Department of Geological Sciences
Dr. Adriana Heimann Ríos
Research Group Members
Current Group Members
Hiba El'Shaer
PB student
As of now, Hiba is working on the petrography and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from El Yunque, Puerto Rico
Katherine Foster
MS student
Katherine is working on characterizing the mineralogy, geochemistry, and biofilms of karst caves in Puerto Rico
Giuliana Roccisano
MS student
Giuliana is working on Geoscience Education
Jayson Eldridge
MS student
Jayson is working on the geochemistry of minerals spatially associated with Proterozoic metamorphosed Pb-Zn deposits and rare metal granitic pegmatites
Work in progress
Previous Group Members at ECU
Patrick Tomasic at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab.
Patrick conducted micro-XAS and micro-XRF studies of minerals to determine valence state and coordination geometry of transition metals and relation to color.
Right: Photo of set up inside the X-ray beamline room.
Patrick Tomasic, M.S. 2023
Patrick Tomasic, MS 2023 - Synchrotron XAS/XRF investigation of beryl varieties
Brandon Nickerson, M.S. (spring 2021)
Mikayla Dixon, B.S., undergraduate research (spring 2021)
Collin Earls (undergraduate research, May 2021)
Daniel Gray, M.S. 2020 - Raman spectroscopy investigation of beryl and emerald.
Brett Pertunen, M.S. 2019 - Iron isotopes, Skaergaard
Allison Murrie, M.S. 2019 - Iron isotopes, Skaergaard
Alex Hammerstrom, M.S. 2019 - Iron isotopes, Skaergaard
Tiffany Cummings, M.S. 2018 - O isotopes, Fe-Ti oxide exsolutions, Skaergaard
Cindy Mauro (2017) - Beryl
Jonathan Adileh, B.Sc. 2015 - Skaergaard
Ryan Chartier, B.Sc. 2016 - Garnet traces in pegmatites
Tyler Anderson, BSc. 2017 - Skaergaard
Nicholas Mitchell, M.S. 2017 - Geochemistry of garnet in pegmatites
Heather Lancaster, M.S. 2015 - Iron Formations
Cortney Cameron, M.S. (2014) - Skaergaard
Erik Anderson, B.Sc. 2015 - Iron Formations
Max Robinson, B.Sc. 2015 - Skaergaard
Korey Ashton, B.Sc. 2015 - Skaergaard
Nate Kellum, B.Sc. 2014 - Skaergaard
Erica Serna, M.S. 2014 - Iron Formations
Jason Yonts, M.S. 2014 - Trace elements in gahnite from pegmatites
Kristopher Ashton, B.Sc. 2014 - Iron formations
John Gemperline, B.Sc. 2013 - Iron formations
Scott Elkins, B.Sc. 2011- Gahnite in metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits
Josh Bitner - Gahnite and garnet chemistry in granitic pegmatites
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Tiffany
Erica Serna