Claire E. Lukens
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                      
Education       University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
         PhD Candidate in Geology, anticipated graduation 2015
            - Advisor: Cliff Riebe
 MS in Geology, August 2010
            - Advisor: Barbara Carrapa
 
The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO  
  Bachelor of Arts, 2004
  Major: Geology, graduated with distinctions
 
Research     Graduate Research
Experience     University of Wyoming; Cliff Riebe, advisor
    Thesis title: Process from provenance: Sediment origins and the evolution of grain size in steep mountain catchments (in progress)
 
University of Wyoming; Barbara Carrapa, advisor
Thesis title: Miocene exhumation revealed by detrital minerals of Tajik rivers: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Pamir
        
Honors Thesis Research
Colorado College; Paul Myrow, advisor
Thesis title: Wave-modified turbidites: Hyperpycnal flow deposits in the Minturn Formation, Central Colorado
        
                     Independent Research Project                                                                                           March-April, 2003
Associated Colleges of the Midwest                                                                                      San Jose, Costa Rica
Project Title: The Activity of Volcán Arenal
 
Program participant                                                           July-August 2002
Research Experience for Undergraduates – Dinosaur National Monument                            Vernal, UT
Described and mapped fluvial facies in the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain formation
 
Work        Summer Faculty
Experience    Colorado College                                                               June-July 2011    
  Developed and taught a summer block (one month intensive), Geology of the Pike’s Peak Region (GY135) for 8 students
 
Teaching Assistant                                                                    August 2008-present
        University of Wyoming
  Physical Geology (GEOL 1100) (2 semesters) under Erin Campbell-Stone, lab coordinator     
  Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (GEOL 2100) under Barbara Carrapa                      
          Geology Field Camp (GEOL 4717) under Erin Campbell-Stone
  Water, Dirt and Climate (GEOL/ENR 1500) under Cliff Riebe
  Geochemical Cycles and the Earth System (GEOL/ENR 2000) under Carrick Eggleston
 
        Trip Leader                                                       January 2009 - present
        University of Wyoming Outdoor Program                                                       Laramie, WY
 
Geoscience Intern                                                            May-August 2009
        ConocoPhillips Alaska                                                       Anchorage, AK
 
Lead Instructor                                                                      April 2006 – November 2007
    Instructor                                                                         August – November 2005
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center                                                                                               Lyons, OR
  Developed and implemented field-based science curriculum for children aged 3-18, assisted with forest             and stream ecology university coursework, developed and taught adult workshops on a variety of topics
 
Paraprofessional – Geology Department                                                           August 2004 – June 2005
Colorado College                                                                                                         Colorado Springs, CO
  Prepared, taught, and graded daily lab exercises and field activities; provided logistical support for extended field excursions
 
Publications
& Abstracts:    
 
Lukens, C.E. Carrapa, B., Singer, B. S., & Gehrels, G., 2012, Miocene Exhumation of the Pamir revealed by detrital geo-thermochronology of Tajik rivers: Tectonics, 31, TC2014.                 
 
Lukens, C.E., Riebe C. S., Shuster, D. L., Sklar, L. S., & Beyeler, J. D., 2011. Tracing the origins of coarse sediment in steep mountain catchments. AGU fall meeting, Session EP51A.
 
Lukens, C. E., Carrapa, B., Schoenbohm, L, Singer, B. S., & Jicha, B. R, 2009. Tectono-thermal evolution of the western Pamir Mountains, using 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology on modern river sands: AGU fall meeting.
            
Lukens, C.E., Myrow, P.M., Lamb, M., Houck, K., & Parsons, J., 2004, Wave-modified turbidites: hyperpycnal flow deposits in the Minturn Formation, central Colorado: GSA, Rocky Mt. Sect., Abs. with Prog., 36, 26.
 
Myrow, P.M., Lukens, C., Lamb, M.P., Houck, K., and Strauss, J, 2008. Transgressive prodelta deposits, Pennsylvanian Minturn formation, Colorado. Jour. Sed. Res., 78, 512-528.
 
Lamb, M.P.,  Myrow, P.M., Lukens, C., Houck, K., & Strauss, J, 2008. Deposits of wave influenced turbidity currents: Pennsylvanian Minturn formation, Colorado. Jour. Sed. Res., 78; 480-498.
 
Engel, T., Lukens, C., Rundell, J., Schmeisser, R., Suurmeyer, N., and Maxson, J., 2002.  Fluvial facies and reconstruction of the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.    34, no. 7., p. 280
 
Awards &
Scholarships        
                     -  Horton Grant, AGU Hydrology Section, 2012 ($10,000)
- Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2012 ($1,967)
- Bradbury Family Scholarship, University of Wyoming, 2010
         - Outstanding Master of Science Award, University of Wyoming Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, 2010
- Outstanding Student Award, Association for Women Geoscientists, Laramide Chapter, 2010
- Association for Women Geoscientists Award, Colorado College, 2004
        -  Donald B. Gould Scholarship Award in Geology, Colorado College, 2003
        - Research Experience for Undergraduates, NSF, 2002
 
Service        
                     -  Advisory Committee Graduate Student Rep., College of Arts and Sciences, U. Wyoming, 2010-2011
-  Graduate Student Handbook committee, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, U. Wyoming, 2012-2013