Meet the Bouquet!

The Thermochronology & Geochronology Group of Dr. Becky Flowers

If you’re interested in joining our research team, please email Becky at rebecca.flowers@colorado.edu

Current Research Group

  • Professor Rebecca Flowers (Lab PI)
  • Dr. James Metcalf (Lab Manager)
  • Dr. Cullen Kortyna (Research Associate)
  • Spencer Zeigler (Ph.D. Student)
  • Connor Antonio Diaz (Ph.D. Student)
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    John Allard (Ph.D. Student)
  • Paige standing in front of a rock formation
    Paige McDowell (M.Sc. student)

Graduate Student Alumni

Barra Peak (Ph.D. 2024, current postdoc at UT-Austin)
Morgan Baker (M.Sc. 2022, now at Appalachian State University)
Colin Sturrock (Ph.D. 2021, now at Ormat Technologies)
Jaclyn Baughman (Ph.D. 2018) – Now an Assistant Professor at Humboldt Polytechnical Institute
Kathy Robinson (M.Sc. 2018)
Rachel Havranek (M.Sc. 2017) – Now a postdoc at the Science Research Initiative at the University of Utah
Jessica Stanley (Ph.D. 2015) – Now Assistant Professor at University of Idaho
Rachel Landman (Ph.D. 2015)
Josh Johnson (M.Sc. 2015) – Now at Idaho Conservation League, Ketchum, Idaho
Alexis Ault (Ph.D. 2012) – Now Associate Professor at Utah State University.

Former Postdocs and Research Associates

Liam sitting in front of a rock formation with a river in the background
Dr. Liam Courtney-Davies, postdoc at TRaIL from 2022-2025, now an Assistant Professor at Sand Diego State University
Dr. Cat Ross, postdoc at TRaIL from 2024-2025, now an Assistant Professor at Baylor University
Dr. Peter Martin, postdoc in the TRaIL from 2020-2022, now a data scientist at Kobold Metals
Dr. Ellen Alexander, postdoc in the TRaIL from 2021-2022
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Dr. Nigel Kelly, postdoc at TRaIL from 2014-17
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Dr. Alison Duvall, Postdoc at TRaIL from 2011-12, Now an Associate Professor at the University of Washington

To see a list of current and former TRaIL Undergraduates, please see our TUnDRA page!