NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - FARGO, N D


DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

ALUMNI NEWS: 2000 - 01


Ryan Aamot (2000) is a geologist for Conestoga-Rovers & Associates in Saint Paul, MN. Ryan oversees construction of superfund sites, such as landfills. He samples wells and assures that the sites meet specifications, especially those of EPA.

Ryan's employment address is 1801 Old Highway 8 NW, Suite 114, St. Paul, MN 55112. O: (651) 639-0923. Fax: (651) 639-0923.

Kari Baker (2000) is a geologist for the Bureau of Reclamation in Billings, Montana. Kari supervises three drillers, whose jobs are to obtain core samples associated with leakage analyses of dams. Kari reports that she travels 95% of her time, with travel involving sites in Montana, Colorado, Okahoma, Nebraska, Texas, and New Mexico.
Kari's interests, however, remain in vertebrate paleontology, particularly dinosaurs. She is interested in conducting taphonomic, osteologic, and descriptitory work on T. rex and/or Edmontosaurs. During the summer of 2001, she worked as a field assistant for Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies (Montana State University) at a study site near Jordan, Montana.
Kari did some graduate work at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. She has also been a summer intern at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado.
In what little spare time she has, Kari likes to hike, bike, and go for long drives. Personal e-mail: dinosaur_crazy@hotmail.com.

Bryan Bandli (2000). After graduating from NDSU, Bryan enrolled at the University of Idaho, where in 2002 he earned his M.S. Geology degree studying the amphibole and amphibole-asbestos present in the vermiculite deposit at Libby, Montana. He then worked as a research microscopist for MVA Scientific Consultants near Atlanta, Georgia.
In June, 2000, Bryan married Dara Lee. Their daughter, Stella, was born in 2004, followed by Ruby (2007) and Elsa (2008).
Since April 2008, Bryan is the Electron Microscopy Laboratory Manager at the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota - Duluth.

Chris Bays (2000) attended the University of Minnesota and earned a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.). He now works at a general dental office in Austin, TX, with an emphesis on Oral surgery. His email address is bays0007@umn.edu .

Nathaniel Erbele (2000) is working for the N.D. Oil and Gas Division in western North Dakota. Nathaniel began his career with the OGD as a field inspector. His current position is in Bismarck, as a reclamation specialist.

Matthew Groves (2000) is currently employed by Conestoga-Rovers and Associates in Chicago, Illinois. Matt is a field geologist, looking for pollution contaminants associated with large industrial sites.
Matt actually spends very little time in Chicago. He's involved in lots of travel, most throughout the Midwest, in association with his job.
Matt resides at 5419 N. Magnet Street #2, Chicago, IL 60630. H: (773) 454-6949. W: (773) 380-9933.

George Meyer (2000) is employed by Otter Tail County, Minnesota, as Coordinator of GIS. Prior to taking this position, George was employed by Navtech at their Fargo operations.
George's address is 125 W. Alcott, Fergus Falls, MN, 56537. W: (218) 739-7161. Business e-mail: gmeyer@co.ottertail.mn.us.

Joy Turnbull (2001) is in the graduate program in Geology at University of Minnesota - Duluth, working on the geology/petrology of the Wilder Lake intrusion of the Duluth Complex. She and Chris were married in 2003.

Quentin Vandal (2001) is geologist at Hibbing Taconite Company on Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range. Quentin completed his Masters degree in geology at Southern Illinois University. Quentin's thesis project was in the Owens Valley, California. The main portion of his project involved mapping Plio-Pleistocene fanglomerates of the White/Inyo Mountains Range Front. His work documented tectonic and depositional history, including measures of uplift, tiling, and fault migration.
Quentin can be reached at Quentin.Vandal@CliffsNR.com

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