The following are people I've had the honor and pleasure to advise in their undergrad, M.S., or Ph.D. work:
Lynn Marie Andrews (M.S. 1995): Bedding-plane and tectonic stylolites in Appalachian carbonates: a field and laboratory study. Lynn's thesis work was subsequently published in the Journal of Geology. She now works for Harris Corporation in northern Virginia.
James Ugo Lee Baldini (M.S. 1999): Morphologic and geochemical relationships between speleothems and drip water characteristics: Evidence from Brown's Folly Mine, Wiltshire, England. James's thesis work was subsequently published in the Journal of Cave and Karst Research. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at University College in Dublin, Ireland, and James now teaches at the University of Durham in England.
Julia Elaine Cox (M.S. 1997): The paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic significance of carbon and oxygen isotopes of calcrete and related rocks of the Catskill Delta. Julie's thesis work was subsequently published in Northeastern Geology. After stints with the US EPA in Athens and as manager of a stable isotope lab at the University of Arkansas, she has returned to UGA as manager of the Department of Geology Stable Isotope Lab.
Jennifer Renee Diaz (M.S. 1996): Meteoric diagenesis of Ordovician limestones from Cannon County, TN. Jen's thesis work was subsequently published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research. At last report, Jen was working for an environmental firm in Massachusetts.
Joe Travis Elkins (Ph.D., 2002): Use of δ13C values of soil organic matter found in speleothems as a new proxy for paleovegetation and interpreting paleoclimate. Joe's disssertation work was subsequently published in the Journal of Cave and Karst Research. Joe is now an assistant professor at Bowling Green State University.
Edward Charles Hood (M.S. 1998): A diagenetic study of Jurassic limestones from the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Ed's thesis work was subsequently published in Sedimemtary Geology. He now works for an environmental firm in Atlanta.
Ernest Michael Jordan (M.S. 1999): Using isotopic and petrographic analyses to recognize subaerial exposure in Ordovician limestones from central Tennessee. Mike's thesis work was subsequently published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research. He went to earn a Ph.D. in the College of Education at the University of Georgia and is an Assistant Director for Assessment in the Office of Strategic Research and Analysis at Georgia Southern University.
Elizabeth Kennair: Beth, a Geology minor, completed an undergraduate independent study project to produce a website illustrating the variablilty of shoreline sands from around the world. She now works for New York Life.
Bethany Jean Purdin (M.S. 2005): Heterogeneity in geochemical expression of subaerial exposure in the Nashville Dome, Tennessee: implications for sampling exposure surfaces. Bethany's thesis work was subsequently published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research. Now Bethany P. Theiling, she is presently a Ph.D. student at the University of New Mexico.
Margaret Ann Rafter (M.S. 1997): Petrographic and geochemical analyses of two Republic of Madagascar speleothems as potential records of climate. Maggie's thesis work was subsequently published in The Holocene. Now Margaret Rafter Millings, Maggie worked for the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Florida, before taking her present position with the Westinghouse Savannah River Company in Aiken, South Carolina.
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