CURRENT STUDENTS
Alex Bonilla
Project: Constraining the age of the Sevier gravity slide, Utah
Collaborators: W. Ashley Griffith (Ohio State University), David Hacker (Kent State University), David Malone (Illinois State University), Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Bob Biek (Utah Geological Survey)
Presentations: 2022 GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO (link to abstract)
Project: Constraining the age of the Sevier gravity slide, Utah
Collaborators: W. Ashley Griffith (Ohio State University), David Hacker (Kent State University), David Malone (Illinois State University), Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Bob Biek (Utah Geological Survey)
Presentations: 2022 GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO (link to abstract)
Elaina Pierce
Project: Virtual Field Trip of the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Project: Virtual Field Trip of the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
FORMER STUDENTS
Mariana Espinoza Lugo
Project: Zircon growth conditions in rhyolites from the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract)
Awards: On to the Future (Geological Society of America, 2021); Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021)
Project: Zircon growth conditions in rhyolites from the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract)
Awards: On to the Future (Geological Society of America, 2021); Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021)
Megan Fairchild
Megan is working on a Master of Science at Cornell University with Dr. Megan Holycross.
Projects: Generating volcanology-based modules for Utah's K-12 educators (2020-2021); Fractional crystallization trends of the Beaver Ridge basalts, Utah (2020-2021); Earthquake hazards and preparedness efforts along the Wasatch Front, Utah (2019-2020)
Collaborators: Utah Society of Environmental Education; Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Jonathan Amburgey, Anne-Solene Bregou, M Kane Dodson (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2020 GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting, Orem, Utah (conference cancelled due to COVID-19; link to abstract); 2019 GSA annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ (link to abstract 1; link to abstract 2); 2019 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University
Awards: NAGT field camp scholarship 2020; Association for Women Geoscientists Ekdale field camp scholarship 2020
Megan is working on a Master of Science at Cornell University with Dr. Megan Holycross.
Projects: Generating volcanology-based modules for Utah's K-12 educators (2020-2021); Fractional crystallization trends of the Beaver Ridge basalts, Utah (2020-2021); Earthquake hazards and preparedness efforts along the Wasatch Front, Utah (2019-2020)
Collaborators: Utah Society of Environmental Education; Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Jonathan Amburgey, Anne-Solene Bregou, M Kane Dodson (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2020 GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting, Orem, Utah (conference cancelled due to COVID-19; link to abstract); 2019 GSA annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ (link to abstract 1; link to abstract 2); 2019 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University
Awards: NAGT field camp scholarship 2020; Association for Women Geoscientists Ekdale field camp scholarship 2020
Project: Linking Small-volume Silicic Magmas to a Yellowstone Super-eruption Using a Petrochronologic Approach (2015-2018)
Publications: The duration of a Yellowstone super-eruption cycle and implications for the age of the Olduvai subchron download; Volcanism at 1.45 Ma within the Yellowstone Volcanic Field link
Funding sources: National Science Foundation, The Geological Society of America, The Associated Students of Westminster
Publications: The duration of a Yellowstone super-eruption cycle and implications for the age of the Olduvai subchron download; Volcanism at 1.45 Ma within the Yellowstone Volcanic Field link
Funding sources: National Science Foundation, The Geological Society of America, The Associated Students of Westminster
Rachel Darata
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Ryan Furlong
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Stephanie Gardiner
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Jamie Vincent
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Stacy Henderson
Stacy is a PhD student at Montana State University with Dr. Madison Meyers.
Project: The paleomagnetic and eruption record of Pleistocene basalts on the margins of Yellowstone calderas
Presentations: 2017 GSA annual meeting, Seattle, WA (Link to abstract); 2017 GeekFest, Westminster College, UT
Collaborators: Peter Lippert (Utah Paleomagnetic Center, University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Funding sources: The Geological Society of America; The Associated Students of Westminster; The Association for Women Geoscientists (SLC Chapter); Utah Geological Association
Awards: W.A. Tarr Award (Sigma Gamma Epsilon Theta Psi 2018)
Stacy is a PhD student at Montana State University with Dr. Madison Meyers.
Project: The paleomagnetic and eruption record of Pleistocene basalts on the margins of Yellowstone calderas
Presentations: 2017 GSA annual meeting, Seattle, WA (Link to abstract); 2017 GeekFest, Westminster College, UT
Collaborators: Peter Lippert (Utah Paleomagnetic Center, University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Funding sources: The Geological Society of America; The Associated Students of Westminster; The Association for Women Geoscientists (SLC Chapter); Utah Geological Association
Awards: W.A. Tarr Award (Sigma Gamma Epsilon Theta Psi 2018)
McKenna (Miki) Holliday
Miki is a PhD candidate at the University of Florida with Dr. Courtney Sprain.
Project: Timing of the Markagunt Gravity Slide, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah
Collaborators: Bob Biek (Utah Geological Survey); Peter Lippert and Barbara Nash (University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2019 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University; 2019 GSA annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ (link to abstract)
Funding: IsoAstro NSF-sponsored workshop; On to the Future (Geological Society of America)
Awards: W.A. Tarr Award (Sigma Gamma Epsilon Theta Psi 2020)
Miki is a PhD candidate at the University of Florida with Dr. Courtney Sprain.
Project: Timing of the Markagunt Gravity Slide, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah
Collaborators: Bob Biek (Utah Geological Survey); Peter Lippert and Barbara Nash (University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2019 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University; 2019 GSA annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ (link to abstract)
Funding: IsoAstro NSF-sponsored workshop; On to the Future (Geological Society of America)
Awards: W.A. Tarr Award (Sigma Gamma Epsilon Theta Psi 2020)
Taylor McCombs
Taylor is currently a PhD student at Western Washington University
Project: Geochemical modeling of one million year old basalts from the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract)
Awards: On to the Future (Geological Society of America, 2021); Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021)
Taylor is currently a PhD student at Western Washington University
Project: Geochemical modeling of one million year old basalts from the Black Rock Desert, Utah
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract)
Awards: On to the Future (Geological Society of America, 2021); Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021)
Hannah Peacock
Hannah is studying organic chemistry as a PhD candidate at UC Irvine.
Project: Preservation of the last global magnetic reversal in the Mineral Mountains, UT?
Collaborators: Stefan Kirby (Utah Geological Survey); Grant Rea-Downing & Peter Lippert (Utah Paleomagnetic Center, University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2018 GSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN link; 2019 American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Funding sources: The Association for Women Geoscientists (SLC Chapter); The Geological Society of America's MGPV division
Hannah is studying organic chemistry as a PhD candidate at UC Irvine.
Project: Preservation of the last global magnetic reversal in the Mineral Mountains, UT?
Collaborators: Stefan Kirby (Utah Geological Survey); Grant Rea-Downing & Peter Lippert (Utah Paleomagnetic Center, University of Utah); Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Presentations: 2018 GSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN link; 2019 American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Funding sources: The Association for Women Geoscientists (SLC Chapter); The Geological Society of America's MGPV division
Gus Pyle
Project: Generating volcanology-based modules for Utah's K-12 educators (2020)
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Project: Generating volcanology-based modules for Utah's K-12 educators (2020)
Collaborators: Brian Jicha (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Victoire Soumano
Project: Virtual Field Trip of Great Salt Lake, Utah
Collaborators: Bonnie Baxter (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract; link to virtual field trip [in progress])
Funded by the NASA Space Grant Consortium and Great Salt Lake Institute
Awards: Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021); Opportunity Fund, ASW (Westminster College, 2021)
Project: Virtual Field Trip of Great Salt Lake, Utah
Collaborators: Bonnie Baxter (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2021 GSA annual meeting, Portland, OR (link to abstract; link to virtual field trip [in progress])
Funded by the NASA Space Grant Consortium and Great Salt Lake Institute
Awards: Ginger Gore Giovale travel grant (Westminster College, 2021); Opportunity Fund, ASW (Westminster College, 2021)
Garret Wilcox
Garret is serving a two-year volunteer position in the PeaceCorps in Namibia. He is teaching secondary-level math.
Project: Earthquake hazards and preparedness efforts along the Wasatch Front, Utah
Collaborators: Kaitlyn Cole (education major); Quentin Coppler, Kaitlin Clements, Tianna Boyd (psychology major); Makayla Kirk (communications major); Jonathan Amburgey (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2016 Undergraduate Research Fair, Westminster College, UT; 2015 Undergraduate Research Fair, Westminster College, UT
Garret is serving a two-year volunteer position in the PeaceCorps in Namibia. He is teaching secondary-level math.
Project: Earthquake hazards and preparedness efforts along the Wasatch Front, Utah
Collaborators: Kaitlyn Cole (education major); Quentin Coppler, Kaitlin Clements, Tianna Boyd (psychology major); Makayla Kirk (communications major); Jonathan Amburgey (Westminster College)
Presentations: 2016 Undergraduate Research Fair, Westminster College, UT; 2015 Undergraduate Research Fair, Westminster College, UT
