Mariah Romero (Yaqui)
Master's Student
Field of Study
Geology
Hometown
Tucson, Arizona
Education
2015 - B.S., Geosciences, University of Arizona, AZ
Research Focus
Exploring basins in south central Alaska through U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology and Hafnium Isotope Geochemistry
Major Advisor
Dr. Kenneth Ridgway, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Conference Presentations
Romero-Armenta, M. C., Harms, T. A., Baldwin, J. A., and Gehrels, G. E., Investigating The Timing Of Melt-Producing High Grade Metamorphism In The Ruby Range, Southwestern Montana Through Zircon U-Pb Geochronology, Twenty-Eighth Annual Keck Research Symposium In Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 2015, Poster.
Romero-Armenta, M. C., Harms, T. A., Baldwin, J. A., and Gehrels, G. E., Investigating The Timing Of Melt-Producing High Grade Metamorphism In The Ruby Range, Southwestern Montana Through Zircon U-Pb Geochronology, GeoDaze 2015, University of Arizona, Best Undergraduate Presentation, Tucson, AZ, April 2015, Talk.
Romero-Armenta, M. C., Carrapa, B., and DeCelles, P., Low-Temperature Thermochronology of Laramide Ranges in Montana and Wyoming Provides Information on Exhumation and Tectonics Associated with Flat-Slab Subduction, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, Abstract # T23A-4642. Poster.
Romero-Armenta, M. C., Carrapa, B., and DeCelles, P., Timing Of Exhumation Of Laramide Ranges In Montana Constrained By Detrital And In-Situ Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology, GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, October 2014. Poster.
Romero-Armenta, M. C., Carrapa, B., Timing Of Exhumation Of Laramide Ranges In Montana Constrained By Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology, GeoDaze 2014, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 2014, Poster.
Professional Organizations:
Geological Society of America (GSA)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Arizona Geological Society (AGS)
Graduate Student Association (GSA)-Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Dept. Purdue University
Women in Science Program (WISP)-Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Dept. Purdue University
Honors, Grants, Awards and Activities:
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholarship, Purdue University (2015-2017)
Knox Fellowship Recipient, Purdue University (2015-2017)
W. Voorhees Geology Scholarship, University of Arizona, Geosciences Department (2015)
Bighorn Basin Field Award, Geological Society of America and ExxonMobil (2015)
Galileo Circle Scholar, University of Arizona, College of Science (2015)
Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, University of Arizona, Geosciences Department (2015)
Best Undergraduate Presentation, University of Arizona, Geosciences GeoDaze Symposium (2015)
A W Voorhees Geology Scholarship for Undergraduate Research (2014-2015)
W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowship Recipient (2014-2015)
Wildcat Excellence Tuition Award (2010-2011)
Hispanic Alumni Tuition Scholarship (2010-2011)
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) (2010-2011)
