Faculty seeking graduate students for Fall 2024
Below is a list of earth science and engineering faculty from the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, and the Nevada Seismological Laboratory that are seeking graduate students to start in fall 2024. For further information, please reach out to the individual faculty member. More information on the faculty can be found on the department faculty page.
Dr. Simon Jowitt
Seeking multiple M.S. and Ph.D. students in the CREG program to work on economic geology and mineral economics projects focused on a variety of topics.
Dr. Jamie Kirkpatrick
Seeking a Ph.D. student to work on structural geology projects that integrate field work, microstructural characterization, and rock deformation experiments.
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Dr. Rich Koehler
Seeking a M.S. student for mapping of Quaternary deposits and active faults in the Yucca Mountain area, southern Nevada. Project includes a significant GIS component compiling previous information.
Dr. Scott McCoy
Seeking a Ph.D. student to work on natural hazards such as postfire debris flows and glacial lake outburst floods or quantitative landscape evolution.
Dr. Christie Rowe
Seeking a M.S. or Ph.D. student to work on geology of faults and earthquake records.
Dr. Joel Scheingross
Seeking a Ph.D. student to work on landscape evolution following volcanic eruptions and evolution of topographic ridgelines.