2024-2025 Officers


President: Lucy Lu

Lucy is a PhD student working with Max Rudolph.
Lucy works on mantle dynamics problems.

​Favorite...
  • Rock: Black shale
  • ​Mineral: Pyrite
  • Fossil: tbd
  • Band: One Ok Rock
  • Song: tbd​ ​

​Vice President: Sierra Rack

Sierra is an Masters student working with Sarah Roeske.
Sierra is a geochronologist studying ancient tectonics in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

​Favorite...
  • Rock: Amphibolite
  • ​Mineral: Garnet
  • Hobby: Native California gardening, plants, and pet ownership
  • Singer: Sylvan Esso
  • Song: "If you must" by Del the Funky Homosapien
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Editor: Evelyn Usher

Evelyn is a Masters student working with Mike Oskin.
Evelyn is a geologist who is mapping faults at Lassen National Park.

​Favourite...
  • Rock: Garnet mica schist
  • Mineral: muscovite
  • Book: "Salt to Summit" by Daniel Arnold
  • Band: The Crane Wives
  • Song: "Creature" by half alive
Treasurer: Christopher Mulligan

Chris is a PhD candidate working with David Gold.
Chris uses lipid biomarkers to study animal ecology, with projects ranging from studying a fossil species of worm from half of a billion years ago to developing tools for conservation biology using shorebirds. 

​Favorite...
  • Rock: Banded iron formations
  • Mineral: Moss agate
  • Fossil: Opabinia
  • Hobby: growing early plants like mosses, liverworts, and spikemosses
  • Band: Gojira
  • Song: "Inis Mona" by Eluveitie

Communications Coordinator: Liyu Mekonnen

Liyu is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Alyssa Griffin
Liyu is a coastal sediment geochemist studying pyrite formation and carbonate dissolution in seagrass meadows as pathways for additional carbon storage.

Favorite...
  • Rock: Serpentinite
  • ​Mineral: Pyrite
  • Hobby: (Learning to) crochet
  • Fossil: tbd
  • Musical Artist: Remi Wolf
  • Song: "Rewind" by Charli xcx