Alumni Yearbook
This page is under construction and currently only represents a limited list of EPS alumni.
| Name |
Degree |
Year | Major | Current Position | Thesis Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shimabukuro | Ph.D. | 2011 | Earth and Planetary Science | Sacramento State University Department of Geology Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator | The Cenozoic Tectonic History of the Calabrian Orogen, Southern Italy |
| Jennifer Frederick | Ph.D. | 2013 | Earth and Planetary Science | Computational Geoscientist and Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories | Numerical Investigations of the Fluid Flows at Deep Oceanic and Arctic Permafrost-Associated Gas Hydrate Deposits |
| Jenny Pehl | Ph.D. | 2006 | Earth and Planetary Science | Quantitative Rietveld Texture Analysis of Geological Materials | |
| Kelly Wiseman | Ph.D. | 2012 | Earth and Planetary Science | Radius Intelligence, Senior Data Scientist | The Far Reach of Megathrust Earthquakes: Evolution of Stress, Deformation and Seismicity Following the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Rupture |
| Brent Grocholski | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Viscosity of Planetary Fluids and the Amorphization of Crystals at High Pressure | |
| Seth Saltiel | Ph.D. | 2017 | Earth and Planetary Science | Columbia University, Lamond-Doherty Earth Observatory Postodctorial Research Scientist | The seismic signature of fractures and faults: low-frequency shear anelasticity measurements toward determining stress and frictional conditions of reservoir fractures |
| Arianna Gleason | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Adjunct Professor, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences Department of Geological Sciences, Adjunct Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester | Elasticity of Materials at High Pressure |
| William Hawley | Ph.D. | 2019 | Earth and Planetary Science | NSF Postdoc; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University | The Life and Death of a Tectonic Plate: Imaging the Juan de Fuca Plate with Amphibious Seismic Data |
| Brook Peterson | Ph.D. | 2013 | Earth and Planetary Science | SportsEngine Data Scientist/ Engineering | Rates and Mechanisms of Magmatic Processes: Isotopic and Geochronological Evidence |
| Sarah Godsey | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University | Understanding Water and Solute Fluxes in Diverse Catchments |
| Clara Chan | Ph.D. | 2006 | Earth and Planetary Science | The Geomicrobiology of Iron-Oxidizing Microbes | |
| Holly Brown | Ph.D. | 2012 | Earth and Planetary Science | Evaluating and Improving the ElarmS Earthquake Early Warning Algorithm | |
| Katherine Hoag | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | The Anomalous Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2 and Applications to the Carbon Cycle and Stratospheric Chemistry and Transport | |
| Avinash Nayak | Ph.D. | 2017 | Earth and Planetary Science | University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Geoscience, Postdoc | I. Seismic Moment Tensor Analysis of Micro-Earthquakes in an Evolving Fluid-Dominated System, II. Ambient Noise Cross-Correlation for Evaluating Velocity Structure and Instrument Orientations in a Geothermal Environment |
| Yder Masson | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Institut de Physics du Globe de Paris Postdoctoral Fellow | Computing the Seismic Attenuation in Complex Porous Materials |
| Elizabeth Niespolo | Ph.D. | 2019 | Earth and Planetary Science | Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences | Determining Timescales and Paleoenvironments of Quaternary Human Evolution Using Stable and Radiogenic Isotopes |
| Shuo Zhang | Ph.D. | 2014 | Earth and Planetary Science | Aramco Services Company Geologist | |
| Lowell Miyagi | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Assistant Professor Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah | Deformation and Texture Development in Deep Earth Mineral Phases: Implication for Seismic Anisotropy and Dynamics |
| Marisa Palucis | Ph.D. | 2014 | Earth and Planetary Science | Dartmouth Department of Earth Sciences, Assistant Professor | Using quantitative topographic analysis to understand the role of water on transport and deposition processes on crater walls |
| Ahyi Kim | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | School of Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience Department of Materials System Science | Investigating Rupture Process of Parkfield Seismicity |
| Jacob Edman | Ph.D. | 2017 | Earth and Planetary Science | KoBold Metals Data Scientist | Convection and Gravity Waves in the Tropical Atmosphere |
| Dylan Spaulding | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Assistant Project Scientist | Laser-Driven Shock Compression Studies of Planetary Compositions |
| Kathryn Materna | Ph.D. | 2019 | Earth and Planetary Science | UC Berkeley Active Tectonics lab | Geodetic and Seismological Investigations of Earthquake Cycle Deformation and Fault Zone Properties |
| Dino Bellugi | Ph.D. | 2012 | Earth and Planetary Science | UC Berkeley Department of Geography, Postdoctoral Researcher | What Controls Shallow Landslide Size Across Landscapes? |
| Zhao Zheng | Ph.D. | 2014 | Earth and Planetary Science | Halliburton Sr. Microseismic Geophysicist, R&D | Refining Constraints on Seismic Discontinuities and Elastic Structure in the Earth's Upper Mantle |
| Sarah Brownlee | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Associate Professor, Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Revisiting the Baja-British Columbia hypothesis: 40 Ar/39Ar geochronology and paleomagnetism of the Ecstall, Butedale, and Smith Island plutons, British Columbia, Canada |
| Jesse Day | Ph.D. | 2016 | Earth and Planetary Science | NextCaller, Principal Data Scientist and Product manager | The Dynamics of Precipitation Variability in the Asian Monsoon |
| Micheal Lamb | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Formation of Amphitheater-Headed Canyons | |
| Kristen Fauria | Ph.D. | 2017 | Earth and Planetary Science | Vanderbilt University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor | Dynamics of pyroclastic density currents and submarine eruptions |
| James Watkins | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Assistant Professor, University of Oregon Department of Geological Sciences | Elemental and isotopic separation by diffusion in geological liquids |