Our People
Faculty
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Professor of Geology, Tectonics, Geochemistry
Office: 314 SR1 Phone: (713) 743-3399; Email: jfcasey@uh.edu
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Research Associate Professor, Geochemistry, Petrology
Office: 332-B SR1 Phone: (713) 743-4382; Email: ygao@central.uh.edu
STAFF
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Minako Righter
Lab Supercisor
Office: 334B SR1 Phone: 713-743-3399; Email: mrighter@uh.edu
Graduate Students(Current)
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Weihang Yang, Ph.D Candidate (2014) "Trace metals and V isotope in Crude Oil" weihangy@hotmail.com |
Jannatul Ferdous, Ph.D Candidate (2014) "Geochemistry of Metamorphic Sole" janna2l@yahoo.com |
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Erik Russell Slotsve , Ph. D Canditate (2014) Geology erslotsve@uh.edu |
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XiaoJing Zhang, Ph. D Candidate (2014) "Geochemistry of Metamorphic Sole" xzhang54@uh.edu |
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Adrian Gittens, Ph.D Candidate (2012) |
| Raul Benavidez , M. Sc Canditate (2013) |
Undergraduate Students(Current)
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Sheila Liang Zhiyi Nguyen aznsvn@gmail.com |
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Alma Yesmagambetova esalmagul@gmail.com |
Students WORKED IN the Lab Since 2010 in Dept. EAS
| Name | Degree | Graduation Year | Current Position |
| Carmen A. Dragoi | Master | 2012 | Core Laboratories |
| Daniel Buechmann | Master | 2013 | |
| Don Tomlinson | Master | 2011 | |
| Jesse Dietderich | Master | 2013 | |
| Jiang Huang | Master | 2010 | Weatherford International |
| Kellen Springer | Master | 2010 | |
| Melissa Davidson | Master | 2014 | |
| Nam Nguyen | Master | 2014 | |
| Samuel Simmons | Master | 2013 | |
| Therica Grosshans | Master | 2013 | |
| Armadno Altamira | Ph.D | 2009 | |
| Barry Shailis | Ph.D | 2013 | |
| He Sun | Ph.D | 2014 | USTC, CHINA |
| Veronica Sanchez | Ph.D | 2011 | |
| Yingqian Xiong | Ph.D | 2012 | |
| Zhou Jie | Ph.D | 2010 | Core Laboratories |
| Jeremy Kent | Master | Current | |
| Serdar Bektas | Master | Current | |
| Kurt Sundell | Ph.D | Current | |
| Lillian Schaffer | Ph.D | Current | |
| Dan Imrecke | Ph.D | Current | |
| Shawn Wright | Ph.D | Current | |
| Steven Braun | Ph.D | Current | |
GRADUATE Students SUPERVISED by Dr. Casey(PRINCIPAL ADVISOR)
| Name | Degree | Graduation Year | Thesis Title | Current Position |
| Nazneen Kharas | M.S. | 1989 | Geochemistry and Petrology of the Gabbroic Rocks from Blow Me Down Mountain, Bay of Islands Complex: Composition of the Parent Magmas and Melts in equilibrium with Gabbroic Cumulates | Manager, K. W, Khumbatta, PC |
| David Meaux | M.S. | 1989 | Geology and Geochemistry of Subophiolitic Volcanic Rocks in the Arm Allochthon, Western Newfoundland, Canada | R&D Program Manager at BP, VP of the Houston
Geological Society |
| Ali Pollat | M.S. | 1992 | Structural and geochemical evolution of the Aladag melange complex and greenschist division of the dynamothermal metamorphic sole beneath the Karsanti-Pozanti Ophiolite | Professor of Geology, University of Windsor |
| Jack Wang | M.S. | 1992 | Tectonic and geochemical evolution of the metamorphic sole beneath the Bay of Islands Ophiolite: Implications for tectonic models of obduction. | Geophysicist at Apache Corporation |
| Mike Milliken | M.S. | 1994 | Correlation and Depositional Environment By Major and Trace Element Analyses of Cores DB-01 and DB-O2, Northwest Shelf of the Delaware Basin, Culberson County, Texas | Senior Geologist at Panther Energy |
| Doug Reid | M.S. | 1995 | Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of Formations Within and Surrounding the Broken Bow Uplift, Southeastern Oklahoma | Gulf Coast Geological Manager at Carrizo Oil & Gas |
| Yaoyang Yan | M.S. | 2001 | Morphotectonic and Geochemical Characteristics of the Siqueiros Transform, East Pacific Rise. | |
| Andrea Quintanilla | M.S. | 2005 | Geochemical Analysis of Siliciclastics Across the Iberian Continental Margin | Senior Petroleum Geologist at ExxonMobil |
| Keegan Boyer | M.S. | 2005 | Geochemistry of basaltic and gabbroic rocks from the 15°20’ Transform region along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. | Sr. Project Manager at AECOM Environmental |
| Jian Huang | M.S. | 2007 | Geochemical Analysis of Diabase, Basalts, and Metamorphic Sole Rocks from the Bay of Islands Ophiolite, Western Newfoundland. | |
| Carmen Dragoi | M.S. | 2010 | A Comparison Of Laser Ablation La-ICP-MS Versus Solution Trace Element Analyses On MORB Glasses From 12-16N Along Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Geochemical Analyst, Core Lab, Houston |
| Adrian Gittens | M.S. | 2012 | Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Cambro-Ordovician Siliclastic Units of the Humber Arm Allochthon, Newfoundland. | Ph.D. candidate, Univesrity of Houston |
| Melissa Davidson | M.S. | 2014 | U/Pb Geochronology of Post-Laramide, Pre-Basin and Range Silicic Volcanics, West Texas | |
| Raul Benavidez | M.S. | current | Li Isotopes of Leg 209 Gabbroic and Ultramafic Rocks | |
| Gultekin Savci | Ph.D | 1988 | Structural and Metamorphic Geology of the Subophiolitic Dynamothermal Metamorphic Sole and Peridotite Tectonites, Blow Me-Down Massif, Newfoundland, Canada: Tectonic Implications for Subduction and Obduction | President at Savci Environmental Tecnologies, LLC. |
| Rosanne Lindholm | Ph.D | 1990 | Regional Correlation, Age, Provenance and Tectonic Significance of Sandstone-Shale Sequences in the Humber Arm Allochthon, Western Newfoundland. | Senior Exploration Geologist ExxonMobil |
| John Lytwyn | Ph.D | 1993 | Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Forearc Volcanics and Intrusives Associated with Ridge Subduction: Examples from the Pozanti-Karsanti and Hatay Ophiolites, Southern Turkey and the Chugach-Prince William Terrane, Southern Alaska | Lecturer, University of Houston |
| Susan Smith | Ph.D | 1994 | Geochemistry and Petrology of Basaltic and Plutonic Rocks From the Hayes Transform Region, Mid-Atlantic Ridge | GIS Specialist, City of Lubbock, TX |
| Chunshou Xia | Ph.D | 1995 | Geochemical Variations, Source Characterization, Mantle Melting and Magmatic Processes at the 15°20N Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Appraisal Geophysicist at Nexen USA In |
| Zhongping Guo | Ph.D | 2001 | The Geochemical Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Axis from Iceland to Bouvet, A GIS Approach. | Senior Geologist/Project Manager, ESRI GIS |
| Douglas Reid | Ph.D | 2003 | Major Trace and Rare Earth Whole Rock Geochemical Analyses of the Early to Middle Paleozoic Strata of the Ouachita Orogenic Belt | Gulf Coast Geological Manager at Carrizo Oil & Gas |
| Debleena Banerji | Ph.D | 2005 | Geochemistry of Leg 179 Gabbroic Rocks, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge | Exploration Geologist at Shell International E&P |
| Adrian Gittens | Ph.D | current | U/Pb Zircon Provenance Studies of Cambro-Ordovician Siliciclastics of the Laurentian Margin and Collided Notre Dame Bay Island Arc Terranes , Newfoundland | Ph.D. candidate, Univesrity of Houston |
| Weihang Yang | Ph.D | Heavy Trace Elements as Fingerprints for Crude Oils: Their Significance in Exploration and Environmental Tracers. | Ph.D. candidate, Univesrity of Houston |