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Robert Shuster

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Robert Shuster, Ph.D.

Robert Shuster, Ph.D.

  • Emeritus Professor
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rshuster@unomaha.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
areas of focus:
  • undergraduate research and geoscience education
  • Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae
You can find my full CV at this link.
Education
B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Research expertise

Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation, undergraduate research and geoscience education

Ongoing research projects
  • Fracture development in Tertiary sediments by diagenesis
  • Geoarchaeology of pottery from Iron Age Jordan and Israel
  • Provenance of pottery from Cyprus:  Troodos ophiolite or pillow basalts?
  • Impact of involvement of Omaha Public School science teachers in authentic scientific research
Courses most commonly taught
  • Physical Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • Geochemistry

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae
You can find my full CV at this link.
Education
B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Research expertise

Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation, undergraduate research and geoscience education

Ongoing research projects
  • Fracture development in Tertiary sediments by diagenesis
  • Geoarchaeology of pottery from Iron Age Jordan and Israel
  • Provenance of pottery from Cyprus:  Troodos ophiolite or pillow basalts?
  • Impact of involvement of Omaha Public School science teachers in authentic scientific research
Courses most commonly taught
  • Physical Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • Geochemistry

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae Education Research expertise Ongoing research projects Courses most commonly taught

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