Faculty
- Marc Hirschmann - Head Cheerleader
- Tony Withers - Associate Research Professor
Post-Docs
- Lora Armstrong - 2012-present (Ph.D. 2010, University of Bristol, UK)
Researchers
- Ben Stanley - Research Specialist (Ph.D. 2012, UMN)
Graduate Students
- Hong-luo Zhang - Ph.D. candidate
- Zhou (Johnny) Zhang - Ph.D. track student
Undergraduate Students
- Gregorio Cervantes
- AnAn Hua
Lab Alumni
Post-Docs/Researchers (current institute)
- Anja Rosenthal - 2011-2012 (Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Germany)
- Paola Ardia - 2009-2011
- Haijin Xu - 2010-2011 (Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan)
- Cyril Aubaud - 2003-2006 (IPGP, Paris, France)
- Ken Koga - 2000-2001 (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- Tetsu Kogiso - 1999-2000 (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Dimitrios Xirouchakis - 1997-1999 (GeoTerra, Athens, Greece)
Graduate Students (current institute)
- Patrick Hastings - M.S. 2012, "The Stability of Carbon in the Reduced Mantle"
- (Senior Staff Geologist, Seismic Surveys Inc.)
- Fred Davis - Ph.D. 2012, "The role of partial melts of peridotite in the formation of oceanic island basalts"
- (Post-Doc, Smithsonian Dept. of Mineral Sciences)
- Travis Tenner - Ph.D. 2010, "The effect of water on partial melting in the upper mantle"
- (Post-Doc, UW-Madison)
- Raj Dasgupta - Ph.D. 2006, "Experimental Investigation of Mantle Melting in the Presence of Carbonates"
- (Asst. Professor, Rice University)
- Dan Ruscitto - M.S. 2006, "Unraveling Subduction-Related Geochemical Signals in Southeastern Guatemala Using Uranium-Thorium Isotopes and Trace Element Chemistry"
- (Earth & Environmental Science Lab Manager, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Sandeep Mukherjee - M.S. 2006, "Partial Melting Experiments on Allende Carbonaceous Chondrite and Applications to Early Differentiation of Small to Mid Sized Planetary Bodies"
- (Schlumberger, Midland, TX)
- Jennifer Engstrom - M.S. 2005, "Experimental generation of compositional layering of olivine and pyroxene at elevated pressure and temperature"
- (Manager of Mineland Reclamation, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)
- Rebecca Thomas - Ph.D. 2004, "U-Series disequilibria in subduction zones: a study of the Central American Arc from central Costa Rica to northern Nicaragua"
- (New Brunswick Labs; previously at Argonne National Laboratory)
- Maik Pertermann - Ph.D. 2002, "Partial melting of MORB-like eclogite at high pressure and temperature"
- (Geology Professor, San Jacinto Community College, TX)
Undergraduate Students (current institute)
- Rupert Cooper - 2011
- Tobin Deen - 2011
- Natasha Filopovitch - 2008 (M.Ed track student, University of Minnesota)
- Molly Wick - 2008 (M.S. track student, University of Minnesota Duluth)
- Erik Everson - 2008 (M.S. track student, University of Wyoming)
- Steven Daffinrud - 2004
- Travis Tenner - 2003 (M.S. 2005, University of Michigan; returned for Ph.D.)
- John Barry
- Ross McNeil
- Peter O'Byrne
- Patrick Quigley
- Joel Simpson (M.S. at UC Davis; now at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)
- Neil Smith
- Jeff Allwardt (Ph.D. 2006, Stanford University)
Former Summer
REU Interns (year, home institution)
- Douglas Schaub (2011, Colgate University)
- Christine Gerbode (2010, Rice)
- Michael Mounier (2009, Northwestern)
- Kayla Iacovino (2007, ASU)
- Claire Waller (2006 & 2007, Virginia Tech)
- Megan Rohrssen (2005, Carleton College)
- Kate Stalker (2003, Carleton College)
- Nikki Dellas (2003, Carnegie Mellon University)
- Eric Stoltenberg (2001, Northwestern University)
- Elana Goer (1999, Occidental College)
- Justin Owen (1998, Brown University)
Associated Research Groups
At the University of Minnesota
We are fortunate to have a significant number of colleagues and groups to collaborate with here at the University of Minnesota.
These include:
- David Kohlstedt - Mineral Physics Lab
- Larry Edwards - Isotope Geochemistry
- Donna Whitney - Metamorphic Geology
- Donna and I also collaborate in bringing up our daughter, Naomi. Here are some pics from Donna's web page.
Other Associated Groups
- Mark Ghiorso, (my former Ph.D. advisor) is the author of MELTS. Mark and I are working on new and improved versions of MELTS, including pMELTS (which exists) and xMELTS, which doesn't yet.
- Erik Hauri is involved in several projects at DTM.
- Also, I still maintain collaborations with colleagues from my post-doc days at Caltech, including Paul Asimow, Ed Stolper, and Mike Baker.
