TeST Lab

Studying the long-term evolution of Earth primarily through sedimentary basin analysis and low-temperature thermochronology.

Active Research

Current field localities include southwest Montana, northern and central California, and southern Tibet. Follow “Active Research” link above to check out current projects and older projects here.

Laboratory Facilities
PhD students Mariah Romero and Aislin Reynolds on the hunt for euhedral zircon grains for (U-Th)/He thermochronology.

Sandstone petrography, apatite fission track dating, apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He dating, U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf geochemistry

Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Undergraduates in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy studying the Ellis Group at Bozeman Pass

Courses in sedimentology, stratigraphy, sedimentary petrography, field methods, basin analysis and geochronology and thermochronology

Field based research opportunities in southwest Montana and analytical work on samples from around the world!

Recent News

Spring 2025

Student Awards!
  • Rebekah Kennedy was awarded the Geological Society of America Petrology division “Best Student Paper” award at GSA Connects 2024.
  • Rebekah Kennedy won best graduate student poster at ESCI Colloquium
  • Jessie Zehner won best GIS poster at ESCI Colloquium

Future Directions

Jessie Zehner successfully defended her M.S. this in 2025! She is now working as a geospatial analyst.

Natalee Weis started work as an environmental consultant at Quiddity Engineering.

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Recent Publications

Publications page: https://devonorme.com/publications/

Dr. Orme’s Google Scholar Page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JuP4UCIAAAAJ&hl=en

Current Students

Check out more about the students in the group!

More About Us

Get In Touch

Email: Dr. Devon A. Orme

devon.orme@montana.edu

Drop By

Department of Earth Sciences
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173480
Bozeman, MT 59717-3480