Elisha Miller (PhD, started Fall 2024)
Research topic: Exhumation and erosion in the Tanganyika Rift (in collaboration with Drs. Jepson and George)
Research topic: Exhumation and erosion in the Tanganyika Rift (in collaboration with Drs. Jepson and George)
Aubrey Weed (PhD, started Spring 2026)
Research topic: Tectonic and Paleoclimate Significance of Neoproterozoic Redbeds in East Africa
Research topic: Tectonic and Paleoclimate Significance of Neoproterozoic Redbeds in East Africa
Savannah Rivera (MS, started Fall 2024)
Research topic: Carbon and Nitrogen variation caused by climate and land-use change in Lake Tanganyika
Research topic: Carbon and Nitrogen variation caused by climate and land-use change in Lake Tanganyika
Fred Bahati Mtegeki (MS, started Fall 2025)
Research topic: Structural variation in faulting and drainage networks along Lake Tanganyika
Research topic: Structural variation in faulting and drainage networks along Lake Tanganyika
Sophie Parks (MS, started Fall 2025
Research topic: To be determined
Research topic: To be determined
Jamie Bowie (MS, Fall 2025)
Now at:
Thesis title: Reconstructing middle Pennsylvanian sediment sathways across a tectonically active basin margin: A subsurface study of "Granite Wash" clast composition and coarse-grained lithofacies in Washita and Beckham Counties, Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
Manuscript in preparation
Now at:
Thesis title: Reconstructing middle Pennsylvanian sediment sathways across a tectonically active basin margin: A subsurface study of "Granite Wash" clast composition and coarse-grained lithofacies in Washita and Beckham Counties, Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
Manuscript in preparation
Charlotte Filipovich (MS, Spring 2025)
Now at: Director of Trust Services, CCANY
Thesis title: Anthropogenic impacts of near-shore activity on the Molluscan communities in Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Manuscript in preparation
Now at: Director of Trust Services, CCANY
Thesis title: Anthropogenic impacts of near-shore activity on the Molluscan communities in Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Manuscript in preparation
Elisha Miller (MS, Spring 2024)
Now at: PhD at OU (this group)
Thesis title: Constraining initiation of rifting in a magma poor system: Lake Tanganyika
Manuscript in review
Now at: PhD at OU (this group)
Thesis title: Constraining initiation of rifting in a magma poor system: Lake Tanganyika
Manuscript in review
Elise Callahan (MS, 2023)
Now at: Geochemist at Illinois Geological Survey
Thesis title: Provenance and depositional setting of the Permian Garber Sandstone, Oklahoma
Manuscript in preparation
Now at: Geochemist at Illinois Geological Survey
Thesis title: Provenance and depositional setting of the Permian Garber Sandstone, Oklahoma
Manuscript in preparation
Dalila de Jesus (MS, 2021)
Now at: Wellsite geologist, Columbine Corporation
Thesis title: U/Pb detrital zircon provenance of Mid-Pennsylvanian sediments into the Anadarko Basin: Implications for paleogeography and sequence stratigraphy
Now at: Wellsite geologist, Columbine Corporation
Thesis title: U/Pb detrital zircon provenance of Mid-Pennsylvanian sediments into the Anadarko Basin: Implications for paleogeography and sequence stratigraphy
Emily Ryan (MS, 2018)
Now at: Geoscientist at GSI Environmental
Thesis title: Variation in time averaging and taphonomic character of shell beds in Lake Tanganyika, Africa: Paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic implications of shell beds in rift lakes Manuscript based on thesis:
Ryan, E.K., Soreghan, M.J., McGlue, M.M., Todd, J.A., Michel, E., Kaufman, D.S. and Kimirei, I., 2020. Paleoenvironmental implications of time-averaging and taphonomic variation of shell beds in Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Palaios, v. 35(2), p.49-66.
Now at: Geoscientist at GSI Environmental
Thesis title: Variation in time averaging and taphonomic character of shell beds in Lake Tanganyika, Africa: Paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic implications of shell beds in rift lakes Manuscript based on thesis:
Ryan, E.K., Soreghan, M.J., McGlue, M.M., Todd, J.A., Michel, E., Kaufman, D.S. and Kimirei, I., 2020. Paleoenvironmental implications of time-averaging and taphonomic variation of shell beds in Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Palaios, v. 35(2), p.49-66.
Baylee Kushner (MS, 2018)
Now at: Assistant Project Manager at Civil & Environmental Consultants
Thesis title: Heterogeneity of clastic provenance to the Anadarko Basin and implications for paleogeomorphology
Manuscript based on thesis:
Kushner, B., Soreghan, G. S., Soreghan, M. J., 2022, Late Paleozoic cratonal sink: Distally sourced sediment filled the Anadarko Basin (USA) from multiple source regions. Geosphere, v. 18, 1831-1850.
Now at: Assistant Project Manager at Civil & Environmental Consultants
Thesis title: Heterogeneity of clastic provenance to the Anadarko Basin and implications for paleogeomorphology
Manuscript based on thesis:
Kushner, B., Soreghan, G. S., Soreghan, M. J., 2022, Late Paleozoic cratonal sink: Distally sourced sediment filled the Anadarko Basin (USA) from multiple source regions. Geosphere, v. 18, 1831-1850.
James Busch (MS, 2017)
Now at: PhD, Dartmouth (completed in 2023)
Thesis title: The enigmatic Quaternary shell bed deposits of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania: Linking anthropogenic land-use with nearshore sedimentation
Manuscript based on thesis:
Busch, J., Soreghan, M. J., de Beurs, K. M., McGlue, M., Kimirel, I., Cohen, A., Ryan, E., 2018. Linking watershed disturbance with nearshore sedimentation and the shell beds of Lake Tanganyika (Mahale Mountains, Tanzania). Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 77, p. 514.
Now at: PhD, Dartmouth (completed in 2023)
Thesis title: The enigmatic Quaternary shell bed deposits of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania: Linking anthropogenic land-use with nearshore sedimentation
Manuscript based on thesis:
Busch, J., Soreghan, M. J., de Beurs, K. M., McGlue, M., Kimirel, I., Cohen, A., Ryan, E., 2018. Linking watershed disturbance with nearshore sedimentation and the shell beds of Lake Tanganyika (Mahale Mountains, Tanzania). Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 77, p. 514.
Elizabeth Gergurich (MS, 2015)
Now at: Geologist and Geomodeler at Projeo Corporation
Thesis title: Sedimentologic and Provenance Analysis of Middle Permian siliciclastics in Western Equatorial Pangea
Results used in compilation paper–GSA Special Paper, 2018
Now at: Geologist and Geomodeler at Projeo Corporation
Thesis title: Sedimentologic and Provenance Analysis of Middle Permian siliciclastics in Western Equatorial Pangea
Results used in compilation paper–GSA Special Paper, 2018
Molly Kane (MS, 2013)
Now at: Enverus Corporation
Thesis title: Detrital zircon geochronology of a core in western Kansas: Implications for Permian paleogeography and paleoclimate
Manuscript based on thesis:
Soreghan, M. J., Swift, M. M., Soreghan, G. S., 2018, Provenance of Permian eolian and related strata in the North American midcontinent: Tectonic and climatic controls on sediment dispersal in western tropical Pangea. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 540, 27. https://doi.org/10.1130/2018.2540(28)
Now at: Enverus Corporation
Thesis title: Detrital zircon geochronology of a core in western Kansas: Implications for Permian paleogeography and paleoclimate
Manuscript based on thesis:
Soreghan, M. J., Swift, M. M., Soreghan, G. S., 2018, Provenance of Permian eolian and related strata in the North American midcontinent: Tectonic and climatic controls on sediment dispersal in western tropical Pangea. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 540, 27. https://doi.org/10.1130/2018.2540(28)
Aspen Hein (2025-present) is working on grain size and geochemistry of river sediments for a watershed entering Lake Tanganyika
Aubrey Weed (2023-2025) worked on Lake Tanganyika sediment cores. Aubrey presented poster of her research at the GSA Annual Convention in 2025 and at the School of Geosciences Research Symposium (won award 2024). Awarded a Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship in 2024. Aubrey was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2025.
Ruby Pearson (2024) graduated in 2025. Ruby worked on grain size data from sediment cores in Lake Tanganyika.
Joy Suttles (2024) graduates 2026. Joy worked on grain size data from sediment cores in Lake Tanganyika.
Aubrey Weed (2023-2025) worked on Lake Tanganyika sediment cores. Aubrey presented poster of her research at the GSA Annual Convention in 2025 and at the School of Geosciences Research Symposium (won award 2024). Awarded a Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship in 2024. Aubrey was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2025.
Ruby Pearson (2024) graduated in 2025. Ruby worked on grain size data from sediment cores in Lake Tanganyika.
Joy Suttles (2024) graduates 2026. Joy worked on grain size data from sediment cores in Lake Tanganyika.
Alison Johns (2022-2023) graduated in 2025. Presented poster on taphonomy of Lake Tanganyika shells at Honors College First Year Research Experience Symposium (OU). Was co-author on paper published in 2024 (Soreghan et al., 2024).
Emily West (2021-2023) Presently in graduate school at University of Oklahoma. In 2022 Emily was awarded the inaugural Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship in which she did modeling of winds impacting Lake Tanganyika. Emily was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2022.
Emily West (2021-2023) Presently in graduate school at University of Oklahoma. In 2022 Emily was awarded the inaugural Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship in which she did modeling of winds impacting Lake Tanganyika. Emily was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2022.
Bren Cable (2020-2021) Completed a MS thesis at the University of Vermont in 2025. At OU, Bren presented posters at School of Geosciences Research Symposium and was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2021.
Emma Steiner (2020-2021) Emma presented poster at School of Geosciences Research Symposium on variation in grain size of deep water sediments in Lake Tanganyika.
Courtney Milledge (2018-2019) Courney was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2018.
Emma Steiner (2020-2021) Emma presented poster at School of Geosciences Research Symposium on variation in grain size of deep water sediments in Lake Tanganyika.
Courtney Milledge (2018-2019) Courney was a field assistant for research at Lake Tanganyika in 2018.