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May 2023
Dechant, Leah, MS (Advisor: Charles Paradis)
Elucidating Unique Sources and Persistent Hydrologic Pathways of Chloride to Perennial Freshwater Streams: Root River Analog in a Cold Weather Environment
Chumley, Adam, MS (Advisor: Barry Cameron)
Relative Eruption Chronology and Tephra-Vent Correlations of the Sand Mountain Volcanic Field, Oregon High Cascades
December 2022
Kopinski, Kayla, MS (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Unraveling Deformation Mechanisms and Kinematics in Metasedimentary Rocks Along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone
Levang, Devin, MS (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Using Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) to Identify a Tectonic Lineation in the Pulo Do Lobo Formation in the Southern Iberian Shear Zone Near Aracena, Spain
Schuemann, Eric, MS (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Strain Development and Partitioning Across a Transpressional Shear Zone Along a Quartzite- Metagabbro Contact in the Black Hills Uplift, South Dakota
August 2022
Henderson, Zachary, MS (Advisor: Shangping Xu)
The Use of Algae for the Removal of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (pfos)
Kusick, Allison, MS (Advisor: John Isbell)
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Deformational Significance of Cambrian and Early Ordovician Strata Along the Southeast Wisconsin Arch
Potter, Jacob, MS (Advisor: Victoria McCoy)
Swimming Ability of the Enigmatic Carboniferous Fish: Tullimonstrum Gregarium
May 2022
Hoss, Kendyl, MS (Advisor: Charles Paradis)
Mass Transport of Uranium During Recharge of Surface Water to Contaminated Groundwater
Meurer, Cullen, MS (Advisor: Charles Paradis)
Alkalinity Enhanced Mass Reduction of Uranium Contaminated Sediment
Ntabala (Fenelon), Ruth, MS (Advisor: Shangping Xu)
Development of Stabilized Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles for Environmental Remediation Using Fractioned Humic Acid
December 2021
Carman, Jason, MS (Advisor: Lindsay McHenry)
Analyzing Weathering Patterns in Modern and Paleolake Deposits of Tecopa, California: Implications for the Detection of Paleolakes on Mars
Hatami, Jiyan, MS (Advisor: Charles Paradis)
May 2021
Strey, Falyn, MS (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Fluid flow and deformation: exploring the relationships between fluid flow, deformation mechanisms, quartz crystallographic preferred orientation fabric development, and kinematics in the Willard thrust fault, Utah.
December 2020
Carman, Nancy, MS (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Analyzing Strain Localization, Kinematic Partitioning and Fluid Flow in the Pulo Do Lobo Metasedimentary Rocks Along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone, Andalucia, Spain.
Fearn, Sebastian, MS (Advisor: Julie Bowles)
Evaluating Hydration and Artificial Aging Effects on the Paleointensity in Natural Glass
Ludyan, Jordan, MS (Advisor: Lindsay McHenry)
Surface Alteration in the Ölkelduháls, Nesjavellir, and Geysir Hydrothermal Systems, Iceland: Implications for Mars
Malone, John (Jack), MS (Advisor: John Isbell)
Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, and High-Precision U-Pb Age Constraints on the Late Paleozoic Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, NW Argentina
August 2020
Matzuk, Ryan, MS, (Advisor: Tim Grundl)
Water Chemistry and Lake Dynamics of Laguna Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico
May 2020
Bychinski, Leslie, MS, (Advisor: Shangping Xu)
Pesticides in urban/suburban water wells in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties in Wisconsin
Jung, Ji-In, MS, (Advisor: Julie Bowles)
A Feasibility Study of Microbialites as Paleomagnetic Recorders
Martin, Chad, MS, (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Characterization of water pathways and hydrolytic weakening within naturally deformed quartz grains along the Willard Thrust Fault, Utah
Oanes, Ken, MS, (Advisor: Shangping Xu)
Simulating the effects of urbanization and climate change on ground water recharging using the USGS precipitation and runoff modelling system (PRMS)
December 2019
Plank, Evvan, MS, (Advisor: Shangping Xu)
The Dynamics and Speciation of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells in Eastern Wisconsin
August 2019
McNall, Natalie, MS, (Advisor: John Isbell)
Sedimentological and geochemical analysis of deep-water deposits in the Mojón de Hierro Formation at Arroyo Garrido, Tepuel-Genoa Basin, Patagonia, Argentina
May 2019
Salo, Madeline, MS, (Advisor: Tim Grundl)
Anthropogenically driven changes to shallow groundwater in Southeastern Wisconsin and its effects on the aquifer microbial communities
December 2018
Thalhamer, Ernest, MS, (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Analyzing ductile shear zone network geometries in the Grassy Portage Sill, Rainy Lake region, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
August 2018
Glenister, Chase, MS, (Advisor: Lindsay McHenry)
The Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Surface Hydrothermal Alteration at Nesjavellir, SW Iceland
May 2018
Borucki, Elizabeth, MS, (Advisor: Julie Bowles)
Depositionally-Induced Magnetic Frequency Variations of a Sandstone Facies of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate from the North American, Mid-Continent Rift at Union Bay, Michigan
Bulson, Erin, MS, (Advisor: Erik Gulbranson)
Evaluating Ecohydrological Separation with Geochemical Tracers, δ 2H and δ18O, from Northern California in an Irrigated and Semi-Arid Setting
Gigstad, Kate, MS, (Advisor: Margaret Fraiser)
Invertebrate Paleoecology of High Paleo-Latitude Carboniferous Strata of the Tepuel-Genoa Basin, Argentina
Hassell, Keenan, MS, (Advisor: Steve Dornbos)
Paleobiology and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Putative Macroalgae from the Ediacaran Zuun-Arts Biota, Zavkhan Province, Mongolia
Stephenson, Sheryl, MS, (Advisor: Dyanna Czeck)
Characterizing the Geochemical Changes across a Strain Gradient in the Beja-Acebuches Metabasites Due to Retrograde Metamorphism and Fluid Flow along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone
Wanta, Andrew, MS, (Advisor: Lindsay McHenry)
Hydrothermal Alteration at Devil’s Kitchen in the Lassen Volcanic National Park: A Mars Analogue
December 2017
Barlow, Megan, MS, (Advisor: Barry Cameron)
Soil-Grapevine Interactions: Insight from Verdicchio in the Marche Wine Region, Italy
May 2017
Amato, James, MS, (Advisors: John Isbell and Julie Bowles)
Using AMS to help interpret glaciogenic deposits of the late Paleozoic Ice Age in the Parana Basin, Brazil.
Joynt, Emily, MS, (Advisors: Weon Shik Han and Tim Grundl)
Factors Controlling Diffusive CO2 Production and Transport in the Cedarburg Bog, Saukville, Wisconsin.
August 2016
Czech, Carrie, MS, (Advisor: John Isbell)
Sedimentology of Pleistocene Outwash and Glaciolacustrine Deposits in East-central Wisconsin
Devin Gerzich, MS, (Advisor: Bowles)
An evaluation of paleomagnetic techniques to determine emplacement temperature of pyroclastic flows at Mount St. Helens
Levi Moxness, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
Sedimentology of the mid-Carboniferous basal fill of the Olta paleovalley, eastern Paganzo basin, Argentina
Kurt Quamme, MS, (Advisor: Xu)
Point of use biosand filters of the rural Dominican Republic
May 2016
Kyungdoe Han, MS, (Advisor: Han)
A physicochemical prediction of prolonged natural CO2 leakage in the Little Grand Wash Fault Zone, Green River, Utah
December 2015
Ethan Guyant, MS, (Advisor: Han)
“Addressing Potentials Risks and Challenges of CO2 Geologic Sequestration”
August 2015
Jack P. Graham, MS, (Advisor: Han)
“Climate Impact on Groundwater Flow Processes in the Cedar Creek Watershed and Cedarburg Bog”
Jenna Rolle, MS, (Advisor: Fraiser)
“Paleoecological Recovery of Early Triassic Echinoids Following the End-Permian Mass Extinction: A Test of the Habitable Zone Hypothesis with Members of the Modern Fauna”
May 2015
George “Kit” Carson, MS, (Advisor: McHenry)
“Hydrothermal acid-sulfate alteration at Krafla and Námafjall, NE Iceland: Implications for Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars.”
Jonah M. Novek, MS, (Advisor: Dornbos)
“Paleoredox geochemistry and bioturbation levels of the exceptionally preserved early Cambrian Indian Springs biota, Poleta Formation, Nevada, USA.”
December 2014
Na-Hyun Jung, MS, (Advisor: Han)
“Fault-controlled advective, diffusive, and eruptive CO2 leakage from natural reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, East-Central Utah”
Zach T. Watson, MS, (Advisor: Han)
“An analysis of CO2-driven cold-water geysers in Green River, Utah and Chimayo, New Mexico”
August 2014
Steven Greenwood, MS, (Advisor: McHenry)
“Mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of Pleistocene volcanics at Embagai caldera and Natron Basin, Tanzania: Potential constraints on the stratigraphy of Olduvai Gorge”
May 2014
Jane Block, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“The Rice Bay and Northeast Bay Gneiss Domes: A Kinematic Study of Competent Rock Bodies in the Rainy Lake Region of Ontario, Canada”
Justin Calhoun, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Fabric and microstructural analysis of the Loch Borralan pluton, Northwest Highlands Scotland”
Alice Egan, MS, (Advisor: Xu)
“Simulating Recharge in a Wisconsin Watershed: The Effect of Sub Annual Precipitation Patterns”
Nicholas Fedorchuk, MS, (Advisor: Dornbos)
“Testing the Biogenicity of Precambrian Lacustrine Stromatolites From the Copper Harbor Conglomerate Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Implications for the Search for Ancient Life on Mars.”
Kathryn Pauls, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Sedimentology and paleoecology of fossil-bearing, high-latitude glaciogenic deposits in the Tepuel Basin, Patagonia, Argentina”
December 2013
Kimberly Johnson, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Deformation and fluid interactions in the Mineral Fork diamictites, Antelope Island, Utah”
August 2013
Danielle Sieger, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Reexamination of Fluvial Stacking Pattern Changes Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica”
Elizabeth Stapleton, MS, (Advisor: Xu)
“Development of Green Solvent Modified Zeolite (GSMZ) for the Removal of Chemical Contaminants from Water”
Anna Thorpe, MS, (Advisor: Grundl)
“Applying Geochemistry to Investigate the Occurance of Riverbank Inducement Into a Shallow Aquifer in Southeastern Wisconsin”
August 2012
Christine E. Barszewski, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Microstructural and Cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) Analyses of Clasts in a Tectonically Deformed Diamictite from the Willard Thrust, UT”
Carlene E. Polk, MS, (Advisor: Hooyer)
“Testing the Bed-Deformation Hypothesis for Drumlin Formation Using Magnetic Fabrics”
Scott N. Schaefer, MS, (Advisor: Fraiser)
“Distribution of Early Triassic Rhynchonelliform Brachiopods in the Dinwoody Basin of the Western United States: A Test of the Habitable Zone Hypothesis”
May 2012
Nathan C. Magnusson, MS, (Advisor: Grundl)
“Assessing the Affects of Pleistocene Glaciation on the Recharge of the Deep Paleozoic Aquifer of Eastern Wisconsin Using Noble Gases, Radiocarbon Dating, and Geochemical Analysis”
Michael S. Baierlipp, MS, (Advisor: Kean)
“Hydrostratigraphic Images for the Lower Fox Valley, Waukesha, Wisconsin”
December 2011
Amelia Nachbor, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Fluid effects on deformation in the Mineral Fork diamictites, Antelope Island, Utah”
Jolene Traut, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Using Cleavage Refraction, Boudin Shape and Microstructural Evidence to Determine the Relative Rheology of Naturally Deformed Quartzites and Phyllites”
August 2011
Mike DeVasto, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Quantifying the Relationships Between Geochemical and Microtextural Changes Across Small-Scale Granitic Shear Zones”
Teri Gerard, MS, (Advisors: McHenry & Cameron)
“Volatiles in melt inclusions from scoria cones in Nicaragua: Implications for magma source and cone evolution.”
Jeanne Ramponi, MS, (Advisor: Cherkauer)
“Simulation of Shallow Groundwater Flow in a System Dominated By Lakes: Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area Nature Conservancy, Border Lakes Region, Vilas County, Wisconsin”
May 2011
Michael Kennedy, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Testing Asteroid Impact as a Mechanism for Environmental Disruption at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (Montana, USA)”
Joseph Rufini, MS, (Advisor: McHenry)
“Hematitte and Sulfate Minerals in Lava Tubes, Craters of the Moon, Idaho: An Analog for Diagenesis at Meridiani Planum, Mars”
Robert Servais, MS, (Advisor: Cherkauer)
“Evaluation of the Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge Using PRMS: A Regression Equation for the Prediction of Climatic Recharge Change”
Jacob Walczak, MS, (Advisor: Xu)
“Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Dairy Manure: Occurance and Transport in the Environment”.
December 2010
Bonnie Bills, MS, (Advisor: Cherkauer)
“Refinement of a Groundwater Model for the Village of Richfield, Wisconsin”
Micah Holzbauer, MS, (Advisor: Grundl)
“Tracking Shallow Groundwater Anthropogenic Effects in Southeastern Wisconsin”
Zelenda Koch, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Reevaluation of the Late Paleozoic Glacigenic Deposits of the Pagoda Formation at Tillite Glacier, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Anatarctica”
August 2009
Jeff Bruesewitz, MS, (Advisor: Cameron)
“Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Petrology of the Cary Mound Granite, Wood County, Wisconsin”
December 2008
Tristan J. Kloss, MS, (Advisor: Dornbos)
“Paleoecology and taphonomy of the chancelloriid Allonnia junyuani from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, southwest China.”
August 2008
Rebecca Byars, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“Quantifying cataclastic fabric in deformation bands using wavelets to analyze connectivity of rock constituents”
May 2008
Mark Schlottke, MS, (Advisor: Dornbos)
“Paleoecology of the Middle Cambrian Eocrinoid Echinoderm Gogia Spiralis: Changes in Substrate Adaptations Through Ontogeny”
Joy Loughry, MS, (Advisor: Cherkauer)
“Hydrogeologic Study of the Catherine Wolter Wilderness area in Vilas County, Wisconsin: An Interpretation of the Local Surface Water and Ground Water Flow System”
Tanya Gregg, MS, (Advisor: Cameron)
“Chemical Variations of Select Cinder Cones in Southeastern Guatemala: Implications for the Explosive-effusive Transition”
May 2006
Darlene Fissler, MS, (Advisor: Czeck)
“A quantitative analysis of strain in the Seine River metaconglomerates, Rainy Lake region, Northern Ontario, Canada”
Matthew Kawa, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleogeographic Significance of Lower Paleozoic Strata Along the Crest of the Wisconsin Arch”.
August 2005
Kirk L. Domke, MS, (Advisor: Dornbos)
“Paleoecology of the Middle Cambrian edrioasteroid echinoderm Totiglobus: Implications for unusual Cambrian body plans.”
December 2004
Tiffany Baxter, MS, (Advisor: Boundy)
“Evidence for Caledonian eclogite metamorphism and associated deep crustal faults in the Lofoten Islands, northern Norway”
May 2004
Snejana Boscov, MS, (Advisor: Cameron)
“Degassing study of subglacial volcanoes in the Tuya region of northern British Columbia using H2O content and hydrogen isotope analyses”
May 2003
Michael Cape, MS, (Advisor: Grundl)
“Geochemical Factors Controlling Radium in the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System of Southeastern Wisconsin”.
Anthony Schram, MS, (Advisor: Grundl)
“Soil Baseline Concentrations of Cadmium, Chromium and Lead in Northwest Washington County, Wisconsin”.
May 2002
Catherine Hill, MS, (Advisor: Harris)
“Sedimentology and Environmental Interpretation of the Racine Formation Exposure at Lime Kiln Park”.
Paul Lenaker, MS, (Advisor: Isbell)
“Sedimentology of Permian Glacial Deposits Exposed in the Darwin Glacier Region, Antarctica”.
May 2001
Christopher Peychal, MS, (Advisor: Kean)
“A Study of the Magnetic Basement Rocks of the Waterloo Wisconsin Area”
Heidi Yantz, MS, (Advisors: Cherkauer, Grundl)
“The Relationship of Ground-Water Chemistry to Land Use in the Menomonee River Watershed”