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Facilities

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MMRI has facilities within the main University of Mississippi campus, the Jackson Avenue Center (JAC), The NIUST building at the UM Field Station, and an offsite shop. Please see the map below for locations and more information. The MMRI main office is located within Brevard Hall, Room 49, on The...

Allison I. Woolsey

Person: Geographic Information Systems Analyst
Allison I. Woolsey is a geographic information systems (GIS) research analyst and Mississippi registered professional geologist ( #0913). She joined MMRI in 2009 soon after graduating from Ole Miss. She provides geospatial solutions, creates GIS web maps, and performs GPS data integration. In her...

About the Institute

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​​ The Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI) was established in 1972 by the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in an effort to coordinate mineral-related research in Mississippi.

MMRI Postdoctoral Researcher publishes research about ice on Mars

News: July 01, 2025
Erica Luzzi, postdoctoral researcher at MMRI, recently published her research on potential ice on Mars in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets entitled " Geomorphological Evidence of Near-Surface Ice at Candidate Landing Sites in Northern Amazonis Planitia, Mars." Please see the Ole Miss...

Leonardo Macelloni

Person: Director, Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute & Associate Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering
Dr. Leonardo (Leo) Macelloni assumed the role of Director of the Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI) and the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) in August 2024. He transitioned from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served as Associate Research...

Isabella Watt

Person: Research Associate
Isabella, an Italian native, has resided in Oxford since 1989. A geologist (University of Rome) with a Master's in Hydrogeology (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland), she dedicates her free time to researching 16th-century Genevan documents.

Thomas Guilment

Person: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Driven by a passion for exploring the mysteries of our oceans and marine wildlife, Dr. Thomas Guilment specializes in signal and image processing, underwater acoustics (both passive and active), and artificial intelligence. He develops advanced analytical tools and methodologies for interpreting...