People

Annie Bauer headshot

Annie Bauer, Assistant Professor; annie.bauer@wisc.edu

B.Sc. & B.A., Univ. Washington 2011; Ph.D. MIT 2017

 

 

 

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Mike Tappa, Researcher; mtappa@wisc.edu

B.Sc. Univ. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2006; M.Sc. Univ. North Carolina Chapel Hill 2009

 

 

 

Emily Palmer, PhD Student in Chemistry, eepalmer@wisc.edu

B.Sc. Chemistry, Univ. Minnesota Twin Cities (2022); M.Sc. Chemistry, UW-Madison (2024)

 

 

Rowan Gregoire

 

Rowan Gregoire, PhD Student in Geoscience, rowan.gregoire@wisc.edu

B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dartmouth College (2024)

 

 

Ben Woodmansee, PhD Student in Geoscience

B.Sc. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan 2026

 

 

 

Gabe Jimenez, Undergraduate Researcher in Chemistry

 

 

 

Emily Boyd, Undergraduate Researcher in Geoscience

 

 

 

Former lab members

-PhD students

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Dr. Esther Stewart, Geologist, WGNHS; esther.stewart@wisc.edu

M.A. Mt. Holyoke College 2005; M.Sc. Idaho State University 2008; Ph.D. UW-Madison 2025

 

Dr. Emily Mixon, eemixon@wisc.edu

B.S. UT Austin 2018; Ph.D. UW-Madison 2024; NSF GRFP recipient

Researcher in SLEUTh lab at UW-Madison, Summer 2024 to present

 

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Dr. Pan Hu, Former visiting PhD Student

Researcher at Vanderbilt (2024-2025); Univ. Hong Kong (2025-present)

 

-Researchers (post-BSc, postdoctoral, and distinguished researchers)

Abby Santis, Post-BSc Researcher

B.A. Middlebury College 2023

Ph.D. in Geoscience, WashU 2024-present; NSF GRFP 2024 Honorable Mention, 2025 Recipient

 

Athena Eyster

Athena Eyster, Researcher

Ph.D. Harvard University 2017

Assistant Professor at Tufts University, 2023-present.

 

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Brian Beard, Distinguished Scientist; brian.beard@wisc.edu

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1992

 

-MSc students

 

Hanna Konavaluk, M.Sc. student 2023-2024

B.S. Univ. Iowa 2022; NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2024

 

 

Sally Stevens

B.S. UC Santa Barbara (2019); M.Sc. UW-Madison (2022). Ph.D. in Geoscience 2022-present.

 

 

Khalil Droubi

B.S. UC Santa Barbara (2020); M.Sc. UW-Madison (2022), co-advised by Chloë Bonamici. Ph.D. in Geoscience 2023-present.

 

-Undergraduate researchers and laboratory support staff

Undergraduate Grace Charlson

 

Grace Charlson, Undergraduate Researcher

 

 

 

Alissa Choi, Undergraduate Researcher.

Ph.D. in Geoscience 2026-present.

 

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Austin Schreiner

B.Sc. UW-Madison (2022); Working at a minerals exploration company.

 

Daniel Darmamulia headshot

 

Daniel Darmamulia 

Completed MBA in 2023.

 

Sheila Abdul Rashid headshot

 

Sheila Rozalia Binti Abdul Rashid, Honors Undergraduate Researcher

Completed MSc at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2022.

 

Liv Parsons headshot

 

Liv Parsons, Undergraduate Researcher

Started M.Sc. in Geoscience Fall 2022.