Our University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Geosciences Advanced Structural Geology class (Cody Crist, Stephanie Fones, George Meyer, J Schneider, and Vera Soltes) had a fun fieldtrip to west and central Wisconsin looking at Precambrian rocks in the Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,… Read More
In my years teaching at UWM, I’ve had the honor of working with so many great undergraduate research students in Geosciences. Thanks to my students who nominated me and to all who have made it a pleasure to do science… Read More
As the 2023-2024 academic year winds down, I want to give a big congratulations to the four undergraduate students who conducted structural geology research with me this year, Steph Fones, George Meyer, Paige Pimentel, and J Schneider. . They all… Read More
Hello, everyone! I am excited to announce undergraduate student research opportunities in structural geology within our project on strain localization in the Southern Iberian Shear Zone in southwestern Spain. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation and involves… Read More
Three members of our structural geology group presented their research at the Geological Society Connects Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA this fall. Dyanna talked about mentor programs within GO FoRWARD and LET’S GEO. J Schneider presented a poster on their… Read More
Congratulations to all 3 structural geology MS students who graduated in 2022! Now, their theses can all be accessed in electronic form on UWM’s Digital Commons. Kayla Kopinski: Unraveling Deformation Mechanisms and Kinematics in Metasedimentary Rocks Along the Southern Iberian… Read More
Dyanna presented research at the Geological Society of America GSA Connects 2021 meeting in Portland, Oregon this October. Dyanna presented a poster called “Fluid-driven shifts in deformation mechanisms in quartz-rich rocks near a major fault: Willard thrust zone, northern Utah”… Read More
Excited to share my latest article, “Fluid-assisted localized embrittlement in an overall ductile fold-and-shear belt: a case study from Cap de Creus” with coauthors Elena Druguet and Jordi Carreras. In it, we explore coeval brittle and ductile structures using one… Read More
Our Advanced Structural Geology class went on a shear zone filled fieldtrip on September 17-18. We saw the Twelve Foot Falls Shear Zone near Dunbar, WI; the Niagara Fault (with ductile fabrics) near Norway, MI; and the Mountain Shear Zone… Read More
Congratulations to BS student Leann Grahler who was awarded $3000 for her research from the UWM SURF program. Leann is working on our project, “Pathways for water in quartz grains: exploring strain softening along the Willard Thrust Fault.” Thanks to… Read More