EPS Directory - Graduate Students


A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T W Z

Name / Contact Advisor / Education / Research
Edwin Apel
291 McCone
(510) 643-8328
apel@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Bürgmann 
Tyler Arbour
381 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: Electron transfer at protein-mineral interfaces, biomineralization (focus on carbonates) 
Aparna Bamzai
301 McCone

abamzai@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Inez Fung
Education: BS 2003 (Mathematics, Statistics) Virginia Tech, MEM 2007 (Global Environmental Change) Duke University 
Dino Bellugi
273 McCone

dino@geomorph.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Dietrich 
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  
Holly Brown
255 McCone

hollybrown@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Richard Allen
Education: BS 2004 (Mathematics) UC Davis
Research Interest: Earthquake Early Warning  
Sarah Brownlee
411 McCone
(510) 642-9532
sbrownlee@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Paul Renne
Education: BA 2003 (Geosciences) Princeton University.
Research Interest: Geochronology, thermochronology, and rock magnetism  
William Cassata
455 McCone

cassata@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Paul Renne
Education: BS 2007 (Geology and Geophysics) University of Wisconsin - Madison
Research Interest: Geochronology, Isotope Geochemistry, Volcanology, Paleomagnetism  
Bruno Colas
381 McCone

brunocolas@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Raymond Jeanloz 
Sanne Cottaar
381 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''

 
Shan Dou
381 McCone

shan@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Education: BS 2007 (Geophysics) University of Science and Technology of China
Research Interest: Global Seismic Tomography  
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  
Joanne Emerson
381 McCone

jemerson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: BS 2003 (Biology) The College of William and Mary
Research Interest: Geomicrobiology, bioremediation, microbial ecology of hypersaline environments  
Amy Englebrecht
169 McCone
(510) 642-9116
aenglebrecht@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Lynn Ingram
Education: MS 2004 (Chemical Oceanography) MIT, BS 2001 (Geology, Chemistry) Lake Superior State University
Research Interest: High resolution paleoclimate studies using light stable isotopes; rapid climate change; ENSO/monsoon variability  
Kenneth Ferrier
449 McCone
(510) 643-2171
freedom@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jim Kirchner
Education: B.A. 2000 (Physics) Cornell University.
Research Interest: geomorphology.  
Kathryn Fletcher
269 McCone
(510) 643-4466
fletcher@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Paul Renne

Education: BS 2002 (Geology) Northeastern University, MS 2005 (geology) New Mexico Tech 
Scott French
381 McCone

swfrench@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz 
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. 
Arianna Gleason
255 McCone
(510) 643-8325
arianna@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Raymond Jeanloz
Education: BS 1998 (Astronomy, Physics) University of Arizona 
Sarah Godsey
183 McCone
(510) 643-2161
godseys@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jim Kirchner
Education: BA 1999 (Interdisciplinary) University of Virginia MS 2003 (Environmental Science) University of Cincinnati
Research Interest: hydrology, geomorphology  
Kelly Grijalva
291 McCone
(510) 643-8328
kelly@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Education: BS 2005 (Geophysics) Stanford University, MS 2006 (Geophysics) Stanford University 
Aurelie Guilhem
225 McCone
(510) 642-6994
aurelie@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Doug Dreger
Education: Master 2006 (Earth and Planetary Sciences) in University of Paris 11 and Ecole Normale Superieure Paris France 
Leslie Hsu
183 McCone
(510) 643-2161
lhsu@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: William Dietrich
Education: BA 2000 (Earth and Planetary Sciences) Harvard University MS 2002 (Geosciences) University of Arizona
Research Interest: Quantitative Geomorphology, Debris-flows, Active Tectonics of Eastern Taiwan.  
Mong-Han Huang
381 McCone

monghhuang@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann 
Claudia Jones
413 McCone

claudia@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: BA 2003 (Environmental Studies/Geology) University of Pennsylvania, MS 2004 (Geology/Geochemistry) University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest: Possible biogenic texture in laminated ferricretes; quantification of modes and timescales of lipid diagenesis in hypersaline systems; mapping biomarkers to biosynthetic pathways using metagenomics; biomarkers as proxy measures for paleoenvironments  
Pam Kaercher
381 McCone

p.kaercher@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Rudy Wenk 
Jane Kanitpanyacharoen
381 McCone

waruntorn@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Rudy Wenk 
Leif Karlstrom
169 McCone
(510) 642-9116
leif@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga
Education: BS 2006 (Physics and Mathematics) University of Oregon, BM 2006 (Violin performance) University of Oregon
Research Interest: Geodynamics, geophysical fluid mechanics, experiential structural geology  
Hyojin Kim
269 McCone

hyojin820@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jim Bishop 
Edwin Kite
381 McCone
(510) 809-5837
kite@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga/Bill Dietrich
Education: BA 2007 (Natural Sciences Tripos) University of Cambridge, MSci 2007 (Natural Sciences Tripos) University of Cambridge 
Victoria Lee
413 McCone
510.642.0977
vlee@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo
Education: BS 2002 (Geology and Geophysics) Yale University
Research Interest: Role of chemical composition (geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology) in recording and influencing geologic processes across a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Earth surface processes, weathering, paleoclimate. Mantle & core geochemistry. 
Christina Lee
181 McCone
(510) 642-2575
clee@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Imke de Pater
Education: BA 2002 (Astrophysics & Physics) UC Berkeley
Research Interest: Experimental and observational space physics and planetary science: space weather phenomena and forecasting, solar wind interaction with magnetized and unmagnetized planetary bodies, planetary surface formation and evolution.  
Vedran Lekic
225 McCone
(510) 642-6994
lekic@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Education: BA 2004 (Earth and Planetary Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics) Harvard 
Percy Link
455 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
455 McCone

dmangiante@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Jill Banfield
Education: BS 2009 (Geophysics) University of Chicago 
Yder Masson
181 McCone
(510) 642-2575
yder_masson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Steve Pride
Education: Maitrise 2002 (Geophysics) Univ. de Rennes 1. DEA 2003 (Geophysics) Univ. de Rennes 1. 
Tess McEnulty
455 McCone

tessm@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Imke de Pater
Education: BSE 2006 (Aerospace Engineering) University of Michigan
Research Interest: Planetary science, solar wind interaction with atmospheres/atmospheric escape  
Kyung-Eun Min
B76 Hildebrand

Advisor: Ron Cohen
Education: BS 2002 (Earth and Environmental Sciences) Korea University, MS 2005 (Atmospheric Chemistry) Korea University
Research Interest: Tropospheric chemistry especially nitrogen oxides and its oxidation processes. 
Lowell Miyagi
183 McCone
(510) 643-2161
miyagi@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Rudy Wenk
Education: BA 2004 (Geology) Oberlin College. BA 2004 (East Asian Studies) Oberlin College. 
Peter Nelson
269 McCone
(510) 643-4466
pnelson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Bill Dietrich
Education: BSE 2003 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Princeton University.
Research Interest: geomorphology, fluid mechanics, sediment transport 
Laura Nielsen
455 McCone

lnielsen@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo 
Jasper Oshun
455 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 Interest: geomorphology and environmental fluid mechanics  
Brook Peterson
413 McCone

bpeterson@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo
Education: BS 2005 (Earth and Space Sciences) University of Washington.
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
255 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 
Alyssa Rhoden
291 McCone
(510) 643-8328
asmyrah@yahoo.com
Advisor: Michael Manga/Mark Richards
Education: BS 2003 (Physics) University of Arizona 
Daniele Rosa
455 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
455 McCone

ian.rose@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga and Bruce Buffett 
Max Rudolph
169 McCone
(510) 642-9116
max@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Michael Manga
Education: BA 2006 (Physics) Oberlin College 
Johnny Sanders
181 McCone
(510) 642-2575
jws@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Kurt Cuffey
Education: BS 2001 (Earth Sciences) UCSC
Research Interest: Ice dynamics and erosion in cirques, alpine geomorphology, and glaciology  
Nicole Schlegel
255 McCone
(510) 643-8325
schlegel@eps.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Kurt Cuffey
Education: BA 2000 (Computer Science, Science of Earth Systems) Cornell University
Research Interest: Climate modeling, specifically involving glacier/ice sheet effects and processes.  
David Shimabukuro
319 McCone
(510) 643-4325
dhs@ocf.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Walter Alvarez 
Dylan Spaulding
255 McCone
(510) 643-8325
dylanspaulding@calmail.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Raymond Jeanloz
Education: BS 2004 (Physics) Brown University
Research Interest: mineral physics, shock compression experiments, high pressure-temperature equations-of-state 
Patrick Statz-Boyer
455 McCone

psb@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Doug Dreger 
Alexander (Zan) Stine
301 McCone
(510) 643-4248
zan@atmos.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Inez Fung
Education: BS 1996 (Geology, Physics/Math) Brown University, MS 2003 (Climate Physics and Chemistry) MIT 
Abigail Swann
301 McCone
(510) 643-4248
aswann@atmos.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Inez Fung
Education: BA 2003 (Earth and Planetary Science) UC Berkeley, MA 2005 (Earth and Environmental Sciences) Columbia University
Research Interest: Carbon cycle dynamics (specifically drought-carbon cycle interactions), tropical dynamics, climate variability, and the interaction between climate variability and society.  
Amanda Thomas
455 McCone

amthomas@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Education: BS 2007 (Civil Engineering) Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interest: Active tectonics and seismology  
Jim Watkins
413 McCone

jwatkins@berkeley.edu
Advisor: Don DePaolo
Education: B.S. 2005 (Geology) University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Research Interest: Evolution of the western US, silicate melt structures, and volatiles in obsidian  
Gilead Wurman
289 McCone
(510) 643-5450
gwurman@seismo.berkeley.edu
Advisor: Richard Allen
Education: BS 2002 (Geophysics) Caltech, MS 2003 (Earth and Planetary Science) UC Berkeley
Research Interest: Physics of earthquake nucleation and rupture 
Allen Zheng
289 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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