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Research Projects

Current Work:

PhD Research :

  • 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

Previous Work:

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

  • Optical Mineralogy, SEM, XRD, TGA, and FTIR are being used to investigate the changes in the mineralogy of Calcium Sulfoalumniate cements following a high heat, high pressure event

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Grants

  • Geological Society of America - Lipman Research Award - June 2026

  • UK's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Thomas Field Fellowship - April 2026

Awards

  • Outstanding TA - April 2026

Contact Me!

Primary: jcavellier <at> uky.edu

Alt Email: jrcavellier <at> gmail.com

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