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Graduate Students

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Student Awards

Anderson, Kent - kent at iris.edu
PhD Candidate, Geophysics
BS Geophysics (1985) New Mexico Tech
MS Geophysics (1987) New Mexico Tech
Advisor: Aster
Research: The analysis of a super quiet seismic station at the South Pole. Implications for regional and global seismology and opportunities for expansion to possible 2- and 3-dimensional seismic arrays.

Andrews, Jaron - jross at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Earth Science-Geochemistry (2007) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 116 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor: Phillips
Research: Arsenic Removal Using Surfactant-Modified Zeolite/ Zero-Valent Iron (SMZ/ZVI)

Candelaria, Alicia - acandela at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology

Casey, Heather - hcasey at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BS Earth Science-Geology (2009) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 190 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Campbell

Chaput, Julien - jchaput at ees.nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BSc Physics (2004) University of Moncton
MSc Geophysics (2006) University of British Columbia
Office: MSEC 196 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Aster

Christensen, D. Bradly - dchriste at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geophysics
BS Earth Science-Geophysics (2007) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 116 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor: Snelson
Research: Crustal Structure Below the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Cikoski, Colin - ccikoski at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BS Earth Science-Geology, New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 190 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Harrison
Research: Geology of the rift basin fill on the Indian Well Wilderness

Cozzens, Brian - bcozzens at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Geology (2009) Brigham Young University - Idaho
Office: MSEC 118 Phone: 575.835.5457
Advisor: Spinelli/Phillips

Curtis, Aaron - aarongc at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Geology
BA Geography (2008) Cambridge University
Office: MSEC 190 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Kyle

DeFoor, Whitney - wdefoor at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Environmental Science (2009) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 120 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor: Person

Drueckhammer, Sara - sdrueckh at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geology
BS Geology (2008) Oklahoma State University
Office: MSEC 302
Advisor/Supervisor: Campbell, Condie, Chavez

Dwivedi, Ravindra - ravindra at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
B.Tech (2004) Institute of Technology (BHU) India
Office: MSEC 108 Phone: 575.835.5484
Advisor:Wilson
Research: Mathematical Modeling of Cave Micrometeorology

Earthman, Matt - mearthma at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geochemistry
BS Earth Science (2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 302
Advisor: Campbell
Research: Stable Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Study of the Valdecanas Prospect Vein, Fresnillo Mining District, Zacatecas, Mexico

Echevarria Roman, Yaika - yaikaer at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology/Chemistry
Office: Jones
Advisor: Pullin/Boston

El Hariri, Maya - mhariri at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geology (1999) American University of Beirut
MA Earth Sciences-Earthquake Seismology (2008) Boston University
Office: MSEC 332
Advisor/Supervisor: Bilek

El Shawaihdi, Moftah H. - mhshaw at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geology
B.Sc. Earth Science, University of Garyounis
MPhiL. Geology, University of Sheffield, UK
Office: MSEC 188 Phone: 575.835.5456
Advisor: Mozley

Feldman, Josh - jfeldman at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BS Geology, University of California-Davis
Office: MSEC 316 Phone: 575.835.5994
Advisor: McIntosh
Research: The geochronological and thermochronological exhumation and magmatic history of the Colorado Rockies during the Laramide

Fleming, Kathy
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Geological Sciences (2003) University of Michigan
BS History (2003) University of Michigan
Office: MSEC 316 Phone: 575.835.5994
Advisor: Hendrickx

Forbes, Christina - cforbes at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BS Geology (2007) Western Illinois University
Office: MSEC 190 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Kyle
Research: Using photogrammetry to determine lava extrusion rates of Santiaguito dome, Guatemala, during January 2009 and January 2007

Frisbee, Marty - mfrisbee at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Hydrology
MS Earth Science & BS Electrical Engineering (2004)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Office: MSEC 102 Phone: 575.835.5484
Advisor/Supervisor: Phillips

Gabrielsen, Paul - pgabriel at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Geology (2009) Brigham Young University
Office: MSEC 216
Advisor: Wilson Supervisor: Pullin

Gambardella, Frank - fgambard at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Civil Engineering, US Air Force Academy
MS History, University of Colorado at Denver
Office: MSEC 120 Phone: 575.835.5176
Advisor: Hendrickx

Garcia, Rebecca - rgarcia at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geology
BS Geology, BS Education (2007) New Mexico State University
Office: MSEC 184 Phone: 575.835.5952
Advisor: Heizler

Goetz, Cath - cgoetz at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Geology, Trinity University
Office: MSEC 116
Advisor: Person

Gomez, Jesus - jdgomez at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Hydrology
BS Civil Engineering (2005)
Universidad Nacional Colombia at Medellin
MS Hydrology (2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 216
Advisor: Wilson

Gorospe, Michaella - mgorospe at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geochemistry
BS Environmental Engineering (2007) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 310 Phone: 575.835.6439
Advisor: Campbell/Ulmer-Scholle

Gutierrez, Hugo - hugo at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Ecology (2000) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
MS Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso
Office: MSEC 122 Phone: 575.835.5465
Advisor: Wilson
Research: Dynamic hydrology and ecosystem modeling in semi-arid complex terrain using NASA EOS observations from TERRA and AQUA

Harding, Jevon - jharding at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Geosciences (2007) Princeton University
Office: MSEC 216
Advisor: Wilson

Heath, Jason - jheath at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Hydrology
BS Geology (2001) Utah State University
MS Geology (2004) Utah State University
Office: MSEC 132 Phone: 575.835.5108
Advisor: Wilson/McPherson
Research: CO2 sequestration

Hinz, Michelle - mhinz at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BA Chemistry (2008) Minnesota State University Moorhead
Office: MSEC 112 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor/Supervisor: Phillips

Houston, Shari - shouston at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geology
BS Earth Science (2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 186 Phone: 575.835.6913
Advisor: Mozley
Research: Porphyry copper-molybedenum deposit in Superior, AZ: mineralization, emplacement and petrogenesis

Howald, TreVor - thowald at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Geology
BS Geology (2009) Indiana University
Office: MSEC 302
Advisor: Campbell/Person

Jones, Laura - ljon01 at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geology
BS Geology (2009) Indiana University
Office: MSEC 186 Phone: 575.835.5952
Advisor: Kyle

Kammerer, Melissa - mkammere at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geology
BS Geology (2009) Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Office: MSEC 194
Advisor: Kyle

Knox, Hunter - hunter at ees.nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Office: MSEC 196
Advisor: Aster
Research: Tomographic imaging and internal structure of Mount Erebus Volcano, Antarctica

Koski, Katrina - katrina at koski.net
PhD Candidate, Hydrology
BA Physics (1997) Lake Forest College
MS Physics (2000) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 132 Phone: 575.835.5108
Advisor: Wilson

Lindholm, Melissa - mlindhol at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BA Geology, Bryn Mawr College
Office: MSEC 188 Phone: 575.835.5456
Advisor: Campbell
Research: Geology of the untapped Pebble Deposit

Luther, Amy - aluther at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geology
BS Geology (2003), University of Illinois
MS Geology (2006), University of New Mexico
Office: MSEC 302
Advisor: Axen

MacCarthy, Jonathan - jkmacc at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geology (2002) College of William and Mary
MS Earth & Planetary Sciences (2005) Univ New Mexico
Office: MSEC 332
Advisor: Aster
Research: Probing the origins of the Colorado Rocky Mountain lithosphere: the CREST teleseismic experiment

Maraj, Shoba - smaraj at ees.nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geophysics (2009) University of Arizona
Office: MSEC 184 Phone: 575.835.5952
Advisor: Snelson

Marcillo, Omar - omarcill at ees.nmt.edu
PhD Student, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BS Physics (2002) Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador
MSc Geology (2007) University of New Hampshire
Office: MSEC 332
Advisor: J. Johnson

Marrero, Shasta - shasta at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Chemistry (2003) University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS Geology (2003) University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS Hydrology (2009) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 218 Phone: 575.835.5466
Advisor/Supervisor: Phillips
Research: Calibration of Chlorine-36 Production Rates using Multiple Sites

Morse, Jeremiah - jmorse at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BA Geological Sciences (2003) Albion College
Office: MSEC 108 Phone: 575.835.5484
Advisor: Phillips
Research: Groundwater replenishment to the Peñasco Basin from the Sacramento Mountains using carbon-14 dating of groundwater

Moyer, Pamela - pmoyer at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geological Sciences (2007) Michigan State University
Office: MSEC 184 Phone: 575.835.5952
Advisor: Bilek

Nenuji, Vyoma - vnenuji at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geology
BS Geology (2006) University of Mumbai
MS Geology (2008) MS University of Baroda
Office: MSEC 102 Phone: 575.835.5484
Advisors: Harrison/Mozley

Owens, Lara - lara at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Geochemistry
BS Geoscience, Penn State University
MS Geochemistry, New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 188 Phone: 575.835.5456
Advisor/Supervisor: Kyle

Payne, W. Graham - wpayne at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BS Geology (2009) Guilford College
Office: MSEC 194
Advisor: Mozley

Petersen, Michael - petersen at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Geology (2008) University of New Mexico
Office: MSEC 112 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor: Spinelli

Quezada, Aida - aquezada at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geophysics
BS Geophysical Engineering (2003) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MS Earth Science (2008) UNAM
Office: MSEC 194
Advisor: J. Johnson

Ramirez Torres, Carlos - cramirez at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Geology (2006) University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Office: MSEC 118 Phone: 575.835.5457
Advisor: Harrison

Rinehart, Alex - rinehart at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geology
BS Mathematics (2004) University of New Mexico
MS Hydrology (Aug 2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 218 Phone: 575.835.5466
Advisor: Harrison
Comparison of Climate Proxies in Loess from the Aden-Afton Flows, NM

Ritchie, Andre - aritchie at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research Assistant, Hydrology
BS Geology (2007) University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Office: MSEC 120 Phone: 575.835.5176
Advisor: Phillips
Research: Groundwater characterization of the Salt Basin, NM using C14, Tritium, and stable isotopes

Romero-Suarez, Diana - drome02 at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BS Geology (2006) Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Bogota
Office: MSEC 108 Phone: 575.835.5484
Advisor: Hendrickx

Rosales-Lagarde, Laura - lrosaleslagarde at gmail.com
PhD Candidate, Geochemistry
MSc Geology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma Mexico
Office: MSEC 186 Phone: 575.835.6913
Advisor: Boston

Ross, Jake - jirhiker at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BSc Earth & Planetary Science (2006) McGill University
Office: MSEC 316 Phone: 575.835.5994
Advisor: Kyle

Rowe, Amanda - arowe at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Geology
BS Geology, University of Akron in Ohio
MS Geology (2005) New Mexico Tech
Advisor: Campbell
Research: Fluid Evolution of the Magmatic-hydrothermal Breccia and Stockwork Veinlets of the Questa Porphyry-Mo System, New Mexico

Ruhl, Christine - cruhl at nmt.edu
MS Student, Research/Teaching Assistant, Geophysics
BS Geology-Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2008) Radford University
Office: MSEC 194 Phone: 575.835.5418
Advisor: Bilek

Rybacki, Kyle - krybacki at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Geochemistry
BS Geology & Geophysics-emphasis Geochemistry (2008) University of Missouri-Rolla
Office: MSEC 186 Phone: 575.835.6913
Advisor: Mozley
Research: The geochemical controls on the precipitation of marine cements, and their effect on porosity: Permian Reef Complex, southeast New Mexico

Short, Clark - cshort at nmt.edu
MS Student, Geology
BA Geology (2009) Case Western Reserve University
Office: MSEC 316
Advisor: McIntosh

Siegel, Joel - joelcnm at warpdriveonline.com
PhD Student, Hydrology
Distance Ed - Carlsbad

Sigstedt, Sophia - ssigsted at nmt.edu
MS Student, Teaching Assistant, Hydrology
BS Environmental Science (2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 112 Phone: 575.835.5591
Advisor: Phillips

Tewelde, Mussie - mtewelde at nmt.edu
MS Student, Hydrology
BSc Geology, University of Asmara
Office: MSEC 118 Phone: 575.835.5457
Advisor: Person

Velador, Jesus - jvelador at nmt.edu
PhD Candidate, Geology
BS Geology (1998) University of Chihuahua
MS Geology (2003) University of Texas at El Paso
Office: MSEC 302
Advisor: Campbell
Research: Temporal and chemical evolution of the Fresnillo District, Mexico

Zimmerer, Matt - mjz1983 at nmt.edu
PhD Student, Geology
BS Geology (2005) University of Kentucky
MS Geology (2008) New Mexico Tech
Office: MSEC 316 Phone: 575.835.5994
Advisor: McIntosh

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