Victoria Helmke

Victoria Helmke
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Department: Earth and Space Sciences
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: VHelmke@wcupa.edu

Research Interests

radiolariansdepositional environmentschertMontastraea coralsextinction and community change

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Professor Helmke enjoys teaching Introductory Geology at West Chester University. She previously taught geology courses at SUNY Geneseo, University of Iowa, and George Mason University. Past research has included radiolarians and depositional environments of chert in Zimapan Mexico, and extinction and community change of Montastraea corals in Puerto Rico across the Oligocene Miocene boundary. She was also a research paleontologist and field guide at The Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-738-0308