Student Research
PhD Dissertations
| Last Name | First Name | Department | Year Graduated | Title |
| McConnell | Vicki | Geology & Geophysics | 1996 | The Relationship Between the Hydrothermal and Magmatic Systems of the Long Valley Caldera, California |
| Werdon | Melanie | Geology & Geophysics | 1999 | Geology and Timing of Zn-Pb-Ag Mineralization, Northern Brooks Range, Alaska |
| McCoy | Daniel | Geology & Geophysics | 2000 | Mid-cretaceous Plutonic-related Gold Deposits of Interior Alaska: Metallogenesis, Characteristics, Gold-associative Mineralogy and Geochronology |
| Coombs | Michelle | Geology & Geophysics | 2001 | Experimental and Petrologic Constraints on Magma Movement, Storage, and Interactions at two volcanoes in Katmai National Park, Alaska |
| Chertkoff | Darren | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | Mafic-Silicic Magma Interactions from Volcanic to Plutonic: Implications for the Evolution and Eruption of Silicic Magma Chambers |
| Dallegge | Todd | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | Application of 40Ar/39Ar Chronostratigraphy to Geologic Problems in Yellowstone Caldera and Cook Inlet Basin |
| Dreher | Scott | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | The Physical Volcanology and Petrology of the 3400 YBP Caldera-Forming Eruption of Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska |
| Izbekov | Pavel | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | The 1996 Eruption of Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka: Detailed Petrological Study of a Single Basalt-Triggered Eruption Cycle |
| Stelling | Pete | Geology & Geophysics | 2003 | Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: A special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher Volcanoes. |
| Munley | Walter | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | An Investigation into 40Ar/39Ar ratiogenic Dating and X-ray Analysis of Shales and Clays from Northern Alaska |
| Browne | Brandon | Geology & Geophysics | 2005 | Petrologic and Experimental Constraints on Magma Mingling and Ascent: Examples from Japan and Alaska |
| Greene | Tammy | Anthropology | 2006 | Diet and Dental Health in Predynastic Egypt: A Comparison of Hierakonpolis and Naqada |
| Tanwar | Kunaljeet | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2008 | Structure and Reactivity of Iron Oxide Surfaces |
| Bray | Matthew | Engineering (Arctic) | 2008 | The influence of soil cryostructure on the creep and long term strength properties of frozen soils |
| Addison | Jason | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 | High-Resolution Paleoceanography of the Gulf of Alaska, Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean, Since the last Glacial Maximum: Insights Into a Dynamic Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecosystem Linkage at Decadal to Millenial Timescales |
| Sformo | Todd | Biological Sciences | 2010 | Overwintering Physiology of Arctic and Subarctic Insects from Interior Alaska |
| Almberg | Leslie | Geology & Geophysics |
2010 |
Temporal-Spacial Micro-Scale Investigations of Shallow Silicic Conduits: Late-Stage Degassing, Crystallization, and Alteration |
| Flaig | Peter | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Depositional Environments of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Dinosaur-Bearing Prince Creek Formation, Colville River Region, North Slope, Alaska |
| Ilgen | Anastasia | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2010 | Controls on Antimony and Arsenic Speciation via Sorption and Redox Chemistry at the Clay Mineral - Water Interface in Natural and Laboratory Settings |
| Van Hemert | Caroline | Biological Sciences | 2012 | Epizootic of Beak Deformities in Alaska: Investigation of an Emerging Avian Disease |
| Rinkleff | Peter | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Collection and characterization of volcanic aerosols |
| Sliwinski | Maceij | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Geochemical proxies, terrestrial afforestation and the marine punctata Event (Early-Middle Frasnian transition, Late Devonian) - one in a series of environmental perturbations preceding the Late Devonian mass extinction |
| Neher | Tammy Hoem | School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences | 2012 | The influence of estuarine habitats on the expression of life history characteristics in juvenile coho salmon |
| Gu | Yanhong | Engineering | 2012 | Corrosion Behavior and Residual Stress of Microarc Oxidation Coated AZ31 Magnesium Alloy for Biomedical Applications |
| Levings | Carolyn "Katy" | Botany | 2012 | Anatomical and Mechanical Characteristics of Woods Used to Manufacture Bassoons |
| Mongrain | Jacob | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Depositional Systems, Paleoclimate, and Provenance of the Late Miocene to Pliocene Beluga and Sterling Formations, Cook Inlet Forearc Basin, Alaska |
| Henton | Sarah | Geology & Geophysics | 2013 | Experiment vs. nature: Using amphiboles to test model of magma storage and movement from the 2006 eruption of Augustine volcano, Alaska |
| Neill | Owen | Geology & Geophysics | 2013 | Petrologic and Geochemical Tracers of Magmatic Movement in Volcanic Arc Systems: Case Studies from the Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka, Russia |
| Shimer | Grant | Geology & Geophysics | 2013 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Nanushuk Formation and Related Foreland Basin Deposits, Central Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska |
| Hare | Rebekah | Biological Sciences | 2014 | Localization of Francisella Pathogenicity Island-Encoded Secreted Proteins and Their Secretion System |
| Salazar Jaramillo | Susana | Geology & Geophysics | 2014 | Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek and Cantwell Formations, Alaska:
Terrestrial Evidence of a Middle Maastrichtian Greenhouse Event |
| Zhang | Yongjun | Materials Science & Engineering: Interdisciplinary Program | 2014 | Correlation of Microstructure and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of a Novel Hydrogen Transport Membrane |
| Qiu | Canrong | Environmental Chemistry | 2015 | Structural Study Of Pb(II) And Sb(V) Adsorption On The Hydroxylated Hematite(1̄-102) Surface |
| Barker | Amanda | Environmental Chemistry | 2016 | Speciation, Transport and Mobility of Metals in Pristine Watersheds and Contaminated Soil Systems in Alaska |
| Gaglioti | Ben | SNRAS Interdisciplinary - paleoecology | 2016 | Landscape sensitivity to climate change in northern Alaska: Lessons from the past |
| McKee | James | Environmental Chemistry | 2016 | Synthesis and characterization of polymer-supported cyclodextrin nanoscaffolds for use in future environmental studies |
| Ravelo | Alex | Marine Biology | 2016 | Alaskan Arctic Epibenthic Communities: Distribution Patterns, Links to the Environment, and Brittle Star Population Dynamics |
| Lindoo | Amanda | Geology | 2017 | Causes and Consequences of Coupled Crystallization and Vesiculation in Ascending Mafic Magmas |
| Wilcox | Paul | Geology | 2017 | 60,000 Year Vegetation and Climate History of Southeast Alaska |
| Tomsich | Carla (Suzie) | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | The paleoenvironments |
| Yuengling | Kurt | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Geochemistry of transported rocks in Northern Michigan |
| Larimer | David | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Invisible Gold and Other Elements in the Liese Zone Ore Body, Pogo Deposit |
| Shipman | Jill | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Magma System Response to Edifice Collapse: Petrologic Insights at Bezymianny and Shiveluch Volcanoes, Kamchatka, Russia with Comparison to Mt. St. Helens, USA |
| Perreault | John | Geology & Geophysics | in progress |
Evaluating Yukon River Trace Metal and Hydrocarbon Inputs to the Chukchi Sea |
| Clark | Casey | SFOS | in progress | Trace Metals in Walrus teeth |
| Knight | Nicole | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | Tellurium in Delamar mine tailings |
| Latty | Christopher | Marine Biology | in progress | Prevalence, Sources, and Effects of Elevated Strontium in Boreal Nesting Duck Eggs |
| Gagne | Kristin | Environmental Chemistry | in progress | Characterization of permafrost dissolved organic matter composition and reactivity; implications for biogeochemical cycling and contaminant fate in a changing climate |
| Schmuck | Nick | Archeology | in progress | |
| Smith | Caleb | Engineering | in progress | |
| LaBounty | Deirdre | Geology & Geophysics | in progress |
Masters Theses
| Last Name | First Name | Department | Year Graduated | Title |
| Crumbley | Steven | Geology & Geophysics | 1993 | Characterization of Magnetic Minerals in Loess Deposits from Central Alaska: implications for paleoclimatology |
| Bates | Terri | Geology & Geophysics | 1994 | Vent Processes During the 1912 Eruption at Novarupta, Katmai National Park, Alaska |
| West | Andrew | Geology & Geophysics | 1995 | A Petrologic and Geochronologic Study of the McKinley Pluton, Alaska |
| Fritschen | Margaret | Geology & Geophysics | 1996 | Quaternary Glacier Fluctuations in the Chigmit Mountains, Alaska |
| Tannenbaum | Tim | Geology & Geophysics | 1996 | Holocene Tephra Stratigraphy on Northern Kodiak Island, Alaska |
| Wolf | Kenneth | Geology & Geophysics | 1996 | Magmatic Behavior During the 1989-1990 Eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska |
| Douglas | Thomas | Geology & Geophysics | 1997 | Metamorphic Histories of the Chatanika Eclogite and Fairbanks Schist within the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, Alaska |
| Roach | Angela | Geology & Geophysics | 1997 | Relationship of Flank Vents to Main Volcanic Edifice of Makushin Volcanic Field, Alaska |
| Flannigan | Brian | Geology & Geophysics | 1998 | Genesis and mineralization of the Illinois Creek region deposits, west central Alaska |
| Yuengling | Kurt | Geology & Geophysics | 1998 | Cosmogenic 26Al/10Be exposure dating of Alaskan Tors |
| Athey | Jennifer | Geology & Geophysics | 1999 | Characterization of the DAT Zone, Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska |
| Bean | Kirby | Geology & Geophysics | 1999 | The Holocene Eruptive History of Makushin Volcano, Alaska |
| Brown | Randy | Fisheries | 2000 | Migratory patterns of Yukon River inconnu as determined with otolith microchemistry and radio telemetry |
| Cameron | Cheryl | Geology & Geophysics | 2000 | Fault-hosted Au Mineralization, Ester Dome, Alaska |
| Thoms | Evan | Geology & Geophysics | 2000 | Unroofing sequence and foreland basin development of the Late Cenozoic central Alaska Range |
| Browne | Brandon | Geology & Geophysics | 2001 | Eruptive Stratigraphy and the Transport and Deposition of Pyroclastic Material from the Caldera Forming Eruption of Volcan Ceboruco, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Wolfe | Benjamin | Geology & Geophysics | 2001 | Paleohydrology of a Catastrophic Flood Release from Okmok Caldera and Post-Flood Eruption History at Okmok Volcano, Umnak Island, Alaska |
| Graham | Garth | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Richardson District, East-Central Alaska |
| Schaeffer | Janet | Geology & Geophysics | 2002 | Stratigraphy, Major Oxide Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of a Tephra Section Near Tok, Alaska |
| Almberg | Leslie | Geology & Geophysics | 2003 | Hydrovolcanism in Okmok Caldera, Alaska |
| Flynn | Roy | Geology & Geophysics | 2003 | Petrology, structure, and tectonic history of the Boundary area, Eagle A-1 and Tanacross D-1 quadrangles, east-central Alaska |
| Nicholson | Robert | Geology & Geophysics | 2003 | The 1931 Eruption of Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska: Deposit Characteristics and Eruption Dynamics |
| Andrews | Benjamin | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | Dynamics of the ~240AD Cladera-Forming Eruption of Ksudach Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia |
| Kelly | L.N. | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Middle and Upper Triassic Sedimentary Rocks, Northeast and Central Brooks Range, Alaska. |
| Szramek | Lindsay | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | Decompression Induced Crystallization of Basaltic Andesite Magma: Constraints on the Eruption of Arenal volcano, Costa Rica |
| Wenz | Zachary | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | Geology and Gold Mineralization of the NYAC District, Southwest Alaska |
| Wong | Lily | Geology & Geophysics | 2004 | Physical Volcanology of a Sub-Plinian and Phreatomagmatic Eruption at Okmok Volcano, Alaska: Implications for Explosive Mafic Volcanism |
| Adleman | Jennifer | Geology & Geophysics | 2005 | Analysis of Compostion and Chronology of Dome Emplacement at Black Peak Volcano, Alaska Utilizing Aster Remote Sensing Data and Field-Based Studies |
| Clark | John | Geology & Geophysics | 2005 | Chemical Variation in the Waters Draining the Hi-Yu Mine |
| Kirkham | Russell | Geology & Geophysics | 2005 | Petrology, Depositional Setting, and Reservoir Quality of the Torok-Nanushuk Transition,
Central North Slope, Alaska |
| Lee | George | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2005 | Formation and optical properties of photochromic silver nanoparticles |
| Davis | Kathleen | Geology & Geophysics | 2006 | Volcanic, Tectonic and Tsunamigenic Events Recorded in Peats Near Millers Landing, Homer, Alaska |
| Lessard | Richard | Geology & Geophysics | 2006 | Geology of the Caribou Creek Area, Big Delta Quadrange, East-Central Alaska |
| Brandlen | Erik | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the late cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation, near the Kikak-Tegoseak donosoaur quarry, North Slope, Alaska |
| Jew | Nicholas | Anthropology | 2007 | Exchange and interaction in western Aleutian prehistory : the efficacy of geochemical analysis of lithic raw material procurement on Amchitka Island |
| Jones | Daniel | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | Argon Isotopes and Geochemistry of El Chichon Volcano, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Twelker | Evan | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | A Breccia-Centered Ore and Alteration Model For The Copper Canyon Alkalic Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit, British Columbia |
| White | Jesse | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | Carbonate Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carbinferous Lisburne Group, Upper Nanushuk River Region, Central Brooks Range, Alaska |
| Bissue | Charles | Mineral Preparation Engineering | 2008 | Froth flotation characterization and processing plant design for the platiniferous and auriferous marine sediments of Southwestern Alaska |
| Drobny | (Susan) Paige | Fisheries | 2008 | Life history characteristics of the gonatid squid Berrytheuthis magister in the Eastern Bering Sea |
| Kelly | Seanbob | Fisheries | 2008 | Habitat use of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in Prince William Sound, Alaska |
| Rowland | R.J. | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2008 |
MS Environmental Chemistry, Characterization of magnetite surface oxidation by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). |
| Tilman | Mariah | Geology & Geophysics | 2008 | An Investigation into Symplectite-Rimmed Olivines and Magmatic Processes during the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska |
| Urschel | Matthew | Biological Sciences | 2008 | Molecular basis of mitochondrial form and function in the hearts of antarctic notothenioids that vary in the expression of hemoglobin and myoglobin |
| Williams | Kristen | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2008 | Iron(II) effects on hematite sorption of mercury(II) under anaerobic conditions |
| Payne | Joshua | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 |
Chemostratigraphy of the Late Devonian Frasnian-Famennian Transition in Alberta, Canada, and its Implications |
| Shimer | Grant | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 | Holocene vegetation and climate change at Canyon Lake, Copper River basin, Alaska |
| Gaglioti | Benjamin | Biological Sciences | 2010 |
The flora in fossil and modern arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) burrows |
| Hartbauer | Cheryl | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 |
Provenance and diagenesis of the Bear Lake Formation - investigation of sandstone
from Port Moller area outcrops, North Aleutian COST 1 well, and Great Basins 1 well,
Bristol bay basin, Alaska Peninsula |
| Ladegard | Jillian | Engineering | 2010 |
Synthesis and characterization of mechanical properties of a novel bioceramic composite material for biological applications |
| Jaramillo | A.M. | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2010 | Dissolution and sorption of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine and 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene residues from detonated phyllosilicate mineral surfaces. |
| Payne | Allison | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Geothermometry and Cathodoluminescence of Quartz Reveal Crystallization Histories of Katmai Magmas |
| Rader | Erika | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Mineral Stability in H2O Undersaturated Magmas: Experiments on Basaltic Andesite from
Westdahl Volcano |
| Van der Kolk | Dolores | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Geochemistry, Sedimentology, And Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Pebble Shale Unit, Northeastern Alaska |
| Van Treeck | Christopher | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Platinum Group Element Enriched Hydrothermal Magnetite of the Union Bay Alaska-type Ultramafic Intrusion, Southeast Alaska |
| Gilbert | Phoebe | Anthropology | 2011 | Micromorphology, Site Formation Processes, and Climate Change at the Mead Site (XBD-071): A Multi-Component Archaeological Site in Interior Alaska |
| Orczewska | Julieanna | Biological Sciences | 2011 |
The molecular basis of aerobic metabolic remodeling in threespine stickleback in response to cold acclimation |
| Ritchie | Vanessa | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2011 |
Mobility and Chemical Fate of Antimony and Arsenic in historic mining environments of Kantishan Hills, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska |
| Deal | Michelle | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Origins and zoning of the Buckhorn gold skarn , NE Washington |
| Gleason | Christine | Fisheries | 2012 |
Physical environmental and biological correlates of otolith chemistry of Arctic marine fishes in the Chukchi sea |
| Gu | Yanhong | Engineering | 2012 | Corrosion behavior and residual stress of microarc oxidation coated AZ31 magnesium alloy for biomedical applications |
| Meyers | Zachary | Biological Sciences | 2012 | A contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of Oxytropis section arctobia (Fabaceae) in North America |
| Wallace | Patrick | Physics | 2012 | Variational anodic oxidation of aluminum for the formation of conically profiled nanoporous alumina templates |
| Bolz | Patrizia | Mining Engineering | 2014 |
Development of a methodology for the characterization of mafic rocks with respect to their use for mineral carbonation: the mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of the Portage Lake Volcanics in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan |
| Broman | Bonnie | Geology & Geophysics | 2014 | Metamorphism and element redistribution: Investigations of Ag-bearing and associated minerals in the Arctic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, southwest Brooks Range, northwest Alaska |
| Descoteaux | Raphaelle | Marine Biology | 2014 | Effects of ocean acidification on development of Alaskan crab larvae |
| Gleason | Erin | Environmental Chemistry | 2014 |
Properties of sodium sodium chloride brine on laboratory ice |
| Hutton | Eric | Geology & Geophysics | 2014 | Surface to Subsurface Correlation of the Shublik Formation: Implications for Triassic Paleoceanography and Source Rock Accumulation |
| Kentner | Adrienne | Geology & Geophysics | 2014 | Petrological constraints on the origin of enclaves from Kasatochi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
| Lin | Chuang | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2014 | Performance of shallow anchor in ice-rich silt |
| Narantsetseg | Purevbaatar | Mineral Preparation Engineering | 2014 |
Beneficiation of rare earth minerals from Bokan Mountain : Dotson Ridge ore |
| Perttu | Brian | Geology & Geophysics | 2014 | Igneous rocks and structures of the Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, and their relations to ores |
| Stockbridge | Jill | Biology & Wildlife | 2014 |
Beetles and spiders as indicators of forest recovery on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska |
| Szymanski | Anna | Marine Biology | 2014 |
Diversity, abundance and fate of ice algae and phytoplankton in the Bering Sea |
| Illig | Peter | Geology & Geophysics | 2015 |
Geology and Genesis of the Peak Au-Cu Deposit, Tetlin, Eastern Interior Alaska |
| Teal-Sullivan | Perrin | Fine Arts: Ceramics, Printmaking | 2015 |
Here is Where We Moved The Mountain: Mining the Northern Anthropocene |
| Vega | Stacy | Fisheries | 2015 | Reconstruction of ocean-entry timing and growth rates of chum salmon in the Chukchi Sea |
| Woodgate | Melissa | SNRES | 2015 | Vegetation succession and pedogenesis on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta near St. Mary's, Alaska |
| Charapata | Patrick | Marine Biology | 2016 | Back to the future : Pacific walrus stress response and reproductive status in a changing Arctic |
| Forbush | Tyson | Geosciences | 2016 | Mobile metal ionization: effectiveness in gold exploration |
| Garroutte | Monte | Biological Sciences | 2016 | Species richness, community composition, and species distribution patterns in Aleutian plants |
| Gupta | Tushar | Mining Engineering | 2016 | Recovery of rare earth elements from Alaskan coal and coal combustion products |
| Josephson (Skidmore) | Amy | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2016 | The behavior of tellurium during copper ore processing at the American Smelting and Refining Company (Tucson, AZ) |
| Lande | Lauren | Geosciences | 2016 | A petrological model for emplacement of the ultramafic Ni-Cu-PGE alpha complex, eastern Alaska Range |
| Mulliken | Katherine | Anthropology | 2016 | Holocene volcanism and human occupation in the middle Susitna River Valley, Alaska |
| Rosenthal | Jacob | Geosciences | 2016 | Fractured reservoir potential and tectonic development of the Iniskin -- Tuxedni region, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska |
| Tuzzolino | Amy | Geosciences | 2016 | Compositional characteristics and ages of plutons in the central Ruby batholith, Alaska : implications for rare-earth-element resources |
| Hahn | Jason | Public Health UAA | 2016 | Community-Scale Biosand Filter Pilot Project in Cambodia |
| Nelson | Mark | Marine Biology | in progress | Fifty years of Cook Inlet beluga whale ecology recorded as isotopes in their bones and teeth |
| Ramirez | Benjamin | Mechanical Engineering | 2017 | Aluminum alloys after failure |
| Breese | Mike | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Geology and mineralization of the Gaines Creek Area, SX Alaska |
| Davis | Jeremy | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Petrography And Diagenesis of the Nanushuk Fm at Umiat North Slope, Alaska |
| Heinchon | Sarah | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Geochemical Investigation of Auriferous Veins from the Kensington Mine, SE Alaska |
| Roberts (Kooistra) | Jillian | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Geology of the Gil Prospect, Alaska |
| Maharrey | J. Zebulon | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Tephrachronologic and Paleo-Tsunami Investigations Into the Volcanic and Seismic History of Lower Cook Inlet Alaska |
| Wright | Colby | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Paleo-environmental reconstruction and sedimentology |
| Knox | April | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | |
| Frothingham | Alyssa | Fisheries | in progress | Determining growth rates, hatch timing, and natal origin of Arctic Cod, Boreogadus saida in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
| Gatesman | Tiffany | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | Glacier contribution to lowland streamflow: A multi-year, geochemical hydrograph separation study in subarctic Alaska |
| Raymond | Luke | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | |
| Thompson | William | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | |
| Chambers | Jennifer | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | Aerosols produced through the combustions of different fuel types |
| Barefoot | John | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | |
| Thornton | Alex | Marine Biology | in progress | |
| Milke | Kyle | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | |
| Hooper | Seth | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | |
| Bowman | Robert | Archeology | in progress | |
| deGraffenreid | Rebecca | Geosciences | in progress | The Influence of Phenocrysts in Silicic Magma Degassing |
Undergraduate Research Projects
| Last Name | First Name | Department | Year Graduated | Title |
| Kircher | Anya | Geology & Geophysics | 2005 | Stomata of Alaska Conifer Species |
| Lester | Cullan | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | Wall rock alteration in the Willow district, S-Central Ak |
| McNulty | Brian | Geology & Geophysics | 2007 | Compositions of early Tertiary magmatism, Denali Park area |
| Farrington | Rose | Botany | 2008 | Comparative study of seed coat micromorphology in Alaskan Oxytropis (Loco-weed, Fabaceae) using Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| Chem 413 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2008 | The effect of relative humidity on the iodine content of iodized salt | |
| Knudson | Aleria | Geology & Geophysics | 2008 | Early Tertiary magmatic rocks interior Alaska |
| Ito | Sayuri | Botany | 2009 | Comparative pollen and ultrastructure of Ephedra: Implications for phylogeny and evaluation of the fossil record |
| Chem 413 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2009 | Trace metals in the air and snow in Fairbanks, Alaska | |
| Gleason | Christine | Fisheries | 2009 | (Senior Thesis) Otolith microchemistry and application to identification of Natal River origin of commercial sockeye salmon on the Alaska Peninsula |
| Gleason | Christine | Fisheries | 2009 | Relative proportion and distribution of juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss produced by Anadromous O. mykiss versus Resident O. mykiss in three lower Columbia River tributaries |
| Gleason | Christine | Fisheries | 2009 | Elemental assays of otolith strontium and calcium for detection of anadromy in Dolly Varden collected from western Alaskan streams |
| Kingsbury | Cole | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 | Loess compositions, Fairbanks Alaska area |
| Parsons | Jennifer | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 | Compositions of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, Denali Park area |
| Sommerfeld | John | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 | Age and character of late Cretaceous alkalic rock, E Interior Ak |
| Wagner | Tristan | Geology & Geophysics | 2010 | Ag-Au mineralization in the Whister area, SW Alaska |
| Garroutte | Monte | Botany | 2010 | The systematics of Alaskan Eritchium (Alpine Forget-Me-Not, Boraginaceae) |
| McConnell | Casey | Fisheries |
2010 |
Analysis of humpback whitefish and least cisco otolith microchemistry from the Chatanika and Tanana River drainages utilizing inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
| Chem 413 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2011 | Arsenic in grocery store shrimp | |
| LaDouceur | Michael | Geology & Geophysics | 2011 | Tertiary volcanic rocks and soils, NW Seward Peninsula |
| Braun | Miriam | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on concretion geochemistry |
| Illig | Peter | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Volatile analyses of glasses from the 2008 eruption of Okmok volcano, Alaska |
| Traxler | Nicholas | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Amphibole and plagioclase textural studies: Augustine volcano, Alaska |
| Chem 413 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2012 | Hg in Salmon | |
| Heinchon | Sarah | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Cobalt Signatures of Auriferous Pyrite, Kensington Mine, SE Alaska |
| Tsigonis | Rebekah | Geology & Geophysics | 2012 | Using Grain Size and Titanium-in-Quartz Measurements to Determine the Strength of Rocks in a Deep-Seated Fault |
| Sommerfeld | Phillip | Physics | --- | Developing a LA-ICP-MS methodology to date Zircons by U-Pb decay |
| Chem 413 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2013 | Trace metals in consumer goods | |
| Chem 314 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2014 | Trace metals in consumer goods | |
| Chem 314 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2015 | Trace metals in consumer goods | |
| Witte | Riley | Chemistry & Biochemistry | --- | Evaluating Potential for Recovery of Te as a Byproduct of Au Extraction at the Golden Sunlight Mine (Whitehall, MT) |
| Chem 314 | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2016 | Trace metals in consumer goods | |
| Knight | Dallon | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2016 | Bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s from mine wastes in the Western United States and Alaskan road dust |
| Milke | Kyle | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2016 | Transport mechanisms of metal-bearing historic mine tailings in a semi-arid environment |
| Sterle | Jacob | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2016 | Physiological extractions of metal(loid)s from coal ash in Interior Alaska |
| Warner | David | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | Characterization of solid-phase transformation of boiler slag during leaching |
| McCartney | Kelly | Geological Engineering | in progress | Recovering Technologically Critical Elements:Coupling Mass Balance Calculations and Mineralogical Characterization |
| Mitchell | Kiana | Chemistry & Biochemistry | in progress | Quantifying the metal(loid) bioaccessibility of reacted fly ash in the Arctic |
| Galusha | Michael | Civil Engineering | in progress | Analysis of sand used for water filtration Cambodia |
| Bosserman | Brian | Geology & Geophysics | in progress | Analysis of sand used for water filtration Cambodia |
High School Student Research Projects
| Last Name | First Name | High School | Year | Title |
| O'Neil | Caelan | West Valley | 2015 | Toxic Metal and Metalloid Liberation from Locally-produced Coal Fly-Ash under Biological and Environmental Conditions |