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
Lithium from Source to Sink: Genesis and Evolution of Li Brines and Clays
Lithium Clays as a Source of Lithium and a Buffer for Lithium Concentration in Brines
Spatial data files associated with the identification of new data for the sagebrush focal area mineral resource assessment in Nevada
Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project
Li and Ca enrichment in the Bristol Dry Lake brine compared to brines from Cadiz and Danby Dry Lakes, Barstow-Bristol Trough, California, USA
Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 11 critical minerals in the conterminous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico—Aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum-group elements, rare earth elements, tantalum, tin,
Lithium
Selenium
Mineral-deposit model for lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites
Assessing changes in the physico-chemical properties and fluoride adsorption capacity of activated alumina under varied conditions
Geology and mineral resources of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Oregon and Nevada), the Southeastern Oregon and North-Central Nevada, and the Southern Idaho and Northern Nevada (and Utah) Sagebrush Focal Areas: Chapter B in
Comparing activated alumina with indigenous laterite and bauxite as potential sorbents for removing fluoride from drinking water in Ghana
Corrigendum to “Comparing activated alumina with indigenous laterite and bauxite as potential sorbents for removing fluoride from drinking water in Ghana” [Appl. Geochem. 56 (2015) 50–66]
Contaminants from Cretaceous black shale: I. Natural weathering processes controlling contaminant cycling in Mancos Shale, southwestern United States, with emphasis on salinity and selenium
Contaminants from Cretaceous black shale: II. Effect of geology, weathering, climate, and land use on salinity and selenium cycling, Mancos Shale landscapes, southwestern United States
Development and application of a soil organic matter-based soil quality index in mineralized terrane of the Western US
Science and Products
Lithium from Source to Sink: Genesis and Evolution of Li Brines and Clays
Lithium Clays as a Source of Lithium and a Buffer for Lithium Concentration in Brines
Spatial data files associated with the identification of new data for the sagebrush focal area mineral resource assessment in Nevada
Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project
Li and Ca enrichment in the Bristol Dry Lake brine compared to brines from Cadiz and Danby Dry Lakes, Barstow-Bristol Trough, California, USA
Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 11 critical minerals in the conterminous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico—Aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum-group elements, rare earth elements, tantalum, tin,
Lithium
Selenium
Mineral-deposit model for lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites
Assessing changes in the physico-chemical properties and fluoride adsorption capacity of activated alumina under varied conditions
Geology and mineral resources of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Oregon and Nevada), the Southeastern Oregon and North-Central Nevada, and the Southern Idaho and Northern Nevada (and Utah) Sagebrush Focal Areas: Chapter B in
Comparing activated alumina with indigenous laterite and bauxite as potential sorbents for removing fluoride from drinking water in Ghana
Corrigendum to “Comparing activated alumina with indigenous laterite and bauxite as potential sorbents for removing fluoride from drinking water in Ghana” [Appl. Geochem. 56 (2015) 50–66]
Contaminants from Cretaceous black shale: I. Natural weathering processes controlling contaminant cycling in Mancos Shale, southwestern United States, with emphasis on salinity and selenium
Contaminants from Cretaceous black shale: II. Effect of geology, weathering, climate, and land use on salinity and selenium cycling, Mancos Shale landscapes, southwestern United States
Development and application of a soil organic matter-based soil quality index in mineralized terrane of the Western US
*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