Graduate Students
Clinton Bailey
B.S., Geology/Geography Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research interests: Environmental Geoscience: The relationships between hydrogeology and soil science
E-mail: Z153192@students.niu.edu
Steven Battaglia
B.S., Atmospheric Sciences and Geology, University of Illinois; Urbana-Champaign
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Paul Stoddard
Research interests: Planetary Geology: Evolution and Features of Planetary Interiors, Surfaces, and Atmospheres.
E-mail: battagl1@niu.edu
Sarah Brokus
B.A., Hope College
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Justin Dodd
Research interests: Contaminant Hydrology, Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry
E-mail: sbrokus1@niu.edu
Marco Castillo
B.S. Geology, Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Mark Frank
Research interests: Petrology and Mineralogy
E-mail: mcastillo1@niu.edu
Matt Fleming
B.S., Geology, Bowling Green State University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Mark Fischer
Research interests: Petroleum/natural gas geology and other economic deposits, structural geology
E-mail: mfleming3@niu.edu
Andrea Greer
B.S. Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research interests: Environmental Geosciences, Geomicrobiology
E-mail: arasmus4@niu.edu
Chris Greer
B.S., Millsaps College, M.S., Wright State University
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Colin Booth
Research interests: Hydrgeology - numerical modeling combined with field measurements and isotopic analysis to determine recharge pathways and volume into local glacial and regional bedrock aquifers
E-mail: cbgreer1138@yahoo.com
Hal Hackett
B.S., Geology, Wheaton College, IL
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Justin Dodd
Research interests: Paleoclimate through isotopes; glacial lacustrine sedimentation
E-mail: halwhackett@gmail.com
Michelle Heider
B.S., Calvin College
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Reed Scherer
Research interests: Vertebrate paleontology
E-mail: mheider@niu.edu
Rachael Hines
B.S., Geology, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Jim Walker
Research interests: Volcanology and Tectonics
E-mail: rhines@niu.edu
Tim Hodson
M.S. Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Ross D. Powell
Research interests: Researching the glaciers of coastal Alaska
E-mail: tohodson@gmail.com
Phil Kenroy
B.S., Geology, Grand Valley State University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Mark P. Fischer
Research interests: Structural Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology
E-mail: pkenroy1@niu.edu
Christine Knudson
B.S., Geology, Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. James Walker
Research interests: Volcanology
E-mail: cknudson@niu.edu
Colby Lubanowski
B.S., Geology/Geography, GIS Certificate at Northern Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Mark Frank
Research interests: Economic Geology; Gold/Copper partitioning in Sulfide minerals in magmatic hydrothermal environments
E-mail: z172640@niu.edu
Raymond Patrick R. Maximo
B.S., University of the Philippines
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. James A. Walker
Research interests: Volcanology, (Mayon Volcano) - volitiles in the magma using melt inclusions in early crystallizing phases and implications to explosivity of the eruption
E-mail: maximo1@niu.edu
Matthew Mayerle
B.S., Western Illinois University
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Ross Powell
Research interests: Sedimentology
E-mail: mwmayerle@gmail.com
David Mills
B.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Adviser: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research Interests: Chemical Hydrogeology and Groundwater Contamination
E-mail: dmills@niu.edu
Christine Moore
B.S. University of Central Missouri
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Adviser: Dr. Mark Frank
Research Interests: Mineralogy, economic geology, and rare earth elements
E-mail: ccrawford2@niu.edu
Kathryn Quesnell
B.S. Biology and Environmental Studies from Knox College
Degree Seeking: M.S. in Geology
Adviser: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research Interests: Geomicrobiology and the Environment
E-mail: kquesnell@niu.edu
Cait Randerson
B.S., Saint Norbert College
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Ross Powell
Research interests: Glacial Geology
E-mail: cranderson@niu.edu
Lauren Schroeder
B.S., Northern Illinois University
Degree seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Phil Carpenter
Research interests: Geophysics and Structural Geology
E-mail: lschroeder1@niu.edu
Ann Shillaber
B.S., Geology, Wheaton College
Degree seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research interests: Contaminant Hydrogeology and Water Resources
E-mail: ashillaber1@niu.edu
Kasey Todd
B.S., Eastern Michigan University
Degree seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Heather Watson
Research interests: Petrology and Mineralogy
E-mail: ktodd2@niu.edu
Erik Van Dusen
B.S., Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Degree seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Mark P. Fischer
Research interests: Structural and Petroleum geology
E-mail: evandusen1@niu.edu
Jonathan Warnock
B.S. Geology, Northern Illinois University
M.S. University of Chicago
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Reed Scherer
Research interests: Micropaleontology, diatom dissolution processes
E-mail: jwarnock@niu.edu
Karel Waska
B.S. & M.S., Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Lenczewski
Research interests: Environmental hydrogeology and geophysics
E-mail: kwaska@niu.edu
Wilson Wiedenheft
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Justin Dodd
Research interests: Paleoclimate through geochemistry and isotopic analysis
E-mail: wiednhft@gmail.com