Graduate Students

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Alexandra Apgar

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.S., Geology (Honors) - School of Earth Systems and Sustainability, Southern Illinois University, 2021; M.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2023
Email: 
aapgar13@unm.edu

Payal Banerjee

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PhD Student

Education: 
M.Sc. in Applied Geology at University of Calcutta, India 2016; B.Sc. in Geology at University of Calcutta, India 2014
Email: 
pbanerjee@unm.edu

Ashley Bear

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Masters Student

Education: 
BS Earth & Planetary Science, UNM 2024; AA Liberal Arts, UNM-Taos 2018; AS Pre-Science, UNM-Taos & NM Highlands University 2019
Email: 
aeden89@unm.edu
Ashley's LinkedIn Profile

Jason Boryszewski

Masters Student

Aidan Buie

Masters Student

Education: 
B.S. Geology, double major Environmental Science, emphasis in Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019
Email: 
acbuie97@unm.edu

Laura CalabrĂ²

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PhD Student

Education: 
MS in Geology, University of South Florida 2023; BS in Natural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 2020
Email: 
calabrol@unm.edu

Cameron Chavez Reed

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PhD Student

Education: 
MS Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2024, University of New Mexico; B.S. Earth and Space Exploration (Geological Sciences), B.A. Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2021
Email: 
creed5@unm.edu
Personal Webpage

Jeng Hann Chong

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.S. in Geology, University of Maryland, 2019; M.S. in Geophysics, California State University Northridge, 2021
Email: 
chongjh11@unm.edu
Personal Website

Naomi Delay

Masters Student

Email: 
ndelay567@unm.edu

Foteine Dimitracopoulos

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.S. in Geology, University of Maryland College Park (2017) M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece (2020)
Email: 
fddimitra17@unm.edu

Aidan Dunne

Masters Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Geology, University of New Mexico, 2024
Email: 
adunne@unm.edu

Mackenzie Freeman

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Masters Student

Education: 
BS in Geology, University of Oklahoma, 2021
Email: 
mfreeman1@unm.edu

Zachary Gallegos

PhD Student

Education: 
M.S. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of New Mexico 2019
Email: 
zag@unm.edu

Susmita Garai

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PhD Student

Education: 
M.Sc. Applied Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India, 2021; B.Sc. Physics, University of Calcutta, India, 2018
Email: 
sgarai@unm.edu

Kaitlyn Goss

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.A. in geology from Mount Holyoke College 2023
Email: 
kgoss22@unm.edu

John Hamilton

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PhD Student

Education: 
BS with Honors in Geology and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Washington
Email: 
johnmichael0705@unm.edu

Lydia Hamilton

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.S.A. Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
Email: 
lahamilton@unm.edu

Megan Hoffman

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PhD Student

Education: 
BS in Physics from The University of Texas 2017; BS in Astronomy from The University of Texas 2017
Email: 
mehoffman13@unm.edu
Google Scholar

Elizabeth Houghton

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Environmental Science, University of New Mexico, 2024
Email: 
ehoughton@unm.edu

Maddie Hurd

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.S. in Geology, University of Georgia, 2024
Email: 
maddhurd@unm.edu
LinkedIn

Lauren Judge

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.A., Geology - Augustana College, 2019 M.S., Department of Geosciences - University of Florida, 2021
Email: 
laurenjudge@unm.edu

Miles Kelsey

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Masters Student

Education: 
Dual B.S. Degrees: Geology & Environmental Science, Florida State University 2023
Email: 
mkelsey1@unm.edu
Personal Website

Lexi Kenis

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PhD Student

Education: 
M.S. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2024; B.S. Geology, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), 2020; B.A. Environmental Science, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), 2020
Email: 
Lkenis@unm.edu
Personal Website

Cloe Knutson

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Biological Science and Geology, Florida State University, 2022 ; M.Sc. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2025
Email: 
cknutson@unm.edu
Cloe's LinkedIn Profile

Kain Lager-Lowe

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
Email: 
kainlagerlowe@unm.edu
Kain's LinkedIn Profile

Esteban Lopez-Murillo

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PhD Student

Education: 
M.Sc. Geosciences, The University of New Mexico, May 2024; B.Sc. Geology, Universidad de Costa Rica, May 2020
Email: 
elopezmurillo98@unm.edu

Sebastian Los

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.Sc., Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, 2011; M.Sc., Climate Science, Utah State University, 2018
Email: 
slos@unm.edu

Ian Malone

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2025
Email: 
Imalone@unm.edu

Wade Mans

PhD Student

Email: 
wmans@unm.edu

Daniel Mason

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.A. Geology, University of Maine at Farmington, 2018 M.S. Geology, University of Oklahoma, 2020
Email: 
danmason@unm.edu

Sarah Mielke

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Masters Student

Education: 
BS in geological science from the University of South Carolina in 2021
Email: 
semielke17@unm.edu

Keely Miltenberger

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PhD Student

Education: 
University of New Mexico, BS in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2017 University of New Mexico, MS in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2019
Email: 
kbosch@unm.edu

Matthew Nellesson

PhD Student

Education: 
BS in Earth & Planetary Sciences, UNM 2018; M.S. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of New Mexico 2020
Email: 
matalahm@unm.edu

Rhiannon Nolan

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.A. in Geosciences, Smith College, 2019; M.S. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of New Mexico, 2023
Email: 
rznolan7@unm.edu

Miranda Noonan

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Masters Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Geology, Western Colorado University, 2025
Email: 
Mbnoonan123@unm.edu

Catherine Peshek

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PhD Student

Education: 
MS Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Fall 2022; B.S. Geology, University of South Florida, Fall 2017
Email: 
cpeshek@unm.edu

Ian Podmore

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PhD Student

Education: 
B.S. Geophysics, California State University, Northridge, May 2021
Email: 
jpodmore@unm.edu

Md Zayed Abdur Razzak

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PhD Student

Education: 
M.Sc. Applied Geophysics, University of Dhaka, 2024; B.Sc. Geology, University of Dhaka, 2023
Email: 
mzarazzak@unm.edu

Felipe Rojas

PhD Student

Email: 
frojasvilches07@unm.edu

Sarah Rysanek

PhD Student

Email: 
srysanek@unm.edu

Wenkai Song

PhD Student

Education: 
B.S., China University of Petroleum (East China) 2018
Email: 
wkaisong@unm.edu

Zachary Strasberg

PhD Student

Email: 
zstrasberg@unm.edu