Andrew Flynn (PI)
My name is Andrew Flynn and I am an assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at New Mexico State University. My research is rooted in understanding the deep-time interactions between climate, plant life, and Earth’s surface with a emphasis on field-based research. I am particularly interested in how terrestrial ecosystems responded to past periods of severe upheaval, such as mass extinctions and rapid climate change.
Prior to joining the faculty at New Mexico State University, I was a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (2024) and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Houston Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (2020-2023). I earned my doctorate in geosciences from Baylor University in 2020 and my undergraduate degree in geology from Miami University in 2011.
Graduate Students
Alaska Schubul (MS Student)
My name is Alaska Schubul and I am a MS student at NMSU. I am from North Carolina and did my undergrad at Appalachian State University. I am primarily interested in vertebrate paleontology and stratigrapy. I previously worked at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Badlands National Park, and Petrified Forest National Park. My MS thesis focuses on the sedimentology, magnetostratigraphy, and paleoclimate of the late Creataceous Crevasse Canyon Formation in western New Mexico at the Reynolds Field Station.
Ariam Deleon (MS Student)
I am Ariam Delon and I am currently a MS student at NMSU. I’m from Houston and did my undergraduate degree at the University of Houston in geology. I’m interested in terrestrial paleoclimate and paleoenvironments. My current project is reconstructing early Eocene paleoclimate and floral diversity using fossil leaves from the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico.