Graduate Students
Michaela Adler
Michaelaracheladler@gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Joe Carlin
Project: paleoseismicity in the Seal Beach Wetlands
Terrinda Alonzo
Advisor: Dr. W. Richard Laton
Project:
Advisor: Dr. W. Richard Laton
Project:
Maurico Avila, Jr.
Advisor:
Project:
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. James Parham
Project: Evolution and ecology of desmosylians in Southern California
Advisor: Dr. James Parham
Project: diversity of Miocene fossil walruses has changed
over time and what environmental agents may have
affected their diversity.
Diana Chacon
Advisor: Dr. W. Richard Laton
Project:
Melissa Chambers
mchambers@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Vali Memeti
Project: Investigating K-feldspars in the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex to determine the extent of magma mixing at the level of emplacement
Emily Chebul echebul@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. James Parham
Project:
Hank Dickey
Advisor: Dr. Matt Kirby
Project:
Sarah Dickson
Advisor: Dr. Joe Carlin
Project: paleoenvironmental conditions of Los Penasquitos
Lagoon (San Diego county) during the late Holocene.
John Eggers
Advisor:
Project:
Adrian Garibay agaribay@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. James Parham
Project:
Joseph Gutierrez jogutierrez@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Sinan Akçiz
Project: Testing the efficacy of 3D-printed structural block models as tools for fostering spatial visualization skills in introductory geology students
Joey Hawkins johawkins@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264E Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Sinan Akçiz
Project:
Jared Heuck
Advisor: Dr. James Parham
Project: Miocene fauna of Orange County, specifically
invertebrates and small mammals.
Advisor: Dr. Sean Loyd
Project: carbonate geochemistry/sedimentology and
petroleum geology.
Nicholas Inserra
ninserra@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Sinan Akçiz
Project: Paleoseismology and Structural Geology of the Carrizo Plain
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Kirby
Project: Late Holocene paleohydrology of the Mojave Desert
Region using sediments from Ford Lake, California.
Kelly Kinder
Advisor: Dr. Adam Woods
Project:
Rostislav Kovtun
rokovtun@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Adam Woods
Project: A sedimentologic study of Early Triassic paleoceanographic conditions (i.e. paleoxygenation and CO2-saturation) and their relationship to biotic recovery rates following the Permio-Triassic mass extinction event.
Advisor: Dr. Adam Woods
Project: sedimentary geochemistry focusing on understanding factors that influenced the recovery of primary productivity after the permian-triassic extinction 251 million years ago.
Advisor: Dr. Vali Memeti
Project: characterizing shallow intrusion emplacement
using single mineral geochemistry.
Advisor: Dr. Adam Woods
Project: paleoceanographic reconstruction using a combination
of sequence stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy.
Emily Silveira
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Kirby
Project:
Jinyu Seo
Advisor: Dr. Adam Woods
Project:
Antonio Sandoval
Advisor: Dr. Sean Loyd
Project:
Cullen Scheland
cscheland@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate/Research Assistant
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Vali Memeti
Project: A study of the physical and chemical evolution of the Jack Main Intrusive Complex
Advisor: Dr. Sean Loyd
Project:
Alex Woodward alwoodward@fullerton.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: MH 264A Phone: (657) 278-3236
Advisor: Dr. Matt Kirby
Project:
