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Chandler Adamaitis
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geomorphology

Advisor
Ed Keller

chandleradamaitis@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1111
Jenna Adams
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Frank Spera

adams@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1017
Paul Alessio
  • MS Summer 2016
  • PhD candidate

MS Thesis
Spatial Variability of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Thresholds for Slope Failure at Sedgwick Ranch, California

PhD Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geomorphology

Advisor
Ed Keller

palessio@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1111
Aaron Anderson
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Toshiro Tanimoto

aka@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Olivia Anderson
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Matt Jackson

anderson03@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2028
Eliel Anttila
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geology

Advisor
Francis Macdonald

eanttila@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2028
Francisco Apen
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Areas
Geochemistry and Petrology

Advisor
Roberta Rudnick and John Cottle

Awards
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2017–2022
Regents in Earth Science Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, 2017–2018
Fall Meeting Student Travel Grant, American Geophysical Union, 2017
On To the Future Scholarship, Geological Society of America, 2016

apen@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1031
Francisco Apen's Research Site
Eleanor Arrington
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Marine Science (IGPMS)

Advisor
Dave Valentine

earrington@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Brennan Brunsvik
Brennan Brunsvik Photo
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Zach Eilon

brennanbrunsvik@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Lindsay Buff
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geochemistry

Advisor
Matt Jackson

lbuff@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1009
Lena Capece
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geobiology

Advisor
Morgan Raven

lcapece@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2028
Dani Cox
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
David Valentine

dcox@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Daniel Cupertino
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Stan Awramik

dcupertino@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1019
Rodrigo De Negri Leiva
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Robin Matoza

rsd00@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Elizabeth Erickson
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area(s)
Geochronology, Geochemistry

Advisor
John Cottle

eaerickson@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2015
Research Website
Chris Everett
  • MS Winter 2020
  • PhD candidate

MS Thesis
A new species of Pinnarctidion from the Pysht Formation of Washington and phylogenetic analysis of basal pinnipedimorphs (Eutheria, Carnivora)

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Andy Wyss

ceverett@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1017
Sarah Gerenday
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Jordan Clark

sarahgerenday@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1023
Cameron Gernant
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Sedimentology

Advisor
Alex Simms

camerongernant@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Pengyuan Han
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geochemistry

Advisor
Roberta Rudnick

p_han@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2015
Nick Harrichhausen
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Kristin Morell

nharrichhausen@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1111
Bets Hobart
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Paleoclimatology

Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki

bethanyhobart@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1032
Na Liu
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
David Valentine

nliu@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Sam LoBianco
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geology

Advisor
Francis Macdonald

lobianco@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Connor Love
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Dave Valentine

clove@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Yue Ma
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Paleoclimatology

Advisor
Syee Weldeab

yue_ma@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1032
Sean Maher
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Volcano infrasound, Volcano seismology

Advisor
Robin Matoza

smaher@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Sean's Research Website
Andy McGrath
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Andy Wyss

amcgrath@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1017
Evan Monroe
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Phil Gans

emonroe@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Amy Moser
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Brad Hacker

amoser@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2015
Sara Nethercutt
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Coastal Geology

Advisor
Alex Simms

snethercutt@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Hugo Ortiz
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Robin Matoza

hdortiz@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1030A
Brian Penserini
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geomorphology

Advisor
Kristin Morell

bpenserini@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1115
Jon Petruska
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Seismology

Advisor
Zach Eilon

jonpetruska@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Judy Pu
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geology

Advisor
Francis Macdonald

judypu@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2028
Qianhui (Emma) Qin
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
David Valentine

qqin@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Devin Rand
  • MS Fall 2019
  • PhD candidate

MS Thesis
A probabilistic approach to calculate lags between benthic d18O signals across Termination 1

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki

drand@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1032
Mary Ringwood
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geochemistry

Advisor
Roberta Rudnick

mringwood@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2015
Kaelynn Rose
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Robin Matoza

kaelynn@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Richard Sanderson
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Robin Matoza

rws@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Melissa Scruggs
  • PhD candidate
  • MS 2014 CSU Fresno

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Areas
Magma dynamics, Igneous petrology, Volcanology

Advisor
Frank Spera

melissascruggs@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Noble 1015
Melissa Scrugg's Professional Web Site
Ryan Stoner
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Brad Hacker

rstoner@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2015
Jonathan Tarn
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
David Valentine

tarn@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2029
Adrian Tasistro-Hart
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geology

Advisor
Francis Macdonald

adrian_tasistro-hart@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Personal website
Brittany Theilen
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Sedimentology

Advisor
Alex Simms

btheilen@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Kelly Tingle
  • MS candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Paleontology

Advisor
Susannah Porter

ktingle@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1037
Alec Vallota-Eastman
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Dave Valentine

avallotaeastman@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1032
Jiong Wang
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Toshiro Tanimoto

jiongwang@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Tina Woltz
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Area

Advisor
Susannah Porter

cwoltz@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1037
Alexander Wrobel
  • PhD candidate

Thesis/Dissertation
In progress

Research Areas
Stuctural Geology, Tectonics, Field Geology/Mapping

Advisor
Phil Gans

awrobel@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 1049
Han Xiao
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Toshiro Tanimoto

hanxiao@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042
Lun Zhang
  • PhD candidate

Dissertation
In progress

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Zach Eilon

lun@umail.ucsb.edu
  • Webb 2042