EPS Directory - Graduate Students


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Name / Contact Advisor / Education / Research
Tyler Arbour
255 McCone

tyler.arbour@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: BS 2008 (Chemistry) Montana State University - Bozeman; DAAD Fellow 2008/2009 (Biophysics) University of Goettingen, Germany
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry with focus on iron-reducing bacteria and biomineralization 
Christian Braudrick
269 McCone
(510) 643-4466
xian@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Dietrich
Education: BA 1993 (Geology) UC Santa Cruz. MS 1997 (Geology) Oregon State University.
Research Interest: Dynamics of meandering rivers and geomorphology  
Cheng Cheng
225 McCone

cchengster@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Richard Allen
Education: Bachelor's 2008, University of Science and Technology of China; Master's 2011, Institution of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
Research Interest: Seismic tomography of the deep earth structure 
Andrea Chiang


achiang@seismo.berkeley.edu
 
Sanne Cottaar
175 McCone

sanne@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Education: BS 2006 (Earth Sciences) University of Utrecht (the Netherlands), MS 2008 (Geophysics) University of Utrecht
Research Interest: Global Seismology, D''

 
Jesse Day
301 McCone

jessed@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Inez Fung
Education: BS 2009 (Physics) Yale
Research interests: Mountains and climate, climate in China 
Brent Delbridge
175 McCone

delbridge@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Education: BS (Applied Math and Physics) University of Washington
Research interest: Seismology, Subduction Zone Dynamics, Active Tectonics 
Shan Dou
255 McCone

shandou@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Doug Dreger and Jonathan Ajo-Franklin (LBNL)
Education: BS 2007 (Geophysics) University of Science and Technology of China
Research Interest: Applied Geophysics, Subsurface Properties and Processes in Permafrost Environment.  
Jenny Druhan
455 McCone

jennydruhan@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo
Education: BS 2003 (Environmental Sciences) University of North Carolina at Asheville, MS 2006 (Hydrology) University of Arizona
Research Interest: Isotope geochemistry, hydrology  
Jacob Edman


jedman@berkeley.edu
Advisor: David Romps
Education: BS 2011 (Physics, Earth & Environmental Science) University of California, Irvine
Research interests: Atmospheric dynamics, Clouds, Climate change 
Sirine Fakra


sfakra@lbl.gov
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: MS (Physics) Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris.
Research interests: Biogeochemistry with focus on selenium-reducing bacteria and biomineralization 
Jennifer Frederick
183 McCone

jenn@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bruce Buffett
Education: MS 2010 (Mechanical Engineering) University of California Berkeley; BS 2008 (Bioengineering) University of Illinois Chicago
Research Interest: geological fluid mechanics, methane hydrates, glaciology 
Scott French
225 McCone

swfrench@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Education: BS 2007 (Geophysics) Brown University
Research interests: Global seismic tomography, Computational
seismology, Inverse problems
 
Heidi Fuqua
181 McCone

heidi.fuqua@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Imke dePater
Education: BS (Aerospace Engineering) USC, BS (Physical Science) Biola University, MS (Space Studies) International Space University.
Research interest: planetary cores and formation, lunar science. 
Zack Geballe
255 McCone

zgeballe@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Raymond Jeanloz
Education: BS 2008 (Physics) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Research Interests: High pressure mineral physics, fluid dynamics. 
Mong-Han Huang
289 McCone

monghhuang@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Education: BS 2005 (Geosciences, Physics) National Taiwan University. MS 2006 (Geosciences) National Taiwan University
Research interest: Co- and post-seismic displacement, remote sensing, and seismology

 
Chris Johnson
179 McCone

c.w.johnson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Education: BS 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology (Earth and Atmospheric Science, Geophysics)
Research interest: Active Tectonics, Rheology, and Seismology

 
Pamela Kaercher
449 McCone

p.kaercher@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Rudy Wenk.
Education: BA 2006 (Physics, Mathematics) St. Olaf College.
Research interests: development of lattice preferred orientation in minerals under stress, deformation of two-phase mineral aggregates, and ab initio calculations of elastic anisotropy in crustal and mantle minerals. 
Hyojin Kim
269 McCone

hyojin820@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jim Bishop 
Qingkai Kong
289 McCone

kongqk@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Richard Allen
Education: Bachelor's 2006 (Civil Engineering) Guangxi University. Master's 2010 (Structural Engineering) Tongji University, Shanghai.
Research Interest: Earthquake Early Warning 
Percy Link
301 McCone

plink@berkeley.edu
Education: BA 2005 (Anthropology & Biology) Stanford University, MEng 2008 (Environmental Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interest: hydroclimatology, land-atmosphere interactions 
David Mangiante
411 McCone

dmangiante@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: BS 2009 (Geophysics) University of Chicago
Research Interests: Electron transfer mechanisms between minerals and organic adsorbates with a focus on the origin of metabolisms. 
Carolina Munoz
175 McCone

 
Benjamin Nault
B47 Hildebrand

benjamin.a.nault@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Ron Cohen
Education: BS 2011 (American Chemical Society Accredited Chemistry) Purdue University
Research Interest: The effects of isolated thunderstorms on tropospheric chemistry 
Felipe Orellana


f_orellana@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Mark Richards
Education: Bachelor in Science, Geophysics (2004). Master in Science, Geophysics (2006)
Research interests: Thermomechanical processes in subduction. Seismology.
 
Jasper Oshun
183 McCone

jasperoshun@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Dietrich
Research Interests: hydrology, geomorphology, and water flow in the unsaturated zone 
Marisa Palucis
449 McCone

Advisor: Bill Dietrich
Education: BS 2005 (Chemical Engineering) University of South Carolina
Research Interests: fluvial geomorphology, planetary geomorphology (MSL science team/ MSL MMM team), and environmental fluid mechanics (specifically debris flow physics and sediment transport)  
Brook Peterson
449 McCone

bpeterson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo
Education: BS 2005 (Earth and Space Sciences) University of Washington.
Research Interest: Non-traditional stable and radiogenic isotopes in high temperature systems, and growth and evolution of the continental crust.
Research Interest: isotopic approaches to studying carbonate growth and stability, evolution of geothermal systems, and dolomitization; U-Th/He geochronology of young volcanoes 
Robert Porritt
225 McCone

rob@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Richard Allen
Education: BS 2007 (Geological Engineering) Michigan Technological University
Research Interest: Lithospheric structure in the Cascadia Subduction Zone and seismic instrumentation 
Prabhat
179 McCone

prabhat@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Collins
Education: B. Tech 1999 (Computer Science and Engineering) IIT Delhi. Sc.M 2001 (Computer Science) Brown University.
Research Interests: Climate Change, Extremes, Uncertainty Quantification, Statistics, Detection and Attribution, Data Assimilation.
 
Noah Randolph-Flagg
179 McCone

nrflagg@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga
Education: BA 2011 (Geology) Carleton College
Research Interests: hydrothermal systems, landscape evolution, volcano hazards, water security 
Daniella Rempe
269C McCone

daniella.rempe@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Dietrich
Education: BS (Geosystems Engineering and Hydrology) University of Texas Austin. MS (Environmental Engineering) University of California Berkeley.
Research Interest: Near surface geophysics, hydrology. 
Daniele Rosa
413 McCone

drosa@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Collins
Education: MS 2001 (Physics) University of Pavia, MS 2008 (Environmental Systems - Mathematical Modeling) Humboldt State University.
Research Interest: Physical processes at cloud scale that have implications on climate.
 
Ian Rose
175 McCone

ian.rose@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga and Bruce Buffett 
Seth Saltiel
183 McCone

seth_saltiel@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bruce Buffett
Education: BA 2010 (Physics) University of California, Berkeley
Research Interest: geological fluid mechanics 
Jacob Seeley
175 McCone

jseeley@berkeley.edu
Advisor: David Romps
Education: BS 2012 (Physics) Haverford College
Research interests: Atmospheric dynamics, clouds, climate change 
Courtney Sprain


Adviser: Paul Renne
Education: BS Geology (2012) and BS Geophysics (2012) : University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Research Interest: Geochronology and paleomagnetism. 
Marissa Tremblay


mtremblay@berkeley.edu
Advisor: David Shuster
Education: BA 2012 (Environmental Science) Barnard College of Columbia University
Research Interests: Low-temperature thermochronometry and cosmogenic nuclide geochemistry applied to tectonic and geomorphic problems. 
Ryan Turner
231 McCone

rturner@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Education: BA 2012 (Geophysics) University of California, Berkeley
Research Interest: Active tectonics and seismology
 
Sean Wahl
411 McCone

swahl@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Burkhard Militzer
Education: Bachelors of Science (MIT)
Research interest: Planetary interiors and mineral physics. 
Stephanie Wuerth


swuerth@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Inez Fung
Education: BS 2011 (Geochemistry and English) California Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Carbon cycle dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions verification 
Eloisa Zepeda Alarcon
255 McCone

Advisor: Rudy Wenk
Education: Physics undergraduate degree at UNAM, Mexico.
Research interest: Experimental methods for characterization of minerals.  
Shuo Zhang
173 McCone

shuozhang@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Donald Depaolo
Education: B.Eng 2010 (Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering) Tsinghua University, Beijing
Research Interest: Geological carbon sequestration

 
Shuai Zhang
413 McCone

shuai.zhang01@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Burkhard Militzer
Education: BS 2008 (Physics) Harbin Institute of Technology, MS 2011 (Physics) Peking University
Research Interest: Simulation and experiments on systems under planetary interior conditions. 
Allen Zheng
255 McCone

zhaozheng@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Education: BS 2005 (Geophysics) Peking University, China, MS 2008 (Seismology) Peking University, China
Research Interest: Deep earth structure, Seismic tomography, Mantle dynamics.
 


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