Personnel
in
Petrology and Geochemistry
at the
University of Notre Dame

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

Mr. Patrick Donohue
       Title of PhD Dissertation: TBD
       Subject: Origin and Evolution of High-Ti mare basalts
       e-mail: phdonohue@gmail.com

Ms. Amy Fagan
       Title of PhD Dissertation: TBD
       Subject: Origin and Evolution of Planetary Surfaces (Mars and Moon)
       e-mail: abacasto@nd.edu

Ms. Katie O'Sullivan
       Title of PhD Dissertation: TBD
       Subject: Textural Analysis of Mare Basalt Evolution.
       e-mail: tokatieosullivan@gmail.com


PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ms. Jocelyn Oshrin.

Title of Masters Thesis: "Investigation into the Petrogenesis of Apollo 14 High-Alumina Basalts through Textural and Compositional Analysis"

BSc Geology, UNC.
Present Position: Masters Student in Environmental Policy, Purdue University.


Dr. William S. Kinman.
Title of PhD Dissertation: "Textural and microanalysis of igneous rocks: tools for understanding igneous processes"

BSc Geology, New Mexico State University, 2000.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2007.
Present Position: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

 
Dr. Georgiana ("George") Y. Kramer.
Title of PhD Dissertation "The Petrognesis and Distribution of the Lunar High-Alumina Mare Basalts".

BSc Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 2000.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2007.
Present Position: Project Scientist, Space Science Institute, WA.


Dr. John T. Shafer.

Tentative Title of PhD Dissertation: "Major Element, Trace Element, and Isotopic Composition of Emperor Seamount Chain and Ontong Java Plateau Basalts"

BSc Geology, University of Kansas, 2001.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2007.
Present Position: TIMS Lab Manager, University of Houston.

Dr. Amy L. Birkhold-VanDyke.

Title of PhD Dissertation: "A Geochemical Investigation of the Ontong Java Plateau."
 
BS Geology, Western Michigan University, 1995
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2001.
Present Position:  Environmental Lawyer, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 
 
 

Dr. James C. Ely.
Title of PhD Dissertation: "Analysis of Platinum-Group Elements (PGEs) and Au in Geological Materials at Ultra-Trace Levels: Technique Development and Applications."


MS Purdue, Mathematics, 1993
BS Geology, University of Notre Dame, 1989.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2000.

 
Dr. Cathleen E. McMahon (nee McGinnis).

Title of PhD Dissertation: "The Nature of the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle Beneath Northern Venezuela: Implications for Plate Collision and Magmagenesis."

MS Geochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 1998.  Title of Thesis: "Characterization of memory effects and development of an effective wash protocol for the measurement of petrogenetically critical trace elements in geological samples by ICP-MS."

BS Geology, University of Minnesota, 1995.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2001.
Present Position: Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University

 

Dr. William J. Chazey.

Title of PhD Dissertation: "A Comparison of LIP Magmatism: Examples from the Earth and the Moon"

BSc Geology, Union College, 1998.
PhD Notre Dame, May, 2004.
Present Position: High school science teacher, New York.


 


 

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