NAME |
EMAIL |
PHONE |
OFFICE |
ADVISOR |
RESEARCH |
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januka.attanayake@uconn.edu |
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Vernon Cormier |
Solid earth geophysics research. Currently carrying out research on the heterogeneity of the solid inner-core. Learning how to process, analyze and interpret seismic data and am interested in correlating it to regional tectonic setting and deep earth structures.
Research focus is on identifying upper most Inner Core heterogeneities using seismic waves in the epicentral distance that encompasses PKP(df) and PKiKP phases.
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 Andrew Beard (PhD) |
james.beard@uconn.edu |
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BH231 |
Andrew Bush |
Research focuses on paleontology, paleoclimatology, and geochemistry. The goal is to use geochemical techniques to better understand climate dynamics during the Paleozoic and to better understand physiological constraints on ancient organisms. |
| Matthew Bermudez (MS) |
matthew.bermudez@uconn.edu |
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BH231 |
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 Dariusz Chlebica (MS) |
dariusz.chlebica@uconn.edu |
860-486-0475 |
BH238 |
Gary Robbins |
Modeling hydrogeologic conditions in fractured bedrock using the concept porous media equivalence. |
 Jayme Csonka (PhD) |
jayme.csonka@uconn.edu |
860-486-1391 |
BH239 |
Andrew Bush |
Paleoecology and sedimentological history of the Frasnian/Famennian Stage boundary mass extinction of the Upper Devonian Period. |
Meredith Fichman (MS)
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meredith.fichman@uconn.edu |
860-486-1391 |
BH239 |
Jean Crespi |
Structural geology |
| Michelle Fitzpatrick (PhD) |
fitzpatrick@phys.uconn.edu |
860-486-5035 |
P407 |
Vernon Cormier |
Geophysics -
using seismic imaging techniques to study the small scale features of the core mantle boundary. |
 Patrick Getty (PhD)- Website! |
patrick.getty@uconn.edu |
860-486-9510 |
BH234 |
Andrew Bush |
Ichnology - the study of trace fossils.
Currently researching the Narragansett Basin of Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The rocks and fossils are approximately 310 million years old and do not preserve the body fossils of the animals that lived there. There are abundant footprints of early salamander-like amphibians, possibly early reptiles, and enigmatic insects. Study is currently focused on the insect trackways, which may represent the first occurrence of bristletails in the trace fossil record. Other parts of my PhD study are on analyzing the Triassic/Jurassic extinction event using trackways, and on discovering how some of the trails I studies for my master's thesis were preserved (possibly via microbial mats). |
 Chung Huang (PhD) |
chung.huang@uconn.edu |
860-486-0475 |
BH238 |
Tim Byrne |
Structural evolution of the southern Central Range of Taiwan. |
Ellen Lamont (MS)
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ellen.lamont@uconn.edu |
860-486-0475 |
BH238 |
Tim Byrne |
The focus of my research is to develop a more thorough understanding of early mountain building processes by evaluating the active fold-and-thrust belt in southwestern Taiwan. The goal is to link lower-crustal active deformation to upper-crustal deformation using Vp, Vs, and Vp/Vs tomography, seismicity, geodetics and leveling. |
 Dan Lolos (MS)Website! |
daniel.lolos@uconn.edu |
860-486-9510 |
BH234 |
Robert Thorson |
Stratigraphy of glacial deposits in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard,and Nantucket Island. Ongoing research projects include: Modeling Kettle Lakes Formation in Cape Cod and Matching Basin-wide Lithologic changes in Varve Sequences for Isochronous Events. |
Amberlee Nicoulin (MS)
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amberlee.nicoulin@uconn.edu |
860-486-0475 |
BH238 |
Will Ouimet |
This project will present an analysis of fill and cut fill terraces adjacent to rivers in three watersheds in Connecticut, and two watersheds in Massachusetts. Terraces have been investigated in other deglaciated regions in North America, but have yet to be examined extensively in New England. Using high-resolution LiDAR data, I plan to map the distribution and heights of terraces along these rivers, and combine this topographic analysis with fieldwork, trenching and Quaternary dating methods to constrain the age of formation and timing of abandonment for various terrace levels. These results will allow me to test hypothesis concerning the effects of glacio-isostatic rebound, the role of underlying bedrock and knickpoints on incision, local and regional base level controls, and climate change (i.e. precipitation and river discharge) throughout the late Pleistocene and Holocene. |
Molly Patterson (MS)
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molly.patterson@uconn.edu |
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BH231 |
Christophe Dupraz |
Geomicrobiology and the formation of microbialites in modern environments. |
Neil Shea (MS)
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neil.shea@uconn.edu |
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BH108 |
Will Ouimet |
Geomorphology |
 Mark Smith (MS)
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mark.smith@uconn.edu |
860-486-1391 |
BH239 |
Jean Crespi |
Research focuses on the formation and reactivation of the Eastern North American rifted margin. While most research studies have concentrated on structures in synrift strata, we concentrate on brittle structures found in crystalline bedrock. Our study focuses on eastern Connecticut and includes fault-slip data from various Paleozoic accreted terranes and the early Jurassic Higganum dike. Paleostress inversion of the fault-slip data identify four tectonic phases and are consistent with other studies in eastern North America of the post-Triassic states of stress.
http://liquidredwax.tumblr.com/ |
Ryan Stewart (MS
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ryan.stewart@uconn.edu |
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BH231 |
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Chandi Witharana (PhD)
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chandi.witharana@uconn.edu |
860-486-9510 |
BH234 |
Tom Meyer |
Main research area is
streamlined with the application
of Geomatics on storm
surge flood modeling and
ground water at risk in the
coastal cities of Connecticut. |
University of Connecticut | 
Januka Attanayake (PhD)