A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Marco Knüver
TITLE: PhD Student
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology & Experimental Petrology. Short-term magma wall-rock interactions and their effects on eruption dynamics.
NAME: Victor J Ricchezza (Vic)
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Geology
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geoscience Education Research
NAME: Sam Ocon (they/she)
PROJECT TITLE: Examining Evolutionary Rate in Xiphosura
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sam has expertise in paleobiology, paleoecology, programming in R, and an overall background in geology. Over the course of their career, they have worked on everything from mammals to plankton to horseshoe crabs.
NAME: Wassim Mohamed BABA
CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco).
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Snowpack evolution modeling, remote sensing, data assimilation, data analysis and geographic information system (GIS).
NAME: Lis Gallant
CURRENT TITLE: Research Associate
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology
NAME: Leonardo Muniz Pichel
CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of Bergen)
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Structural Geology, Salt Tectonics, Basin Analysis, Rifting and Break-up, Seismic Interpretation, Structural Restoration and Modelling
NAME: Tunde Olarinoye
CURRENT TITLE: Scientific employee/PhD candidate;
Chair of hydrological modelling and water resources
University of Freiburg, Germany
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydrogeology, modelling, data analysis and management, GIS
NAME: Irini Sifogeorgaki
CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geoarchaeology: Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Fieldwork Strategies, Palaeoclimate and Site Formation Processes using various techniques like Micromorphology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphy
NAME: Joana Cardoso-Fernandes
CURRENT TITLE: Ph.D. Student (Geosciences, University of Porto, Portugal)
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geological exploration, Remote Sensing, Li mineralizations, Petrography, Geochemistry, Machine Learning
NAME: Michael Pyrcz
CURRENT TITLE: Associate Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Subsurface/Spatial Data Analytics, Geostatistics, and Machine Learning
NAME: Daniel Dores
CURRENT TITLE: Geothermal Geology Technician
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Environmental geochemistry, hydrology, renewable energy
NAME: Rachelle Kernen
CURRENT TITLE: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Salt Basins Technical Interest Group Founder & Co-Chair
AAPG Women’s Network Co-Chair
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology (Sedimentology-Stratigraphy), Salt Tectonics, Petroleum Geology, Geopolitics, Diversity, Inclusion, Women’s Issues, Writing Scientific Reports and Publishing Scientific Papers, Social Media Marketing