Prospective Clastic Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Students
Interested students (prospective undergraduate and graduate students) who are hardworking, not afraid of making mistakes as part of the learning process, and who are passionate about geology should contact Dr. Isbell about classes and research opportunities. Students study clastic sedimentology/stratigraphy, and work on field and laboratory projects in Antarctica, South America, Australia, South Africa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Utah, and Montana. They also work on modeling sedimentation using the department’s flume research facility.
Current Students
-
- Tres bandoleros stealing geologic secrets from the rock repository in Colorado. Nick Fedorchuk, Sarah Survis, and Kate Pauls.
-
- Sarah doing field work in the snow in Colorado
-
- Quintin working on incised valley deposits in eastern Montana.
-
- Quintin enjoying a night in an snow shelter, Windless Bight, Antarctica.
Sarah Survis — M.S. Program
- Carboniferous deep water marine and glaciomarine deposits in the Sierra de Tepuel, Patagonia, Argentina
Quintin Bendixen — M.S. Program
- Incised Valley deposits of the Paleocene Ft. Union Formation in eastern Montana.
Recent Post Docs
Erik Gulbranson
Dr. Erik Gulbranson — Ph.D. Univ. of California-Davis
- Collaborative Research: Antarctic Ecosystems across the Permian−Triassic boundary: Integrating Paleobotany, Sedimentology, and Paleoecology.
- Geochemistry and sedimentology of late Paleozoic strata in Argentina.
Former Graduate Students
Kathryn Pauls — M.S. 2014
Carboniferous biota and glacial deposits in the Sierra de Tepuel, Patagonia, Argentina.
Danielle Sieger — M.S. 2013
Avulsion signatures within Permian and Triassic fluvial deposits, Antarctica.
Lindsey Henry — Ph.D. 2013
Upper Paleozoic glacial deposits, western Argentina and Tasmania, Australia.
Mike Kennedy — M.S. 2011
Cretaceous and Paleocene flvial strata in eastern Montana.
Ashley Dineen — M.S. 2010
Paleontology and paleoecology of upper Paleozoic faunas in the Rio Blanco, Paganzo and Tupeul Basins of Argentina.
Zelenda Koch — M.S. 2010
Sedimentology of the glacigenic Pagoda Fm. Beardmore Glacier region, Antarctica.
Lindsey Henry — M.S. 2007
Upper Paleozoic glacial deposits, western Argentina
Matt Kawa — M.S. 2006
Lower Paleozoic incised valleys on the Wisconsin Dome, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.
Keri Wolfe — M.S. 2006
Permian flvial deposits of the Weller Coal Measures, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Pete Flaig — M.S. 2005
Permian and Triassic fluvial deposits from the Beardmore Glacier Region of Antarctica.
Andy Mumpy — M.S. 2004
Ground Penetrating Radar study of accretionary bar deposits on the braided Wisconsin River, Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Paul Lenaker — M.S. 2002
Permian glacial deposits from the Darwin Glacier region, Antarctica.
Gina Seegers Szalbewski — M.S. 1996
Depositional setting of the Mackellar Formation, Geologist Range, Antarctica.
Not Pictured:
- Zelenda Koch: Basin analysis of Permian and Triassic strata in the central Transanatarctic Mountains.
- Thomas Bellie: Ground oenetrating radar study of sedimentation on the Wisconsin River.
- Kim Wilkinson: Changing fluvial style across the K-T boundary in eastern Montana.
- Brenda White: Comparison and contrast of fluvial and tidal meandering channels deposits from the Carboniferous of Kentucky.
- Todd Feenstra: Sedimentology of the braided Wisconsin River.
- Greg Gelhar: Facies analysis of the Permian glacigentic Pagoda Fm., Geologist Range, Antarctica.
Student Trips
Recent Undergraduate Students
2010 UWM Field Team working in Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Pictured are (L to R; kneeling ) Jenny Ulbricht, and John Isbell(Standing) Ellie Stapleton, Mike Kennedy, Zelenda Koch, Ross Hartwick, Dylan Wilmeth, and Sarah Survis
Ross Hartwick — B.S. program
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Fm. Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Danielle Sieger — B.S. Program
- Carboniferous glacial deposits in Argentina.
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Formation, eastern Montana.
Elizabeth Stapleton — B.S. program
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Fm. Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Sarah Survis — B.S. program
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Fm. Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Jenny Ulbricht — B.S. Program
- Sedimentology of Carboniferous glacial deposits in the Tupeul Basin, Chubut Province, Argentina.
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Fm. Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Dylan Wilmeth — B.S. program
- Sedimentology of the Ft. Union Fm. Makoshika State Park, Montana.
Stacie Alberts — B.S. Program
- Field work in the Paganzo Basin, Argentina