Current Graduate Students

Elisa Fitz-Diaz
Ph.D. student
Research: Deformation and fluid flow in a fold-and-thrust belt, Mexico
Advisor: Peter Hudleston

Eric T. Goergen
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Metamorphic reaction textures; influence of deformation on metamorphic reactions
Advisor: Donna Whitney

Stacia M. Gordon
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Timescales of partial melting in orogeny; crustal flow and orogenic collapse; applications of high-resolution geochronology & geochemistry
Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney

Raphael Gottardi
Ph.D. student
Research: Detachment fault zone dynamics
Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney

Seth C. Kruckenberg
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Thermomechanical evolution of orogens; core complex/dome/detachment systems; geochronology
Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney

Rory McFadden
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Transport of partially molten crust in deforming systems; metamorphic core complexes & domes; geochronology
Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney

Valerie L. Morgan
M.S. student
Research: Evaluation of transition from subduction to collision using thermochronology techniques
Advisor: Annia Fayon

Nicholas Olds
Ph.D. student
Research: Sedimentary basins & tectonics, Aegean
Advisor: Karen Kleinspehn

Erkan Toraman
Ph.D. student
Research: Core complex/dome-detachment-basin systems in extensional terrains
Advisors: Christian Teyssier, Donna Whitney