People
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2019
- PhD Fall 2023
MS Thesis
A probabilistic approach to calculate lags between benthic d18O signals across Termination 1
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Assistant Professor
Organic Geochemistry, Geobiology
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Investigating mantle isotopic heterogeneity from the micro- to regional scale with high precision mass spectrometry
Advisor
Matt Jackson
- Alumna
- PhD Winter 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Southern California Coast: Sea-Level Change, Storms, and Subsidence
Research Areas
Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
The Holocene History and Facies Architecture of the Nueces Bayhead Delta of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Research Areas
Climate Change/Climatology, Coastal Geology, Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2013
Research Areas
Hydrogeology, Geomorphology
Advisor
Ed Keller
- Post Doc/Lecturer
Areas of Research
Early Eukaryote Paleontology
Sponsor:
Susannah Porter
- Alumna
- PhD Fall 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Dissertation: "Studies in Neoproterozoic Paleontology"
Research Area
Early Eukaryote Paleontology
Advisor
Susannah Porter
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geochemistry
Advisor
Roberta Rudnick
- Associate Teaching Professor
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2020
Thesis
Remote Hydroacoustic and Infrasonic Detection and Characterization of Anak Krakatau Eruptive Activity Leading To, During, and Following the December 2018 Major Flank Collapse and Tsunami
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geochemistry
Advisor
Matt Jackson
- Distinguished Professor
Geochemistry and Petrology, Continent Formation and Evolution
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Zach Eilon
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2021
Thesis/Dissertation
Remote detection and localization of explosive volcanic eruptions, mass wasting, and ambient noise sources using infrasound: Applications in Alaska and Washington, USA
Research Area
Volcano infrasound geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geobiology
Advisor
David Valentine
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Examining the Thermochemistry and Trace Element Geochemistry of Magma Mixing and Hybridization by Exploratory Modeling
Research Areas
Magma Dynamics, Metamorphic Petrology, Continental Dynamics
Advisor
Frank Spera
- MS Program
- Lapsed
Research Areas
Geomorphology, Structural Geology, Tectonics, Continental Dynamics
Advisor
Doug Burbank
- Alumna
- MS 2014 CSU Fresno
- PhD Winter 2022
Thesis/Dissertation
Phase-equilibria modeling of magma mixing: Petrogenetic case studies featuring the Magma Chamber Simulator
Research Areas
Magma dynamics, Igneous petrology, Volcanology
Advisor
Frank Spera
- Alumna
- MS Spring 2017
Thesis/Dissertation
Recycling of Continental Crust Captured in Pamir Xenoliths
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2012
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Chen Ji
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2013
Thesis/Dissertation
Sulfur Isotope Fractionation Accompanies Dimethylsulfide Disproportionation by Methanosarcina sp. Strain MTP4
Research Area
Geomicrobiology
Advisor
Dave Valentine
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Antarctic Raised Beaches: Insight on Geochronology, Relative Sea Level, and Coastal Processes
Research Area
Sedimentology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Professor
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, Coastal Geology, Quaternary Science
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2017
Thesis/Dissertation
Source Characterization of Micro-seismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment in Taft, California
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Chen Ji
- Alumna
- MS Spring 2011
Research Areas
Structure, Metamorphic Petrology, Tectonics, Geochronology
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Magma Dynamics, Properties of Magmas, Volcanology and Geomaterials
- Alumna
- PhD Winter 2020
Thesis/Dissertation
Glacial-Interglacial changes in sea level and seawater delta-O-18 gradients
Research Area
Paleoclimatology (IGPMS)
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Genesis and Evolution of the Pamir Plateau: a Petrochronologic View
Research Areas
Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geochemistry
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Alumna
- PhD July 2017.
Thesis/Dissertation
Hyperpycnal currents with reversing buoyancy
Research Areas
Sedimentology, Quantitative Stratigraphy
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Adjunct Professor
Earth Research Institute
(Researcher)
- Alumnus
- PhD Winter 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Regional Benthic Foraminiferal Oxygen Isotope Stacks for the Last Glacial Cycle
Research Area
Paleoclimatology
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Alumnus
- PhD Winter 2023
Thesis/Dissertation
The Geodynamics of Relamination, Delamination, and Foundering of the Lower Crust
Research Area
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
New middle Cambrian hyolith genus and species and echinoderm ossicles from the Georgina Basin, Australia
Research Areas
Paleobiology/Paleontology
Advisor
Susannah Porter
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2010
Thesis
Spatial distribution of near-shore gas seepage from sub-sea permafrost in the Laptev Sea Shelf, Arctic Ocean
Research Area
Marine Geophysics
Advisor
Bruce Luyendyk
- Professor Emeritus
Tectonics, Petrology, Volcanology
- Distinguished Professor
Seismology, Earth Structure
- PhD candidate
Thesis/Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Advisor
David Valentine
- PhD candidate
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geology
Advisor
Francis Macdonald
- Alumna
- MS Winter 2011
Research Area
Fluvial Geomorphology
Advisor
Ed Keller
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2020
Dissertation
Changes in beach deposit characteristics on Joinville and Livingston Islands, Antarctica
Research Area
Sedimentology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2013
Thesis/Dissertation
Neogene Tectonic Evolution of the NE Pamir margin, NW China
Research Areas
Geomorphology, Tectonic Geomorphology
Advisor
Doug Burbank
- Professor Emeritus
Angiosperm Paleo- and Neocarpology, Angiosperm Paleobiogeography, Paleobiology and Evolution of Land Plants, Plant-Animal Interactions in the Fossil Record
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2013
Research Areas
Seismology, Volcanology, Planetary Science
Advisor
Frank Spera
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2020
Thesis
Organic Preservation of Vase-Shaped Microfossils from the Late Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Research Area
Paleontology
Advisor
Susannah Porter
- Alumnus
- MS Summer 2018
Dissertation
A Comparative Morphologic Analysis of Hydrocarbon Induced Terrains in the Gulf of Mexico and Offshore Southern California
Advisor
Dave Valentine