Team
8-G: Oceanic Crust Hydrothermal-circulation Offshore Guerrero
. Glenn Spinelli: Co-PI
Glenn Spinelli is a professor in the Earth and Environmental Science Department at New Mexico Tech. Much of his research focuses on marine geology and hydrogeology. He studies the relationships between fluid and heat transport in ocean crust and their effect on processes such as subduction zone seismicity and sediment diagenesis.
Lindsay Worthington: Co-PI
Lindsay Worthington is an associate professor in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at the University of New Mexico. Much of her research focuses on the structural evolution of Earth's crust. I'm a marine seismologist interested in plate boundary dynamics, earthquakes and mountain-building. This is my 7th research cruise, but my first time sailing outside of Alaska waters! I'm enjoying the warmth and sunshine and looking forward to a great cruise.
Raquel Nagrete-Aranda: Co-investigator
Raquel Nagrete-Aranda is a research scientist at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE).
Joel Aguilar-Tomasini
Joel Aguilar-Tomasini is a master's student at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) whose research focuses on volcanology.
Elizabeth Houghton
Elizabeth Houghton is a master's student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. She uses seismology methods to study crustal scale structure.
Isabela Macias
Isabela Macias is a PhD student in Coastal Oceanography at UABC.
Manet Peña
Manet Peña is a scientist with a PhD in Coastal Oceanography (UABC), working at the Astrobiology Lab (IA-UNAM) and dedicated to science communication and outreach.
Maddie Hurd
Maddie Hurd is a master’s student studying shallow structure at subduction zones. She is in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico.
Mandy Kiger
Mandy Kiger and their engineering team at Oregon State University helped design, build, and maintain the Advanced Heat Flow Probe. They have worked on al systems and can support the science party in ensuring the heat flow probe runs effectively, as well as do on-site repairs as needed. This will be their 4th time sailing with the heat flow probe.
Jeffrey Poort
Jeffrey Poort is a marine geologist at Sorbonne University in Paris working mostly on heat flow topics in rift basins, continental margins and transform margins. I am very excited to participate in this cruise and particularly look to work with the Advanced Multi-Penetration Heat Flow Probe recently developed at Oregon State University.
Kain Lager-Lowe
Kain Lager-Lowe is a student at the University of New Mexico studying geophysics. Specifically active source seismic imaging and crustal structure. Through my research I aim to help further understand tectonic processes and their associated natural hazard risks.
Adriana Piña Paez
Adriana is a Ph.D. candidate in Geology at Caltech. She studies the tectonic implications of submarine landslides and volcanism associated with extensional plate boundaries using geophysical and geochemical techniques.
Harold Buitrago Segura
Harold is a geologist (BSc) and geophysicist (MSc) from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He is a PhD candidate at CICESE, where he studies thermally driven subsurface processes, including fluid flow and chemical reactions, through numerical simulation. His work focuses on thermal modeling, heat flow, and geothermal exploration. Harold is a former GFZ–IHFC Fellow where he contributed to the Global Heat Flow Database and international data harmonization efforts. He is passionate about integrating physics and geoscience to better understand subsurface thermal processes.