Claudiu Nistor
M.S., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2025
Mailcode: C1140
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My current PhD research investigates the hydrothermal systems of volcanoes in Costa Rica through S isotopes of volcanic bombs and ashes. I am also using Ca and Sr isotopes to understand the rodingitization of mafic dikes of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt, New Zealand.
My previous MS research involved reconstructing the magmatic, tectonic, and hydrothermal history of serpentinites of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt, New Zealand using the major and trace element geochemistry of whole serpentinites, relict spinel and clinopyroxene, and O and H istotopes of serpentine.
Graduate Student Research Grant - Geological Society of America (2026)
Graduate School Summer Excellence Fellowship - University of Texas at Austin (2025)
Michael Bruce Duchin Centennial Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship - Jackson School of Geosciences (2024)
R.L. Folk/E.F. McBride Petrography Contest, 1st place, Graduate division - Jackson School of Geosciences (2024)
Nistor, C., Barnes, J., Dragovic, B., Gevedon, M., Scott, J. & Palmer, M. (2026). Mixed-origin serpentinites record the tectonic and magmatic evolution of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt, Aotearoa New Zealand. LITHOS. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493726003762. doi:.
Poulaki, E., Bickert, M., Vannucchi, P., Shuck, B., Akizawa, N., Pandey, A., Morishita, T., Sanfilippo, A., Cunningham, E., Barnes, J., Garber, J., Nistor, C., Bernard, R., Tribuzio, R., Loocke, M., Abe, N., Di Stefano, A., Filina, I., Fu, Q., Gontharet, S., Kearns, L., Koorapati, R., Lei, C., Loreto, M., Magri, L., Menapace, W., Pavlovics, V., Pezard, P., Rodriguez-Pilco, M., Zhao, X., Perez-Gussinye, M., Garrido, C., Ranero, C., Estes, E., Malinverno, A. & Zitellini, N. (2026). Granitic intrusions enhance strain localization and rapid mantle exhumation along an oceanic detachment fault. Science advances, 12(23). https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.aec6950. doi:.