Faculty and students in the Department of Geoscience encompass a broad array of disciplines. Here you will find information on their areas of specialization, current research, teaching, and outreach.

Graduate Student Directory

  • 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

  • Alyssa Endrich
    Ph.D Student
    Office: SEB 4248/4250
    Phone: (702) 894-1421
    Geology BA: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2015
    Geology MS: Kansas State University, 2022
    Area of Focus: Volcanology/Geochronology
    Email: ENDRICH@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

  • Megan Ferrell
    M.S. Student
    Office:     TEC 117
    Phone: (702) 895-1133
    Geology BS: Virginia Teach, 2021
    Area of Focus: Igneous and metamorphic petrology
    Email: ferrem6@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

  • Drew Jackson
    Ph.D Student
    Office: TEC 124
    Phone: (702) 895-4751
    Geology BS: Georgia State University, 2017
    Geology MS: Portland State University, 2021
    Area of Focus: Igneous petrology, Geochemistry
    Email: JACKSR25@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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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


     

     

  • Zoey Plonka
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 110
    Phone: (702) 895-1531
    Geology BS: University of Michigan, 2019
    Area of Focus: Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
    Email: plonka@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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Johanna Erika Valdueza
    Ph.D Student
    Office: SEB 4250
    Phone: (702) 894-1421
    Geology BS: University of the Philippines Diliman, 2008
    Geology MS: University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2016
    Area of Focus: Planetary Geology, Geochemistry
    Email: VALDUEZA@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

  • Chloe Weeks
    Ph.D Student
    Office: TEC 100
    Phone: (702) 895-3118
    Geology BS: Bryn Mawr College, 2013
    Geology MS: University of Idaho, 2022
    Area of Focus: Tectonics, Thermochronometry
    Email: WEEKSC3@UNLV.NEVADA.EDU