Group Alums (listed alphabetically)

M. Aydin Ayçenk, MS 2005, Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney 
Research project title: Tectonic evolution of juxtaposed high-pressure and high-temperature rocks in a subduction-collision zone, Turkey
Current position: Geo-engineer, Dubai

Graham Baird, PhD, 2007, Advisor: Peter Hudleston. 
Research: Strain and geometry of mesoscale ductile shear zones and associated fluid flow
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado

Juk Bhattacharyya, PhD, 2001, Advisor: Peter Hudleston 
Research: Strain in ductile shear zones in the Caledonides of northern Sweden; metamorphism and deformation of deep crustal amphibolites
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Gilles Brocard, postdoc 2004-2006  
Research: Influence of river capture on tectonics and geomorphology of oblique zones
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Margaret Broz, MS 2005, Advisors: Donna Whitney, William Gerberich (CEMS)  
Research: Hardness, fracture toughness, and elastic moduli of metamorphic minerals
Current position: Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry Dept. UMN

Ahmet Celenli, postdoc 2001  
Research: Garnet geochronometry
Current position: Teacher, Hmong Science Academy, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Leonardo Cruz , PhD, 2005, Advisor: Christian Teyssier  
Research: Interaction of tectonics and surface processes in orogenic wedges
Current position: Postdoc, Stanford University

Dyanna Czeck, PhD 2001, Advisor: Peter Hudleston
Research project title: Deformation & deformation processes; studies of lineation in transpressional systems
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Millwaukee

Peter B. Davis , PhD, 2008, Advisor: Donna Whitney
Research project title: Petrogenesis and structural petrology of blueschist and eclogite, Sivrihisar, Turkey
Current position: Assistant Professor, Pacific Lutheran University

W. James Dunlap, PhD, 1992, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research project title: Structure, kinematics, and cooling history of the Arltunga nappe complex, central Australia
Current position: Tectonics Program Director, National Science Foundation

Haakon Fossen, PhD 1992, Advisors: Peter Hudleston, Christian Teyssier
Research project title: Evolution of rift systems, analysis of fault populations and fault growth
Current position: Professor, University of Bergen (Norway)
http://www.uib.no/people/nglhe/

Barbara Francis, MS 2004, Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney
Research project title: Marble deformation in the metasedimentary cover of a metamorphic dome, Naxos, Greece

Greg Hirth, postdoc, 1990s
Research: Experimental rock mechanics, structural geology, deformation mechanisms
Current position: Associate Professor, Brown University
http://www.geo.brown.edu/Faculty/GH.html

Ben Holtzman, MS 1999, Advisor: Christian Teyssier (PhD @ UMN w/David Kohlstedt)
Research project title: Two geologic examples of a rigid inclusion deforming in a ductile matrix: fractured pebbles and chromite pods
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)

Lindsay Iredale, MS 2005, Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney
Research project title: Flow accommodated bivergent extension : a new model for evolution of the Southern Menderes Massif (SW Turkey) using vorticity and fabric analysis
Current position: Instructor, Normandale Community College

Paul Kelso, PhD 1993, Advisors: Subir Banerjee, Christian Teyssier
Research: Rock magnetism, tectonics
Current position: Professor, Lake Superior State University
http://geology.lssu.edu/facstaff/pkelso.html

David Kirschner, PhD 1992, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research: Fluid-rock interaction, deformation of the Earth's crust
Current position: Associate Professor, St. Louis University
http://www.eas.slu.edu/People/DLKirschner/

Christopher Kopf, postdoc 1998-2000
Research: Metamorphic/tectonic studies of Baja, Mexico
Current position: Assistant Professor, Univ of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

Michelle Markley, PhD 1998, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research: Deformation studies (Alps, New Zealand, Appalachians) using field and modeling methods
Current position: Clare Booth Luce Associate Professor, Mt Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/geo/markley.html

Hassina Mouri, postdoc 1998-1999
Current position: Pretoria, South Africa

Britt Norlander, PhD 2004, Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney
Research project title: P-T and kinematic study of the Shuswap complex, southern British Columbia
Current position: Science writer for Scholastic Publishing, NYC, NY

Carol Ormand, PhD 2000, Advisor: Peter Hudleston
Research: Kinematics of fault-related folding
Current position: Science Education Resource Center (SERC)

Donald Sidman , MS 2000, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research: Bitterroots detachment fault: fabrics & kinematics

Luther Strayer, PhD 1998, Advisor: Peter Hudleston
Research: Numerical modeling of fault-related folding and seismicity; coupled fluid-flow and brittle-plastic deformation; tectonic evolution of the Northern Cordillera and Rocky Mountains
Current position: Associate Professor, California State University-Hayward
http://www.sci.csuhayward.edu/~lstrayer/lstrayer/

Michelle Sutherland , MS 2008, Advisor: Donna Whitney

Basil Tikoff, PhD 1994, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research: Application of field geology, geophysical methods, physical (analog) models, and numerical models to understand three-dimensional deformation.
Current position: Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/people/display.html?id=20

Paul Umhoefer, postdoc 1990-1991, and currently collaborating with Teyssier/Whitney
Research: Tectonic evolution of oblique plate boundaries
Current position: Professor, Northern Arizona University
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~pju/

Peter Valley, MS 2001, Advisor: Donna Whitney
Research project title: Metamorphism of deepest exposed arc rocks in the Cretaceous to Paleogene Cascades belt, Washington: evidence for large-scale vertical motion in a continental arc
Current position: Ph.D. Candidate, Memorial University, Newfoundland

Olivier Vanderhaeghe, PhD 1997, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research: Partial melting in orogens, flow of orogenic crust, orogenic collapse
Current position: Professor, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy (France) 
http://www.g2r.uhp-nancy.fr/annuaire/vanderhaeghe.html

Aletha Wachter, MS 2002, Advisor: Donna Whitney
Research project title: Metamorphic history of eclogites in the Blue Ridge, North Carolina
Current position: Geo-engineer, Minnesota

Qing Zhang, PhD 2006, Advisor: Christian Teyssier
Research project title: Midcrust Kinematics in intracontinental oblique convergence
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa