Graduate Students

Shaimaa Abd El Haleem
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 103
Phone: (702) 895-1162
Geology BS: Cairo University, 2010
Geology MS: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2015
Area of Focus: Structural Geology
Email: aliabdel@unlv.nevada.edu

Gare Ambrose-Igho
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 122
Phone: (702) 895-5226
Agriculture BS: University of Benin, Nigeria 2012
Science MS: Illinois State University, 2020
Area of Focus: Hydrogeology
Email: gare.ambrose-igho@unlv.edu

Drew Barkoff
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 114
Phone: (702) 895-3584
Geology B.S.: Stockton University, 2015
Geology M.S.: University of Arizona, 2017
Area of Focus: Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry
Email: barkoff@unlv.nevada.edu

Emily Beard
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 115
Phone: (702) 895-1132
Geology B.S., English Literature B.A.: University of Mary Washington, 2016
Area of Focus: Economic Geology
Email: bearde1@unlv.nevada.edu

Thomas Boes
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 107
Phone: (702) 895-3244
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2021
Area of Focus: Economic Geology
Email: boes@unlv.nevada.edu

Nathan John Carey
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 114
Phone: (702) 895-3584
Geology BA: DePauw University, 2020
Area of Focus: Economic Geology
Email: careyn1@unlv.nevada.edu

Nancy Carman
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Physics BS: University of California, Merced, 2013
Geoscience BS: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2018
Geoscience MS: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2020
Area of Focus: Geology, Geochemistry, Astrobiology
Email: carman1@unlv.nevada.edu

Eric Chameroy
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 124
Phone: (702) 895-1238
Biology MS: Univerisity of Nevada, Las Vegas
Email: chameroy@unlv.nevada.edu

Amber Ciravolo
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 117
Phone: (702) 895-1133
Earth and Environmental Science & Asian Studies BS:  Furman University, 2012
Geoscience MS: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2015
Area of Focus: Geochronology, Igneous Petrology, Marine Volcanism
Email: ciravolo@unlv.nevada.edu

Collin Davidson
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 115
Phone: (702) 895-1132
Environmental Geoscience B.A.:  DePauw University, 2015
Area of Focus: Hydrogeology
Email: davidc6@unlv.nevada.edu

Anthony Feldman
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Geology BS: University of Miami, 2015
Geology MS: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 2018
Area of Focus: Soil Sciences
Email: feldma2@unlv.nevada.edu

Sarah Grove
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 122
Phone: (702) 895-4614
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2018
Area of Focus: Paleontology
Email: groves1@unlv.nevada.edu

Daniel Haber
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 110
Phone: (702) 895-1531
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013
Geology M.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015
Area of Focus: Remote sensing, GIS, Geophysics
Email: haberd@unlv.nevada.edu

Susan Hertfelder
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 109
Phone: (702) 895-3874
Geology BS: California State University, 2015
Area of Focus: Paleontology
Email: hertfs1@unlv.nevada.edu

Chin Chai Huan
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 3244
Phone: (702) 895-1162
Geology BS: Purdue University West Lafayette, 2014
Area of Focus: Sequence Stratigraphy
Email: huanc1@unlv.nevada.edu

Zakaria Jibrin  
M.S. Student
Office: DRI
Geology BS:  University of Arizona (2019)
Area of Focus: Mineralogy
Email: jibrin@unlv.nevada.edu

Ann Marie Jones
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 122B
Phone: (702) 895-4614
Marine Biology BS: University of Oregon, 2006
Geology MS: Kent State University, 2013
Area of Focus: Paleontology
Email: jonesa27@unlv.nevada.edu

Genevieve Kidman
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 107
Phone: (702) 895-3244
Geology B.S.: Southern Utah University, 2015
Geology M.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2020
Area of Focus: High Pressure Rock Deformation, Mineral Physics
Email: kidman@unlv.nevada.edu

Susan Diane Lederer
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 115
Phone: (702) 895-1132
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2018
Area of Focus: Contaminant Hydrogeology
Email: leders1@unlv.nevada.edu

Hazel Lee
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 122
Phone: (702) 895-5226
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2018
Area of Focus: Geochemistry/ Igneous Petrology
Email: leeh62@unlv.nevada.edu

Giuseppe Lucia  
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 3244
Phone: (702) 894-1410
Geology BS: University of Bologna (Italy), 2015
Geology MS: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL, USA), 2019
Area of Focus: Speleothem Science/Paleoclimate
Email: luciag1@unlv.nevada.edu

Ngoc Luu
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Geological Sciences (Environmental Hydrogeology) M.S.: California State University, Los Angeles, 2014
Area of Focus: Geochemistry
Email: luun1@unlv.nevada.edu

Dalton McCaffrey
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 108
Phone: (702) 895-4799
Geology B.S.: Clemson University, 2016
Area of Focus: Economic Geology
Email: mccafd1@unlv.nevada.edu

 

James Mifflin
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 117
Phone: (702) 895-1133
Geology BS: University of Hawaii, 2017
Area of Focus: Hydrology
Email: mifflin@unlv.nevada.edu

Alison Miyazawa
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 117
Phone: (702) 895-1133
Biology BS:  University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2014
Area of Focus: Hydrogeology
Email: miyazaa@unlv.nevada.edu

Deborah Morales
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 3244
Phone: (702) 895-1410
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015
Area of Focus: Carbonate Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy
Email: morald1@unlv.nevada.edu

Suzanne Mulligan
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 106
Phone: (702) 895-4633
Geology B.S.: Indiana University of Bloomington, 2016
Area of Focus: Tectonics, Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology
Email: mullis1@unlv.nevada.edu
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Evan O’Neal
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 109
Phone: (702) 895-3874
Geology BS: Towson University, 2019
Area of Focus: Planetary Science, Igneous Petrology
Email: oneale1@unlv.nevada.edu

Amanda Ostwald
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 103
Phone: (702) 895-1162
Geology BS: University of Texas at El Paso, 2017
Area of Focus: Planetary Science, Igneous Petrology
Email: ostwald@unlv.nevada.edu

 

Richard Panduro-Allanson
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 107
Phone: (702)895-3244
Geology BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2020
Area of Focus: Mineral Physics
Email: panduroa@unlv.nevada.edu

Molly E. Pickerel
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 109
Phone: (702) 895-3874
Geology BS (Honors): University of Oregon, 2019
Area of Focus: Petrology, crystallography
Email: pickerel@unlv.nevada.edu

 

Sierra Ramsey
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 110
Phone: (702) 895-1531
B.S.: Western Carolina University, 2018
M.S.: University of Georgia, 2020
Area of Focus: Planetary Science and Igneous Petrology
Email:  ramses3@unlv.nevada.edu

Andrew Reid
M.S. Student
Geology BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2018
Area of Focus: Structural Geology
Email: reida9@unlv.nevada.edu

Natalie Renkes
M.S. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 774-1421
Geology BS: Grand Valley State University, 2016
Area of Focus: Medical Geology
Email: renkes@unlv.nevada.edu

Kristen Rode
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 103
Phone: (702) 895-1162
Earth & Environmental Science BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2018
Area of Focus: Mineralogy
Email: rode@unlv.nevada.edu

Brandon Scott
M.S. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: 702-895-1421
BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2021
Area of Focus: Seamount geochronology
Email: scottb5@unlv.nevada.edu

Taryn Traylor
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Geology B.S.: Texas A&M University, 2017
Geology M.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2020
Area of Focus: High Pressure Rock Deformation, Mineral Physics
Email: traylt1@unlv.nevada.edu

Charlotte Van Der Nagel
Ph.D. Student
Office: DRI
Earth Science B.S.: VU Amsterdam, 2018
Hydrology M.S.: VU Amsterdam, 2020
Area of Focus: (Eco)hydrology, soil sciences
Email: vanderna@unlv.nevada.edu

Audrey Warren
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Geology BS: Brigham Young University, 2013
Geology MS: University of Idaho, 2015
Area of Focus: Biogeochemistry and Sedimentology
Email: warrea2@unlv.nevada.edu