Guilherme Gualda

Students & Postdocs

Graduate students (VU)

Elizabeth C. Teeter (VU 2019-Present)

Teeter

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2021
    Squashing crystals with the Big Felsic Enclave: Magma dynamics in the Aztec Wash Pluton [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/16968]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • BSc, Bowdoin College, 2018

Current position

  • PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Contact info & website

elizabeth.c.teeter@vanderbilt.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-teeter-ba1b45164/

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Teeter EC, Gualda GAR, Miller CF (2024) Granitic mush compaction by impingement of a large felsic enclave: Evidence from Aztec Wash Pluton (Nevada, USA). Geosphere, in press

Genna R. Chiaro (VU 2017-2023)

Chiaro

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2023
    Magmatic architecture and processes in a supereruption-scale system: The crystal-rich Ora Ignimbrite (Permian, northern Italy) [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/18572]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2019
    Multiple magma bodies: Understanding the pre-eruptive architecture and magmatic processes of supereruptions based on textural, mineralogical, and geochemical features of fiamme from the Ora Ignimbrite (Permian, Italy) [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13920]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • BSc, DePauw University, 2017

Current position

  • Mendenhall Postdoc, USGS

Contact info & website

gennachiaro@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/genna-chiaro-010a4078/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-7679

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Chiaro GR, Gualda GAR, Giordano G, Morelli C, Miller CF (2024) Mush architecture and processes in the reservoirs of a supereruption-scale magma system inferred from fiamme glass compositions and textures, Permian Ora Ignimbrite (Northern Italy). Journal of Petrology, in press [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egae016]

Blake M. Wallrich (VU 2017-2024)

Wallrich

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2022
    Unraveling magmatic histories at multiple scales: Insight from the Searchlight Pluton – Highland Range Magmatic System [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/17890]
    Advisors: Miller, Gualda
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2019
    Unraveling magmatic histories at multiple scales [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13291]
    Advisor: Miller, Gualda
  • BSc, Slippery Rock University, 2017

Current position

  • Research Scientist, Corning

Contact info & website

blake.m.wallrich.1@vanderbilt.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewallrich/

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Wallrich BM, Miller CF, Gualda GAR, Miller JS, Hinz NH, Faulds JE (2023) Volcano-pluton connection: Perspectives on material and process linkages, Searchlight Pluton and Highland Range Volcanic Sequence, Nevada, USA. Earth-Science Reviews, 238: 104361 [DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104361]

Lydia J. Harmon (VU 2014-2022)

Harmon

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2022
    Untangling the depths and conditions of magma bodies through time [https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/17096]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2016
    Plagioclase, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, glass magma-meter and application to Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand and Paraná volcanic province, Brazil [https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/13403]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • BA, Occidental College, 2013

Current position

  • Postdoc, Arizona State University

Contact info & website

ljharmo1@asu.edu
www.lydiaharmon.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-705X

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Harmon LJ, *Smithies SL, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM (2024) The Whakamaru magmatic system (Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand), part 2: Evidence from ignimbrite deposits for the pre-eruptive distribution of melt-dominated magma and magma mush. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in press [DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108013]
  2. *Harmon LJ, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM, *Smithies SL, Deering CD (2024) The Whakamaru Magmatic System (Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand), part 1: Evidence from tephra deposits for the eruption of multiple magma types through time. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 445: 107966 [DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107966]
  3. *Smithies SL, *Harmon LJ, §Allen SM, Gravley DM, Gualda GAR (2023) Following magma: The pathway of silicic magmas from extraction to storage during an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 607: 118053 [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118053]
  4. *Harmon LJ, Cowlyn J, Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS (2018) Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 4: Plagioclase, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, glass geobarometer, and application to Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173: 7 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-017-1428-z]

Sebastian A. D. Belfanti (VU 2016-2019)

Belfanti

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2019
    Feldspar megacrysts as a window into the crystallization of silicic magmas: A study in the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Yosemite National Park, CA [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13153]
    Advisors: Gualda, Miller
  • BSc, University of Washington, 2015

Current position

  • CEO & Public Historian, The West End Museum; President of the West End Civic Association; Board Member of the Massachusetts History Alliance

Contact info & website

sebastianaldodesveauxbelfanti@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-belfanti-77821b112/

What else?

“Nothing, unless you want to us to include some professional accomplishments or something, then maybe: Grew Museum’s staff from 1 to 4 and raised more than $2.5 million to fully reconstruct the Museum, establish an endowment, and increase operating budgets by 16x in 4 years.”

Michelle L. Foley (VU 2015-2017)

Foley

Background

  • PhD, Université de Lausanne, 2022
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2017
    Textural and geochemical investigation of the Peach Spring Tuff CA-NV-AZ: Evidence for dynamic pre-supereruption processes [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13407]
    Advisor: Miller, Gualda
  • BSc, Western Kentucky University, 2015

Current position

  • Postdoc, University of Arizona

Contact info & website

michellefoley@arizona.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-foley-0160b46a/
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-2416

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Foley ML, Miller CF, Gualda GAR (2020) Architecture of a super-sized magma chamber and remobilization of its basal cumulate (Peach Spring Tuff, USA). Journal of Petrology, 61: egaa020 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egaa020] [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egaa020]

Samantha Tramontano (VU 2014-2016)

Tramontano

Background

  • PhD, CUNY Queens, 2023
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2016
    The importance of minerals and bubbles: (1) The internal trigger test: mapping overpressure regimes for giant magma bodies (2) Developing and incorporating instructional videos and quizzes as a blended and online learning component in an undergraduate optical microscopy curriculum [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13210]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • BSc, University of Rochester, 2013

Current position

  • Postdoc, American Museum of Natural History; Lecturer, CUNY Staten Island

Contact info & website

stramontano@amnh.org
www.samanthatramontano.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-5735

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Tramontano S, Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS (2017) Internal triggering of volcanic eruptions: tracking overpressure regimes for giant magma bodies. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 472: 142-151 [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.014]

Abraham J. Padilla (VU 2009-2015)

Padilla

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2015
    Elemental and isotopic geochemistry of crystal-melt systems: Elucidating the construction and evolution of silicic magmas in the shallow crust, using examples from southeast Iceland and southwest USA [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13140]
    Advisors: Miller, Gualda
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2011
    Volcano-pluton connections in silicic magmatic systems: Insights from southeast Iceland and southern Nevada [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13446]
    Advisor: Miller, Gualda
  • BSc, University of Southern California, 2009

Current position

  • Minerals Intelligence Research Specialist, USGS National Minerals Information Center

Contact info & website

apadilla@usgs.gov
www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-j-padilla
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-533X

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Padilla AJ & Gualda GAR (2016) Crystal-melt elemental partitioning in silicic magmatic systems: An example from the Peach Spring Tuff high-silica rhyolite, S. Nevada. Chemical Geology, 440: 326-344 [DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.07.004]

What else?

“In my current role as a Minerals Intelligence Researcher with the USGS National Minerals Information Center I conduct research on the global supply chain and movement of non-fuel mineral commodities that are critical for society, the economy, and national defense, with a large focus on rare metals such as tantalum and niobium. Using a variety of quantitative frameworks such as geospatial analysis (GIS) and material flow analysis (MFA) I am better able to understand how critical materials flow across the global economy, from their origins as raw mineral resources extracted from the Earth (production), to their transformation into refined commodities and finished goods (processing), their use in the manufacturing of finished products, their end use by the consumer market, and finally their disposal as waste or recovery through recycling at the product’s functional end of life (EOL). Recently, I also served as a Mineral Commodity Specialist analyzing the niobium and tantalum mineral industries. In that role, I analyzed data and information on global reserves, global production, international trade, domestic consumption, government and industry stocks, as well as important trends, events, and legislation related to the niobium and tantalum industries to better understand the global movement of niobium and tantalum materials.”

Archer E. Chattin (VU 2013-2015)

Chattin

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2015
    Syn-eruptive processes as recorded by crystals and vesicles in the Bishop Tuff, California: A combination of experimental petrology and 3D imaging [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13093]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • BSc, Texas Tech University, 2012

Current position

  • Team Lead Manager, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Contact info & website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/archer-tate-37884a101/

Ayla S. Pamukcu (VU 2008-2014)

Pamukcu

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2014
    Understanding the what, when, where, and why of supereruptions [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12552]
    Advisor: Gualda
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2010
    The evolution of the Peach Spring Tuff magmatic system as revealed by accessory mineral textures and compositions [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13107]
    Advisor: Gualda, Miller
  • BSc, The University of Chicago, 2008

Current position

  • Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Contact info & website

apamukcu@stanford.edu
https://profiles.stanford.edu/ayla-pamukcu
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-834X

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. Pamukcu AS, §Wright KA, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM (2020) Magma residence and eruption at the Taupo Volcanic Center (Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand): Insights from rhyolite-MELTS geobarometry, diffusion chronometry, and crystal textures. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 175: 48 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-020-01684-2]
  2. *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, *Bégué F, Gravley DM (2015) Melt inclusion shapes: Timekeepers of short-lived giant magma bodies. Geology, 43: 947-950 [DOI:10.1130/G37021.1]
  3. *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS, Miller CF (2015) Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 3: Application to the Peach Spring Tuff (Arizona-California-Nevada, USA). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 169: 33 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-015-1122-y]
  4. *Bégué F, *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS, Gravley DM, Deering CD (2014) Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 2: Application to Taupo Volcanic Zone rhyolites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168: 1082 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-014-1082-7]
  5. *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, Rivers ML (2013) Quantitative 3D petrography using x-ray tomography 4: Assessing glass inclusion textures with propagation phase-contrast tomography. Geosphere, 9: 1704-1713 [DOI:10.1130/GES00915.1]
  6. *Pamukcu AS, *Carley TL, Gualda GAR, Miller CF, Ferguson CA (2013) The evolution of the Peach Spring giant magma body: Evidence from accessory mineral textures and compositions, bulk pumice and glass geochemistry, and rhyolite-MELTS modeling. Journal of Petrology, 54: 1109-1148 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egt007]
  7. Gualda GAR, *Pamukcu AS, Anderson AT Jr., Ghiorso MS, Sutton SR, Rivers ML (2012) Timescales of quartz crystallization and the longevity of the Bishop giant magma body. PLoS ONE, 7: e37492 [DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0037492]
  8. *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, Anderson AT Jr. (2012) Crystallization stages of the Bishop Tuff magma body recorded in crystal textures. Journal of Petrology, 53: 589-609 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egr072]
  9. Gualda GAR, *Pamukcu AS, *Claiborne LL, Rivers ML (2010) Quantitative 3D petrography using x-ray tomography. 3: Documenting accessory phases with differential absorption tomography. Geosphere, 6: 782-792 [DOI:10.1130/GES00568.1]
  10. *Pamukcu AS & Gualda GAR (2010) Quantitative 3D petrography using x-ray tomography. 2: Combining information from various resolutions. Geosphere, 6: 775-781 [DOI:10.1130/GES00565.1]

Tamara L. Carley (VU 2008-2014)

Carley

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2014
    The generation and evolution of silicic magma and juvenile crust: Insight from the Icelandic zircon record [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13128]
    Advisor: Miller
  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2010
    Studies of the evolution of felsic magma systems: I. Zircon in historic eruptions, Iceland; II. Modeling magma chamber evolution leading to the Peach Spring Tuff supereruption, Arizona, Nevada and California [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12871]
    Advisor: Miller, Gualda
  • BA, Whitman College, 2008

Current position

  • Associate Professor, Lafayette College

Contact info & website

carleyt@lafayette.edu
https://geology.lafayette.edu/people/tamara-carley/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-8955

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Pamukcu AS, *Carley TL, Gualda GAR, Miller CF, Ferguson CA (2013) The evolution of the Peach Spring giant magma body: Evidence from accessory mineral textures and compositions, bulk pumice and glass geochemistry, and rhyolite-MELTS modeling. Journal of Petrology, 54: 1109-1148 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egt007]
  2. Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS, §Lemons RV, *Carley TL (2012) Rhyolite-MELTS: A modified calibration of MELTS optimized for silica-rich, fluid-bearing magmatic systems. Journal of Petrology, 53: 875-890 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egr080]

Susanne McDowell (2010-2014)

McDowell

Background

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2014
    Geochemical investigations of ancient silicic magmatism in western Arizona and southern Brazil: Timing, longevity, and evolution [https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/17096]
    Advisors: Miller, Gualda
  • MSc, University of North Carolina at Chappel Hill, 20??
  • BSc, Vanderbilt University, 20??

William O. Frazier (VU 2011-2013)

Frazier

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2013
    Petrochemical Constraints on Generation of the Peach Spring Tuff Supereruption Magma, Arizona, Nevada, and California [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13069]
    Advisors: Miller, Gualda
  • BSc, University of North Carolina at Chappel Hill, 2011

Current position

  • Project Geologist, Terracon

Contact info & website

wofrazier@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wofrazier/

Lindy L. Colombini (VU 2007-2009)

Colombini

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2009
    Mid-Miocene rhyolite sequence, Highland Range, NV: record of magma evolution and eruption from the Searchlight pluton magma chamber [http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13302]
    Advisor: Miller, Gualda
  • BSc, Eastern Michigan University, 2007

Current position

  • Stay at Home Parent; Substitute Teacher

Contact info & website

lindy.colombini@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindy-colombini-09131975/

Publications deriving from VU work with Gualda

  1. *Colombini LL, Miller CF, Gualda GAR, Wooden JL, Miller JS (2011) Sphene and zircon in the Highland Range volcanic sequence (Miocene, southern Nevada, USA): Elemental partitioning, phase relations, and influence on evolution of silicic magma. Mineralogy & Petrology, 102: 29-50 [DOI:10.1007/s00710-011-0177-3]

What else?

“While I am no longer involved in academia or even in the workforce, I still use my degree to better my life and my community. I substitute at the elementary school, I volunteer for the Newaygo County Environmental Coalition to help connect the community to local environmental groups, and I have also created a presentation about how glaciers formed Michigan and the Great Lakes that I present for local community events and libraries.”

Graduate students (Non-VU)

Sarah L. Smithies (University of Canterbury PhD)

Smithies

Background

  • PhD, University of Canterbury, 2022
    The rhyolitic magma systems fuelling an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
    Advisor: Gravley (Gualda: Associate supervisor)
  • MSc, University of Canterbury, 2018
  • BSc, University of Canterbury, 2016

Current position

  • Lecturer, University of Canterbury

Contact info & website

sarah.smithies@canterbury.ac.nz
https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Sarah-Smithies
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-smithies-285842114/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-2952

Publications deriving from graduate work with Gualda

  1. *Harmon LJ, *Smithies SL, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM (2024) The Whakamaru magmatic system (Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand), part 2: Evidence from ignimbrite deposits for the pre-eruptive distribution of melt-dominated magma and magma mush. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in press [DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108013]
  2. *Smithies SL, Gravley DM, Gualda GAR, Harmon LJ (2024) Connecting the dots: The lava domes’ perspective of the magma systems driving an ignimbrite flare-up. Journal of Petrology, 65: egad090 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egad090]
  3. *Harmon LJ, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM, *Smithies SL, Deering CD (2024) The Whakamaru Magmatic System (Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand), part 1: Evidence from tephra deposits for the eruption of multiple magma types through time. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 445: 107966 [DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107966]
  4. *Smithies SL, *Harmon LJ, §Allen SM, Gravley DM, Gualda GAR (2023) Following magma: The pathway of silicic magmas from extraction to storage during an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 607: 118053 [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118053]

Elisabeth M. Bertolett (University of Canterbury PhD)

Bertolett

Background

  • PhD, University of Canterbury, 2019
    Understanding the Akaroa magmatic system: A multi-method approach to erupted plutonic lithics
    Advisor: Gravley (Gualda: Associate supervisor)
  • BSc, Denison University, 2015

Contact info & website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-bertolett-358805a3/

Florence Bégué (University of Canterbury PhD)

Begue

Background

  • PhD, University of Canterbury, 2014
  • MSc, Université de Lausanne, 2008
  • BSc, Université de Lausanne, 2006

Current position

  • Specialist in energy research and cleantech, Swiss Federal Office of Energy

Contact info & website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-begue/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8190-2991

Publications deriving from graduate work with Gualda

  1. *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, *Bégué F, Gravley DM (2015) Melt inclusion shapes: Timekeepers of short-lived giant magma bodies. Geology, 43: 947-950 [DOI:10.1130/G37021.1]
  2. *Bégué F, *Pamukcu AS, Gualda GAR, Ghiorso MS, Gravley DM, Deering CD (2014) Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 2: Application to Taupo Volcanic Zone rhyolites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168: 1082 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-014-1082-7]
  3. *Bégué F, Deering CD, Gravley DM, Kennedy BM, Chambefort I, Gualda GAR, Bachmann O (2014) Extraction, storage and eruption of multiple isolated magma batches in the paired Mamaku and Ohakuri eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Petrology, 55: 1653-1684 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egu038] [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egu038]

Post-docs

Bradley W. Pitcher (VU 2017-2022)

Pitcher

Background

  • PhD, Oregon State University, 2017
  • BSc, Central Washington University, 2011

Current position

  • Lecturer, Columbia University

Contact info & website

bradwpitcher@gmail.com
https://bradpitcher.weebly.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-pitcher-4a145623b/
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-7748

Publications deriving from postdoc work with Gualda

  1. †Pitcher BW, Gualda GAR, Hasegawa T (2021) Repetitive duality of rhyolite compositions, timescales, and storage and extraction conditions for Pleistocene caldera-forming eruptions, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Petrology, 62: egaa106 [DOI:10.1093/petrology/egaa106]

Susanne Seitz (VU 2018-2021)

Seitz

Background

  • PhD, Université de Lausanne, 2016
  • Diploma, Universität Potsdam, 2011

Current position

  • Geologist, OSPAG

Contact info & website

susanne.seitz07@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-seitz-49899b108/

Senior thesis undergraduates

Sophia Wang (VU 2018-2022)

Wang

Background

  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2022
    Fast or slow: Evaluating the Ti-in-quartz diffusion coefficients against plagioclase diffusion timescales
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • Graduate Student, Oregon State University

Contact info & website

sophiawang.nz@gmail.com

Maya Sandel (VU 2017-2021)

Sandel

Background

  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2021
    Identifying pseudotachylite from the Ora Caldera in Northern Italy through textural and geochemical analysis
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • ESG consultant, ADEC Innovations

Contact info & website

mayasandel@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-sandel/

What else?

“I MISS SCIENCE and definitely want to go back to school for something with science/geology/become a professor – but that’s down the line.”

Samuel Heagney (VU 2016-2020)

Heagney

Background

  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2020
    Characterizing the final eruptions of the Paraná-Etendeka Igneous Province
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • Associate – Renewable Development, Invenergy

Contact info & website

samuel.heagney@vanderbilt.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-heagney-503b3a148/

What else?

“I still think about Earth Materials regularly…”

Liam J. Kelly (VU 2016-Present)

Kelly

Background

  • MSc, Vanderbilt University, 2022
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2020
    Modeling conductive and convective heat extraction from silicic magma bodies at depth in the Central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Contact info & website

lj.kelly@vanderbilt.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamjkelly1/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1132-7207

Publications deriving from senior thesis work with Gualda

  1. §Kelly LJ, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM, Dempsey D (2021) Hydrothermal cooling as a requirement for short storage of silicic magmas. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22: e2021GC009794 [DOI:10.1029/2021GC009794]

What else?

“Not sure what should go here, maybe like research interests? In any case, they are Volcanology, Magma Mush Dynamics, Remote Sensing, Numerical Modeling.”

Sydney M. Allen (VU 2014-2018)

Allen

Background

  • PhD, Rice University, 2023
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2018
    Vertical positioning of magma in the Ohakuri Eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • Minerals Intelligence Research Analyst, USGS National Minerals Information Center

Contact info & website

smallen@usgs.gov
https://sydneyallen.blogs.rice.edu/
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-3548

Publications deriving from senior thesis work with Gualda

  1. *Smithies SL, *Harmon LJ, §Allen SM, Gravley DM, Gualda GAR (2023) Following magma: The pathway of silicic magmas from extraction to storage during an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 607: 118053 [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118053]

Kylie A. Wright (VU 2011-2015)

Wright

Background

  • MSc, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2015
    Textural analysis with x-ray tomography: Longevity of the giant Oruanui Magma System (Taupo Volcanic Zone, NZ)
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • Sustainability Engineer, Southwestern Energy

Contact info & website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wright-kylie/

Publications deriving from senior thesis work with Gualda

  1. Pamukcu AS, §Wright KA, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM (2020) Magma residence and eruption at the Taupo Volcanic Center (Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand): Insights from rhyolite-MELTS geobarometry, diffusion chronometry, and crystal textures. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 175: 48 [DOI:10.1007/s00410-020-01684-2]

Nicole Burdakin (VU 2009-2013)

Background

  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 2013
    Geochronology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from a large rift system in southern Brazil
    Advisor: Gualda

Current position

  • Educational Consultant, Self-Employed

Contact info & website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-burdakin-18862163/