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

William Barba
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 108
Phone: (702) 895-4799
Geology BS: Northern Arizona University, 2018
Area of Focus: Structural Geology
Email: barbaw1@unlv.nevada.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

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

Christopher DeFelice
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 108
Phone: (702) 895-4799
Geology BS: Norwich University, 2015
Area of Focus: Geochemistry/Igneous Petrology
Email: defelc1@unlv.nevada.edu

Laura Dye   
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 110
Phone: (702) 895-1531
Geology BS: Eastern Kentucky University, 2015
Area of Focus:  Dendrochronology, Hydrology
Email: dyel1@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

Kevin Heintz
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 108
Phone: (702) 895-4799
Geology BS: Northern Arizona University, 2015
Area of Focus: Hydrogeology
Email: heintz@unlv.nevada.edu

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

Inga Homfeld
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 110
Phone: (702) 895-1531
Landscape Ecology & Nature Conservation BS: University of Greifswald, Germany
Area of Focus: Dendrochronology
Email: homfei1@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

Rebecca Humphrey
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 115
Phone: (702) 895-1132
Earth and Environmental Science B.S.: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017
Area of Focus: Cretaceous Paleontology
Email: humphr1@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

Uday Kara Ali
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 124
Phone: (702) 895-4751
BS Geology: Baghdad University, 2004
Area of Focus: Petroleum Geology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Salt Tectonics
Email: karaali@unlv.nevada.edu

Genevieve Kidman
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 107
Phone: (702) 895-3244
Geology B.S.: Southern Utah University, 2015
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

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

 

Gregg Paulson
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 117
Phone: (702) 895-1133
Geology BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Area of Focus: Hydrology
Email: paulsg1@unlv.nevada.edu

Lauren Parry
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 109
Phone: (702) 895-3874
Biology BS: State University of New York, 2013
Area of Focus: Quaternary Paleoecology
Email: parryl1@unlv.nevada.edu

Jonathan Pinko
MS Student
Office: TEC 124
Phone: (702) 895-4751
Geology BS: UC Santa Barbara 2017
Area of Focus: Geochemistry/Igneous Petrology
Email: pinkoj1@unlv.nevada.edu

Ashley Provow
Ph.D. Student
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702) 895-1421
Geology BS: Utah State University (2019)
Geology MS: Weber State University (2015)
Area of Focus: Geochemistry
Email: provow@unlv.nevada.edu

Kevin Rafferty
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 106
Phone: (702) 895-4633
Geology BS: Weber State University, 2015
Area of Focus: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Email: raffek2@unlv.nevada.edu

Andrew Reid
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 124
Phone: (702) 895-4721
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 Geolgoy
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

Michael Strange
Ph.D. Student
Office: TEC 103A
Phone: (702) 895-3120
Geology BS: Utah State University, 2014
Area of Focus: Invertebrate Paleontology
Email: strange@unlv.nevada.edu

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

Elijah (Eli) Turner
M.S. Student
Office: TEC 106
Phone: (702) 895-4633
Geology BS: University of Kansas, 2017
Area of Focus: Structural Geology
Email: turnee1@unlv.nevada.edu

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