STUDENTS
Courses
- Fossils & Geology in Alabama (GEO 424-004)
- Vertebrate Evolution & Paleontology (GEO 424-001)
- The Earth through Time (aka. Historical Geology) (GEO 102)
- Invertebrate Paleontology (GEO 355)
Student projectsMs. Chelsea Comans (M.S. student at Geological Sciences: 2021-2022)
- M.S. in August 2022 at U. of Alabama (thesis title: ‘DISTINCTIVE EXTINCTION PATTERNS OF LATE CRETACEOUS HYBODONTIFORM AND LAMNIFORM SHARKS IN NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTROLLED BY CHANGING MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS‘)
- ResearchGate page
- Research interests: Evolution and paleoecology of Cretaceous sharks (paleotrophoc levels; extinction, body size evolution, tooth morphology)
- Specialty: geochemistry (N and O isotope, field paleontology, etc.)
- Publications: Comans et al. (2020 abstract)
Ms. Man Lu (Ph.D. student at Geological Sciences: since 2016-)
- ResearchGate page
- Research interests: Devonian land plant evolution and paleoenvironemnts on lands and oceans; wild fire events in past
- Specialty: geochemistry (stable isotope, biomarker, etc.), sedimentology
- Remarks: Completing a M.S. thesis (in 2015); presented at American Geological Union annual meeting (2015), etc.
- Publications: Lu et al. (2019: in Scientific Reports); Lu et al. (2021a: Earth and Planetary Science Letter); Lu et al. (2021b: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology)
Ms. Siera Jann (undergraduate student: 2017-2018)
- Research interests: paleoenvironments of Jurassic Morrison formation; Pennsylvanian plants (ferns)
- Specialty: paleontology (systematics, paleoenvironments, etc.), geochemistry (stable isotopes)
- Remarks: Presented an awarded poster (Honorary Mentioned) at UA Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (in April 2016), entitled “Reptile or Plant Remains? A Microscopic Investigation of Dark Mysterious Organic Matter from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of Western Colorado” (See her abstract in page 108)






Mr. Hunter ‘Chase’ Egli (undergraduate student at Geological Sciences: since 2020)
- Research interests: evolution of fossil sharks (esp., Cretaceous and Cenozoic taxa)
- Specialty: paleontology (systematics) and paleoenvironments

