Student Success Stories
Graduate students in the Department of Geology and Environmental Geoscience are doing innovative, exciting and valuable research. They are traveling across the country and around the world, collaborating with, and learning from scientists in a variety of disciplines. Check below to see what some of our students been up to, and to read about the recent highlights and results of their graduate studies.
Tabitha Aldridge has a keen interest in planetary geology and being outdoors
Jen Cumpston likes integrative science with an international flavor
Kendle Fraley likes digging for gold
Camilo Higuera-Diaz loves traveling and knowing places
Tim Hodson is a Master's student who wants to color the world with his maps
Matt Konfirst studied for a year in Germany, and spent two months at sea
Luke Trusel loves the cold
Companies hiring our recent M.S. and Ph.D. graduates include…
ARCADIS U.S., Inc.
Barrick Gold Corp.
Byrd Polar Research Center
Chemtech Services, Inc.
Environ International
Hillsborough Community College
Illinois State Geological Survey
IMERYS World Minerals Group
Kodiak Oil and Gas
Kosmos Energy
MicroSeismic Inc.
Occidental Petroleum
Patrick Engineering
Samson Resources
Schlumberger
Shell Oil
Southern Illinois University
United States EPA
United States Geological Survey
University of South Florida
University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley
University of Wisconsin, Osh Kosh