Critical minerals are strategically important mineral resources that are used for a variety of purposes from everyday objects, such as cell phones, through batteries in electric vehicles, to advanced military applications. Finding and characterizing critical mineral deposits are thus crucial tasks for the geologist of the 21st century. This course will cover the various types of mineral deposits and their origins, as well as practical concepts and exercises in economic geology.

Independent study course on the principles and application of X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement in dolomite research.

This historical geology course covered basic geological principles, a history of the rock record, and the evolution of life in a geological context. Lab exercises included rate of change problems, block diagrams to reconstruct the sequence of events, and many map based exercises to decipher the history of an area with a focus of North America and sedimentary processes.

During this five-week field camp near Cañon City, Colorado, students familiarize themselves with local and regional lithostratigraphic units. Field camp activities are strongly focused on traditional geological mapping techniques.

Independent study course about the fundamentals of carbonate diagenetic studies providing theoretical foundation and practice in the application of fluid inclusion and cathodoluminescence petrography.

This lab course focused on thin section investigations of siliciclastic and carbonate rocks to reconstruct the depositional environment and diagenetic history.

This course provided students hands-on experience with tasks that exploration geologists routinely perform, such as core logging, well-log analysis, and petrographic observations, to determine the reservoir potential of two carbonate successions (Devonian of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, and Permian of West Texas).

In this lab course the exercises aimed at teaching students identify various crystal forms via determining the crystal symmetry, and identifying the most important minerals and rocks in hand specimens

I taught selected labs on the basics of geological maps and stratigraphy.