Lisa L Stillings
Lisa is a Research Geologist with Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. She received a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from Pennsylvania State University, a MS in Hydrogeology from Kent State University, and a BS in Geology from Allegheny College. Since joining the USGS in 1998, she has worked on many topics under the broad category of element cycling in the Earth's crust.
Lisa Stillings obtained her PhD in Geological Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University in 1994. She is a research geologist in the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, stationed in Reno NV. While Lisa has worked on a diverse set of research projects, they fall under the broad category of element cycling in the Earth’s crust. Her interests include mineral weathering kinetics, chemical interactions at the mineral-water interface, trace element geochemistry, and the geochemistry and mineralogy of lithium deposits.
Professional Experience
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reno NV
Adjunct Professor, Dept Geological Science and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno
1997-1998, Geochemist, Shepherd Miller Consultants, Fort Collins, CO
1993-1998, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Wyoming
1989 summer, student intern, Arco Oil & Gas, Plano TX
1984 -1986, Environmental Scientist, ENCOTEC, Ann Arbor, MI
1983 -1984, Analytical Chemist, ENCOTEC, Ann Arbor, MI
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994
M.S., Hydrogeology, Kent State University, 1988
B.S., Geology w chemistry minor, Allegheny College, 1983
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Chemical Society (Treasurer, Geochemistry Division, 2013-2016; Secretary Geochemistry Division, 2001-2012)
American Geophysical Union
Center for Research in Economic Geology (CREG), University of Nevada Reno
Clay Minerals Society
Geological Society of America
Society of Economic Geologists
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
The University of Nevada Reno
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: 2011 annual report
Release rates of solutes from phosphatic shales in southeast Idaho, USA
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2010 Annual Report
Introduction to pathways of metal transfer from mineralized sources to biorecptors
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2009 Annual Report
Ecosystem health in mineralized terrane — Data from podiform chromite (Chinese Camp mining district, California), quartz alunite (Castle Peak and Masonic mining districts, Nevada/California), and Mo/Cu porphyry (Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada) de
Kinetics of selenium release in mine waste from the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale, Phosphoria Formation, Wooley Valley, Idaho, USA
Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in the Carson Desert near Stillwater, Churchill County, Nevada, 2005
Understanding Metal Pathways in Mineralized Ecosystems
Results of chemical analyses of soil, shale, and soil/shale extract from the Mancos Shale formation in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, southwestern Colorado, and at Hanksville, Utah
Hydrogeochemical investigations in the Osgood Mountains, north-central Nevada
A data viewer for stream-sediment and surface-water chemistry, geology, and geography of the Humboldt River basin, northern Nevada
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: 2011 annual report
Release rates of solutes from phosphatic shales in southeast Idaho, USA
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2010 Annual Report
Introduction to pathways of metal transfer from mineralized sources to biorecptors
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2009 Annual Report
Ecosystem health in mineralized terrane — Data from podiform chromite (Chinese Camp mining district, California), quartz alunite (Castle Peak and Masonic mining districts, Nevada/California), and Mo/Cu porphyry (Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada) de
Kinetics of selenium release in mine waste from the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale, Phosphoria Formation, Wooley Valley, Idaho, USA
Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in the Carson Desert near Stillwater, Churchill County, Nevada, 2005
Understanding Metal Pathways in Mineralized Ecosystems
Results of chemical analyses of soil, shale, and soil/shale extract from the Mancos Shale formation in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, southwestern Colorado, and at Hanksville, Utah
Hydrogeochemical investigations in the Osgood Mountains, north-central Nevada
A data viewer for stream-sediment and surface-water chemistry, geology, and geography of the Humboldt River basin, northern Nevada
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government