Students

 

Here is a list of my graduate students and their research:

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Larry Tackett 2012-2014 “A petrographic analysis of the relationship between porosity and organic matter in the Phosphoria Formation of northeastern Utah.”

Roger Miller 2013-2016 “The lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah: A comparison with the coeval Burro Canyon Formation, including new measured sections on the Uncompahre Uplift

Chris Ward 2014-2016 “Sedimentary and stratigraphic analysis of the late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group, and the occurrence of late Cretaceous dinosaurs in northeastern Utah

Cody Watkins 2014-2016 “Hydrocarbon and CO2 Emissions from Soil Surfaces in Uinta Basin, Utah

Greg Agyan measuring specimens at the museum.

Greg Agyan 2019-2021 “Taphonomy of Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Morrison Formation Apatosaurus sp. vertebrae found associated with teeth from Allosaurus sp. and Ceratosaurus sp., and body size extrapolation from the associated theropod teeth.”

I’ve served on the Graduate Committees for the following students.

Colleen Jones (PhD) 2012-2014 “Biogeochemistry of Selenium in Pariette Wetlands, Utah”

David Richey (MS) 2011-2012 “Fault zone architecture and controls of fault permeability and fluid migration pathways: An outcrop analysis of the Iron Wash fault, southeastern Utah.”

Santi Flores (MS) 2012-2013 “Deformation characterization at caprock/reservoir interfaces San Rafael Swell, Utah: Implications for reservoir leakage”

Heidi Pearce (MS) 2011-2012 “A study of the bioherms of the early Ordovician Garden City Formation and a literature review of early Ordovician organic buildups.”

Colter Davis (MS) 2013-2016 “Sequence Stratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, and Biostratigraphy of Lower Ordovician units in northeastern and western central Utah: Regional Implications.”

Ibrahim Zallum (MS) 2015-2017 Cambrian Paleontology in Nevada