Outreach & Internships
UTChron/Stockli Group Commitment to Outreach Efforts, Undergraduate Research, and Exchange Programs
The UTChron laboratory and research group is committed to outreach, undergraduate research, and graduate student exchange programs. The PI and graduate students have been involved in years of NSF-and GSA-funded (incl. AeGS-DIG) undergraduate research and outreach activities. Our laboratory and research group have focused on recruiting efforts with the goal of exposing undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to cutting-edge geochemistry, geochronology, and thermochronology and their application to geology, tectonics, petrology, and stratigraphy. Research experience is key to successful applications for graduate school or employment. These efforts have been supported by NSF, GSA, the Jackson School of Geosciences, and industry.
HeLIO (Helium Latin American Internship and Outreach) Program
nternship and Outreach Program for Latin American Undergraduate students in Tectonics and Geo- and Thermochronometry at the University of Texas at Austin. Goal of the HeLIO program is to offer exposure, training, and research opportunities for students from Latin American universities through summer internships at the UTChron Laboratory. These summer HeLIO internships are 2-3 month in length and provide travel costs, on-campus accommodation, and monthly stipend as well as field and laboratory research experience and training. Laboratory and field training is supplemented by short courses. Each student also has a graduate student or postdoc mentor assigned during the internship. For more information please contact Dr. Daniel Stockli (stockli@jsg.utexas.edu)
Programa de pasantías y alcance para estudiantes de universidades de America Latina en Tectónica y Geo-Termochronometría en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. El objetivo del programa HeLIO es ofrecer oportunidades de exposición, capacitación e investigación para los estudiantes de universidades de America Latina a través de pasantías de verano en el laboratorio UTChron. Las pasantías de verano tienen una duración de 2-3 meses e incluyen costos de viaje, alojamiento en el campus de UT y estipendio mensual, así como experiencia y capacitación para la investigación en laboratorio y campo. La formación dentro del laboratorio y en el campo es complementada con cursos cortos. A cada estudiante también se le asigna un estudiante de posgrado o un mentor de postdoctorado durante la pasantía. Para mayor información, favor de comunicarse con el Dr. Daniel Stockli (stockli@jsg.utexas.edu)
Past HeLIO participants at UT
2014 – Claudia Roig Gonzalez (UPRM), Doris J. Rivera Santiago (UPRM), Joe Kendall Salinas (UT)
2016 – Viridis Miranda Berrocales (UPRM), Kimberly Mendez Mendez (UPRM), Eduardo Gonzalez Lugo (UPRM)
2018 – Jose Corchado Albelo (UPRM), Sahira Cancel Vazquez (UPRM)
2020 – COVID-10 cancellation
2021 – Kiara Cunillera-Cotte (UPRM), Adriel Gonzalez-Rivera (UPRM), and Fernando Pagan-Gonzalez (UPRM) – see news article by Kristin Phillips