Rae Sanchez
She/Her/Siya
Personal email: sanchez.rae1@outlook.com | Academic email: r.sanchez@massey.ac.nz
NOTE: This CV is shortened for ease. Full CV can be downloaded
Education
Massey University of New Zealand
PhD in Geology
In Progress
Miami University of Ohio
MA in Geology (2023)
Project title: Investigations of Xitle Volcano, Mexico using Geochemical and Isotopic Tracers
Central Washington University
BSci in Geology (2019)
Project title: The 1915 Eruption of Lassen Peak, CA: Mass, Thermal, and Compositional Implications of the Magma Mixing Event Documented using the Magma Chamber Simulator
Publications, Conference Abstracts, and Presentations
Kereszturi, G. et al., (2025). Volcanic hydrothermal systems on andesitic composite volcanoes - Mineralogy, 3D architecture and their use to understand flank collapse activity in the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior Meeting 2025
Sanchez, R. et al., (2025). Quantifying hydrothermal system timescales at Tongariro volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand in the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior Meeting 2025
Sturgess, D. et al., (2025). Hyperspectral imaging, mineralogy, and outgassing exploring the volcanic hydrothermal system of Red Crater, Tongariro, Aotearoa/New Zealand in the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior Meeting 2025
Ahmadi, J. et al., (2025). Source versus crustal processing and the evolution of the mantle wedge in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Constraints from Os-O-He isotope systematics in olivine. Chemical Geology. 674.
Ahmadi, J. et al., (2024). Causes of Chemical Variations in Monogenetic Eruptions: The Magmatic Evolution of Xitle Volcano, Mexico in the Goldschmidt International Meeting 2024
Kereszturi, G. et al., (2024). A fossil hydrothermal system within the Wahianoa Formation, Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand in the Geoscience Society of New Zealand Meeting 2024
Ahmadi, J. et al., (2023). Testing Source vs Crustal Processing in High-Mg# Arc Magmas from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Os Isotope Systematics in Olivine in the Commemorating the 80th anniversary of Parícutin volcano: Preserving our heritage and preparing for future eruption Meeting 2023
Sanchez, R. et al., (2023). Unraveling the timescales and processes of hydrothermal alteration at Tongariro volcano, New Zealand in the Geoscience Society of New Zealand Meeting 2023
Adams., J.V. et al., (2021). Quantitative constraints on magma mixing and eruption dynamics during the 1915 Lassen Peak, CA eruption using thermodynamic modeling and transport calculations in the Geologic Society of America National Meeting 2021
Sanchez, R. and Bohrson, W.A., Modeling Volatile Saturation in the 1915 Lassen Eruption Using the Magma Chamber Simulator, Oregon State University VIPER group (invited), February 2021
Sanchez, R. and Bohrson, W.A. (2019). The 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak, California: Mass, thermal, and compositional implications of the magma mixing event documented using the Magma Chamber Simulator in the Geologic Society of America National Meeting 2019
Sanchez, R. and Bohrson, W.A. (2019). Quantifying the magma mixing event of the 1915 Lassen Peak, California eruption using the Magma Chamber Simulator in the Geologic Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting 2019
Amorite, C. et al., (2018). Carbon stable isotopic composition of soil gas CO2 for surface geothermal exploration in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands in the European Geosciences Union Meeting 2018
Fellowships and Grants
Geological Society of America Lipman Research Award 2020
NASA Washington State Space Grant Summer Research Fellowship 2018
Teaching experience
Introductory Geology lab instructor at Miami University
Geology tutor at Central Washington University Athletic Center
Undergraduate teaching assistant in volcanology, mineralogy, rocks and minerals, and introductory geology at Central Washington University

Contact Information
Volcanic Risk Solutions
School of Agriculture and Environment
Massey University
TBA - will be added at a later date

