Here are just a few of the many excellent undergraduate students who have worked with me in the Structure Group at UWM:
Adrian Ralser
Adrian was also part of team Southern Iberian Shear Zone. He cut samples into cubes and analyzed their magnetic fabrics using Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS). After graduation, Adrian works as a geologist for a geotechnical company in Madison.
Adrian made lots of little rock cubes in order to analyze the magnetic fabrics.
Team Southern Iberian Shear Zone 2022: Leeann Grahler, Autumn Routson, Mikayla Walker
Our fieldteam at the Southern Iberian Shear Zone: Leann Grahler, Autumn Routson, Mikayla Walker, Manuel Díaz-Azpiroz, Carlos Fernández, Dyanna Czeck
Valerie Rubalcava
Valerie studied microstructures associated with deformation along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone. After she finished her BS in Geosciences, she went on to do a MS degree and now is a geologist at a geotechnical firm in Arizona.
Valerie presenting her research at the UWM undergraduate research symposium.
Dulce Hernandez-Blanchard
Dulce worked as part of team Southern Iberian Shear Zone where she studied microstructures in metabasite rocks. Dulce finished her degree in geosciences and now works in the geotechnical industry in Milwaukee.
Dulce presenting her work at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium
Joshua Reed
Josh studied microstructures in small-scale shear zones in gabbros from the Rainy Lake district in Ontario, Canada. After completing his degree, he started work as a geologist for a consulting firm in Milwaukee and later used his lab skills in the beverage industry.
Josh presenting his work at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium
Nancy Duque
Nancy studied geochemical changes in the Pulo do Lobo formation along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone. She was awarded one of the UWM OUR Senior Excellence in Research Awards for her work! After completing her BS in Geosciences, Nancy joined our group as an MS student.
Nancy presenting her work at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Detaya Johnson
Detaya studied geochemical changes in deformed conglomerate clasts from the Seine Conglomerates (Rainy Lake region in Ontario, Canada).
Detaya presenting her work at the 2016 Institute on Lake Superior Geology conference in Duluth, MN.
Leah Warder
Leah joined us when we were studying deformation in the Rice Bay Dome in the Rainy Lake District in Ontario, Canada.
Leah taking notes at a roadside outcrop in Ontario.
Jack Graham
Jack joined our team when we conducted fieldwork on the Loch Borralan pluton in the Scottish Highlands.
Jack Graham (left) and Justin Calhoun (right) recreate a modern version of Peach and Horne’s famous photograph at the Inchnadamph Hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Daniel Kelley
Daniel looking cool by a great looking fold at Devil’s Lake State Park.
Daniel became quite adept at running XRF samples as an undergraduate student. He collected a lot of data, especially for the Utah diamictite project and taught a lot of other students how to prep and run samples.
Victoria Robison
Victoria enjoys the lovely scenery in Mountain, WI
Victoria was a UROP student who majored in physics. For her geology resesearch, she studied boudinage structures from Baraboo, WI. Her preliminary research was the basis for Jolene’s subsequent MS project.
Pat Votava
Pat having a good time looking at rocks in Mountain, WI
Victoria was a UROP student who majored in physics. For her geology resesearch, she studied boudinage structures from Baraboo, WI. Her preliminary research was the basis for Jolene’s subsequent MS project.
Jody Rymaszewski
Jody is happy to be looking at Mid Continent Rift basalts in MN for a class fieldtrip.
Jody finished her BA in Geosciences in 2007. She and her research partner Jason Friedrich studied small scale faults and joints associated with the Waukesha Fault in Southeastern Wisconsin.
For more information, go to Jody’s abstract from the 2007 Institute on Lake Superior Geology Conference in Lutsen, MN.
Melissa Meeuwsen
Melissa (in pink) presenting her poster at GSA in Salt Lake City.
Melissa finished her BS in 2006. She worked on an independent project to study fabric formation. She used the same deformed conglomerates that Darlene studied to document fabric foliation at various degrees of strain. She was particularly interested in the role of competence contrasts in fabric formation.For more information, go to Melissa’s GSA abstract from Salt Lake City 2005.
Since graduating, Melissa has been gainfully employed as a geoscientist in Minnesota.