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Introducing Jillian R. Cavellier

Geoscience PhD Student at the University of Kentucky 

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About Me

I grew up in a small town in northern New York (about 30 minutes from the Canadian Border) and moved myself (and my dog) to central Kentucky to pursue graduate degrees in Geoscience at the University of Kentucky. I recently finished my Masters degree at Kentucky in the field of Cement Mineralogy where I was able to take my mineralogy and petrology skills from the geosciences and apply them into a civil engineering/materials science space. As of Fall 2024, I have begun my doctoral degree studies which are focused in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 

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Research Interests: 

Structural Geology, Petrology, Geochronology, Tectonics, Geochemistry

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Education

2024- Present 

PhD Student 
University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

  • PhD in Geoscience - Expected 2028

  • Vice President of the Graduate Geology Group (G3) (2024-2025)

  • Recipient of the Pioneer Scholarship and Boone Fellowship

2022-2024

Masters Degree
University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

  • Geoscience Master's Degree - August 2024

  • President of Graduate Geology Group (G3) (2023-2024)

  • Accepted to Southeast Exxon Mobil Short Course 

  • Recruitment Alumni Development Diversity Equity and Inclusivity (RADDEI) Graduate Student Representative for the Graduate Geology Group (G3) (2022-2023)

2018-2020

Bachelor of Science 
SUNY Oswego

Oswego, NY

  • Bachelors of Science in Geology with a minor in Mathematics, Cum Laude

  • Recipient of the Outstanding Geology Graduate award (given to the graduate with the highest GPA within the department)

  • Recipient of the Gary Forstoff Field Award

  • Secretary of Oswego's Geology Club

2016-2018

Associates Degree
Jefferson 
Community College 

Watertown, NY

  • I earned an Associates Degree in Math and Science with a concentration in the physical sciences. 

Get in Touch

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Primary: jcavellier <at> uky.edu

Alt Email: jrcavellier <at> gmail.com

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