Current Lab Group
Dr. Mariano N. Remírez
Research Assistant Professor
Projects: Paleo-redox and paleo-salinity in Devonian epeiric seas of North America
Pliocene Pacific Ocean circulation and ocean response to climate change
Paleosalinity proxy calibration in Holocene coastal sediments of North America
Research Assistant Professor
Projects: Paleo-redox and paleo-salinity in Devonian epeiric seas of North America
Pliocene Pacific Ocean circulation and ocean response to climate change
Paleosalinity proxy calibration in Holocene coastal sediments of North America
Dr. Tian Gan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Lithium isotopes as a proxy for weathering intensity in Ediacaran-Cambrian carbonates
Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Lithium isotopes as a proxy for weathering intensity in Ediacaran-Cambrian carbonates
Dr. Agustina Toscano
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Paleoenvironmental analysis of the factors influencing Oyster Mass Occurrences (OMOs) in the Cretaceous of Argentina
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Paleoenvironmental analysis of the factors influencing Oyster Mass Occurrences (OMOs) in the Cretaceous of Argentina
Abel J. Aragon
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Carbon and uranium isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous Lodgepole and Mission Canyon limestones, Williston Basin, USA
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Carbon and uranium isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous Lodgepole and Mission Canyon limestones, Williston Basin, USA
Amanda Mullen
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Paleo-salinity analysis of the Middle to Late Devonian marine to terrestrial transition, Appalachian Basin, USA
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Paleo-salinity analysis of the Middle to Late Devonian marine to terrestrial transition, Appalachian Basin, USA
S. Madison Thompson
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Paleo-redox analysis of the Late Ediacaran Portfjeld Formation, north Greenland
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Paleo-redox analysis of the Late Ediacaran Portfjeld Formation, north Greenland
Willow Hasley-Vélez
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotope cycling in the Pleistocene-Holocene Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotope cycling in the Pleistocene-Holocene Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone
David Paisley
Bachelor's Accelerated Master's Program in Earth Systems Science
Project: Oceanographic response to the Late Devonian Kellwasser Events in the Woodford Shale, Permian and Anadarko basins, USA
Bachelor's Accelerated Master's Program in Earth Systems Science
Project: Oceanographic response to the Late Devonian Kellwasser Events in the Woodford Shale, Permian and Anadarko basins, USA
Lab Group Alumni
Valentina Chirico
Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Paleo-redox and paleo-salinity in the Late Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian and Anadarko basins, USA
Currently finishing her BS degree at GMU!
Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Paleo-redox and paleo-salinity in the Late Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian and Anadarko basins, USA
Currently finishing her BS degree at GMU!
Ana J. Shirley
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotopes and ocean oxygenation across the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic transition in arctic Siberia
Currently finishing the GIS Certificate Program at GMU!
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotopes and ocean oxygenation across the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic transition in arctic Siberia
Currently finishing the GIS Certificate Program at GMU!
Randolph L. Rutledge
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Metal isotope geochemistry across lateral redox gradients in Devonian-Mississippian black shales of North America
Currently on the job market!
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Metal isotope geochemistry across lateral redox gradients in Devonian-Mississippian black shales of North America
Currently on the job market!
Catherine H. Lau
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Organic carbon isotopes across the Frasnian-Famennian
boundary in the Illinois Basin, USA
Currently finishing her BS degree at GMU!
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Organic carbon isotopes across the Frasnian-Famennian
boundary in the Illinois Basin, USA
Currently finishing her BS degree at GMU!
Natasha B. Tagle
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Nitrogen isotopes in Pliocene ODP sediments from the North Pacific Ocean
Currently applying to MS programs in geology!
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Nitrogen isotopes in Pliocene ODP sediments from the North Pacific Ocean
Currently applying to MS programs in geology!
Dr. Rocio Caballero-Gill
College of Science Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Reconstructing ocean circulation during the warm Pliocene Epoch
Co-founder and Chair of GeoLatinas: https://geolatinas.weebly.com/
https://rociocaballerogill.weebly.com/
Currently research faculty at GMU!
College of Science Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Reconstructing ocean circulation during the warm Pliocene Epoch
Co-founder and Chair of GeoLatinas: https://geolatinas.weebly.com/
https://rociocaballerogill.weebly.com/
Currently research faculty at GMU!
Lucas B. Cherry
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: The sedimentological and geochemical record of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in arctic Siberia
Currently works for Ramboll Group in Arlington, VA as an environmental consultant!
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: The sedimentological and geochemical record of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in arctic Siberia
Currently works for Ramboll Group in Arlington, VA as an environmental consultant!
Joseph T. Kulenguski
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotopes as a record of ocean redox change across Cretaceous OAE 2 in Mexico and Italy
Currently a PhD student in geochemistry at Arizona State University!
Earth Systems Science MS Student
Project: Uranium isotopes as a record of ocean redox change across Cretaceous OAE 2 in Mexico and Italy
Currently a PhD student in geochemistry at Arizona State University!
Alexandra E. Boyle
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Sedimentology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Helderberg Group, central Appalachian Basin, USA
Currently an MS student at the University of Copenhagen!
OSCAR Undergraduate Scholar
Project: Sedimentology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Helderberg Group, central Appalachian Basin, USA
Currently an MS student at the University of Copenhagen!
Dylan R. Persinger
Undergraduate Researcher
Project: End-Cretaceous climate variability recorded in the Chalk Group, northern Jutland, Denmark
Currently a full-time science teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools!
Undergraduate Researcher
Project: End-Cretaceous climate variability recorded in the Chalk Group, northern Jutland, Denmark
Currently a full-time science teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools!