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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Leslie Hsu | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | USGS Community for Data Integration Coordinator | Bedrock Erosion by Granular Flow |
| Christina Lee | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Assistant Research Physicist University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory | The Structure of the Solar Wind in the Inner Heliosphere |
| Abigail Swann | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Ecology at the University of Washington | Ecoclimate: Variations, Interactions, and Teleconnections |
| Alexander Stine | Ph.D. | 2010 | Earth and Planetary Science | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth & Climate Sciences, San Francisco State University | Climate Change at Annual Timescales |
| Sarah Godsey | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University | Understanding Water and Solute Fluxes in Diverse Catchments |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Vedran Lekic | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Associate Professor, University of maryland Department of Geology | Inferring the Elastic Structure of the Earth's Mantle using the Spectral Element Method |
| Kathryn Fletcher | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Interim Department Chair of the Department of Elementary Education, Ball State University, Department of Educational Psychology | Application of U-series dating of pedogenic carbonate and 10Be cosmogenic exposure dating to neotectonic and geochronologic problems |
| Victoria Lee | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and the Evolution of the Earth's Surface and Interior | |
| Kenneth Ferrier | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Assistant professor of sea-level geophysics and surface processes in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison | Effects of climate, physical erosion, parent mineralogy, and dust on chemical erosion rates in mountainous terrain |
| Nestor Cuevas | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Schlumberger Geosolutions, Integrated EM Center of Excellence Senior Geophysicist | Electrokinetic Coupling in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation |
| Christian Huber | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Professor | The importance of small-scale dynamics on large-scale magmatic processes |
| Leah Morgan | Ph.D. | 2009 | Earth and Planetary Science | U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist | Geochronological constraints on Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution in the Ethopian rift |
| Douglas Allen | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Development and application of a process-based, basin-scale stream temperature model | |
| Su-chin Chang | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Application of High-Precision Geochronology in Evolution and Mass Extinctions | |
| Brent Grocholski | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Viscosity of Planetary Fluids and the Amorphization of Crystals at High Pressure | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Micheal Lamb | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Formation of Amphitheater-Headed Canyons | |
| Ryan McWilliams | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Elastic and Inelastic Shock Compression of Diamond and Other Minerals | |
| Mei Xue | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Using Seismic Methods to Constrain Mantle Convection Proceses | |
| Sean Ford | Ph.D. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Isotropic Sources and Attenuation Structure: Nuclear Tests, Mine Collapses, and Q | |
| Maria Brumm | M.S. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | Ground Water in Tectonically Active Areas: Implications for Heat Flow and the Earthquake-Triggered Eruption of Mud Volcanoes | |
| Eileen Evans | M.A. | 2008 | Earth and Planetary Science | ||
| Elisabeth Green | Ph.D. | 2007 | Earth and Planetary Science | The influence of geochemical and microbiological weathering on hillslope erosion and landscape evolution | |
| Kimberly Knight | Ph.D. | 2007 | Earth and Planetary Science | Argon Geochronology: I. Applied 40Ar/39Ar Methods to the Chronology of Large Igneous Provinces II. Development of Cosmogenic Argon Methods for Terrestrial Chronology | |
| Wren Montgomery | Ph.D. | 2007 | Earth and Planetary Science | The Role of High-Pressure Organic Chemistry in Planetary Evolution |