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SUMMER 2021
CONTENTS
4 A NOTE FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
6 FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH
8 DEPARTMENT NEWS
14 ROY JOHNSON: 34 YEARS IN GEOSCIENCES
16 MEET OUR NEWEST FACULTY MEMBERS
20 HERVÉ REZEAU JOINS THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES
22 FROM PROPOSAL TO FRUITION: CAREER PREP SEMINAR/WEBINAR SERIES
24 GEODAZE 2021
26 AWG: SUCCESSES DURING A PANDEMIC
30 ALUMNI NEWS
38 NEW SCHOOL OF MINING & MINERAL RESOURCES APPROACHES FINAL STAGE OF APPROVAL
42 DOWNTOWN JEWEL: ALFIE NORVILLE GEM & MINERAL MUSEUM SETS SIGHTS ON OPENING
46 GEODISCOVERIES: THE FUTURE OF GEOSCIENCES
PUBLISHED BY:
DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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TUCSON, AZ 85721
EDITED BY:
HANNAH MCCORMICK, SENIOR MARKETING SPECIALIST
COVER PHOTO:
TAKEN BY GEORGE DAVIS. COVER PHOTO SHOWS GRAD STUDENT LAUREN REEHER
AND DOG HENRY SITTING IN THE PARADOX BASIN
BACK PHOTO:
CANYON DE CHELLY, COURTESY OF JON PELLETIER
A NOTE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT HEAD
D ear Friends of Geosciences,
This last year has challenged
continuous support, we were
able to make progress towards
scientific discoveries, acquire
doc at MIT and will start in the
Department of Geosciences in
January 2022. We are looking
all of us in unpredictable ways. new instrumentation and facilities, forward to having Dr. Rezeau join
Thanks to science and new and support our students. our department.
vaccines, we are now seeing
COVID numbers decrease, and Despite significant budget I would also like to introduce
with the help of everyone, we cuts this last fiscal year, the our new Dean of the College
should be able to fight COVID department was able to hire of Science, Dr. Carmala
and overcome this pandemic. two excellent new faculty Garzione (UA Ph.D., 2000), an
members. In January 2021, Dr. alumna of the Department of
I am grateful to our staff, faculty, Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia joined our Geosciences. Dr. Garzione joins
and students for pushing through department, from the University us from the Rochester Institute
these difficult times, for their of Rochester, as a new Assistant of Technology where she served
flexibility, and for all their hard Professor. Dr. Ibanez-Mejia is as Associate Provost for faculty
work. Despite the challenges, our an expert in Petrochronology- affairs. Dr. Garzione started her
staff, faculty, and students were Geochemistry and we are new position at the U of A on
able to adapt and find creative very excited to have him in our July 7th and the department
ways to be productive and department. In Spring 2021, of Geosciences is excited to
successful. we were able to hire Dr. Hervé welcome Dr. Garzione as our
Rezeau as a new Assistant new dean and as a faculty
I want to thank all our alumni and Professor in economic geology member in our department.
friends for their support over and the Lundin Chair. Dr. Rezeau Dr. Garzione not only brings
this difficult year. Thanks to your is currently finishing a post invaluable administrative and
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leadership experience to the experience will provide us with a We are also looking forward to
college and the U of A, but also unique opportunity to reconnect reconnecting with our alumni
excellent scientific knowledge with each other and with nature. through upcoming in-person
and expertise to our department. As a geoscientist, I feel lucky to events. Although the isolation
We are excited to have her have the field as my classroom resulting from the pandemic has
and members of her research and as an escape from the office created challenges, it has also
group join the Department of and lab. I know many of you provided opportunities for us to
Geosciences. have taken our field camp and or experiment with remote teaching,
have fond memories of your own learning, and communication.
Whereas last year most of us experience, and we are happy to Some of these remote
could not travel and had to work be able to continue to offer such experiences will continue and
remotely, this summer we are incredible opportunities to our will help us make our scientific
able to resume most in-person students. Although international collaborations and interactions
activities—including field camp. travel is still restricted, we hope more inclusive.
Our U of A Geosciences field to be able to continue many of
camp is scheduled to start July our scientific projects overseas I wish you all a restful remainder
9th through August 12th and starting this Fall. of the summer and I hope to see
students and faculty are very you sometime in the Fall.
excited to come back together After a challenging semester of
and learn together through remote teaching and learning,
our beautiful western USA our faculty and students are
natural laboratory, from Arizona now getting ready to come Barbara Carrapa
through Utah, Wyoming, and back to in-person teaching Professor and Department Head
Nevada. After much isolation, this and research in the Fall 2021.
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FACULTY RESEARCH
RECENT AWARDS
» Susan Beck: TANGO: Warning Operations (UCAR) » Christopher Hamilton,
TransANdean Great Orogeny University of Arizona
(NSF) » Jay Quade: Developing Department of Geosciences
Quantitative Methods and Lunar and Planetary
» George Gehrels: to Address Sediment Laboratory Associate
Community Facility Support Modification (NSF) Professor, is currently in
for Geochronology and Iceland working with the
Thermochronology at the » Kaustubh Thirumalai: University of Iceland to
Arizona LaserChron Center Collaborative Research: P2C2 study a new eruption at
(NSF) - Subdecadal Pleistocene Fagradalsfjall, one of several
Indian Monsoon Variability: shield volcanoes in the
» Mauricio Ibanez Mejia: A Dual Archive Perspective Reykjanes Peninsula of
Caught in the Act - The (NSF) Iceland. (Pictured, left)
Petrology of Modern
Lower-Crust Formation and » Kaustubh Thirumalai: » George Davis traveled with
Foundering in the North Collaborative Research: P2C2 graduate students Lauren
Andean Arc (NSF) - Variability, Impacts and Reeher and Lydia Bailey this
Extremes of the ENSO-Asian spring to collect fault data
» Mauricio Ibanez Mejia: Monsoon Relationship over in the Paradox Basin. Below,
Collaborative Research: the Common Era (NSF) Lydia Bailey learns about
The Zirconium Isotope faults from the expertise
Composition and Variability » Kaustubh Thirumalai: of George Davis at the
of the Silicate Earth - A Pilot Collaborative Research: independence fault in Lisbon
Study (NSF) Global Ocean Repeat Valley.
Hydrography, Carbon, and
» Paul Kapp: Lithospheric Tracer Measurements, 2015-
Dripping in Central Tibet: 2020 (UCSD)
Underappreciated Factor
In Orogenic Plateau » Jessica E Tierney:
Development? (NSF) paleoCAMP: A
Multidisciplinary Summer
» Luke McGuire: Improving School For Graduate
Debris Flow Inundation Students In Paleoclimatology
Modeling to Support Post-Fire (HEISING-SIMONS)
Flash Flood and Debris Flow
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DEPARTMENT NEWS
STAFF NEWS
» A team of staff members, this year! Geosciences welcomed
researchers, and graduate Christine Duddleston as the
students participated in » Fifteen Geosciences staff, new Business Manager in
this year’s Move Arizona, faculty, and researchers September 2020. Christine
an 8-week competition are being honored with is a lifelong wildcat born and
sponsored by UA Cooperative Employment Service Awards raised in Tucson. She started
Extension and UA Life & in 2021. Congratulations to her career as a student
Work Connections. Heather the following people for their worker in the Department
Alvarez, senior accountant service commitments: of Emergency medicine in
in the Geosciences business 1997 and has a wealth of
office, led the Joggernauts to Anthony Jull - 40 Years institutional knowledge as
a 3rd place victory over 116 well as financial management
Andrew Cohen - 35 Years
other teams. Team members and research administration
Heather Alvarez, Denise Anne Chase - 25 Years skills. Her hobbies include
Carrillo, Pat Waters, Hannah building furniture, baking, and
McCormick, Alex Burant, Alice David Dettman - 25 Years spending time with her family.
Chapman, Xiaoyu Zhang, Lael Jessica Kapp - 15 Years
Vetter, and Lilian Schwartz » Anne Chase will be
logged over 35,221 minutes of Peter Reiners - 15 Years leaving the Department of
activity! Geosciences in July 2021 after
Joellen Russell - 15 Years 25 years of service. Anne has
» Undergraduate Advisor Hexiong Yang - 15 Years provided invaluable support
Shawna Matteson was the for our graduate students and
2020 winner of the College Derek Hoffman - 10 Years faculty over the past three
of Science Staff/CoSSAC decades, and she will be
Kenneth Kanipe - 10 Years
Excellence Award for the missed. We wish you the best,
Department of Geosciences. Jianjun Yin - 10 Years Anne!
Congratulations, Shawna!
Thank you for your service Christopher Harig - 5 Years » Hannah McCormick will be
and valuable contributions to leaving the Department of
Amanda Hughes - 5 Years
our department and students. Geosciences in July 2021 after
Eric Kiser - 5 Years 3 years of service.
» Heather Alvarez, Accountant
Extraordinaire, is celebrating Lael Vetter - 5 Years
20 years in the department » The Department of
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Below is an excerpt of Anne Chase’s nomination letter for Shawna
Matteson’s College of Science Staff/CoSSAC Excellence Award:
“Shawna came to us with a well-received Mentor Month
a clear interest in having of activities. Shawna has played
ownership of her role as full-time a huge part in improvements to
undergraduate advisor, and our engagement activities for
with some well-developed ideas undergraduates, and overall to
of how she could improve our making the department much
undergrad program. I am very more inclusive and welcoming
appreciative of her desire to for the students.
take the lead for this program,
which she combines with a In addition to advising our
truly collaborative approach students, conscientiously taking
to problem solving and a deep care of all the messaging an
respect for the unique culture undergrad program requires,
already established in our and developing these
department. engagement activities, Shawna
is always calm and welcoming
In the past three years, to her fellowstaff, faculty, and
Shawna has implemented a the students in Geosciences.
number of beneficial programs, She collaborates well with the
including a faculty-undergrad other advisors in Science and
mentor program, a freshman has been very proactive about
colloquium course for incoming reaching out to other entities
students who are interested on campus to advocate for our
in learning more about the students. She shows a truly
department and developing deep concern for the well-being
their academic skills, and a of our students and always goes
series of career talks designed above and beyond in finding the
for undergrads and presented best resources to assist them.”
by local geoscientists. She also
helped to promote our faculty
mentor program by organizing
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STUDENT NEWS
» Emma Reed, PhD student, » Dylan Carlini, MS student,
published “Impacts of Coral wrote and submitted an essay
Growth on Geochemistry: for the 50th annual St. Gallen
Lessons From the Galápagos Symposium Global Essay
Islands,” in Paleoceanography Competition, a competition
and Paleoclimatology exclusive to graduate students
and received the Global from different fields and
Change Scholarship. The universities around the world.
article can be found at doi. The theme of this year’s event
org/10.1029/2020PA004051. was: Trust Matters.
» Alice Chapman, PhD student, Dylan’s essay titled, “Science
received a Geological Society Over Conspiracies: A Shift
of America Graduate Student from Fact to Process” was
Research Grant and was the selected as one of 100
recipient of the College of global finalists. “In any other
Science Geosciences 2021 year, I would have been set of leaders, politicians,
Graduate Award for Service invited out to St. Gallen university presidents,
and Geosciences 2021 University in Switzerland to philanthropists, and CEOs.
Graduate Award for Teaching. attend in-person, but the
Alice also received the pandemic necessitated a It was a really impactful
Kenneth A. Lovstrom Memorial virtual conference this year, experience, and I am still in
Scholarship. which I attended in early May a group chat with the other
as one of the 100 ‘Leaders essay finalists who represent
» Cassie Hanagan and Emilie of Tomorrow.’ I engaged dozens of different countries.”
Bowman, PhD students, with graduate students
maintained a GPS station— from all around in different » Lydia Bailey, PhD student,
WHTA—at White Tank workshops, and we discussed received the Tucson Gem and
Mountain Regional Park. various topics related to Mineral Society Scholarship
Cassie received travel funding regaining trust in major globe for $5000.
from a Graduate Professional institutions. I was one of a few
Student Council grant to who chose science. Other » Eytan Bos Orent, PhD
maintain the continuous AZ topics included medicine, the student, received the Tucson
GPS network. media, and politics. We also Gem and Mineral Society
had live talks from a diverse Scholarship for $5000.
10» Brianna Hoegler, BS ‘21, was His paper titled, “Constraining
a College of Science 2021 the Regolith Composition
Galileo Circle Scholar and of Asteroid (16) Psyche via
a recipient of the George Laboratory Visible Near-
H. Davis Undergraduate infrared Spectroscopy,” can
Research Fund. Brianna was be found at https://iopscience.
also the runner-up for the iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/
Best Undergraduate Poster at abf63b.
GeoDaze 2021.
» Benjamin Mohler, BS
» Sophia Bautista, BS ‘21, won student, co-authored a
Best Undergraduate Poster paper published in PeerJ
at GeoDaze 2021 and was titled, “First remains of
admitted into University of the enormous alligatoroid
Alaska’s field camp program. Deinosuchus from the
Upper Cretaceous Menefee
» Tshering Lama Sherpa, » Zoe Benson, BS student, Formation, New Mexico.” The
MS student, has been was a George H. Davis article can be found at https://
selected as the recipient of Undergraduate Research peerj.com/articles/11302/.
the ZEISS-GSA Research Fund recipient, a College of
Grant, which awards up to Science 2021 Galileo Circle » Mila Lubeck, BS ‘20, received
$10,000 for use of innovative Scholar, and a recipient of a the Fall 2020 College of
microscopy in geoscientific National Merit Scholarship. Science Outstanding Senior
research. With the award, Award.
she will be using in-situ » David Cantillo, a rising senior
monazite petrochronology to at the University of Arizona » Peter Blake, BS ‘21,
elucidate the tectonic history studying Geosciences with received the Spring 2021
of western Nepal. In-situ a minor in mathematics and Outstanding Senior Award for
monazite petrochronology is planetary science, recently Geosciences.
a relatively novel method that published his first peer-
combines geochronology and reviewed paper that helped » Ryan Eden, BS ‘21, received
geochemistry using optical better quantify the regolith the Spring 2021 Excellence
and ion beam microscopy composition of asteroid (16) in Undergraduate Research
to approach macro-scale Psyche, the largest metallic Award for Geosciences.
tectonic problems. asteroid in the solar system.
11FACULTY NEWS
» Joellen Russell hosted a nature of orogen collisional and VP BHP Copper, among
session and spoke on Carbon processes, plateau formation others). Eric Seedorff joined
Budget Verification at the G7 and deterioration, megathrust the Geosciences faculty
Science Ministers’ Summit fault zones and great in 2002 as the first Lowell
- Future of the Seas and earthquake ruptures. Over her Chair in Economic Geology.
Oceans Initiative. (Pictured, career, Susan has done more Honoring David Lowell’s
top right) than any other seismologist to intent, Eric created the Lowell
transform our understanding Program in Economic Geology
» Joellen Russell was selected of orogenic processes in the (LPEG) including the first-of-
as a University Distinguished Andes. (Pictured, left) its-kind Professional Science
Professor in recognition Masters degree, specifically
of her contributions and » Vance T. Holliday was to address the need for top
extraordinary commitment awarded the University quality advanced training for
to undergraduate teaching, of Arizona’s 2021 Henry industry geologists. As part of
advising, and mentoring. and Phyllis Koffler Prize for the program he led a series of
Congratulations, Joellen! Research/Scholarship/Creative intensive field-based courses
Activity. The Koffler prize is that over 16 years attracted
» Susan Beck was awarded “intended to honor individuals more than 1,000 professionals
the 2020 Walter H. Bucher who have made major from all over the world.
Medal by the American contributions to their field.” Dr.
Geophysical Union. “Susan Holliday’s award was based
Beck is an internationally on “international recognition
recognized leader who has as a leading scholar in the
made seminal contributions in geoarchaeology, in which
to the study of mountain a range of methods from
belts, subduction systems geology and archaeology are
and the evolution of the crust applied to solving questions
and mantle lithosphere. Her about ancient humans.”
research embodies a unique (Pictured, top middle)
combination of seismology
and structural geology that » Eric Seedorff is retiring at
has advanced fundamental the end of this semester
interpretations of lithospheric after a distinguished career
and orogenic evolution. in the mining industry (Chief
Her work has revealed the Geologist, Magma Copper
12» Roy Johnson is retiring at the our department as an » Bob Downs’ co-authored book
end of this month from the Assistant Professor in 1996 ‘Deep Carbon’ was selected
Department of Geosciences after completion of a Master’s as a CHOICE Outstanding
after 34 years at the University degree in mathematics from Academic Title of 2020.
of Arizona. Fortunately for the University of British CHOICE is a publishing unit
us Roy will continue to be Columbia and his Ph.D. of the Association of College
an active emeritus faculty degree in crystallography and Research Libraries, a
member and even teach from the Virginia Polytechnic division of the American
exploration seismology again Institution, followed by a short Library Association. They are
in the Fall of 2021. Read Susan period as a post-doctoral awarded to books for “their
Beck’s tribute to Roy on page researcher at the Geophysical excellence in presentation and
14. Laboratory. He has been scholarship, the significance
the bedrock foundation of their contribution to the
» Bob Downs, our expert and the go to person for field, their originality and value
mineralogist-crystallographer, mineralogy-crystallography in as an essential treatment of
is retiring at the end of this our department and a leader their subject, and significance
semester after serving for in the field nationally and in building undergraduate
25 years as a Geoscience internationally. collections.” Notably, Deep
faculty member. Bob joined Carbon is the only Earth
Science title on the list.
» Marcus Lofverstrom was
the recipient of the 2021
Outstanding Faculty Award
presented by the Department
of Geosciences Advisory
Board. (Pictured, bottom right)
» George Gehrels for received
the Excellence in Postdoctoral
Mentoring 2021 Award from
the University of Arizona.
13ROY JOHNSON: 34 YEARS IN
GEOSCIENCES
P rofessor Roy A. Johnson
has retired from the
Department of Geosciences
after 34 years at the University
of Arizona. Fortunately for
us Roy will continue to be an
active emeritus faculty member
and even teach exploration
seismology again in the Fall
of 2021. Roy arrived at the UA
in 1987 after a PhD from the
University of Wyoming in 1984
follow by a few years as a
Research Assistant Professor
at Wyoming. Roy established
a successful program and
facility in seismic reflection
data processing, modeling and
interpretation in Geosciences
always with the latest software
and applications for seismic
processing and interpretation.
Roy’s research took him from the
western US to Africa. He and his and his students worked on 3D and beyond.
students and colleagues worked seismic data interpretation of the
on Archean and Protozoic interplay of volcanic deposits Roy is an outstanding teacher
sutures, structures related to and normal faults off-shore and mentor to students, and
the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and Africa related to the opening he advised or co-advised over
low angle normal faulting in of the South Atlantic. Roy 35 graduate students at UA.
Nevada and Arizona. Roy made authored or co-authored over Roy always built a sense of
contributions to early Hominin 50 articles in scientific journals community with his graduate
sites and paleolakes Drilling and had a major impact on the students, many of which were
projects in Africa with Professor understanding fault geometries international students coming
Andy Cohen. More recently, Roy and crustal structure in Arizona to the US for the first time. He
By Susan Beck,
Professor, Department of
14 Geosciencesalways put students first and “party” for Roy this past March with many of our alumni. We
made sure they felt welcomed and their heartful stories were a are thrilled that Roy will still be
in the department, they finished testament of how many lives he around working with colleagues
their degrees and found impacted across the world. and students for the foreseeable
jobs afterwards. Roy made future. Congratulations Roy
contributions to many more Roy always put people first no and Kim and thanks for all your
graduate students by serving matter the situation and he is friendship and contributions to
as a committee member with the model for collegiality across the department!
insightful advice and help. Many the department. Roy has been
of his former graduate students our connection to industry and
joined in on a Zoom retirement helped maintain relationships
15MEET OUR NEWEST
FACULTY MEMBERS
G et to know the three
newest additions to the
Department of Geosciences:
hydrothermal pools reeking of
sulfur, and snow-capped peaks
right outside our tents in the
country.
Although I was initially interested
Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia, Ananya mornings were enough for me to major in physics as an
Mallik, and Kaustubh Thirumalai. to realize I wanted to become a undergraduate, I ended up
We sat down (virtually) with geoscientist. majoring in Geosciences and
Mauricio, Ananya, and Kau to have never looked back even
ask them about their research, A: I was born and raised in once. I was introduced to plate
geosciences, and Tucson. Keep Kolkata, India. I received my tectonics in middle school by
reading to see their responses! bachelor’s and master’s degree my geography teacher which I
in Geology from Jadavpur found fascinating but had not
Tell us a little bit about yourself. University in Kolkata. I came to really considered a career in
What first interested you in the US for a PhD and received Geosciences back then. Call it
Geosciences? my degree from Rice University fate or otherwise, when I did end
in Houston, Texas. After this, I up choosing Geosciences as a
M: I was born in Bogotá, spent three years as postdoc major, I was fascinated by the
Colombia, a city perched at in Bayerisches Geoinstitut in breadth of knowledge I gained
2600 m of elevation in the Bayreuth, Germany, and a few about our own planet as well
Eastern Cordillera of the north months at Brown University.
Andes. I lived in the city for 24 Following this, I spent a year
years, but while growing up my and half as assistant professor
family and I would always spend at University of Rhode Island
our holidays in a smaller city before starting as an assistant
in the Central Cordillera called professor at University of Arizona
Armenia (the coffee capital of from Fall 2020.
the country). This city is close
to the volcanoes national park, I am also The RealReal Inc.
and every year my cousins and Endowed Chair in Gem Science,
I would go hiking and camping and as the endowed chair, I
around the Nevados del Ruiz, spearheaded the development
Santa Isabel and Tolima. It of an undergraduate emphasis
was during these trips that in Gem Science within the
I got hooked! The volcanic Geosciences major. To our best
landscapes, the landforms knowledge, this is the first of its
left by recent lava flows, the kind academic program in the
16as our neighbors in the Solar There, I worked on monsoon the chemistry of the mantle and
System and beyond. rainfall isotope variability and crust over billions of years of
there was no looking back! geologic evolution.
K: I was very interested in the
interactions of animals and Give us a quick elevator pitch of My current research focuses
plants with the environment your current research. on understanding these
ever since I was a kid, inspired connections, and on developing
by family trips to the regional M: I am interested in the new geochemical tools that can
forests of Karnataka. Growing up petrologic and geochemical help us better reconstruct the
in southern India, the monsoon evolution of the solid Earth, history of our planet over a wide
was also a focus of fascination. and one of my favorite tools for range of temporal and physical
However, I ended up on a exploring this are isotopes. The scales.
pathway to an undergraduate isotopic compositions of igneous
degree in chemical engineering, and metamorphic minerals tell us A: My research group simulates
and only during my 2nd year of a great deal about the timing of conditions (such as pressure
college was I formally introduced mountain building and formation and temperature) in the interior
to the geosciences at the Indian of continents, as well as the of the Earth and other planetary
Institute of Science, Bengaluru. processes that have influenced bodies to investigate first order
problems related to planetary
evolution. We study the
feedbacks between the Earth’s
atmosphere-ocean-crust and
the mantle to understand the
evolution of these reservoirs
in geological timescales. We
also study the evolution of our
celestial neighbors, specifically
how hot and wet the Moon is
and what can that tell us about
the common origins of the Earth-
Moon system.
K: I am a geoscientist who
is motivated to understand
the machinery of Earth’s
17climate system and the special and memorable to me; the great privilege to work
evolving interplay between and there are no favorites per with, my PhD advisor Terrence
the atmosphere, land, and the se. More fleetingly however, Quinn (U Texas), and postdoc
oceans. I am also interested in whatever I’m currently working advisors Steve Clemens (Brown)
extreme events, geohazards, on (changes on a day-to-day & Pedro DiNezio (CU Boulder),
and learning how the basis!) is my favorite. and my long-term collaborators
geological record might provide and mentors, Dr. Julie Richey
perspectives on future risks. Who are your mentors within at the USGS and Dr. Judson
Towards these objectives, my the field of geosciences? Partin at UTIG. I am also greatly
lab focuses on reconstructing What would your advice be to indebted towards mentors
past environmental signals from students looking for a mentor? at the University of Arizona
carbonate geochemistry in rocks including Dr. Jessica Tierney,
and fossils including single- M: Too many great mentors have Dr. Andrew Cohen, and Dr. Jay
celled plankton shells called influenced my career up to this Quade. There is a large list of
foraminifera, snails, clams, cave point to list them all here, but a many others without whom I
stalagmites, and corals. We also common characteristic is that would not be where I am today,
use climate model simulations they all share the same passion including graduate school peers
and modern observations in for the geosciences as I do. My and contemporary scientists in
concert with these geochemical recommendation for students (paleo)climate science.
data to help us understand looking for a mentor is to seek
climate change across Earth’s someone who is passionate My advice to students is that
history. about what they do, and who there is no bar on mentors – find
is generous with their time and as many mentors as possible,
What has been your favorite scientific ideas. and to remember that mentors
research project? come in all forms and ages.
A: Susan Beck, Raj Dasgupta
M: Tough question. I would and Cin-Ty Lee are my mentors. What do you think your students
probably say all of them! One of My advice to students: Mentors would be surprised to learn
the coolest perks of academia is need not be your research about you?
that you get to work on problems supervisors (although one of my
you are genuinely curious about mentors was) – look beyond. M: A fellow geoscientist and I
and you learn new things all the co-own an independent record
time. I’ve been fortunate enough K: My mentors are Prosenjit label called ‘Batholith Industries’
to never have had to work on a Ghosh (Indian Institute of that only releases music on vinyl.
research project I found boring. Science), the scientist who gave We’ve spent a little fortune on
me a chance and introduced me this and have hardly made any of
A: I will not pick any favorites. to the geosciences, (the late) our money back, but it’s been a
R. Ramesh (Physical Research fun time.
K: For me, each one of my Labs), a pioneering Indian
research projects are uniquely paleoclimatologist whom I had A: Not sure if this is something
18to be surprised about – I am a surprises.
trained Indian classical dancer
(specifically focusing on Kathak). A: I have never lived in a desert
I have not performed on a stage before. I was born and raised in
for more than ten years now but hot and humid tropical climate,
do plan to resume at some point. and add to that living in Houston
for more than five years. The
K: That I used to play in a doom aridity and the difference in feel
metal band in India? temperature between the sun
and shade has really surprised
What would you be doing if you me in Tucson.
weren’t a geoscientist?
K: That there is not a large
M: I would probably be into Indian grocery store to be
physics and astronomy. The found! (although, I do like my
planetary sciences have always India Dukaan)
fascinated me.
A: I am quite sure I would have
been a theoretical physicist –
that was my original plan before
Geosciences hijacked me.
K: I’d likely be working for the
Forest Services in India.
What’s something about living in
Tucson that has surprised you?
M: I was a graduate student at
UA, so living in Tucson again
has felt like a homecoming
to me. I’ve been particularly
surprised about how the city and
the campus surroundings have
changed since I left seven years
ago, and having the Sonoran
Desert as my backyard once
again has been amazing; the
southern Arizona desert is full of
19HERVÉ REZEAU JOINS THE
DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES
Dr. Rezeau Joins the Department of
Geosciences as Assistant Professor and Lundin
Family Endowed Chair in Economic Geology
Department of Earth, fluid/melt inclusions, and ore
Atmospheric, and Planetary petrography. “I want to improve
Sciences, will be joining the our understanding of Solid
Department of Geosciences at Earth processes to develop
the University of Arizona in spring new geochemical proxies and
2022 as an Assistant Professor strategies to evaluate the ore-
and the Lundin Family Endowed forming potential of magmas
Chair of Economic Geology. and hence predict with more
accuracy the location of hidden
Dr. Rezeau’s research focuses on mineralized systems,” says Dr.
the origin and the evolution of Rezeau. “Ultimately, this aims
volatiles (H2O, S) and economic to find direct applications in
metals in the lithosphere the mining industry to limit the
addressing a key scientific impact of mining exploration
question in economic geology: and ore extraction on the Earth’s
Why are some continental arc environment and climate.”
segments endowed with ore
deposits while others are barren? Dr. Rezeau discovered his real
As an economic geologist passion for Earth Sciences after
and igneous petrologist, Dr. an unexpected trip to Vietnam
Rezeau investigates magmatic lead by Vincent Pardieu, a former
processes that dictate the ore- employee of the Gemology
forming potential of magmas Institute of America (GIA), to look
and hydrothermal processes for pearls, rubies, sapphire, and
D r. Hervé Rezeau, who is that are directly responsible blue spinels. “That experience
currently a Swiss National for the formation of economic made me realize that geology
Science Foundation Postdoctoral deposits using a multidisciplinary combines everything I love
Fellow at the Massachusetts approach that includes fieldwork, the most including traveling
Institute of Technology’s petrology, geochemistry, to remote places, discovering
20new cultures, and of course “The Department of Geosciences and Geophysics. Dr. Rezeau then
doing Earth sciences,” says Dr. is excited to welcome Dr. Hervé moved to Switzerland to pursue
Rezeau. “The fascinating aspect Rezeau as a new Assistant his master’s and PhD degrees
of geology is that you operate as Professor and as the Lundin in Petrology, Geochemistry, and
a detective gathering evidence Endowed Chair in Economic Ore Deposits at the University of
from tiny rock-forming minerals to Geology,” says Professor and Geneva under the supervision
build theories and unravel Earth Department Head Barbara of Prof. Robert Moritz. Upon the
processes such as the formation Carrapa. The Department of completion of his PhD in 2017,
of oceanic floor, continents, Geosciences is ranked #3 Dr. Rezeau was the recipient of
and minerals resources. The in geology according to US two successive Swiss National
beauty of economic geology is News & World Report and has Science Foundation postdoctoral
that it offers opportunities to do been home to many renowned fellowships that enabled him to
fundamental research having economic geologists, including work as a postdoctoral scientist
direct applications for societal David Lowell and John Guilbert, with Prof. Oliver Jagoutz at
challenges, which in this case due to the university’s proximity the Massachusetts Institute of
is the discovery of new mineral to world-class copper deposits. Technology (MIT).
resources.” Lowell and Guilbert were
responsible for developing the Dr. Rezeau’s current research
As the Lundin Family Endowed alteration model for porphyry projects include:
Chair of Economic Geology, copper deposits in the 1970s.
Dr. Rezeau hopes to develop “The University of Arizona is » Sulfur and metals cycling in
a world-leading program surrounded by a vibrant mining subduction zones from a lower
in mineral resources and industry,” says Dr. Rezeau. crustal perspective.
economic petrology to address “The Lundin Family Endowed
the scientific challenges Chair in Economic Geology » Temporal and genetic
related to the ongoing global position at the University of relationships between arc
energy transition. “My vision Arizona represents an exciting magmatism and porphyry Cu-
for research education at the opportunity to develop ambitious Mo-Au deposits.
graduate level is two-fold: I want research and teaching programs » Magmatism and metallogeny
to offer fundamental research in Economic Geology.” of the Central Tethyan
opportunities and applied orogenic belt.
research projects in partnership After obtaining his DUT in
with the mining industry,” says Physics at the University of Previous research has focused
Dr. Rezeau. “My main goal is to Maine in Le Mans (France), Dr. on the genesis of Archean
produce well-rounded scientists Rezeau realized his passion for orogenic gold deposits.
with diverse backgrounds that geology and decided to pursue
are highly competitive for both a degree in Earth Sciences. He
academic and mining industry joined the University of Nantes
employment.” (France) where he received his
bachelor’s degree in Geology
21FROM PROPOSAL TO FRUITION:
CAREER PREP SEMINAR/WEBINAR
SERIES
A t the 2019 GEOS Advisory
Board Meeting, Members
Marie Pearthree and Leslie
presentations in September
2019, but pivoted to virtual
presentations a year later. With
interesting perspectives they
shared.
Katz proposed forming a career the exception of Spring 2020 Julio Betancourt, U.S.
planning series for GEOS when UA activities were paused Geological Survey: impacts of
undergraduates. The idea was to due to the pandemic, the series climate change on terrestrial
expose them to non-traditional continued through the Spring ecosystems
career opportunities by inviting 2021 semester, at which point it
Stacie Gibbins, ExxonMobil/
a series of speakers who had was also broadened to include
GEOS Advisory Board: an
taken their geosciences degrees graduate students and some
economic geologist in oil and
in creative and sometimes talks on what are considered
gas
unexpected directions. The more traditional careers.
speakers were asked not only
to talk about their backgrounds, The series experienced a steady
the value of a GEOS degree, increase in the number of total
and the kind of work they were attendees over time, averaging
involved in, but also to provide 15+ people per presentation
suggestions as to how students and attracting as many as
could explore opportunities and 22. Attendance particularly
further develop their interest increased when the series
in these career paths while in became virtual. Attendees were
school and once they graduated. a mix of GEOS undergraduate
and graduate students, students
Working with the Society of Earth from other departments,
Science Students (SESS), which professors, and other interested
sponsored the series, as well parties, sometimes from external
as Shawna Matteson, Senior institutions.
Undergraduate Advisor and
Hannah McCormick, Marketing We want to give a huge shout-
Specialist, Marie and Leslie went out to all of the speakers who
to work recruiting speakers. The participated in this program, and
series started with in-person thank them once again for the
By Marie Pearthree,
Geosciences Advisory
22 Board Member“ ”
The Career Prep Webinars this past semester helped me get a more
complete picture as the diverse careers geoscientists can have. In turn,
that helped me to better understand my options for a future career as
a current undergraduate student, from academia to exploration and
mapping to geoarchaeology.
Brianna Hoegler,
Geosciences Undergraduate Student
Susan Hamm, U.S. Department Leslie Katz, Montgomery & Phil Pearthree, Arizona
of Energy: science and Associates/GEOS Advisory Geological Survey: careers in
technology in Washington, D.C. Board: water resources state geological surveys
consulting
Kyle House, U.S. Geological Doug Silver, Orion Resource
Survey: the art of geologic Ray Leonard, Anglo Eurasia/ Partners: the broad world of
mapping GEOS Advisory Board: geology mineral resources
and climate change
Gary Huckelberry, Consultant/ Ann Youberg, Arizona
Adjunct Professor, GEOS: Marie Pearthree, GEOS Advisory Geological Survey: geologic
geoarchaeology as a profession Board: water management and impacts of wildfires
historic CAP Water issues
Hector Zamora, Tucson Water
Department: hydrology and data
management
Megan Zivic, Montgomery &
Associates: geologic/decision
support modeling
At this point the series is looking
for a new coordinator, as Marie
Pearthree is stepping down. If
interested, please contact Larry
Archibald, Chair of the GEOS
Advisory Committee.
23GEODAZE 2021
T his past April, we held our
49th annual student-run
GeoDaze symposium. For the
GeoDaze website and Gather
Town. The addition of Gather
Town to GeoDaze allowed
and 11 students gave poster
presentations made available
during the week of March 29th-
safety of our UA Geosciences attendees to navigate through April 2nd. Each session was
community, this year we decided a virtual conference space to followed by a live question and
to hold GeoDaze virtually. interact with other conference answer session hosted using
Despite the challenges over attendees, view poster and talk Zoom Webinars.
the past year, our graduate presentations, and attend live
and undergraduate students events using a personalized This year’s virtual format allowed
conducted outstanding research avatar. This year, 25 students us to invite Dr. Chris Jackson
that was made available via the gave oral presentations from abroad to deliver the
24Keynote Address on April 2nd.
Dr. Jackson shared his latest
research with us during his
Keynote Address, “Hot Rocks
Under Our Feet: 3D Seismic
Imaging of the Products of
Crustal Magmatism”. In addition,
he gave a short talk and led a
discussion event on April 1st
hosted by the department’s
chapter of the Association of
Women Geoscientists (AWG)
called “Representation and
Racism in the Geosciences”.
We concluded the 49th
GeoDaze symposium with a live
virtual awards ceremony where
10 students were presented
with awards for excellence in
their presentation funded by
our generous sponsors. This
year’s virtual format allowed us
to once again reach a diverse
audience across the globe. Over
the course of one week, the
GeoDaze squarespace website
received over 300 unique visits
per day from 6 continents,
amounting to 3,212 total page
views. We are truly grateful for Congratulations to this year’s winners!
the capable force of graduate Oral Presentation Awards:
student volunteers, sponsors,
presenters, and attendees Best Overall Talk: Audrey Dunham
of GeoDaze that made this Best Graduate Talk: Caden Howlett
possible. Best Undergraduate Talk: Peter Blake
Best Economic Geology Talk: Kyle Lewis
Cheers, Best Climate & Paleoclimate Talk: Julia Manobianco
Alice Chapman Best Geophysics Talk: Brandon Tober
Emilia Caylor Best Tectonics & Structure Talk: Lydia Bailey
Best Geochemistry Talk: Hannah Tompkins and Nitzan Yanay
Poster Presentation Awards:
Best Graduate Poster: Emilia Caylor
Runner-up Graduate Poster: Pablo Martinez-Sosa
Best Undergraduate Poster: Sophia Bautista
Runner-up Undergraduate Poster: Brianna Hoegler 25AWG: SUCCESSES
DURING A PANDEMIC
T he Association for Women
Geoscientists (AWG)
Southern Arizona Chapter,
making a lasting impact on the
UA Geoscience Department.
However, the global COVID-19
interest in STEM education
and careers for students in the
Tucson Unified School District,
founded in Spring 2018, is an pandemic had us thinking on to empower the students, and
organization run by members our toes and adapting our ideas, to inspire interest in Geoscience
of the School of Earth and all whilst being stuck isolating among female-identifying and
Environmental Sciences at in our homes. Despite this, I underrepresented students
the University of Arizona. The am pleased to report that we by increasing access to active
main goal of our chapter is to overcame the hurdle and had learning opportunities even
promote women and other an incredibly successful year! within the context of remote
marginalized groups in STEM Below are just some snapshots learning. We used the grant to
fields by creating an inclusive into what we have managed to cover the cost of take-home soil
environment and a strong achieve. testing kits that were distributed
network of allies in and around to schools as an extra-curricular
the Tucson community. We In Fall 2020, we received the activity for middle- and high-
had really big plans for this Geological Society of America’s school students. Some of our
year and were so excited to E-an Zen Fund for Geoscience AWG members walked through
continue our chapter activities Outreach Grant of $1500. Our exercises with the students
after a successful two years goals were to increase the over zoom, where they learned
all about what’s in their soil! To
secure the longevity of more
outreach projects in the coming
years, we have also been
awarded ~$1000 from the UA
Commission on the Status of
Women (CSW) for our proposal
‘Building Women in STEM
Leaders through Geoscience
Outreach’. We are thrilled that
we managed to start an outreach
program during a pandemic, and
we hope this is just a glimpse
of what we can achieve in the
future.
By Lydia Bailey, PhD
Student, Department of
26 GeosciencesThe huge success of our We are so grateful that Dr.
outreach efforts would not Jackson took the time to speak
have been possible without the with AWG, our members, and the
hard work of Emilie Bowman Department of Geosciences this
and Lavanya Ashokkumar, the year.
Outreach Coordinators of our
AWG chapter, and Julie Edwards, For many students who want
our Fundraising Chair. to pursue geoscience careers,
field experiences such as field
AWG began a graduate/ camp provide transformative
undergraduate mentorship opportunities. However, field
program last year where camp often creates a significant This past year has been a
graduate mentors were paired financial burden due to difficult one for all of us, but
with undergraduate mentees to course fees, additional costs I am very happy to report
share experiences, career/school for camping and field gear, good news from our AWG
advice, and to bring together all and having to forgo summer Chapter. We could not have
students in the Department of employment or internships. done is without our dedicated
Geosciences. This was hugely These costs can create a huge members of our chapter and the
successful last year, and we barrier for students and possibly Department of Geosciences,
are pleased that to announce deter them from pursuing a donations from alumni, and
that the pandemic did not get degree in Geosciences. To this of course the incredible hard
in our way! Alice Chapman and end, this year we decided to work of our AWG Officers. If
Cassie Hanagan, our Mentorship create an AWG Undergraduate we achieved all this during a
Program co-coordinators, did Field Camp Scholarship. We global pandemic, there is no
a great job to create 15 new raised money by hosting a virtual limit to what we can accomplish
mentor/mentee pairings. We screening of the movie “Picture in the future. We look forward
hope that next year we can meet a Scientist” and a subsequent to continuing our mentorship
everybody in-person! discussion and are pleased to program, outreach events, and
announce that we raised over scholarship fundraising to inspire
To keep up tradition of previous $1000! This year’s scholarship geoscientists of all ages. Keep
years, AWG hosted a virtual has been awarded to Anna up with what we are up to by
‘breakfast’ with the keynote Miller, an undergraduate student visiting our website geo.arizona.
speaker of this year’s amazing who will be attending field edu/awg/ and Twitter: Arizona_
virtual GeoDaze symposium. camp at Idaho State University! AWG. If you are interested
The keynote speaker was Dr. Looking into the future, we plan in joining or donating to our
Christopher Jackson, and he to award an Undergraduate Field chapter, please contact us at
gave an excellent talk with the Camp Scholarship to at least 1-2 awg.arizona@gmail.com.
theme ‘Representation and undergraduate students from
Racism in the Geosciences’ underrepresented groups in
followed by a great discussion. STEM each year.
27CONGRATS
GEOSCIENCES
GRADUATES
FALL 2020 - SUMMER 2021
BS Graduates
» Omar Abdullah » Sophia Bautista
» Mohammed Abu Huray » Peter Blake
» Yousef Al-Awadh » Colin Campbell
» Abdulrahman Hussam » Sydney Chapin
Aldulaim » Kayla Chaudoir
» Naif Ibrahim Alfayez » Charles Cunningham
» Nawaf Abdullah Alhelal » Julian Diepenbrock
» Omar Alhosani » Ryan Eden
» Layali Ali » Brooke Cameron Elser
» Murtadha Jubarah Aljubarah » Maya Federbush
» Hamad Almarzooqi » Gilbert Ray Gaxiola
» Khalid Suhail Almutairi » Elizabeth Holz
» Majed Alshehri » Sarah Hughes
» Ahmed Altalalwah » Jennifer Isbell
» Shaikhah Althuwaiqeb » Anya Kadlubowski
» Joshua Alvarado
28MS Graduates PhD Graduates
» Andrew Lagrange » Anca Barla » Roy Greig
» Guanhua Li » Eytan Bos Orent » Jhon Jimenez Rodriguez
» Ivo Alexandre Lima » Dylan Carlini » Lisa Jose
» Martin Pereira Luango » Terrance Delisser » Jennifer Kielhofer
» Mila Ann Lubeck » William Fitzpatrick » Clinton Koch
» Deanna Mireles » Olivia Hoch » Emma Reed
» Scott Mooney » Anthony Krupa » Grace Windler
» Autumn Muhly » Patt Lamom
» Miguel Orozco » Samantha Portnoy PSM Graduates
» Nathaniel Schwarz » Melli Rosenblatt
» Jeffrey Cornoyer
» Vilma Simao » Jordan Wang
» Kyle Lewis
» Brandon Michael Widener » Nitzan Yanay
» Dania Xavier
29ALUMNI NEWS
ALUMNI NEWS
David Wald, MS ‘86
The Eugene M. Shoemaker Hazards Science Center, have colleagues created have
Award for Lifetime Achievement both been selected as recipients revolutionized the ways in which
in Communications is presented of the 2020 Shoemaker Award we respond to earthquakes and
annually to a scientist who for Lifetime Achievement in communicate information in a
creates excitement and Communications. post-earthquake environment.
enthusiasm for science among David customized these
non-scientists by using effective In his more than 27 years products to meet the needs
communication skills. with the USGS, David of contrasting user groups,
Wald has demonstrated an ensuring that they are intuitive to
Each year, a broad-based unparalleled capacity for both use, can be quickly digested by
committee that includes past generating science critical their intended audience, and can
Lifetime Achievement award to the rapid characterization be repurposed into downstream
recipients reviews the nominees and understanding of recent media usage. Consequently,
and selects the winner. Denis earthquakes, and for translating David’s suite of real-time
LeBlanc, research hydrologist that information into forms products are now routinely used
at the New England Water digestible by a wide variety of to describe recent earthquakes
Science Center, and David Wald, audiences. The earthquake by major news outlets like
a seismologist at the Geologic products that David and his CNBC, the New York Times, and
Richard Robinson, MS ‘65
Richard writes, “I graduated in Maui Books: » Illustrated Geological Guide to
1965. I spent 41 years teaching » Geology and Geography of the Island of Hawaii, 8.5 x 11, in
geology at Santa Monica Maui, 8.5x 11, in color color
College. » Geological Guide to the Island
» Geology and Geography of
Maui, 8.5 x 9, in b&w of Hawaii. 6 x 9, in b&w, no
For the last 15 or so years, I
» Geological Guide to Haleakala photos
have published geology guides
designed for tourists describing National Park, 8.5x 9, in color » Island of Hawaii Geological
the geology of all of the Guide, 8.5 x 11, in b&w
Oahu Books:
Hawaiian Islands. » A Geologic Guide to Hawaii
» Geological Guide to Oahu, 8.5x Volcano National Park, 8.5 x 11,
11, in color in color
My books are available on
Amazon. And, last year I » Oahu Geology, 8.5x 11, in b&w » A Geologic Guide to Hawaii
branched out and published a » The Geology of Oahu, 8.5x 11, Volcano National Park. in 8.5 x
tourist guide to the Caribbean in b&w 11, in b&w
islands. Enclosed is a list of my Island of Hawaii Books: » Hawaii Volcanoes National
30
publications.” Park A Geological Guide, 8.5 xthe Wall Street Journal. understanding of earthquake Service Award in 2008; a DOI
hazard, impact, and risk Superior Service Award in 2010
David has excellent reduction. His achievements are and again in 2014; and a DOI
communication skills and recognized through a variety Meritorious Service Award in
is a vocal advocate for the of major awards throughout his 2016.
importance of data sharing for career, including a 1997 USGS
the advancement of science, Special Act Service Award The USGS and the Nation have
giving over 100 talks to for Outreach; in 2000, the profoundly benefited from
academic, civil, museum, and Southern California Emergency David’s lifelong commitment to
public audiences. David has Services Association’s Diamond science and their unparalleled
mentored many students and Award; the 2004 Distinguished ability to effectively communicate
post-docs who have themselves Lecturer for the Seismological to a range of audiences,
gone on to impactful positions Society of America (SSA) and reinforcing the relevance and
in their fields, and he continues the Incorporated Institutions importance of USGS science for
to energetically engage with for Seismology; the 2015 years to come.
scientists and non-scientists Earthquake Engineering
alike, both domestically and Research Institute Distinguished
internationally, to promote Lecturer; a USGS Exceptional
11, in color
» Geological Guide to Haleakala
National Park, in 8.5 x 11, in
color
Kauai Books
» Geology and Geography of
Kauai, 8.5 x 11, in color
» A Guide to the Geology and
Geography of Kauai , 8.5 x 11,
in b&w
Caribbean Books:
» Illustrated Guide to the Eastern
and Southern Caribbean
Islands, 8.5 x 11, in color
31Eleanora I. (Norrie)
Robbins, MS ‘72
Paul Martin Still Guiding My have to pay attention to the my San Diego State University
Research modern environment to interpret student. I’m trying to interpret
rocks, because the present is all the redbeds along the San Diego
I miss my UofA Geosciences we have. coast. They form spectacular
thesis advisor, Paul Martin. One red cliffs at Torrey Pines State
lesson he taught us all continues And thus, there I was on the Reserve and Cabrillo National
to guide my research 40 years beach in San Diego yesterday, Monument. The sand that
later. He said that we geologists teaching the same lesson to comprises the sandstone was
Constance N. (Dodge)
Knight, MS ’73
Connie Knight, an Independent
Geologist who lives in Golden,
Colorado, will be featured in
the 2020 edition of Marquis
“Who’s Who in America”. She
has worked the majority of her
career as an explorationist in
the oil and gas industry. She
also worked at the Rocky Flats
(Nuclear Weapon’s) Plant Site in
the 1990’s as a Senior Principal
Environmental Engineer. Connie
asserts that a global effort to
replace coal with natural gas
as an energy source is a viable
middle-of-the-road solution for
curbing CO2 emissions related
to climate change. Connie
has generated and is seeking
funding for a large natural gas
prospect with over one trillion
cubic feet of potential natural
gas reserves.
Over the past 15 years Connie
and her husband Roger have
hosted U of A Geoscience
alumni events at their home.
If any of you are in Colorado
during a future event, please
attend.
32 Below are highlights fromdeposited during the Pleistocene redbed rocks, there I was at
Ice Age and then uplifted to Imperial Beach digging down
form cliffs. The geologists who into the sand and collecting
mapped the rocks said that they bags of beach sand to make my
represent sediment deposited comparison. Thanks Paul, RIP.
on beaches. So after looking
at innumerable samples of
Connie’s “Who’s Who” citation. of Structural Methods to » Creator and Owner, Geo-
Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Educational Services, self-
Education Exploration and Development. developed and marketed new
» BS Degree Western State Published by the American geologic teaching product
College, Colorado 1970 Associated of Petroleum (1987). Sold concept and
» MS Degree University of Geologists (AAPG, Nov 2013) copyright to Ward’s Science,
Arizona 1973 Activities and Achievements: an international company.
Product is still produced and
» Professional Degree in » Honoree, Distinguished
marketed as the “Ward’s®
Hydrogeology Colorado Worldwide Marquis
Discovering Rocks and
School of Mines 1993 Humanitarian Award (2021,
Minerals Lab Activity.”
» PHD Colorado School of 2020); Featured Member,
Marquis Millennium Magazine, » Speaker’s Bureau Creator
Mines 1999 and Founder, Rocky Mountain
sixth edition; Inductee, Top
Professional-leadership service Professionals of the Year, Association of Geologists
» American Association of Marquis Who’s Who (2019); (RMAG) (late 1980’s).
Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Recipient, Albert Nelson Coordinated 25 speakers
50 years (House of Delegates Marquis Lifetime Achievement who delivered over 100
15 years) Award (2019); Marquis Who’s presentations during the first
» Denver Earth Resources Who in America (2020) few months.
Library (DERL) first board of » Featured as One of 100 » Delivered formal and informal
directors Professionals for “Who’s Who oral/visual presentations,
» Rocky Mountain Association in Energy,” Denver Business papers and posters for: AAPG,
of Geologists (RMAG) board of Journal (2017) DOE, GSA, RMAG, SIPES, SPE,
directors, 2009, 2010. USGS, and WGA. Multiple
» Featured as One of the “Top
publications. Presented
» Society of Independent 40 women in Energy,” Denver
short course at RMS-AAPG
Professional Earth Scientists Business Journal (2017)
convention.
(SIPES), Denver Chapter » Recipient, Distinguished
Chairman: 2016, 2017, 2018) » Colorado School of Mines and
Public Service to the Earth
Rocky Mountain Association
» Chief Technical Editor, joint Science Award, Rocky
of Geologists (RMAG) mentor
AAPG-RMAG book - Series Mountain Association of
in Geology #65: Application Geologists (RMAG) (2011)
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