Jillian Cavellier

PhD Candidate
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Advisor: J. Ryan Thigpen

Current PhD Project(s) in the southern Appalachians: 

  • Investigating the controls on monazite fertility in metasedimentary and metaigneous rocks
  • Unraveling the metamorphic evolution of the Blue Ridge and Inner Piedmont terranes
  • Detrital monazite Nd-isotope provenance analysis

Master's Thesis: "Thermal Alteration of the Mineralogy of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements: Implications for the Performance of Rapid Repair Materials"

Undergraduate Thesis:   A Fracture Analysis of the Black River and Trenton Groups in Jefferson and Lewis County, NY.

Contact Information
jcavellier@uky.edu
108C Slone Research Building
Education
PhD - Geoscience - University of Kentucky - Expected 2028

M.S. - Geoscience - University of Kentucky - August 2024

B.S. Geology, Minor in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude - 2020 - State University of New York at Oswego

A.S. Mathematics and Science - 2018 - Jefferson Community College
Research Interests
  • Geochronology
  • Geochemistry
  • Tectonics
  • Structural Geology
  • Cementitious Materials
Affiliations
  • Earth & Environmental Sciences
  • Geological Society of America
  • Sigma Gamma Epsilon