Research Projects

Inorganic Geochemistry

Gene Perry

• Hydrogeology in the vicinity of an active volcano, Popocatepetl, Mexico (Ph.D. research project of Guadalupe Velazquez-Oliman, gvo@geol.niu.edu)
• Fluid-rock system evolution during folding:A detachment fold example from the Mexican Sierra Madre Oriental (NSF funded, Co PI Mark Fischer). (Ph.D. research project for Liliana Lefticariu, lleftic@geol.niu.edu)
• Hydrogeochemistry of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
• Petrology carbonate rocks of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Ph.D. research project of Mihai Lefticariu, mleftic@geol.niu.edu)

Organic Geochemistry

Melissa Lenczewski

• Biodegradation and sorption of MTBE in clay-rich materials (Ph.D. research project of Rosa Leal, rbl@geol.niu.edu). Report on collection of lacustrine clays from Chalco Basin, Mexico. Research sponspored by the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at NIU.
• Spatial distribution microorgansism associated with biodegradation of TCE (Graduate research position open from this project)
• Microbial ecology of prairie grass soils (project with Mike Konen, NIU Geography)