NMSU Basin Research Lab
Current Graduate Students
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Samantha R. Bartnik — sbartnik@nmsu.edu — M.S. Student
PROJECT: Provenance and sediment dispersal trends from Jurassic-Cretaceous clastic strata of the …………………..Sevier foreland basin (Great Plain region), northeastern New Mexico
UNDERGRAD: University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
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Alicia L. Bonar — abonar@nmsu.edu — M.S. Student
PROJECT: Provenance and sediment dispersal trends from Early Permian (Wolfcampian) strata of the …………………..Abo Formation in New Mexico
UNDERGRAD: West Virginia University
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Graduate Student Alumni
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Ryan H. Creitz — M.S. Student — 2017
PROJECT: Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and geochronology from middle-late Eocene volcanic and ……………………volcaniclastic strata of the Palm Park Formation and Orejon Andesite, south-central …………………..New Mexico, New Mexico State Univ., 200 p.
UNDERGRAD: Penn State University
**Went on to accept employment as a geologist with ARCADIS U.S., Inc., Newtown, PA.**
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Cody J. Stopka — M.S. Student — 2017
PROJECT: U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology, sandstone modal composition, and……………….paleoflow trend from Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Campanian) ……………….nonmarine strata in southern New Mexico, New Mexico State Univ., 250 p.
UNDERGRAD: University of Wyoming
**Went on to accept employment as a geologist with IDS GeoRadar, Denver, CO.**
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Mark J. Brown — M.S. Student — 2015
PROJECT: Provenance and sediment dispersal trends from Mesoproterozoic Keweenawan Supergroup …………………..clastic strata, Midcontinent Rift System, northern Michigan, New Mexico State Univ., 161 p.
UNDERGRAD: Michigan State University
**Went on to accept employment as a geology instructor at Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI**
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Kraig J. Koroleski — M.S. Student — 2014
PROJECT: Early Silurian to Early Devonian stratigraphic history and provenance of ………………rocks in the Farewell terrane, southwestern Alaska, New Mexico State Univ.………………309 p.
UNDERGRAD: Michigan State University
**Went on to accept employment as a geologist with Echo Energy, Oklahoma City, OK**
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Jeremy J. Boothroyd — M.S. Student — 2012
PROJECT: Carboniferous provenance trends from clastic strata of the Michigan Basin, Michigan State Univ., …………………..189 p.
UNDERGRAD: Michigan State University
**Went on to accept employment as a geologist with SandRidge Energy, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK**
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Matthew A. Malkowski — M.S. Student — 2010
PROJECT: Late Paleozoic provenance and stratigraphic history of the Farewell terrane, ……………… …………………..southwestern Alaska, Michigan State Univ., 156 p.
UNDERGRAD: Michigan State University
**Went on to earn Ph.D. in geology at Stanford University**
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Jennifer L. Deloge — M.S. Student — 2009
PROJECT: Sedimentology and stratigraphy of Upper Triassic carbonate and clastic strata of the …………………..Chulitna terrane, Alaska Range, south-central Alaska, Michigan State Univ., 115 p.
UNDERGRAD: Grand Valley State University
**Went on to accept employment as a geologist with Shell, Houston, TX**
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Undergraduate Students
– Makayla Jacobs – Graduated in 2018 (NMSU)
**Went on to pursue M.S. degree in geology at the University of Houston**
– Aiman Shahpurwala – Graduated in 2013 (MSU)
**Went on to work as a research assistant in hydrogeology lab at Michigan State Univ.**
– Nicole Hart – Graduated in 2012 (MSU)
**Went on to earn a M.S. in geology at UT-Austin**
– Cody Macdonald – Graduated in 2012 (MSU)
**Went on earn a M.S. degree in geology from Ohio Univ; currently employed with Shell**
– Kraig Koroleski – Graduated in 2012 (MSU)
**Went on to earn a M.S. degree in geology from New Mexico State Univ.; currently employed with Echo Energy**
– Ben Johnson – Graduated in 2010 (MSU)
**Went on to earn M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology from Michigan State Univ. and West Virginia Univ.**
– Michael Ackerson – Graduated in 2008 (MSU)
**Went on to earn M.S. degree in geology from UNC -Chapel Hill**
