Students
The
Department of Geology offers several undergraduate
degrees, including a B.A., a B.S., and a B.S. with a specialization in
Paleobiology, as well as an M.S. degree
in Geology.
Former M.S.
students include:
Steven
King
M.S. 2009: The Ability of Mosasaurs to Produce Unique Puncture Marks in
Ammonite Shells
Jessica
Lawrence
M.S. 2008: A Total Evidence Analysis of the Evolutionary History of the
Thunnisaur Ichthyosaurs
Richard
MacKenzie III
M.S. 2007: Exploring Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Ammonoid Geographic
Range and Its Relationship to Origination and Extinction Rates Using GIS
Marc
Spencer
M.S. 2007: Implications of a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Stem-Based Clade
Ornithischia within the Dinosaurian Monophyly
Chris Klug
M.S. 2007: Analyzing Fossils and Isotopes to Investigate a Possible
Permo-Triassic Boundary Section, Bilk Creek Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada
Chris
Wright
M.S. 2006: Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Middle
Devonian Dundee Formation at Whitehouse, Lucas County, Ohio
Rituparna
Bose
M.S. 2006: Epizoans on the Brachiopods from the Devonian Dundee Formation of
Ohio
Justin
Richardson
M.S. 2005: Freshwater Carbonates: Is Fossil Preservation in Travertine Deposits
Applicable to Martian Research?, co-advised with Jim Evans
Melanie
Bergolc
M.S. 2004: A Paleoenvironmental Analysis Using Fossil Insects in Late
Quaternary Deposits of Indiana and Ohio
Michael
Senglaub
M.S. 2004: Paleoecology of the Lower Devonian Esopus and Carlisle Center
Formations (Tristates Group) of New York State
Rita
Obiozo
M.S. 2003: Interpretation and Assessment of Two Reservoirs in the Niger Delta
(Nsimbo Field), Nigeria JV Acreage, Using Sequence Stratigraphic and Structural
Concepts, co-advised with Norm Levine
Lori
Manship
M.S. 2003: Pattern Matching: Implementing GIS Applications for Paleontological
Classification of Ammonitic Sutures
Karen
Waggoner
M.S. 2003: Systematics and Taphonomy of Middle Turonian (Upper Cretaceous)
Ammonites of the Chispa Summit Formation of Trans-Pecos, Texas