Previous Research Group Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Loretta Corcoan   10/2016 – 10/2021 Topic: nuclear forensics research
  • Dr. Okay Çimen            02/2018 – 09/2018 Topic: carbonatite-related research
  • Dr. Tyler L. Spano        12/2017 – 09/2018  Topic: nuclear forensics research
  • Dr. Enrica Balboni        12/2014 – 02/2015  Topic: nuclear forensics research
  • Dr. Patrick Donohue   01/2014 – 12/2014  Topic: nuclear forensics research
  • Dr. Sara Mana                10/2013 – 08/2014  Topic: nuclear forensics research; co-advised with Dr. Peter C. Burns
  • Dr. Jeremy Bellucci     08/2011 – 07/2013  Topic: nuclear forensics research

Graduate Students

Notre Dame

  • Stu Webb, PhD current, Textural and geochemical evaluation of Lunar and Martian samples, co-advised with Dr. Clive Neal, Notre Dame
  • Corinne Kuebler, PhD April 2021, Boron isotope systematics of carbonatites
  • Ömer Özkaya, MS October 2020, Geochemical, Isotopic and Geochronological Investigation of the Magnet Cove Carbonatite Complex, AR
  • Corinne Dorais, PhD April 2019, Analysis of nuclear materials for forensic analyses, co-advised with Dr. Amy Hixon, Notre Dame
  • Stefanie R. Lewis, MS September 2018, Geochemical and isotopic constraints for uraninite formation
  • Tyler L. Spano, PhD September 2017, Nuclear forensic analyses of uranium-rich materials, co-advised with Dr. Peter Burns, Notre Dame
  • Samuel Hulett, MS January 2016, Boron abundances and isotope systematics of carbonatites from worldwide sources
  • Elizabeth C. Koeman, PhD June 2015, Nuclear forensic analyses of Trinitite post-detonation material
  • Wei Chen, PhD June 2014, Mantle sources and deciphering petrogenetic history of Oka carbonatite complex
  • Christine Wallace, PhD May 2013, Nanoscale control of actinides and forensic analyses of Trinitite post-detonation material 

International student collaborations - NDIG-hosted

  • Hao Zhao, PhD, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Geochemistry and isotopic investigation of kamafugites and alkaline rocks from the APIP, central Brazil; advised by Dr. Li Sanzhong
  • Eoghan Corbett, PhD, Naughton Fellow, U-Pb geochronology; Trinity College Dublin; co-advised with Dr. Quentin Crowley
  • Marcela de Carvalho Lobato, PhD, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;  Provenance and metamorphic overprint of the Neoproterozoic metasedimentary sequences of the Central Ribeira belt, SE Brazil: Tectonic implications for Western Gondwana amalgamation; advised by Dr. Monica Heilbron
  • Maria Isabel Giraldo Arroyave, PhD, Departamento de Mineralogia e Geotectônica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil;  Mineralogy and Petrology of Layered Alkaline and Mafic-Ultramafic and Associated Rocks from the Southern Region of the Sao Sebastiao Island, Brazil; advised by Dr. Silvio Vlach
  • Okay Çimen, PhD, Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;  The Petrology and Geochronology of the Igneous Rocks from the Çangaldağ Metamorphic Complex and the Çangaldağ Pluton (Central Pontides-Turkey); advised by Mehmet Cemal G¨oncüo˘glu
  • Angela Clara Moreno, PhD, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Petrogenetic Investigation of Breccias and Intrusives Suites, Los Molinos, Canary Islands; advised by Dr. Cristina de Ignacio
  • Tabata Hoeger, PhD, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Origin and Evolution of Magmatism Associated with the Sorocaba Granitic Massif, Sao Paolo, Brazil: Geochemical and Isotopic Perspectives; advised by Dr. Silvio Vlach
  • Frederico C.J. Vilalva, PhD, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Geochronological investigation of the Redondo Morro Plutonic Complex; advised by Dr. Silvio Vlach

Undergraduate Students

  • Liz Chen,  Civil Engineering, class of 2025
  • Bennett Schmitt, Environmental Sciences & App & Comp Math & Stats, class of 2025
  • Monica Nokes, Environmental Sciences, class of 2025
  • Sophia Frisbie, Environmental Engineering, class of 2024
  • Sydney Higgins, Environmental Sciences, class of 2024
  • Claire King, Environmental Sciences, class of 2021
  • Patricia Dirlam, Civil Engineering, class of 2021
  • Annalena Bellm, Civil Engineering, class of 2021
  • Gabriela Marines-Chio, Environmental Sciences, class of 2021
  • Elijah Barstis, Chemistry, Hamilton College, NY,  class of 2019
  • Maloney Foster, Applied & Comp Math and Stats, class of 2018
  • Paola Rivera Gonzalez, Geology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, class of 2020,
  • Bianca Monaco, Environmental Engineering, class of 2017
  • Thomas Wheeler, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2017
  • Nathaniel Cook, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2016
  • Nina Jones, Environmental Engineering, class of 2016
  • Paul Hurley, Environmental Engineering, class of 2016
  • Maddie Braman, Environmental Engineering, class of 2016
  • Savannah Wunderlich, Environmental Engineering, class of 2016
  • Megan Dustin, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2014
  • Maria Krug, Environmental Engineering, class of 2014
  • Zachary Torrano, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2014
  • Timothy Hainley, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2014
  • Colleen Pelletier, Environmental Engineering, class of 2014
  • Madeleine Smierciak, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2013
  • Nolan Welsh, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2013
  • Alan Jones, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2012
  • Mary Kate Fidler, Environmental Earth Sciences, class of 2012
  • Nick Civetta, Civil Engineering, class of 2011