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Maxwell C. BrownPostdoc.

University of Minnesota


Education:  Ph.D. University of Liverpool

Research Topic: Geomagnetic field

behavior over the last 5 Ma.

Nathan Church  -  Ph.D. track

Dept. of Earth Sciences

University of Cambridge


Education:  B.A. Carleton College

Research Topic: Laboratory-induced exsolution in solid solutions of titanomagnetite.


Past Students

Amy Chen - Masters (Co-Advised with Bruce Moskowitz), University of Minnesota, Low Temperature Magnetic Behavior of Magnetite, 2008.

Julia Prokop - Masters, University of Minnesota, GIS Mapping of Volcanic Terranes in Central Mexico, 2008.

Shaun WIlliams - Masters (Co-Advised with Richard Twitchett), University of Bristol,  A new ophiuroid taxon from the Lower Triassic of the USA, 2003.

Travis Drake - Undergraduate, REU Student from Carleton College, Paleomagnetism of the Modipe Gabbro, South Africa, 2008.

Zachary Montes - Undergraduate, REU Student from Carleton College, Remanence Anisotropy of Silicate-Hosted Magnetic Inclusions, 2008.

Alissa Morson - Undergraduate, HHMI Summer Science Fellow from Carleton College, Magnetic Correlation of Volcanic Ash Layers, 2009.

Rebecca Smith - Undergraduate, REU Student from UC Berkeley, Experimental Mineralogy Study of Exsolved Magnetite in Silicate Minerals, 2009. 

Lucy Sullivan - Undergraduate, University of Cambridge, Literature Review of Environmental Magnetism, 2006.

Lars Hansen  -  Ph.D. track

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota


Education:  B.S. California Polytechnic State University,

M.S., University of Wyoming

Research Topic: Experimental investigation of grain-size-sensitive power-law creep in olivine

Awards:     Dennis Graduate Fellowship, Dept. of Geol. & Geophys., 2009

                   Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2009

Evan Finnes

Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

University of Minnesota


Research Topic: Paleomagnetism of the Duluth Complex

Awarded Funding:

Precambrian Research Center Research Grant

Info for potential graduate students

Info for potential undergraduate interns

IRM Staff, Associated Faculty, and Visitors in our new NSF-funded shielded room, February 2008

Info for potential postdoctoral researchers

The above links are under construction.

Anna Lindquist  -  Ph.D. track

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics

University of Minnesota


Education:  B.S. Gustavus Adophus

Research Topic: Still Under Debate!

Awards:     Dennis Graduate Fellowship, Dept. of Geol. & Geophys., 2009

                   Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2009

Susanna Webb

Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

University of Minnesota


Research Topic:

Paleomagnetism of Cave Sediments in SE Minnesota

Awarded Funding: Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the U of MN

Charissa Johnson

Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

University of Minnesota


Research Topic:

Archeomagnetism

Awarded Funding:

  1. Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (National Level)

  2. U of MN Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) award.

Undergraduate Students

Joe Cropsey

Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

University of Minnesota


Research Topic: Linking Rock Magnetic Properties to the Performance of Paleointensity Techniques

Awarded Funding:

Funding from NSF EAR-0911683