Introducing New Staff

Garrett Ringle – LP Field and Research Assistant

Garrett became part of the MGS team in early 2021, working part-time on the triage project. He has served in multiple roles along the way aiding in validating, updating, and mapping the water well database. He recently supported the project as an assistant project manager, overseeing location validation, mapping, and programming. Garrett plays a significant role in the education and outreach activities including in-person events and creating content for the YouTube channel. Now, Garrett joins the MGS full time as the Lower Peninsula field and research assistant. He will work on core logging, monitor well installation, geophysical surveying, mapping, and geologic interpretations. He will also assist with ongoing research projects.

Garrett graduated from Central Michigan University in 2020 with a B.S. in environmental science and a focus in math and geology.

Nolan Gamet – UP Field and Research Assistant

Nolan is an early career geologist with a background in general geology including experience with geochemistry and geologic field mapping. He went from analyzing trace element distributions in giant spodumene crystals formed in LCT pegmatites to mapping bedrock geology associated with the Midcontinent Rift System in Michigan's copper country. Nolan recently completed his Master’s research project where he spent two field seasons mapping a segment of the the Keweenaw Fault and adjacent Proterozoic rocks along the Keweenaw Peninsula to better understand the fault system's kinematics, geometrics, and related deformation history. He earned his MS in geology from Michigan Technological University and BS in geology from Central Michigan University. Nolan will be focused on supporting the MGS mapping efforts and natural resource assessments throughout Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula.