Group News
Addison awarded an NSF Graduduate Research Fellowship
April 2024: MS student Addison Curtis has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the US National Science Foundation. Congrats, Addison!
Marissa receives funding from NSF to study the southeast Australian escarpment
March 2024: PI Marissa Tremblay and Dr. Maggie Currie (NC State) have received funding from the Geomorphology and Land Use Program at the US National Science Foundation to reevaluate the timing and driver of escarpment retreat in southeastern Australia. The team will pair apatite 4He/3He thermochronometry with landscape evolution and thermokinematic models. This grant supports PhD student Wenbo Zhan's research. Hooray!
Moe and Wenbo recieve 2024 Employee Recognition Awards
February 2024: PhD students Moe Mijjum and Wenbo Zhan both received innaugural Employee Recognition Awards from Purdue University this month for their contributions to the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department. Congrats, Moe and Wenbo!
Wenbo and Marissa do field work in southern California
November 2023: Wenbo and Marissa traveled to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to a collect terrace depth profile in the Salton Basin. This is part of a pilot study with Tanzhuo Liu and Sidney Hemming from Columbia University.
Hongcheng, Moe, and Marissa attend the Geochronology GRC
August 2023: Hongcheng, Moe, and Marissa all presented at the Geochronology Gordon Research Conference at Mount Snow, Vermont this month. Marissa was also elected to be the Vice Chair for the next Geochronology GRC to take place in 2025.
Welcome graduate students Addison Curtis and Wenbo Zhan
August 2023: Addison joins T@P as a MS student after completing their undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and doing an undergraduate thesis with friend-of-the-T@P-group Willy Guenthner. Wenbo joins T@P as a PhD student after completing his MS at the University of Idaho with also-friend-of-the-T@P-group Jessica Stanley. A hearty welcome to both Addison and Wenbo!
Welcome postdoctoral researcher Dr. Nicholas Meszaros
June 2023: Nick earned his PhD from UT Austin, where he studied the petrology and geochronology of the Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field. We are excited for him to join Thermochronology @ Purdue. Welcome, Nick!
MS student John Fink successfully defends his thesis
May 2023: M.S. student John Fink has successfully defended his thesis this month! John will be moving to Boise State University this fall to pursue his Ph.D. working with Dr. Matt Kohn. Congratulations, John!
PhD student Moe Mijjum awarded Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
March 2023: Ph.D. student Moe Mijjjm has been awarded a prestigious Smithsonian Institution Fellowship! As part of this fellowship, Moe will spend the summer interning at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Congratulations, Moe!
Welcome postdoctoral researcher Dr. Hongcheng Guo
January 2023: Hongcheng earned his PhD from Lehigh University, where he worked on tectonics questions as well as apatite (U-Th)/He method development, and we are excited for him to join Thermochronology @ Purdue. Welcome, Hongcheng!