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

  • 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

  • Nancy Carman
    M.S. 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

  • Baylee Colburn
    Ph.D Student
    Office: SEB 4250
    Phone: (702) 895-
    Planetary Science and Astronomy BS: Pennsylvania State University, 2020
    Area of Focus: Planetary Geology, Astrobiology, Geochemistry
    Email: colbub1@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

  • Nicholas Foresta 
    M.S. Student
    Office: SEB 4248/4250
    Phone: (702) 895-1421
    Geology BS: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2022
    Area of Focus: Mantle plumes, Geochemistry, Geochronology
    Email: foresn2@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

  • Katlyn Hurley
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 110
    Phone: (702) 895-1531
    Earth & Environmental Science BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2023
    Area of Focus: Hydrogeology
    Email: hurlek1@unlv.nevada.edu

  • Cole Jacobs
    Ph.D Student
    Office: TEC 106
    Phone: (702) 895-4633
    Geology BS: UC Santa Barbara, 2023
    Area of Focus: Structural Geology/Cordilleran Tectonics
    Email: jacobc12@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

  • 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

  • Logan Magad-Weiss 
    Ph.D. Student
    Office: TEC 124
    Phone: (702) 895-4751
    Geology BS: University of Hawaii Manoa, 2016
    MS: University of California Riverside, 2019
    Area of Focus: Analyzing ammonia at high pressure to understand its behavior, and implications for planetary interiors.
    Email: magad-we@unlv.nevada.edu

  • Claudia Martinez
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 114
    Phone: (702) 895-3584
    Geology BS: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2023
    Area of Focus: Marine Geochemistry, Economic Geology
    Email: martic63@unlv.nevada.edu

  • Denali Medina
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 103B
    Phone: (702) 895-1162
    Geology BS: University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2022
    Area of Focus: Mineral Physics
    Email: jivanjee@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

  • Gabriela Motta
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 100
    Phone: (702) 895-3118
    Earth & Environmental Science BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2022
    Area of Focus: Igneous Petrology, Planetary Science
    Email: MOTTAG1@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

  • Dalton Pell
    M.S. Student
    Office: TEC 124
    Phone: (702) 895-4751
    Geology BS: University of Kansas, 2023
    Area of Focus: Economic Geology
    Email: pell@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

  • Erika Rivera
    Ph.D Student
    Office: SEB 4250
    Phone: (702) 774-1422
    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

  • 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