. Julie Vry - Victoria University of Wellington