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