Allie Nagurney

Dr. Allie Nagurney received her BS in Geology from Lafayette College and her PhD in Geoscience from Virginia Tech. At Virginia Tech, Allie studied metamorphic petrology, specifically focused on mineral crystallization during metamorphism and the metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the northern Appalachian mountains. She also served as Chair of the Geosciences Student Research Symposium and Chair of the Geological Society of America Student Advisory Council. 

After graduate school, Allie decided to shift to working on more applied research topics and apply her expertise to working in the energy transition. This led her to working at Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL). While at PNNL, Allie developed technologies for combined carbon sequestration and critical mineral recovery processes. She has published papers on topics including: carbon sequestration, critical mineral resources, mineralogy, metamorphic petrology, and tectonics and is co-inventor on a patent. 

Currently, Allie is a Project Manager at ION Clean Energy in Boulder, CO. ION is a leading developer of CO₂ capture technology capable of reducing CO₂ emissions from industrial and fossil power sources. 

In her free time, Allie can be found running, hiking, biking, and skiing through the Colorado mountains. A lot of the time she will also be describing the nearby rocks to anyone who will listen. Allie joined the Virginia Tech Geosciences Alumni Board to give back to the department and be a resource for students who are interested in careers in the energy transition.