- Pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford with Dr. Chris Ballentine and Dr. Joe Cartwright, studying helium systems using noble gas and stable isotope geochemistry. Outside of geochemistry, I have integrated aspects from structural geology, volcanology, geophysics (aeromagnetic/gravity), and statistics.
- Ph.D. thesis title is “Geologic Processes that Control Sourcing and Migration of Subsurface Fluids” and the overall goal is to utilize geochemical models (crustal-fluid interactions, and fluid-gas partitioning in crustal systems), and statistical models (analysis of variance, generalized linear models, Bayesian regression, etc.) to explain known helium occurrences in the subsurface and to predict where new accumulations might be.
- Completed a Master of Science in Geology at Colorado School of Mines focusing on noble gas geochemistry, helium systems, and petroleum geology.
- Graduated earning a Bachelor of Science studying geological and environmental science from Stanford University.
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Halford, D.T., Karolytė, R., Barry, P.H., Whyte, C.J., Darrah, T.H., Cuzella, J.J., Sonnenberg, S.A., and Ballentine, C.J., 2022, High helium reservoirs in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau, USA, Chemical Geology, v. 596, no. 120790, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120790.