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Mahshad Abbasian

Mahshad Abbasian

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PhD Student
ma1992@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 203
Research Interests: Seismology
Melissa Doyle Boyd

Melissa Doyle Boyd

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PhD Candidate
mboyd@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:WL-340
Research Interests: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction, U-Pb geochronology, East Africa geology
Jarrod Burges

Jarrod Burges

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PhD Student
jarrod.burges@rutgers.edu
Office:WL-321
Research Interests: machine learning, geochronology, geochemistry, and petrology
Camilla Baumer

Camilla Baumer

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Ph.D. Student
camilla.baumer@rutgers.edu
Office:WL 105
Research Interests: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Paleoclimate
Sebastian Cangahuala

Sebastian Cangahuala

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PhD Student
Research Interests: Igneous petrology, planetary science
Mazvita Chikomo

Mazvita Chikomo

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PhD Student
mmc368@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 211
Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Global Wetland Dynamics, Environmental Geology
Zakiya Chikwendu

Zakiya Chikwendu

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Ph.D. Student
zac11@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:WL-340
Research Interests: Volcanoes
Rafael Cottom

Rafael Cottom

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PhD Student
r.cottom@rutgers.edu
Office:WL 340
Research Interests: icy moons, planetary geophysics, glaciology, astrobiology
Michael Di Maio

Michael Di Maio

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Ph.D. Student
mpd147@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Economic Geology, Environmental Geology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Mike Durcanin

Mike Durcanin

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PhD Student
mdurca1@eps.rutgers.edu
Nishi Fatematuz Zohora

Nishi Fatematuz Zohora

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Ph.D. Candidate
fn125@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 250A
Research Interests: Paleoclimatology, Sea Level Change
Emily Haas

Emily Haas

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PhD Student
enh46@eps.rutgers.edu
Heidi Hannoush

Heidi Hannoush

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PhD Student
hgh15@eps.rutgers.edu
Kate Hendrickson

Kate Hendrickson

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PhD Candidate
kate.hendrickson@rutgers.edu
Office: Wright Labs Room 115
Research Interests: Mineral Chemistry and Resources, Mars, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning
Jacob Hickey

Jacob Hickey

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Master's /PhD Student
jrh285@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Alex Hudak

Alex Hudak

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Master's Student
alex.hudak@rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Critical Minerals, Paleoceanography, Stratigraphy
Zakaria (Zak) Jibrin

Zakaria (Zak) Jibrin

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PhD Student
zak.jibrin@rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 321
Research Interests: Biomineralogy: The controls on crystallization by particle attachment in guanine, carbonates, and others.
Levben Jukna-Parsons

Levben Jukna-Parsons

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PhD Candidate
llj38@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 336
Research Interests: Petrology, Geochemistry, Planetary Science
Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

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PhD Student
rsk151@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 250A
Research Interests: Paleoceanography, Sedimentology, Marine Geology
Christopher Madeira

Christopher Madeira

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MS Student
cmm704@eps.rutgers.edu
Andrea Sofía Jiménez Moreno

Andrea Sofía Jiménez Moreno

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PhD Student
asj156@eps.rutgers.edu
Mia Morganstein

Mia Morganstein

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MS Student
mrm591@eps.rutgers.edu>
Aldiyar Mukhatzhanov

Aldiyar Mukhatzhanov

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PhD candidate
aldiyar.m@rutgers.edu; am2966@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:WL-243A
Research Interests: Seismic geomorphology | Stratigraphic architecture of clinoform systems | Sediment transport processes on continental margins | Subsurface characterization using 3D seismic data | Shallow to deep marine depositional systems | Continental margin evolution and climate-driven sedimentation
Owen Genrich

Owen Genrich

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PhD Student
owen.genrich@rutgers.edu
Office:WL-311
Research Interests: Nucleosynthetic Isotope Anomalies, Isotope Cosmochemistry, Isotope Geochemistry
Parth Patel

Parth Patel

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Master's Student
pp567@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Seismic Interpretation, Marine Geology
Todd Peterson

Todd Peterson

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MS Student
tmp180@eps.rutgers.edu
Lindsay Podjasek

Lindsay Podjasek

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PhD Student
lindsay.podjasek@rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 105
Research Interests: Moon, Mineralogy, GIS, Planetary Science, Data Science
King Rambaran

King Rambaran

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MS Student
Anthony Samuel

Anthony Samuel

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MS Student
Ria Sarkar

Ria Sarkar

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Master's Student
ria.sarkar@rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Rieman Laboratories
Research Interests: Paleoceanography,
Paleoclimatology, science communication
Science Communication
Emily Schneider

Emily Schneider

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Master's Student
ers176@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Timothy Shamus

Timothy Shamus

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tgs59@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:Wright Labs Room 233E
Research Interests: Paleoceanography, oxygen isotopes, petrology
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

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PhD Student
adam.m.smith@rutgers.edu
Office:WL 211
Research Interests: Hydrology, Climate, Global Change
Maya Stefanelli

Maya Stefanelli

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mns127@eps.rutgers.edu
Qiyue Sun

Qiyue Sun

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MS Student
qs109@rutgers.edu
Rafael Teheran

Rafael Teheran

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MS Student
rat116@eps.rutgers.edu
David Tibbits

David Tibbits

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PhD Student
dt690@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:4108 Core Repository
Research Interests: Minerals, Drill Core, Geochemistry
Holly Valgardson

Holly Valgardson

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Master's Student
hv117@eps.rutgers.edu
Office:WL 340
Research Interests: Volcanology, igneous petrology
Ella Van Benschoten

Ella Van Benschoten

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PhD Student
eav87@eps.rutgers.edu
Madeline Walters

Madeline Walters

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PhD Student
mw1458@eps.rutgers.edu