Graduate Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Paulo Ruiz Cubillo Ph.D. Student Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Wright Labs, Rm 339B 610 Taylor Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066 U.S.A. tel: 1-732-445-2124 e-mail: egazel@eden.rutgers.edu link to course webpage: link to personal webpage:

Research Interests:

• Volcanology
• Geochemistry
• Geochronology
• GIS

Education / Degrees:

• Oct-2006: Central American School of Geology, University of Costa Rica: *Licenciatura in Geology:
• Prospection analysis and technique factibility for the use of clays as sulfur neutralizer in the fabrication of clinker in CEMEX Costa Rica, Colorado Abangares. Central America School of Geology. Univ of Costa Rica. 83 Pag. Licenciatura Geology Thesis. San José, C.R.
• (*) Lic. or Licenciatura is a degree granted in many Latin American universities that requires an additional full year of courses and a research thesis after completing a Bachelor’s degree.
• Dec-2004: Central American School of Geology, University of Costa Rica: Bachelor in Geology. Volcanological campaign at the Sabana Redonda cinder cones, Poas Volcano, Costa Rica.

Courses / Instruction:

Advisor and Dissertation Committee:

• Dr. Michael Carr (Advisor)

Honors and Awards:

Meetings / Abstracts:

• Apr. 2009: GSA North-Central Section Meeting, Rockford, Illinois, USA. Sampling during 6.2 Mw Cinchona-Poás Earthquake - Reconstruction of the geologic history of the north side of Poás Volcano.
• Dec. 2008: AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, USA .Reconstruction of the geologic history of the north side of Poás Volcano.
• Jul. 2008: Central America Geological Congress, San Jose, Costa Rica., 1. Magmatic components of Poás, 2. Geochemistry of the Descartes formation application to clinker production
• May 2008: Exxon Mobil Geoscience Recruiting Event Northeast Short Course, Newark, New Jersey
• Jul. 2007: Workshop to Integrate Subduction Factory and Seismogenetic Zone Studies in Central America, MARGINS, Heredia, Costa Rica; The Sabana Redonda Cinder Cones; Enriched Magmatic Component of Poas Volcano, Costa Rica.
• Nov. 2006: International Center for Earth Sciences, E-ICES Center of Atomic Energy. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Prospection analysis and tecnic factibility of use of clays as sulfur neutralizer in the fabrication of clinker in CEMEX Costa Rica, Colorado Abangares.