Past Graduate Students
Philosophy
My goal in working with M.S. and Ph.D. students is to not produce clones of myself, but to encourage students to think critically and independently; to learn to work with complex, frequently incomplete multidisciplinary data sets; to make sound carefully thought-out scientific judgments; and to assume leadership roles whenever opportunities arise. The diversity of professional employment and success of my former graduate students may indicate that I have been partially successful in implementing this philosophy. Another note: while the majority of my M.S. students go on to work toward the Ph.D., there is no perceivable difference in the success of former students who choose to remain in my group or to go to another university for the Ph.D.
FORMER Bob Hatcher M.S. STUDENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE TODAY
Stowell, H. H., 1981, Geology of Sweetheart Ridge and adjacent areas, southeast Alaska. (University of South Carolina; to Princeton for a Ph.D.-to the University of Alabama, current dept head) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Hooper, R. J., 1982, Formation mechanisms of mylonites: Towaliga fault zone, central Georgia. (University of South Carolina; to Ph.D. Univ SC) (University Honours Degree, Cambridgeshire Tech, Cambridge, England)
Petty, S. M., 1982, The geology of the Laurel Creek mafic-ultramafic complex in northeast Georgia: Intrusive complex or ophiolite? (Florida State University; to Exxon [10 yrs], to NJ and environmental consulting) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Ausburn, M. P., 1983, Stratigraphy, structure and petrology of the northern half of the Topton quadrangle, North Carolina. (Florida State University; to chevron, to private consulting) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Eggers, M. B., 1983, Petrology, structure and geochemistry of the Kimsey Bald mafic complex, North Carolina. (University of South Carolina; to Ph.D. at South Carolina; President of Eggers Environmental, San Diego) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Eckert, J. O., Jr., 1984, Stratigraphy, structure, and metamorphism in the east half of the Wayah Bald quadrangle, North Carolina: Key to Paleozoic granulite facies metamorphism in the southern Appalachians. (University of South Carolina; to Ph.D. TX A&M, to several postdocs to electron microprobe lab director at Yale) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Costello, J. O., 1984, Relationships between the Cartersville fault and Great Smoky fault in the southern Appalachians: A reinterpretation. (University of South Carolina; Ph.D. with RDH at USC) (B.S. Georgia State Uniiversity)
Heyn, T., 1984, Stratigraphic and structural relationships along the southwestern flank of the Sauratown Mountains anticlinorium. (University of South Carolina; to Cornell and Ph.D., to BPAmoco) (B.S. University of South Carolina)
Hopson, J. L., 1984, Stratigraphy and structure of the Alto allochthon, Ayersville quadrangle, Georgia. (University of South Carolina; to Ph.D. with RDH, Univ TN) (B.S. University of Tennessee)
Horkowitz, J. P., 1984, Geology of the Philson Crossroads 7 1/2 minute quadrangle, South Carolina-The nature of the boundary separating the Inner Piedmont from the Carolina/Avalon terrane in central-northwestern South Carolina. (University of South Carolina to Ph.D. at USC) (B.S. Washington and Jefferson College)
Willis, J. D., 1984, Geology of the Cross Anchor area-The boundary between the Carolina terrane and the Inner Piedmont in northwestern South Carolina. (University of South Carolina; to engineering geology career in Tallahassee) (B.S. Florida State Uniiversity)
Farrell, D. W., 1986, The geology of portions of the Helen and Tray Mountain quadrangles, northeastern Georgia. (University of South Carolina; to law school) (B.S. University of South Carolina)
McClellan, E. A., 1988, Geologic history of a portion of the eastern Blue Ridge, southern Appalachians: Tray Mountain and Macedonia 7 1/2 minute quadrangles, Georgia. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. with RDH) (B.S. University of Alabama-Birmingham)
Fischer, M. P., 1989, Structural geometry of the Rocky Valley thrust system in the vicinity of New Market, Tennessee. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. Penn State, to Exxon, to N IL Univ. dept head) (B.S. University of Illinois)
Quinn, M. J., 1991, Two lithotectonic boundaries in western North Carolina: Geologic interpretation of a region surrounding Sylva, Jackson County. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. Rice, to Exxon) (B.S. University of New Hampshire)
Yanagihara, G. M., 1993, Structure, stratigraphy, and metamorphism of a part of the Columbus Promontory, western Inner Piedmont, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to environmental company in CA) (B.S. University of California-Santa Barbara)
Carter, M. W., 1994, Stratigraphy and structure of part of the Blue Ridge Foothills, Polk and Monroe Counties, Tennessee. (University of Tennessee; to NC Geol. Survey, to VA Geol. Survey) (B.S. Old Dominion University)
Geddes, D. J., 1995, Stratigraphy, structure, and environmental site assessment of a portion of the western Blue Ridge, Monroe County, Tennessee. (University of Tennessee; to hydrologist, NC Water Res Dept.) (B.S. SUNY College at Geneseo)
Martin, S. L., 1997, Stratigraphy and structure of part of the western Blue Ridge foothills near Tellico Plains, southeastern Tennessee. (University of Tennessee; to KY Geol Survey) (B.S. University of Tennessee)
Montes, C., 1997, The Greenbrier and Hayesville faults in western North Carolina. (University of Tennessee) (B.S. University of Bogota, Colombia)
Curl, D. C., 1998, Stratigraphy and structure of Wellford and Reidville Quadrangles in part of the eastern Inner Piedmont, South Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to KY Geol. Survey) (Guilford College)
Hill, J. C., 1999, Stratigraphy. Structure, and Tectonics of the Southern Appalachian Inner Piedmont Near Marion, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D., Univ MO, currently finishing) (B.S. University of Tennessee)
Bream, B. R., 1999, Structural and stratigraphic relationships of ortho- and paragneisses southwest of Marion, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. with RDH) (B.S. University of California-Santa Barbara)
Giorgis, S. D., 1999, Geology of the northwestern South Mountains near Morganton, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. Univ WI, seeking academic position) (B.S. College of William and Mary)
Williams, S. T., 2000, Structure, stratigraphy, and migmatization in the southwestern South Mountains, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to NC Survey, to VA Survey) (B.S. Appalachian State University)
Bier, S. E., 2001, Geology of the southeastern South Mountains, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. in progress, Penn State) (B.S.-Juniata College)
Lamb, D. D., 2001, Geology of the Scaly Mountain quadrangle, emphasizing the structures, timing, and emplacement mechanisms for the Rabun Granodiorite, eastern Blue Ridge, southwestern North Carolina. (University of Tennessee, to Bechtel Environmental) (B.S. University of Tennessee-Martin)
Settles, D. J., 2002, Defining the Hayesville-Soque River and Allatoona faults, and an Ordovician arc assemblage, within the central Blue Ridge northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia. (University of Tennessee; to Florida Rock [large quarry company in the SE]) (B.S. University of West Georgia)
Kalbas, J. L., 2002, Geology of part of the southwestern Brushy Mountains, Inner Piedmont, North Carolina, and the geochemistry of western Inner Piedmont migmatite [M.S. thesis]: Knoxville, (University of Tennessee; to Purdue to Ph.D. in progress). (B.S. Furman University)
Heath, M. A, II, 2003, Structural and Stratigraphic Investigations at the Southwest End of the Tellico-Sevier Syncline, Southeast Tennessee (University of Tennessee; to engineering company? In Baltimore) (B.S. Franklin and Marshall College)
Merschat, A. H., 2003, Inner Piedmont Tectonics in the Southwestern Brushy Mountains, North Carolina: Field and Laboratory Data Revealing 3-D Crustal Flow and Sillimanite I and II Metamorphism (University of Tennessee; to Ph.D. in progress with RDH) (B.S. Appalachian State University)
FORMER Bob Hatcher PH.D. STUDENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE TODAY
Hooper, R. J., 1986, Geologic studies at the east end of the Pine Mountain window and adjacent Piedmont, central Georgia. (University of South Carolina) to faculty, Univ. South Florida, then to ConocoPhillips Houston (currently a consultant in structural and regional geology to any part of the company)
McConnell, K. I., 1989, Geology and geochronology of the Sauratown Mountains anticlinorium, northwestern North Carolina. (University of South Carolina) Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Bethesda, MD (in the Commissioner's office) (B.S. Clemson University, M.S. Virginia Tech)
Stieve, A. L., 1989, The structural evolution and metamorphism of the southern portion of the Tallulah Falls Dome, northeast Georgia. (University of South Carolina) Savannah River Site geologist. (B.S. and M.S. Emory University)
Liu, A., 1991, Structural and deformation history of the Brevard fault zone, Chauga belt, and Inner Piedmont, northwestern South Carolina and adjacent areas. (University of Tennessee) SAIC Company, San Antonio. (B.S., M.S. Beijing University)
Lemiszki, P. J., 1992, Geology of the Bethel Valley quadrangle-Part of the Department of Energy Oak Ridge reservation in the southern Appalachian foreland fold-thrust belt and fracture mechanics modeling of extension fracture growth during basin subsidence and buckle folding. (University of Tennessee) Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Lab, then Chief Geologist, Tennessee Division of Geology (B.S. Allegheny College, M.S. Cornell University)
Connelly, J. B., 1993, Structural development, strain history, and timing of deformation in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains. (University of Tennessee) Structural geologist and Department Chair, University of Arkansas-Little Rock. (B.S. College of Wooster, M.S. Bowling Green State University)
Davis, T. L., 1993, Stratigraphy, structure, and metamorphism of a crystalline thrust terrane, western Inner Piedmont, North Carolina. (University of Tennessee) to NC Geological Survey, then Exxon Research, then to Oxidental Petroleum, Houston (B.S. Depauw University, M.S. Bowling Green State University)
McClellan, E. A., 1993, Tectonic evolution of the Einunnfjellet-Savalen area, Hedmark Fylke, Central-Southern Norwegian Caledonides. (University of Tennessee) to Westeern Ky Univ faculty, then Univ of Kansas faculty (structural geology, petrology) (M.S. University of Tennessee)
Costello, J. O., 1993, Studies in Appalachian foreland-to-hinterland transition zone geology, Georgia and Tennessee. (University of South Carolina) to environmental consulting, then Chief Geologist Georgia Marble Company, then Georgia Geologic Survey. (M.S. University of South Carolina)
Hopson, J. L., 1994, Structure of part of the Blue Ridge, northeastern Georgia and North Carolina. (University of Tennessee) University of Tennessee Transportation Research Center (mostly GIS research on transportation systems) (M.S. University of South Carolina)
Montes, C., 2001, Three-dimensional structure and kinematics of the Piedras-Girardot foldbelt in the northern Andes of Colombia. (University of Tennessee) Postdoc with French Petroleum Institute, Paris, then to structural geologist with a coal company in Colombia, following training in South Africa (M.S. University of Tennessee)
Bream, B. R., 2003, Tectonic implications of geochronology and geochemistry of para- and orthogneisses from the southern Appalachian crystalline core [Ph.D. dissertation]: Knoxville, University of Tennessee, 262 p. Senior geologist, ExxonMobil Exploration, Houston. Completed his Ph.D. in January, 2003, and was promoted to senior geologist in 15 months. Currently Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (M.S. University of Tennessee)
Whisner, S. C., 2005, The Middle Ordovician Tellico-Sevier Syncline: A Stratigraphic, Structural, and Paleoseismic investigation [Ph.D. dissertation]: Knoxville, University of Tennessee, 228 p. Successfully defended his dissertation in December, 2004. Will begin a 6-months postdoc in planetary geology here at UTK. (M.S. Western Michigan University)
Robert D. Hatcher, Jr.
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1412 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
Phone: (865) 974-6565
Email: bobmap@utk.edu