People
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2014
Research Area
Structural Geology and Petrology
Advisor
John Cottle
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2011
Research Area
Marine Science
Advisor
David Lea
- PhD candidate
PhD Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Sedimentology; Coastal processes
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumna
- PhD Winter 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Microbial Oxidation of Marine Hydrocarbons: Quantifying Rates of Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Butane Consumption
Research Area
Geochemistry
Advisor
Dave Valentine
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2016
Thesis/Dissertation
Application of micro-CT and Elliptic Fourier Analysis on Molar Outline Shape for Group Discrimination among Notoungulates
Research Area
Paleobiology
Advisor
Andy Wyss
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2023
Dissertation
Late Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Deep Creek-Kern Mountains, eastern Nevada and western Utah: Magmatically induced large-scale folding, dynamothermal metamorphism and ductile strain at mid- to upper-crustal levels in the Sevier hinterland
Research Area
Advisor
Phil Gans
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2016
Thesis/Dissertation
Planktonic Foraminifereal Faunal Study and Mg/Ca -Temperature Calibration at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series
Research Area
Climatology
Advisor
David Lea
- Lecturer
Area of Research:
Cambrian paleontology and biostratigraphy
- Alumnus
- MS Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Quaternary Chronology and Uplift of Gaviota Coast Marine Terraces, Santa Barbara County, CA
Advisor
Ed Keller
- Associate Professor
Tectonic geomorphology and active tectonics.
- Alumna
- PhD Spring 2022
Dissertation
Dating Deformation with Titanite
Research Area
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2013
Thesis/Dissertation
Stratigraphy, structure, and geochronology of the Abanico Formation in the Principal Cordillera, central Chile: Evidence of protracted volcanism and implications for Andean tectonics”
Research Areas
Tectonics, Structure
Advisor
Phil Gans
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumnus
- MS March 2019
Thesis/Dissertation
Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Research Area
Advisor
Andy Wyss
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Crustal extension and magmatism during the mid-Cenozoic ignimbrite flare-up in the Guazapares Mining District and Cerocahui basin regions, northern Sierra Madre Occidental, western Chihuahua, Mexico
Research Areas
Tectonics, Sedimentology, Volcanology
Advisor
Phil Gans
- Alumnus
- Summer 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
The Hillslope Signature of Knickpoints Resulting from Stream Capture, Coastal Processes, and Resistant Bedrock on Santa Cruz Island, CA: Insights from an Automated Knickpoint-Selection Algorithm
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Doug Burbank
- Alumnus
- PhD June 2017
Thesis/Dissertation
Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Na-Ca Aluminosilicate Liquids and Glasses by Molecular Dynamics Simulations at Elevated Temperature and Pressure
Research Areas
Silicate liquid thermodynamics, mantle processes, petrology, volcanology
Advisor
Frank Spera
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Estimates of Hydrologic Properties in Upper Ocean Crust of Juan de Fuca Ridge Eastern Flank Using Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas Tracer in Cross-Hole Multi-Scale Injection Experiment
Research Area
Hydrology (Geochemistry, Environmental)
Advisor
Jordan Clark
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Investigating the secular geochemical and geodynamic evolution of accretionary orogens with zircon petrochronology: A case study from West Antarctica
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Igneous Petrology, Magma Dynamics, Mantle Processes
Advisor
John Cottle
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Late Pleistocene to Holocene environmental history of Devereux Slough
Advisor
Alex Simms
- MS Program
- Lapsed
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Paleoclimate
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2019
Dissertation
Structural Evolution of an Extensional Terrane Margin: Case Studies from the Colorado River Extensional Corridor, Southeastern California, USA
Research Area
Advisor
Phil Gans
- Researcher
- Marine Science Inst.
Areas of Research
Active faulting, tectonics, and seismicity of California;marine geophysics; subsurface imaging and 3D visualization
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2013
Thesis/Dissertation
Structural Evolution of the Central Schell Creek Range, White Pine County, Nevada
Research Areas
Geologic Field Mapping, Structure
Advisors
Phil Gans & John Cottle
- Alumna
- MS Summer 202
PhD Dissertation
Potential for stable minor sulfur isotope tracer to measure microbial sulfur reduction rate and fractionation values simultaneously.
Research Area
Organic geochemistry
Advisor
Morgan Raven
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Estuarine Response to Disturbance: A Holocene Record of Storm Episodes and Seismicity as Preserved in Coastal Systems
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2023
Dissertation
Late Holocene Environmental History of UC Santa Barbara, Campus Lagoon
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Ed Keller
- MS candidate
Thesis
In progress
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
- Researcher/Lecturer
- Marine Science Inst.
Areas of Research
Paleoceanography; Paleoclimatology; Foraminiferal Micropaleontology
- Researcher/Lecturer
Area of research:
Biological carbon pump, Marine carbon cycle, Response of plankton to climate change and oil spills.
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Kristin Morell
- Affiliated Professor
Environmental Studies: Water Resources Engineering, Groundwater Science & Policy
- Alumna
- PhD Fall 2016
Thesis/Dissertation
Compilation of deglacial benthic stable carbon isotope data for reconstructing ocean circulation change, terrestrial biosphere change, and 3D visualizations
Research Areas
Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2022
Thesis
Distributed Extension across the Ethiopian Rift and Plateau Illuminated by Joint Inversion of Surface Waves and Scattered Body Waves
Research Area
Seismology
Advisor
Zach Eilon
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Petrochronology of Ultrapotassic Intrusive Rocks and Associated Rare Earth Element-Bearing Carbonatite, Mountain Pass, California
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Igneous Petrology
Advisor
John Cottle
- Professor
- Chair
Precambrian and Cambrian Paleobiology, Early Eukaryote and Early Animal Evolution, the Evolution of Biomineralization.
- Alumna
- PhD Fall 2016
Thesis/Dissertation
Geochemical evidence for the incorporation of multiple hotspot components in the Lau and North Fiji Backarc Basi
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geodynamics, Mantle Processes, Marine Geology/Geophysics/Geochemistry
Advisor
Matt Jackson
- Professor Emeritus
Seismology, Tomography, Seismic Instrumentation and Learning Technology
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2023
Dissertation
Onset and Deglaciation of Cryogenian Snowball Earth
Research Area
Geology
Advisor
Francis Macdonald
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- PhD candidate
Thesis/Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Advisor
David Valentine
- Alumna
- MS Winter 2013
Research Area
Hydrogeology, Fluvial Process Morphology
Advisor
Jordan Clark
- MS candidate
Thesis/Dissertation
Structural and Metamorphic Controls on Gold Mineralization in the Rochford District: A Comparison to the Homestake Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota
Research Areas
Field Geology/Mapping, Structural Geology
Advisor
Phil Gans