Participation in research projects
Ongoing projects
Past projects
- Water quality and radon levels as a potential cause of cancer in Ellsworth, Lincoln and Russell counties, KS
- Off-grid construction via sustainable compression curing of vegetable oil-impregnated sediments. NSF-funded interdisciplinary collaboration (Engineering, Architecture, Chemistry and Geology) between KSU, University of Missouri and GSU.
- Potential uranium contamination of groundwater in SE Kansas
- Origin of chert nodules in the Pennsylvanian-Permian limestones in the Flint Hills, KS
- GP-IMPACT – GeoCAT Workshop: Geoscience Careers Ambassador Training Workshop. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE/GEOPATHS)
Past projects
- 2018-2023 High-Resolution sequence stratigraphy in mudrock-dominated successions: the Chattanooga/Woodford Shale (Late Devonian, Midcontinent Basin). Funded by American Chemical Society (ACS), The Petroleum Research Fund (PRF)
- 2018-2020 Facies and provenance analysis of the Midcontinent Rift System in KS
- 2017-2020 Syngenetic and diagenetic processes in alkaline lakes and their evidence for the origin and evolution of South Atlantic Aptian Pre-salt deposits – AlkaLakes
- 2017-2018 Sedimentological characterization of potential Permian loess deposits in eastern Kansas
- 2017-2018 Controlling factors of carbonate reservoir properties and geological models for the Cambrian formations in the Tarim Basin, northwestern China, in partnership with visiting Chinese scholar Dr. Bin Li (SWPU, China)
- 2015-2016 Integrated geological study of the Mucuri Formation, Espírito Santo Basin, Eastern Brazilian Margin. Funded by Shell Brasil; participation as researcher in charge of Paleoclimatology sub-area
- 2010-2016 Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the organic shales from the Irati Formation in Rio Grande do Sul State, using sedimentological analysis, redox-sensitive element geochemistry and Re-Os dating. Funded by Petrobras; participation as researcher in charge of Sedimentology sub-area and in data integration (Sedimentology-Geochemistry)
- 2014-2016 Development of methods for the characterization of deep-marine settings. Funded by BG Brasil; participation as consultant
- 2012-2016 Modelling of the occurrence of diagenetic rims and coatings in Cretaceous sandstones of the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. Funded by Chevron; participation as sedimentologist and in data integration (Sedimentology-Petrology)
- 2012-2014 Paleoclimatic characterization of the Aptian-Albian succession in the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. Funded by Chevron; project coordinator
- 2012-2014 Integrated stratigraphic-sedimentologic-petrologic study of the rift section in the Campos and Santos Basins. Funded by BG Brasil; project coordinator
- 2012-2013 Integrated stratigraphic, sedimentologic, biostratigraphic and petrologic study of the Upper Cretaceous sandstones near the Polvo Field area, Campos Basin. Funded by Maersk Oil; participation as sedimentologist and in data integration (Sedimentology-Petrology)
- 2009-2011 Integrated stratigraphic-petrologic characterization and modelling of the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate systems in the Fazenda Santa Luzia and São Rafael Fields, onshore Espírito Santo Basin. Funded by Petrobras; participation as petrographer and in data integration (Sedimentology-Petrology)
- 2008 Sedimentologic, stratigraphic and petrologic integrated evaluation of drill cores from 1-ELPS-16D-BAS, 1-ELPS-17DA-BAS, 1-BAS-0064-BA, 1-BAS-0073-BA e 1-BAS-0074-BA wells, Camamu Basin, Bahia. Funded by El Paso through Weatherford; participation as petrographer and in data integration (Sedimentology-Petrology)
- 2007-2009 Integrated stratigraphic and petrologic study of the São Mateus Formation in the Projeto Enxofre Itaúnas (PEI) area, Espírito Santo Basin. Funded by Petrobras; participation in data integration (Sedimentology-Stratigraphy-Petrology)
- 2007-2009 Stratigraphy and petrology of the Guaritas Allogroup, Camaquã Basin, RS. Funded by CNPq/Brazilian Research Council; project coordinator
- 2006-2009 QUALIFACIES – Expert System for the application of compositional petrofacies in the prediction of reservoir quality. Funded by CNPq/Brazilian Research Council; participation as petrologist (technical consultancy and validation of developed computer systems)
- 2006-2007 Provenance of the sandstones from the central area of the Espírito Santos Basin. Funded by Petrobras/KerrMcGee/EnCan Brasil; participation in data processing (Petrology)
- 2008-2009 Petrological characterization of the Echinocyamus Formation, Talara Basin, Peru. Funded by Petrobras Energia; participation as petrographer and data processing.
- 2004-2005 Textural and compositional patterns in the diagenesis of clastic reservoirs in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, northeastern Brazil. Funded by Petrobras/FINEP Brazilian Federal Funding Agency); participation as petrographer and data processing
- 2004 Petrological characterization of the Carmópolis reservoir in the Camorim Oil Field, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. Funded by Petrobras; participation as petrographer and data processing
- 2002-2003 Characterization of permeable-porous heterogeneities in the Guarani Aquifer System. Funded by FAPERGS/State Research Foundation; participation as lead researcher and petrographer
- 2002 Geometry, architecture and heterogeneities of sedimentary bodies. Funded by FINEP Brazilian Federal Funding Agency; participation as petrographer