Alumni Database – Staging

Alumni of UCLA’s EPSS graduate program

As of today, the professional outcomes of 327 alumni of UCLA’s EPSS graduate program included:

– 67 university professors
– 85 research or staff scientists
– 29 employed at NASA
– 27 postdocs
– 4 lecturers
– 5 instructors
– 5 PhD students
– a variety of interesting positions in the private sector or in public service

Year	Degree	First Name	Last Name	Thesis Title	Position	Institution	Advisor
2024	PhD	Jordan	Bretzfelder	Wind-Driven Sediment Transport Across The Solar System�	—	—	Day
2023	PhD	Taylor	Dorn	The Transport, Accumulation, and Abrasive Capacity of Sediment in Aeolian Dominated Landscapes on Earth and Mars	—	—	Day
2023	PhD	Akash	Gupta	From the Galactic to Atomic Scale: Understanding Planet Formation and Evolution	—	—	Schlichting
2023	PhD	Justin Takeshi	Higa	Multi-Scale Investigations on the Impacts of Geologic Fractures	—	—	Moon
2023	PhD	Tyler	Powell	The Influence of Distal Crater Ejecta on Planetary Surfaces: An Investigation of Lunar Cold Spots and Secondary Craters	—	—	Paige
2023	PhD	Ashley Marie	Schoenfeld	Surface Processes and Tectonics in the Outer Solar System: Insights from the Saturnian Moons Titan and Enceladus	Postdoctoral Scholar	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Yin
2023	PhD	Kevin	Shao	Decadal, Millennial, and Million-Year Erosion Rates in the Easternmost Himalaya	—	—	Moon
2023	PhD	Francisco	Spaulding-Astudillo	Climate, clouds, and convection on Earth and Titan	Postdoctoral Scholar	UCLA	Mitchell
2023	PhD	Yufan	Xu	Forging Experimental Pathways to Planetary Core Convection	—	—	Aurnou
2022	PhD	Ashna	Aggarwal	Zonal Flows in Planetary Fluid Layers	Analyst	Rocky Mountain Institute	Aurnou
2022	PhD	Han	Bao	Seeking Supershear Earthquakes	—	—	Meng
2022	PhD	Tian	Feng	Navigating Microseismicity Characterization with Backprojection, Matched-filter, and Deep Learning	Data Scientist	Capital One Bank	Meng
2022	PhD	Daniel	Fineman	An Experimental Investigation of Mineral Solubility in the System MgO-SiO2-H2O-CO2-NaCl at 10 kbar, 500�800 �C: Implications for Si, Mg, and C Metasomatism in High Pressure Environments	—	—	Manning
2022	PhD	Ariel	Graykowski	Properties of Irregular Satellites and Fragmenting Comets	Postdoctoral Fellow	SETI Institute	Jewitt
2022	PhD	Richard Allen	Hart	Statistical Study of Lightning-Generated Whistler-Mode Waves Observed by Venus Express	—	—	Russell
2022	PhD	Heather	Kirkpatrick	Isotopic and Trace Element Investigations of Crustal Processes	Postdoctoral Fellow	Harvard University	Harrison
2022	PhD	Sebastian Jian Ernst	Krause	Clumped Isotopes and Cryptic Cycling of Methane: Tracking the Microbial Footprint	Postdoctoral Researcher	University of California, Santa Barbara	Treude
2022	PhD	Kaitlyn Anne	McCain	Reconstructing the timing and chemistry of aqueous processing of carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies: A coordinated, in-situ investigation	NanoSIMS Scientist	NASA Johnson Space Center	McKeegan/Young
2022	MS	Zachary	Plante	Role of atmospheric dust in controlling Earth’s riverine silicate weathering flux	—	—	Moon
2022	PhD	Lieutauras	Rusaitis	Alfve_nic Wave Resonances in the Kronian and Terrestrial Magnetospheres: Modeling and Observations	—	—	Walker
2022	PhD	Simran Singh	Sangha	Characterizing the Deformation Field in Afar from Radar Interferometry and Topography Data	Research Engineer	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Peltzer
2022	MS	Yingchi	Wang	Formation and modification of wrinkle ridges in the central Tharsis region of Mars as constrained by detailed geomorphological mapping and landform analysis	Geologist	Consulting Company	Yin
2022	PhD	Yuqing	Xie		—	—	Russell
2021	PhD	Lydia	Adair	The Effectiveness of EMIC Wave-Driven Relativistic Electron Pitch Angle Scattering in Outer Radiation Belt Depletion	Lead Mission Operations Engineer	Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company	Angelopoulos
2021	PhD	Alexandra	Doyle	Analyses of Polluted White Dwarf Stars with Applications to the Geochemistry of Rocky Exoplanets	Postdoctoral Scholar	UCLA Young Laboratory	Young
2021	PhD	Jamie Kaaren	Lucarelli	Constraints on dual clumped isotope equilibrium and kinetic effects	Postdoctoral Scholar	UCLA Tripati Laboratory	Tripati
2021	PhD	Jeffrey Thomas	Osterhout	Studies of Precambrian microfossils and the search for ancient biosignatures on Earth and Mars	Astrobiologist/Geochemist	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Schopf
2021	PhD	Yi	Qi	Magnetic Reconnection on the Earth’s Magnetopause: Identification, Magnetic Flux Transport and Magnetic Entanglement	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Colorado Boulder	Russell
2021	PhD	Krista	Sawchuk	High-Pressure Behavior and Chemical Reactions of Volatile-Bearing Minerals in Earth�s Mantle	Postdoctoral Associate	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Kavner
2021	PhD	Haotian	Xu	A Transdimensional Inversion Method for Multi-mode Surface Waves and Its Application to Antarctica and Mars	Data Scientist	Yahoo	Beghein
2021	PhD	Xu	Zhang	Electron Driven Instabilities around Dipolarizing Flux Bundles in Earth�s Magnetotail	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	Angelopoulos
2020	PhD	Ellen	Alexander	Geochemical Tracers of Crustal Thickness And Their Applicability To The Tibetan-Himalayan Orogen	Postdoctoral Associate	University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences	Harrison
2020	PhD	Emily	Hawkins	Experimental Investigations of Convective Turbulence in Planetary Cores	Assistant Professor of Physics	Loyola Marymount University	Aurnou
2020	PhD	Chen	Shi	Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	Velli
2019	PhD	Kevin Thomas	Coffey	Tectonic Reconstruction of the Southern San Andreas Fault System Using Segments of the Chocolate Mountains Anticlinorium in the San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California, U.S.A.	Instructor	UCLA	Ingersoll
2019	PhD	Kynan Horace George	Hughson	Geologic Mapping and Geophysical Modeling of the Surface of Ceres: Insights into the Structural, Mechanical, and Compositional Properties of the Solar System’s Innermost Dwarf Planet	Postdoctoral Fellow	Georgia Institute of Technology	Russell
2019	PhD	Erin Janelle	Leonard	Understanding the Ice-shell Evolution on Europa and Enceladus from Geomorphological Observations and Experimental Analogue Modeling	Research Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Yin
2019	PhD	Nathaniel Nels	Monson	High-Precision Calibration and Reduction Techniques for Molecular Line Emission in Radio Astronomy & Their Application to the Galactic Chemical Evolution of Silicon	—	—	Young
2019	MS	Lauren Mae	Santi	Stable and Clumped Isotope Analyses of Last Glacial Maximum Pluvial Lakes to Constrain Past Hydroclimate	Staff Geologist	GSI Environmental, Inc.	Tripati
2019	PhD	Emily Foote	Smith	The Bidirectional and Hemispheric Reflectance of Apollo Lunar Soils: Laboratory and Diviner Measurements	—	—	Paige
2019	MS	Steve Michael	Tomlinson	No Thesis (by Comprehensive Examination)	Aerospace Engineer	Torch Technologies, Inc.	Velli
2019	PhD	Wentao (Man-To Hui)	Xu	Studies of Comets and Active Asteroids: From Dynamics to Physical Properties	Assistant Professor	Macau University of Science and Technology	Jewitt
2019	PhD	Ailin	Zhang	Theories and Applications of Enhanced Earthquake Back-Projection Imaging	Researcher	Alibaba, Chinese e-commerce company	Meng
2019	PhD	Cong	Zhao	Statistical Study on Two Types Of Flux Transfer Events Observed By MMS Spacecraft	—	—	Russell
2018	PhD	Zagid	Abatchev	Development of Specialized Non-Linear Inversion Algorithms, Basis Functions, Eikonal Solvers, and Their Integration For Use In Joint Seismic and Gravitational Tomographic Inversion	CEO	Automated Seismics LLC	Davis
2018	MS	Margaret Yexin	Deng	A geological context of the honeycom terrain on Mars and its constraints on its formation mechanisms	Freelance Writer	Design Everest	Yin
2018	PhD	Sean	Faulk	Surface-Atmosphere Connections On Titan: A New Window Into Terrestrial Hydroclimate	Studies in Pre-medicine	Scripps College	Mitchell
2018	PhD	Amanda Kathryn	Garcia	Precambrian Transitions in Oxygen and Temperature: Insights from Mineralogy, Paleobiology, and Molecular Evolution	Postdoctoral Research Associate	The University of Arizona	Schopf
2018	PhD	Mojhgan	Haghnegahdar	Theoretical Study of Tellurium Isotopes in Ore-Forming Systems, and Studies of Doubly Substituted Isotopologues of Methane	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Maryland	Schauble
2018	PhD	Peter Jasura	Haproff	Tectonic Evolution Of The Easternmost Himalayan Collisional System	Associate Professor	University of North Carolina Wilmington	Yin/Harrison
2018	MS	Danielle Maxine	Hastings	No Thesis (by Comprehensive Examination)	Physics Teacher	Springfield Public Schools, Westfield, Massachusetts	Margot
2018	MS	Jessica Chen	Lin	Geomorphic Controls on Vs30 Distribution in southern California	Geologist/Geophysicist	Jacobs (San Francisco Bay area)	Moon
2018	PhD	Zixu (Terry)	Liu	Foreshock Transients: Their Characteristics And Effects On Particle Acceleration	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	Angelopoulos
2018	PhD	Christopher	Mcguire	Thermal Conductivity Measurements Across A Pressure-Induced Phase Transition: Application To Heat Flow In Earth’s Interior	Postdoctoral Associate	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Kavner
2018	MS	Bryce Akio	Mitsunaga	No Thesis (by Comprehensive Examination)	PhD candidate	Brown University	Tripati
2018	PhD	Michaela (Mickey) Nicole	Villarreal	Understanding the Interiors of Vesta and Ceres Through Their Interactions with the Solar Wind	Postdoctoral Fellow	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Russell
2017	PhD	Jeanine L	Ash	Clumped Isotopes As Tracers From Enzymes To Global Biogeochemical Cycles	Postdoctoral Fellow	Rice University	Young
2017	PhD	Nathan	Brown	Using Luminescence Signals From Bedrock Feldspars For Low-Temperature Thermochronology	Assistant Professor	University of Texas, Arlington	Harrison
2017	PhD	Alexander Michael	Grannan	Experimental and Numerical Studies of Mechanically- and Convectively-Driven Turbulence in Planetary Interiors	Research Scientist	Argonne National Laboratory	Aurnou
2017	PhD	Junko	Isa	Understanding Planetesimal Evolution: Bulk Chemistry, Petrology, and O-Isotope Studies of the Rumuruti Chondrite Group	Postdoctoral Researcher	Kyushu University	McKeegan/Wasson
2017	PhD	Michelle Kay	Jordan	Stable Isotope Studies Of Meteorites With Applications To Terrestrial Planet Formation And Evolution	Forensic Scientist	FBI	Young
2017	PhD	Michael Joseph	Lawson	The Application Of Luminescence To Tectonics: Improvements To Luminescent Dating And Its Utilization In High-Energy Depositional Environments	Postdoctoral Fellow	NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Yin/Rhodes
2017	MS	Napoleon	Pempena	Experimental determination of quartz solubility in KCl-H2O solutions at 7.5 and 10 kbar and 600-800°C	Educator	Van Nuys, CA	Manning
2017	PhD	Matthew Edward	Walker	Insert Tidal Here: A Planetary Evolution Cookbook	Postdoctoral Fellow	Arizona State University	Mitchell
2017	PhD	Zheng	Xing	Surface Wave Constraints On The Oceanic Lithosphere- Asthenosphere Boundary	Junior R&D Engineer	Koh Young Technology, Inc.	Beghein
2016	PhD	Patrick	Boehnke	A Tale of Two Earths: Reconciling the Lunar and Terrestrial Hadean Records	T.C. Chamberlin Fellow	University of Chicago	Harrison
2016	MS	M. Oliver	Bowman	No Thesis (by Comprehensive Examination)	—	—	Margot
2016	PhD	Ivy S	Curren	Kinematic Evolution and Mechanisms of Strike-Slip Faulting in the Solar System: Insight from Analogue Experiments	Postdoctoral Fellow	Weizmann Institute of Science	Yin
2016	MS	J.T.	Daniels	Mineralogic controls on the infrared stimulated luminescence of feldspars: an exploratory study of the effects of Al, Si order and composition on the behavior of a modified post-IR	Staff Geologist	Orion Environmental Inc.	Rhodes
2016	PhD	Sarah Eileen Maloney	Palaich	Carbon in the Deep Earth: A Mineral Physics Perspective	High School Physics Teacher	Aurora Public Schools	Kavner/Manning
2016	PhD	Christopher Jorge	Snead	Ion Probe Measurements of Comet Dust: Investigating Oxygen Isotope heterogeneity in the Solar System	Assistant Professor of Practice	Texas State University, San Marcos	McKeegan
2016	PhD	Deborah Anne	Weiser	Maximum Magnitude and Probabilities of Induced Earthquakes in California Geothermal Fields: Applications for a Science-Based Decision Framework	Customer Success Engineer	One Concern	Jackson
2016	PhD	Andrew Vincent	Zuza	Tectonic Evolution of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	Associate Professor	University of Nevada, Reno	Yin
2015	PhD	Jonathan Shuo	Cheng	Characterizing Convection In Geophysical Dynamo Systems	Research Associate	University of Rochester	Aurnou
2015	PhD	Xiangning	Chu	Configuration and Generation of Substorm Current Wedge	Research Associate	University of Colorado Boulder	McPherron
2015	PhD	Carolyn Alicia	Crow	The Early Lunar Magmatic And Impact Histories Recorded By Apollo Zircons	Assistant Professor	University of Colorado Boulder	Mckeegan
2015	PhD	Ellen Renee	Harju	Aqueous Alteration and Silicon and Magnesium Isotope Measurements in CR and CV Chondrites	Instructor	East Los Angeles College	McKeegan/Young
2015	MS	John	Mering	New constraints on water temperature at Lake Bonneville from carbonate clumped isotopes	PhD Candidate	University of Waikato, New Zealand	Tripati
2015	PhD	Shantanu	Naidu	Dynamics Of Satellites In Binary Near-Earth Asteroid Systems: A Study Based On Radar Observations	Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Margot
2015	MS	Sarah	Nymeyer	\N	Teacher	Florida	Jewitt
2015	PhD	Jodie Barker	Ream	Identifying the Magnetospheric Source of Pi2 Pulsations Using Global MHD Simulations	Adjunct Professor	Utah Valley University	Walker, Ashour-Abdallah
2015	PhD	Jennifer Eva	Scully	Curvilinear Gullies, Lobate Deposits And Fractures, And Their Implications For The Geologic Evolution And Hydration Of Vesta	Research Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Russell/Yin
2015	MS	Chris	Shi	Documentation of stem anatomy of the Eocene fern, Denstaedtiopsis aerenchymata (Dennsteadtiaceae) by use of confocal laser scanning microscopy …	Paleontologist	Applied EarthWorks, Inc.	Schopf
2015	PhD	Igor	Stubailo	Seismic Anisotropy Below Mexico And Its Implications For Mantle Dynamics	Research Engineer	Caltech	Davis
2015	PhD	Jessica	Watkins	Tectonic and Aqueous Processes in the Formation of Mass-wasting Features on Mars and Earth	Astronaut	NASA	Yin
2014	PhD	Hao	Cao	Understanding the Interiors of Saturn and Mercury Through Magnetic Field Observation and Dynamo Modeling	Assistant Professor	UCLA	Russell
2014	MS	James	Eguchi	Experimental Determination Of Calcite Solubility In H2O-NaCl-KCl Solutions At 700°C And 8 Kbar	PhD student	Rice University	Manning
2014	PhD	Christine	Gabrielse Lin	Magnetospheric Particle Injections And Their Relation To Impulsive, Localized Electric Fields	Research Scientist	The Aerospace Corporation	Angelopoulos
2014	PhD	Hairong	Lai	Interplanetary Field Enhancements: The Interaction Between Solar Wind And Interplanetary Dusty Plasma Released By Interplanetary Collisions	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	Russell
2014	PhD	Justin Hao	Lee	Growth And Evolution Of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves In The Presence Of Multiple Ion Species In The Earth’s Magnetosphere	Researcher	The Aerospace Corporation	Angelopoulos
2014	PhD	Shanshan	Li	On The Generation And Expulsion Of Plasmoids In Earth’s Magnetotail	Intern	Transamerica Corp.	Angelopoulos
2014	PhD	Sebastiano	Padovan	Investigation Of The Interior Of Mercury Through The Study Of Its Gravity, Topography, And Tidal Response	Research Associate	German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin	Margot
2014	PhD	Emma Sojourner Gage	Rainey	The Thermal Conductivity Of The Earth’s Lower Mantle And Implications For Heat Flow At The Core-Mantle Boundary	Senior Professional Staff	JHU Applied Physics Lab	Kavner
2014	PhD	Anne Elizabeth	Strader	The Effects Of Static Coulomb Stress Change On Southern California Earthquake Forecasting	Data Scientist/Seismologist	DynaFrax UG, Potsdam, Germany	Jackson
2014	PhD	Matthew	Wielicki	Developing Zircon As A Probe Of Planetary Impact History	Assistant Professor	University of Alabama	Harrison
2014	MS	Wan Ning “Winnie”	Wu	Development of baddeleyite as a chronometer for recent silica-undersaturated lavas	Adjunct Professor	Long Beach City College	Schmitt
2014	PhD	Kaiqing	Yuan	Modeling Three-Dimensional Upper Mantle Seismic Anisotropy With Higher Mode Surface Waves	Postdoctoral Fellow	UC Berkeley	Beghein
2014	PhD	Xiaojia	Zhang	Excitation Of Electron Cyclotron Harmonic Waves In Earth’s Magnetotail	Associate Researcher	UCLA	Angelopoulos
2013	PhD	Elizabeth	Bell	The Hadean-Archean Transition: Constraints From The Jack Hills Detrital Zircon Record	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	Harrison
2013	MS	Diya	Chowdhury	Surface Processes And Deformation History Of The Eastern Tharsis Rise Region, Mars	Research Scientist	Applied GeoSolutions	Yin/Peltzer
2013	MS	Michael	Huh	Experimental Determination Of Fluorine And Hydrogen Partitioning Between Apatite And Basaltic Melt	Specialist	Arizona State University	Manning
2013	PhD	Feifei	Jiang	The Magnetospheric Source of the Pre-Existing Auroral Arc	Lead Data Scientist	Salesforce	Kivelson
2013	PhD	Jiang	Liu	The Role Of Dipolarizing Flux Bundles In Magnetotail Dynamics	Associate Researcher	UCLA	Angelopoulos
2013	PhD	Carolyn (Carrie) Rosemary	Nugent	Solar Radiation And Near-Earth Asteroids: Thermophysical Modeling And New Measurements Of The Yarkovsky Effect	Assistant Professor of computational physics and planetary science	Olin College	Margot
2013	PhD	Daniel Anthony	Petrizzo	Development Of Carbonate Clumped-Isotope Paleothermometry For Application To Paleozoic Fossils	Postdoctoral Fellow	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Runnegar
2013	MS	Dallon	Stang	Provenance, Offset Equivalent And Palinspastic Reconstruction Of The Miocene Cajon Valley Formation, Southern California	Geologist	Aera Energy LLC.	Ingersoll
2013	MS	O’Brien	Wolf	Quaternary Deformation Of The Middle Pleistocene Christmas Canyon Formation And Its Implications For Neotectonic Processes Associated With The Garlock Fault And Eastern California Shear Zone.	—	—	Rhodes
2013	MS	Robin	Zu (Reith)	Structural Geology Of A Central Segment Of The Qilian Shan-Nan Shan Thrust Belt: Implications For The Magnitude Of Cenozoic Shortening In The Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	Director of Global Exploration Division	Ormat Technologies, Inc.	Yin
2012	PhD	Matthew	Armentrout	High Pressure And Temperature Equations Of State: A Tool For Insight Into Deep Earth Systems	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of California, Davis	Kavner
2012	PhD	Luis Antonio	Dominguez-Ramirez	Seismic Scattering In The Subduction Zone Of The Middle America Region	Associate Professor	Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico (UNAM). in Morelia	Davis
2012	PhD	Ye	Gao	On The Response Of Polar Cap Dynamics To Its Solar Wind And Magnetotail Drivers At High Levels Of Geomagnetic Activity	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Michigan	Walker
2012	PhD	Michael David	Hartinger	Energy Transfer Via Solar Wind Driven Ultra Low Frequency Waves In The Earth’s Magnetosphere	Associate Researcher	UCLA	Angelopoulos
2012	MS	Johanna	Hoyt	Provenance And Detrital-Zircon Studies Of The Mint Canyon Formation And Its Correlation To The Caliente Formation, Southern California	Geologist	Aera Energy LLC.	Ingersoll
2012	PhD	Jennifer Eileen	Kissinger	Statistical Behavior Of Quasi-Steady Balanced Reconnection In Earth’s Magnetosphere	Principal Data Engineer	SemanticBits	McPherron
2012	PhD	Catherine Amy	Macris	Geochemical And Petrological Investigations Into Mantle Minerals From Experiments And Natural Samples	Assistant Professor	Purdue School of Science (IUPUI), Department of Earth Sciences	Manning
2012	MS	Belinda	Roder	Assessing The Potential For Luminescence Dating In The Mojave Desert, California	Geologist	CH2M HILL	Rhodes
2012	PhD	Matthew Adam	Siegler	Evolution Of Temperature-Driven Stability Of Ice On The Moon	Staff Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
2012	PhD	Rachel Ann	Stevenson	The Aftermath Of The Largest Cometary Outburst In Recorded History – An In-Depth Study Of Comet 17P/Holmes	Staff Data Scientist	Headspace Inc.	Jewitt
2012	PhD	Marissa Farland	Vogt	The Structure And Dynamics Of Jupiter’s Magnetosphere	Research Scientist (also participating scientist with NASA�s Juno and MAVEN missions)	BU Center for Space Physics	Kivelson
2011	MS	Sunshine	Abbott	A Search For Terrestrial Evidence Of The Late Heavy Bombardment	Senior Research Assistant	Dyson Research, Malmesbury, UK	Harrison
2011	MS	Sarah	Byram	Structural Analysis And Kinematic History Of The Southern White Mountains, Eastern California: Implications For Regional Tectonic History	Geologist II	Chesapeake Energy	Yin
2011	PhD	Michael	Calkins	Numerical Simulations Of Rapidly Rotating Boundary-Coupled Flows	Associate Professor	University of Colorado, Boulder	Aurnou
2011	PhD	Sara Elsa	Cina	Evolution Of The Central Asian Orogenic System And Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen: Constraints From U-Th-Pb Geochronology, Thermobarometry, And Geochemistry	Field Programs Coordinator	Stanford University	Yin
2011	PhD	Kathryn Anna	Dyl	Correlating Oxidation And Oxygen Isotopic Composition To Nebular And Parent Body Processes In Chondritic Meteorites	Research Fellow	Curtin University, Australia	Young
2011	PhD	Jonathan David	Hunt	The Silica-Water System Through Raman Spectroscopy, Solubility Measurements, And Thermodynamic Modeling	Managing Consultant	Ramboll	Schauble
2011	MS	Robert	Lovdahl	Structural Analyses Of Central Candor Chasma, Mars And Implications For A Tectonic Origin	Senior Staff Geologist	TRC Companies, Inc.	Yin
2011	PhD	Michael William	McRivette	The Tectonic Evolution Of The Eastern Kunlun Range And The Central Tibetan Plateau, China	Assistant Professor	Albion College	Yin
2011	PhD	Colleen Adriann Eleanor	Milbury	Significance And Implications Of Mars’ Crustal Magnetization	Postdoctoral Associate	Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences	Schubert
2011	PhD	Rachel Lofsky	Smith	High-Resolution Near-Infrared Observations Toward Protostellar Objects As Proxies For Solar System Chemical Evolution	Assistant Professor	Appalachian State University	Young
2011	PhD	Krista Marie	Soderlund	Investigating Transitions In Planetary Dynamo Models	Research Associate	University of Texas, Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences	Aurnou
2011	PhD	Jelena	Tomic	Observations And Modeling Of The Current Deformation In Afar Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry	Researcher	ExxonMobil	Peltzer
2010	PhD	Paul Ottinger	Hayne	Snow Clouds On Mars And Ice On The Moon: Thermal Infrared Observations And Models	Staff Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
2010	PhD	Pamela Suzanne	Hill	Effects Of Bond Environment On Equilibrium Iron Isotope Fractionation In Aqueous Iron Chloride And Iron Sulfide Solutions	Adjunct Professor	California State University, Long Beach	Schauble
2010	PhD	Steven Peter	Joy	The Jovian Magnetosheath: Factors Influencing The Size, Shape, And Mirror Mode Content And Distribution	Project Scientist	UCLA	Kivelson
2010	PhD	Eric M.	King	An Investigation of Planetary Convection: The Role of Boundary Layers	Sustainable Innovation Director	Nike	Aurnou
2010	PhD	George Codi	Lazar	Geochemistry Of Reduced Fluids: Alloys, Methane, And Serpentinization	Assistant Professor	Cal State San Bernardino	Manning
2010	PhD	Britney Elyce	Schmidt	Characterizing The Protoplanets : Observations And Geophysics Of Pallas, Vesta And Ceres	Associate Professor	Georgia Tech	Russell
2010	MS	Claire	Spafford	Provenance Implications Of Sandstone Petrology And Detrital-Zircon Analysis Of The Mid-Cenozoic Sespe Formation, Coastal Southern California	Science Educator	Buck Institute for Research on Aging	Ingersoll
2010	PhD	Qi	Wang	Analysis And Modeling Of Earthquake Interaction	Risk Management Analyst	AIG Corporation	Jackson
2010	PhD	Hanying	Wei	The Interaction Between Magnetized Plasma Flow And Unmagnetized Celestial Bodies: Comparison Of Mars, Venus And Titan	Associate Project Scientist	UCLA	Russell
2009	PhD	Megan Lee	Cartwright	The Origin, Evolution, And Geomagnetic Impact Of Small-Scale Solar Wind Flux Ropes	Postdoctoral Fellow	SSL, UC Berkeley	Moldwin
2009	PhD	Simone	De Leuw	Manganese And Chromium Isotopes: Nebular Processes And Early Solar System Chronology	Operations Manager	Relocity Inc.	Wasson
2009	PhD	David Andrew	Galvan	Using Extreme Ultraviolet Images And Total Electron Content To Study The Earth’s Plasmasphere	Engineering Specialist	The Aerospace Corporation	Moldwin
2009	PhD	Yasong	Ge	Comparative Study On Dynamics Associated With Terrestrial And Jovian Substorms	Professor	Chinese Academy of Sciences	Russell
2009	PhD	Benjamin Todd	Greenhagen	Thermal Emission Remote Sensing Of The Moon: Design And Development Of Diviner Lunar Radiometer Compositional Capabilities	Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
2009	MS	Michelle	Hopkins	Constraints On Hadean Geodynamics From Mineral Inclusions In >4 Ga Zircons	Lecturer	University of Alabama	Harrison
2009	PhD	Xianzhe	Jia	Ganymede’s Magnetosphere: Observations And Modeling	Research Scientist	University of Michigan	Walker
2009	PhD	Jared Scott	Leisner	Dynamic And Kinetic Plasma Processes At Saturn	Program Scientist	NASA Heliophysics Division	Russell
2009	PhD	Jennifer Lynn	Palguta	Hydrothermal Circulation And Geochemical Processing On Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent Bodies	Research Staff	Institute for Defense Analyses	Schubert
2008	PhD	Angelo	Antignano	Apatite And Rutile Solubility In Water-Sodium Chloride And Silicate-Bearing Fluids At High Temperatures And Pressures: Implications For Metamorphic Fluids	Technical Team Lead	Exxon/Mobil	Manning
2008	PhD	Natanya Maureen	Black	Fault Length, Multi-Fault Rupture, And Earthquakes In California	Risk Analyst	RMS Inc.	Jackson
2008	MS	Clinton	Colasanti	An Experimental Study Of OH Solubility In Rutile At 500-900°C, 0.5-2 GPa, And A Range Of Oxygen Fugacities	Senior Geologist	Hecla Greens Creek Mining	Manning
2008	PhD	Rebecca M.	Harrington	The Effects Of Faulting Environment On The Seismic Source: Triggering, Source Parameter Relationships, And Energy Considerations	Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoc	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Peltzer/Brodsky
2008	PhD	Allen Leroy	Husker	Tomography Of The Subducting Cocos Plate In Central Mexico Using Data From The Installation Of A Prototype Wireless Seismic Network: Images Of A Truncated Slab	Associate Investigator	Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico	Davis
2008	PhD	Lan	Jian	Radial Evolution Of Large-Scale Solar Wind Structures	Research Astrophysicist	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Russell
2008	PhD	Ming-Chang	Liu	Short-Lived Radionuclides And Early Solar System Chronology — A Hibonite Perspective	Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometrist and Cosmochemist	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	McKeegan
2008	PhD	Anat	Shahar	Non-Traditional Stable Isotope Fractionation Mechanisms: From Dust To Planets	Staff Scientist	Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington	Young/Manning
2008	PhD	Maximilian Jonas	Werner	On The Fluctuations Of Seismicity And Uncertainties In Earthquake Catalogs: Implications And Methods For Hypothesis Testing	Lecturer	University of Bristol	Jackson
2007	PhD	David	Berube	Using Ultra Low Frequency Field Line Resonances To Study The Inner Magnetosphere	Assistant Professor	Loyola Marymount University	Moldwin
2007	PhD	Stephanie Marion	Briggs	Structural, U-Th-Pb Geochronologic, Thermochronologic, Thermobarometric, And Geochemical Studies Of The Chinese Altai Ranges: Implications For The Phanerozoic Evolution Of The Central Asia Orogenic Sy	Project Geologist	William Lettis and Associates, Augusta, Georgia	Yin
2007	PhD	Misa Melina	Cowee	Mass-Loading Of The Jovian Magnetosphere By Io	Scientific Staff	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Russell
2007	PhD	Jean E.	Elkhoury	Time Scales Of Stresses In The Earth’s Crust And Their Relevance To The Earthquake Process	Senior Research Scientist	Schlumberger-Doll Research Center	Knopoff
2007	MS	Yann	Gavillot	Tectonics Of The High Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Iran: Constraints On Spatial And Temporal Distribution Of Thrust Faulting Using (U-Th)/He Thermochronology	Assistant Program Specialist, Global Earth Observation	UNESCO	Axen/Horton/Ingersoll
2007	PhD	Melissa Katherine	Giovanni	Tectonic And Thermal Evolution Of The Cordillera Blanca Detachment System, Peruvian Andes: Implications For Normal Faulting	Assistant Professor	University of Calgary	Horton/Ingersoll
2007	MS	Janet	Harvey	Mapping Active Fault Zones In Southern California Using Master Multispectral Imagery Data	PhD Student	Caltech	Peltzer
2007	PhD	Andrew Nelson	Hock	Licancabur Volcano, Bolivia And Life In The Atacama: Environmental Physics And Analogies To Mars	Senior Director, Advanced Technology Programs	Skybox Imaging	Paige
2007	PhD	Elizabeth Annah	Jensen	High Frequency Faraday Rotation Observations Of The Solar Corona	Associate Research Scientist	Planetary Science Institute	Russell
2007	MS	Jesse	Mosolf	The Detrital Record Of Rapid Neogene Exhumation Of The Cordillera Real, Bolivia	Assistant Research Geologist & Rock Lab Manager	Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology	Horton/Ingersoll
2007	MS	Bryan	Murray	Sedimentology, Provenance, And Basin Development Of The Synorogenic Penas And Aranjuez Formations, Northern Altiplano, Bolivia	Associate Professor Geological Sciences	California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Department of Geological Sciences)	Horton/Ingersoll
2007	PhD	Abhishek Bhasker	Tripathi	Three-Dimensional Confocal Imagery And Spectral Analysis Of Ancient Cellularly Preserved Fossils	Manager, Human Certification	SpaceX	Schopf
2007	PhD	Robert Francis	Troy	Field Studies Of Ice Supersaturations In The Tropical Tropopause Layer	Senior Mechanical Engineer	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Russell
2007	PhD	Andrew Alexander Gordon	Webb	Contractional And Extensional Tectonics During The India-Asia Collision	Professor	University of Berlin	Yin
2006	PhD	Andrew David	Czaja	Characterization Of The Geochemical Alteration Of Permineralized Fossil Plants Based On Macromolecular Structure And Composition	Assistant Professor	University of Cincinnati	Schopf
2006	MS	Sara	Difiori	Tectonic Evolution And Lithospheric Deformation Of The Paredones Area, East-Central Baja California, Mexico	Instructor	El Camino Community College	Axen/Ingersoll
2006	PhD	John William	Hernlund	Dynamics Associated With Partial Melting In Earth’s Uppermost And Lowermost Mantle And The Stucture And Phase Relationships In Earth’s D” Layer	Professor	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Tackley
2006	PhD	Carrie Aileen	Menold	The Tectonic And Metamorphic Evolution Of The North Qaidam Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Terrane, Western China	Professor	Albion College	Manning/Yin
2006	PhD	Alexander Clemens	Robinson	Tectonic Evolution Of The Kongur Shan Extensional System, Northeastern Pamir: Implications For The Evolution Of The Western Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen	Associate Professor	University of Houston	Yin/Manning
2005	MS	C.Y. (Queena)	Chou	Geochronology And Metamorphic Petrology Of The Eastern Himalaya	Senior Geologist	Consulting Company, Calgary	Yin
2005	PhD	Elizabeth Scott	Cochran	Earthquake Rupture Initiation And Fault Structure: I. Triggering Of Earthquakes By Earth Tides Ii. Seismic Anisotropy Near The Hector Mine Rupture Iii. Post-Seismic Displacements Observed With Insar	Research Geophysicist	U.S. Geological Survey	Vidale/Peltzer
2005	PhD	Galen James	Fowler	The Compression Of The Geo-Magnetosphere: A Physical Model And The Effects Of Compression	Consultant	MBO Partners (NASA HQ)	Russell
2005	PhD	Justin Ibrahim	Simon	High Resolution Geochronology: From Planetary Progenitors To Terrestrial Rhyolites	Planetary Scientist	NASA Johnson Space Center	Young
2005	PhD	Jean-Pierre	Williams	Geological And Geodynamical Studies Of The Origin And History Of The Tharsis And Valles Marineris Regions Of Mars	Researcher	UCLA	Paige
2004	PhD	Jessica	D’Andrea	The Nyainqentanglha Shan	Lecturer	University of Arizona	Harrison
2004	MS	Daniel	Eastmond	Composition Of Modern Sand From The Sierra Nevada: Constraints On Actualistic Petrofacies Of Continental-Margin Magmatic Arcs	Instructor	Citrus Community College	Ingersoll
2004	MS	Kristin	Ebert	Exhumation History Of The Orocopia Schist And Development Of Hanging Wall Structures Of The Orocopia Fault, Southeastern California	Senior Geologist	ExxonMobil	Yin
2004	PhD	Jennifer M	Garrison	Magmatic Processes At Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador: Geochemical And Petrological Constraints, And Inferences For Continental Arc Volcanoes	Assistant Professor	California State University, Los Angeles	Reid
2004	PhD	Bernard	Guest	The Thermal, Sedimentological, And Structural Evolution Of The Central Alborz Mountains Of Northern Iran: Implications For The Arabia-Eurasia Continent-Continent Collision And Collisional Processes…	Assistant Professor	University of Calgary	Axen
2004	PhD	Michael Andrew	Mischna	Orgin And Evolution Of Volatiles On Mars	Group Supervisor	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
2004	PhD	Michael Halford	Taylor	The Neotectonic Setting Of Conjugate Strike-Slip Faults In Central Tibet	Assistant Professor	University of Kansas	Yin
2004	PhD	Scott Martin	Thompson	Magnetotail Current Sheet Structure And Dynamics From Multi-Point Spacecraft Measurements	Senior Member of the Technical Staff	Charles Stark Draper Laboratory	Kivelson
2004	PhD	Jorge A	Vazquez	Time Scales Of Silicic Magma Storage And Differentiation Beneath Caldera Volcanoes From Uranium-238-Thorium-230 Disequilibrium Dating Of Zircon And Allanite	Staff Scientist	US Geological Survey	Reid
2004	PhD	Zhenjiang	Yu	Spacecraft Magnetic Field Observations As A Probe Of Planetary Interiors – Methodology And Application To Jupiter And Saturn	Doctor of Philosophy – Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences	Southern University of Science and Technology, China	Russell/Walker
2003	PhD	Garrett B	Hazelton	The Evolution, Argon Diffusion Properties, And 40Argon/39Argon Ages Of Detachment-Related Fault Rocks In The Footwalls Of The Whipple And Chemehuevi Mountains,Southeastern California	Earth Scientist	MWH Americas, a global engineering consultancy	Axen
2003	PhD	Zhen	Liu	Numeric Modeling And Analysis Of Neotectonics In New Zealand – An Integrated Study Of Faults, Lithosphere Dynamics, Continental Collision And Orogeny, And Coupling Of Surface Erosion With Mantle Proce	Scientist, Solid Earth Group	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Bird
2003	MS	Kurt	Rucker	\N	Geologist	Pioneer Natural Resources	Bird
2003	PhD	Yong Li	Wang	The Plasma Depletion Layer	Research Scientist	NASA Goddard Institutional Depository	Russell
2003	PhD	Shunxing	Xie	Constraints On Mantle Structure From Geochemistry, Seismology, And Mixing Studies: A Numerical Investigation Of The Compositional Heterogeneity In The Earth’s Mantle	Principal Engineer/Soft-ware Architect	ReachLocal	Tackley
2002	PhD	Janet Carol	Green	Testing Relativistic Electron Acceleration Mechanisms	Physicist	NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO	Kivelson
2002	PhD	George Mitchell	Hathaway	Geology Of The Inconsolable Range, East Central Sierra Nevada, Kings Canyon National Park And John Muir Wilderness, California: Magmatic Emplacement And The Dynamic Evolution Of Composite Intrusions	Professor	Citrus College	Reed
2002	PhD	Tamitha Lynne	Mulligan	The Structure Of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections And Their Solar Origins	Research Scientist	Aerospace Corporation	Russell
2002	PhD	Asmin Vijay	Pathare	The Morphological Evolution Of The Martian Polar Layered Deposits	Research Scientist	Planetary Science Institute	Paige
2002	PhD	Steven Eric	Persh	Seismic Investigations Of Core-Mantle Boundary Structure And Source Properties Of Deep-Focus Earthquakes	Researcher	Affiliated with Raytheon	Vidale
2002	PhD	Yufang	Rong	Evaluation Of Earthquake Potential In China	Senior Research Scientist	FMGlobal Corporation	Jackson
2001	PhD	Shirley Alice	Baher	Subsurface Structures And The Relationship To Northridge Earthquake Damage In Santa Monica	Geophysicist	Air Force Technical Applications Center (FL)	Davis
2001	PhD	Kari Melissa	Cooper	Time Scales Of Magma Generation, Differentiation, And Storage: Constraints From Uranium-230-Radium-226 Disequilibria	Associate Professor	University of California, Davis	Reid
2001	PhD	Eric Saxon	Cowgill	Tectonic Evolution Of The Altyn Tagh-Western Kunlun Fault System, Northwestern China	Professor	University of California, Davis	Yin
2001	MS	Lisa	Gilley	\N	Laboratory Manager	University of Texas, Austin	Harrison
2001	PhD	Tung-Shin	Hsu	Statistical Evaluations Of The Associations Between IMF Triggering And Substorm Expansion Phase Onset	Research Geophysicist	UCLA	McPherron
2001	PhD	Jessica Lynn	Kapp	The Nyainqentanglha Shan: A Window Into The Tectonic, Thermal And Geochemical Evolution Of The Lhasa Block, Southern Tibet	Senior Lecturer	University of Arizona	Harrison
2001	PhD	Paul Andrew	Kapp	Tectonic Evolution Of The Qiangtang Terrane And Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone, Central Tibet	Professor	University of Arizona	Yin
2001	PhD	Emil Lawrence	Kepko	Transient Convection In The Earth’s Magnetosphere And The Generation Of Pi 2 Pulsations	Research Astrophysicist	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Kivelson
2001	PhD	John Fredrik	Leland	The Ages Of Fluvial And Volcanic Landforms Using 10-Be, 26-Al, And 36-Cl Exposure Age Dating	Professor	Glendale Community College	Reid
2001	PhD	Heather Ann	Lin	Aqueous Geochemistry At Subduction Zone Conditions: Experimental Constraints	Senior Project Geochemist	Golder Associates	Manning
2001	PhD	Thomas Paul (T. Paul)	O’Brien	Empirical Analysis Of Storm-Time Energetic Electron Enhancements	Researcher	Affiliated with Aerospace Corporation	McPherron
2001	PhD	Ann-Sophie	Provost	The San Adreas Fault: A State Of Stress Analysis In Central And Northern California	Researcher	Universit� de Montpellier	Vidale
2000	MS	Jeremy	Boyce	Ar Diffusion In Quartz: Implications For Magma Residence Time Estimates Based On 40-Argon/39-Argon Ages Of Quartz Phenocrysts	Planetary Scientist	NASA Johnson Space Center	Reid
2000	PhD	Elizabeth J	Catlos	Geochronologic And Thermobarometric Constraints On The Evolution Of The Main Central Thrust, Himalayan Orogen	Associate Professor	University of Texas, Austin	Harrison
2000	PhD	Thomas Kevin	Kelty	Quantifying Relationships Between Sedimentary Facies And Permeability Structures	Associate Professor	California State University, Long Beach	Yin
2000	PhD	Michael Andrew	Murphy	Tectonic Evolution Of Southwest Tibet	Professor	University of Houston	Yin
2000	PhD	Jennifer Alice	Newbury	Plasma Heating And Thermal Transport In The Solar Wind Near 1 Au	Manager, System Engineer	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Russell
2000	PhD	Frank C	Ramos	Processes And Mantle Sources Generating Basaltic Volcanism: Insights From The Isotopes	Associate Professor	New Mexico State University	Reid
2000	PhD	Leslie Kay	Tamppari	Viking Era Water — Ice Clouds On Mars	Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
2000	PhD	Xiaowen	Zhou	The Configuration Of The High Altitude, High Latitude Magnetosphere	Researcher	Affiiated with Chinese Academy of Sciences	Russell
1999	PhD	Christopher Howard	House	Carbon Isotopic Fractionation By Diverse Extant And Fossil Prokaryotes And Microbial Phylogenetic Diversity Revealed Through Genomics	Professor of Geosciences, director of the NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium	Pennsylvania State University, NASA	Schopf
1999	PhD	Xiao-Xi	Ni	A Vane Model Of Earthquake Ruptures	Researcher	Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, (DICP), China	Knopoff
1999	PhD	Mark Ian	Richardson	A General Circulation Model Study Of The Mars Water Cycle	Assistant Professor	California Institute of Technology	Paige
1999	PhD	Frank James	Tepley	Plagioclase Isotopic Heterogeneities In Continental Volcanic Arc Rocks	Assistant Professor	Oregon State University	Davidson
1999	PhD	Michael J	Vendrasco	Early Evolution Of The Polyplacophora (Chitons)	Professor	Pasadena City College	Runnegar
1999	PhD	Stephen Edward	Wood	Nucleation And Growth Of Co2 Ice Crystals In The Martian Atmosphere	Senior Scientist	Planetary Science Institute	Paige
1998	PhD	Ben	Castellana	Geology, Chemostratigraphy, And Petrogenesis Of The Avachinskiy Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia	\N	\N	Davidson
1998	PhD	Kurt Michael	Knesel	Strontium Isotope Systematics During Melting In The Continental Crust	Visiting Assistant Professor, Geosciences	Trinity University	Davidson
1998	PhD	Janet Arlene	Leventhal	Green-Pyronxene Xenoliths Of The Cima Volcanic Field: Geochemistry And Teactomagmatic Implications	Tutoring for high school and college students in math, chemistry, and physics	Santa Rosa Learning Associates	Reid
1998	PhD	Hong	Liu	Path And Side Effects On Localized Damage Caused By The 1994 Northridge Earthquake	Researcher	Affiliated with Chinese Academy of Sciences	Davis
1998	PhD	Adrienne Momilani	Ono	Solar Reflectance Measurements Of Calibration Targets And Martian South Polar Frosts	Senior Systems Engineer	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Paige
1998	PhD	Peter Edwin	Rumelhart	Cenozoic Basin Evolution Of Southern Tarim, Northwest China: Implications For The Uplift History Of The Tibetan Plateau	Africa New Opportunities Project Manager	Exxon Mobil	Yin/Ingersoll
1998	MS	Matt	Spurlin	Structural Geology Of The Nangqian-Yushu Thrust Belt In Northwestern Tibet	Senior Geologist	Environmental Consulting Co.	Yin
1998	MS	Patricia	Weston	Temperature, Timing Anf Fluid Composition Constraints For High Temperature Fracturing And Hydrous Mineral Formation In Gabbros From Hess Deep	Science Teacher	Mercer Island High School	Manning
1997	PhD	Ronald David	Baker	A Numerical Investigation Of Convection And Gravity Waves In Venus’ Atmosphere	Chair & Professor of Physics and Director of Adams Observatory	Austin College	Schubert
1997	PhD	Deborah Simone	Bass	Residual Water Frost In The North Polar Region Of Mars	Research Scientist, Section Manager, Mission System Engineering	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Paige
1997	PhD	Pi-Jen	Chi	Dynamic Behavior Of Dayside Magnetic Pulsations.	Researcher	UCLA	Russell
1997	PhD	Byeon-Gak	Choi	Ion Microprobe Studies Of Oxygen Isotopic Compositions Of Magnetite In Type-3 Chondrites	Researcher	Seoul National University (SNU), Department of Earth Science Education	Wasson
1997	PhD	Xiaobin Bob	Ge	Modeling California Interseismic Crustal Deformation Using Geodetic Observations	Supervisor of Seismic Service	Fusion Petroleum Technologies	Jackson
1997	PhD	Kevin Robert	Grazier	The Stability Of Planetesimal Niches In The Outer Solar System: A Numerical Investigation	Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Newman
1997	MS	Theresa	Heirshberg	Actualistic Petrofacies Analysis Of The Pliocene-Pleistocene Saugus Formation, Ventura Basin, Southern California: Implications For Provenance, Paleotectonics And Paleogeography	Principal, Geologist	Environmental Bankers Association	Ingersoll
1997	PhD	William Bruce	Moore	Lithospheric Thinning By Mantle Plumes: Observational Evidence And Dynamic Models	Associate Professor	Hampton University, School of Science	Schubert
1997	PhD	David Russell	Potter	Long-Term Postseismic Relaxation In Southern California: Evidence From A Geostatistical Analysis Of Geodetic	Professor – Geophysics	University of Alberta, Physics Department	Jackson
1997	PhD	James Todd	Ratcliff	Thermal Convection With Temperature-Dependent Viscosity: A Numerical Investigation Of The Effects Of Variable Viscosity On Thermal Convection In Geophysical Contexts	Tech Staff	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Schubert
1997	PhD	David Alan	Rothstein	Metamorphism And Denudation Of The Eastern Peninsular Ranges Batholith, Baja California Norte, Mexico	President, Principal Petrographer	DRP Consulting Inc., a Twining Company	Manning
1997	PhD	Erik Anthony	Schultes	The Rna Folding Problem And Nonhistorical Constraints In Rna Evolution.	International Science Coordinator	GO-FAIR, Leiden, Netherlands	Schopf
1997	PhD	Kelly Ann	West	Perspectives On The Diversification Of Species Flocks: Systematics And Evolutionary Mechanisms Of The Gastropods (Prosobranchia: Thiaridae) Of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa	\N	\N	Marshall
1996	PhD	Gerard Talton	Blanchard Jr.	Solar Wind Control Of The Westward Auroral Electrojet	Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator	Southeastern Louisiana University	McPherron
1996	PhD	James Godfrey	Gehling	Taphonomy Of The Terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Biota, South Australia	Senior Reseach Scientist – Palaeontology	South Australian Museum	Runnegar
1996	MS	Robert	Johnston	Structural Geology Of The Uinta Fault Zone, Utah	Senior Geologist	ExxonMobil	Yin
1996	PhD	Gretchen Marie	Lindsay	The Evolution Of Large Scale Solar Wind Disturbances And The Predictabiltiy Of Their Geomagnetic Effects	\N	\N	Russell
1996	PhD	Keith I	Mahon	Thermochronological and diagenetic investigations of the Naval Petroleum Reserve at Elk Hills, California	Senior Geologist	Chesapeake Petroleum	Harrison
1996	MS	Connie	Mongold	Provenance And Paleotectonic Implications Of Upper Miocene, Pliocene, And Lower Pleistocene Sandstones Of The Los Angeles And Ventura Basins, Southern California	Geologist	Aera Energy LLC.	Ingersoll
1996	PhD	Kevin James	Peterson	Developmental Regulatory Mechanisms And The Origin And Early Evolution Of The Animal Phyla	Professor of Biological Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences	Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences	Marshall
1996	PhD	Matthew Ross	Saltzman	Extinction And Environmental Change, Late Cambrian, Wyoming And Utah	Professor, School Director	The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences	Runnegar
1995	MS	Peter	Craig	Cenozoic Development Of The Kuche Foreland Of The Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China	Geologist	Shell Oil	Yin/Ingersoll
1995	PhD	Shangxing (Stephen)	Gao	Seismic Evidence For Small Scale Mantle Convection Under The Baikal Rift Zone, Siberia	Professor of Geophysics	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Davis
1995	PhD	Xianghong	Kong	Numerical Modeling Of The Neotectonics Of Asia: A New Spherical Shell Finite Element Method With Faults	\N	\N	Bird
1995	MS	Elizabeth	Large	Miocene And Pliocene Sandstone Petrofacies Of The Northern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico	Consulting Geologist	\N	Ingersoll
1995	PhD	Adrian	Lenardic	Thermal/Chemical Boundary Layer Convection with Application to the Geodynamics of Terrestrial Planets	Professor	Rice University	Kaula
1995	PhD	Dingan	Xu	Low Altitude Signatures Of Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics	\N	\N	Kivelson
1994	PhD	Julie K	Bartley	Appoaches Toward Interpreting Precambrian Environments: Actualistic Studies Of Carbon Isotopes And Taphonomy In Modern Microbial Communties	Associate Professor	Gustavus Adolphus College, Dept. of Geology, St. Peter, MN	Schopf
1994	PhD	Paul	Belasky	Permian Paleogeography Of The Tropical Pacific Region: A Biogeographic Approach To The Determination Of Longitude	Professor	Ohlone College (Department of Geology)	Runnegar
1994	PhD	Candice Joy	Hansen	Seasonal Nitrogen Cycles On Titron And Pluto	Senior Scientist	Planetary Science Institute	Paige
1994	PhD	Matthew Thomas	Heizler	\N	Geo-chronologist	New Mexico Bureau of Geology	Harrison
1994	PhD	Ronald Jay	Hill	The Influence Of Pressure On Coal Maturation And Oil Cracking And The Changes That Occur In Oil Composition With Increasing Maturity As Simulated By Confined Pyrolysis	\N	\N	Kaplan
1994	PhD	Earnest Dean Ii	Paylor	The Western Owl Creek Mountains Strike-Slip Duplex: Implications For The Role Of Displacement Transfer Zones In Foreland Deformation	President	WorldTech International LLC	Yin
1994	PhD	Philip D	Slack	Teleseismic Investigations Of The East African And Rio Grande Rifts	\N	\N	Davis
1993	PhD	Wendy Ann	Bohrson	Alkaline And Peralkaline Magmatism In The Eastern Pacific Ocean: Socorro Island, Mexico	Professor	Central Washington University	Reid
1993	PhD	Ming	Cao	On The Ulf Waves In The Earth’s Dayside Magnetosphere	Information Systems Manager	Global Information Systems	McPherron
1993	PhD	Sheng-Hsien	Chen	Magnetohydrodynamic Flows And Waves In The Earth’s Magnetotail	Associate Researcher	NASA	Kivelson
1993	PhD	Gregory Kim	Crawford	A Study Of Plasma Waves Arising From The Solar Wind Interaction With Venus	Vice President for the Joint and Services Portfolio in the National Security Engineering Center (NSEC)	The MITRE Corporation	Russell
1993	MS	Miguel	Cruz	Quartz Solubility In H2O-NaCl At 15-20 Kbar And 900-1100°C	PhD Student	Stanford University	Manning
1993	PhD	Colette Marie	De La Barre	An Investigation Into The Existence Of Asteroids At Saturn’s Triangular Langrangian Points	Advisory Board	George Mason University	Kaula
1993	PhD	Thomas Fleming	Dorsey, Jr	Sources And Sinks Of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: An Inventory And Mathematical Model In Support Of Investigations Of Particulate Organic Matter And Microbial Processes In The Function Of The Biologica	Researcher	Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.	Kaplan
1993	PhD	Michael (Mic) Howard	Farris	The Physics Of The Collisionless Bow Shock	Director, Data Science & Decision Analytics	KPMG	Russell
1993	PhD	Jeffrey Alan	Fillipone	Structural Evolution Of The Cordilleran Foreland Fold And Thrust Belt In Western Montana	Principal, Senior Geologist	Golder Associates Ltd. (Canada)	Yin
1993	PhD	Jeffrey Kirk	Geslin	Evolution Of The Pennsylvanian-Permian Oquirrh-Wood River Basin, Southern Idaho	Geologist	Exxon Mobil	Ingersoll
1993	PhD	Marty	Grove	Thermal Histories of Southern California Basement Terranes	Professor	Stanford University	Harrison
1993	PhD	Jamshid	Hassanzadeh	Metallogenic And Tectonomagmatic Events In The Se Sector Of The Cenozoic Active Continental Margin Of Central Iran (Shahr E Babak Area, Kerman Province)	Professor	Glendale Community College, Physical Science Division	Davidson/Wasson
1993	PhD	Changming	Ho	Plasma Waves In The Nightside Ionosphere Of Venus	Researcher	Tamkang University – Dept. of Physics	Russell
1993	PhD	Toby Brian	Moore	Micropaleontology Of The Early Proterozoic Gunflint Formation	Chief Hydrogeologist and Water Resource Manager	Golden State Water Company	Schopf
1993	PhD	Steven Michael	Petrinec	Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure On The Terrestrial Magnetosphere	Physicist	Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company	Russell
1993	PhD	Herbert Francisco	Rendon	Uniform Asymptotic Synthetic Seismograms And Teleseismic Tomography Of Southern California	Researcher	Fundaci�n Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismol�gicas	Davis
1993	PhD	David James	Szumigala	Gold Mineralization Related To Cretaceous Magmatism In The Kuskokwim Mountains Of West-Central And Southwestern Alaska	\N	\N	Reid
1992	PhD	John Neil	Christensen	The Sr Isotopic Measurement Of Rates Of Tectonometamorphic Processes: Case Studies In Southeastern Vermont, Usa, And The Tauern Window, Eastern Alps	Staff Scientist	Berkeley Lab, Earth & Environmental Sciences	Rosenfeld/Depaolo
1992	PhD	Francis Keoki	Chun	A Statistical Study Of Field-Aligned Currents In The Earth’s Inner Magnetosphere	Professor of Physics	United States Air Force Academy	Russell
1992	PhD	Sergio Alejandro	Cordero	Convection In A Rotating Fluid Hemispherical Shell: An Experimental Study	\N	\N	Busse
1992	PhD	Hyunchae	Cynn	Effects Of Cation Disordering In Mgal2O4 Spinel On The Rectangular Parallelepiped Resonance And Raman Measurements Of Vibrational Spectra	Research Staff, Physics Division	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Anderson
1992	PhD	Kathleen Ann	Devaney	Provenance Evolution Of Upper Paleozoic Sandstones Of North-Central New Mexico	Instructor	El Paso Community College	Ingersoll
1992	PhD	William	Heins	The Effect Of Climate And Topography On The Composition Of Modern, Plutoniclastic Sand	Geologist	Exxon Mobil	Ingersoll
1992	PhD	Linda Joyce	Horn	Wave Structure In Planetary Rings	Principal Research Scientist	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Russell
1992	PhD	David Vandyke	Kemp	A Model For The Subduction Mechanics Of Flexible Lithosphere And Its Viscous Coupling To The Mantle Using Power-Law Rheologies	Research Fellow	California Institute of Technology	Bird
1992	PhD	Eric Donald	Wendlandt	Isotopic And Geochemical Studies Of Continental Lithosphere In Cratons And Active Rifts: Xenoliths From The Colorado Plateau And Rio Grande Rift Regions	Hydrogeologist	Montgomery Watson Inc.	Reid/Depaolo
1991	PhD	Henry Ozoemena	Ajie	Comparison Of Bone Collagen And Osteocalcin For Determination Of Radiocarbon Ages And Paleodietary Reconstruction	\N	\N	Kaplan
1991	PhD	Lee Frost	Bargatze	The Dynamic Response Of The Westward Auroral Electrojet And Polar Cap Currents To Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling	Assistant Researcher	UCLA	McPherron
1991	PhD	Anne Elizabeth	Beachey	A Numerical Study Of Fluid Flow Through Fractally-Rough Channels, With Applications To Porous Medium And Fracture Flow	Researcher	Arete Associates	Newman
1991	PhD	Tzerhong	Chen	Finite-Strain Analysis In A Fault-Bounded Series Of Folds	\N	\N	Oertel
1991	MS	Elizabeth (Liz)	Forshee	Evolution Of A Large Landslide Complex In The Whipple Mountains, Eastern California	Global Risk and Commercial Director – Resilience, Senior VP	Arcadis	Yin
1991	PhD	Donald George	Isaak	High Temperature Elasticity And Earth’s Upper Mantle	Executive Director, Office of Research and Grants	Azusa Pacific University Azusa	Anderson
1991	PhD	Keith James	Jagiello	Determination Of Horizontal Separation On Late Cenozoic Strike-Slip Faults In The Central Mojave Desert, Southern California	Independent Consulting Petrophysicist	Petro Data Integration	Christie
1991	PhD	Eric Alan	Jerde	Geochemistry And Petrology Of Hypabyssal Rocks Associated With The Midcontinent Rift, Northeastern Minnesota	Department Chair and Associate Professor of Geology	Morehead State University, Earth and Space Sciences Department	Wasson
1991	PhD	Guan	Le	Generation Of Upstream Ulf Waves In The Earth’s Foreshock	Project Scientist	NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center	Russell
1991	PhD	Anne Marie	Linn	Isotopic And Geochemical Stratigraphy And Paleotectonic Analysis: Mesozoic Great Valley Forearc Basin Of California	Project Director	National Academies of Sciences	DePaolo/Ingersoll
1991	PhD	Stephen Tracy	Nelson	Mid-Tertiary Magmatism Of The Colorado Plateau: The Henry And La Sal Mountains, Utah	Professor Geological Sciences	Brigham Young University	Davidson
1991	MS	Adam	Norris	Structural Geology Of The Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming	Senior Project Geologist	Geoscience Support Service	Yin
1991	PhD	Zhengkang	Shen	Regional Tectonic Deformation In Southern California, Inferred From Terrestrial Geodesy And The Global Positioning System	Researcher – Recall	UCLA	Jackson
1991	PhD	Pu (Paul)	Song	The Subsolar Magnetopause And Surrounding Plasma Layers	Professor (Physics Department)	UMass Lowell	Russell
1991	PhD	Xue-Min	Yang	Magma Storage And Transport System Of The Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii – A Result Using The Geodetic Data From 1970-1985	Commercial Spec/Seismic Drilling	Reservoir Management Group Schlumberger	Davis
1991	PhD	Tielong	Zhang	Solar Wind Interaction With Venus And Mars	Principal Investigator for the Venus Express Magnetometer (MAG)	Institut f�r Weltraumforschung (Space Research Institute) Graz, Austria	Russell
1990	PhD	Denise Anne	Battles	The Hydrothermal Evolution Of The Shamrock Batholith, Western Nevada, And The Origin Of Sodium-Rich Alteration In The Western United States	President	SUNY Geneseo	Barton
1990	PhD	Gilles Yves A	Bussod	The Experimental Deformation Of Spinel Lherzolite At Subsolidus And Hypersolidus Conditions	Principal Investigator	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Christie
1990	PhD	Rosemary	Capo	Application Of Strontium Isotopes To Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography And Stratigraphy	Professor	University of Pittsburgh	DePaolo/Ingersoll
1990	PhD	David	Diamond	Structural And Sedimentologic Evolution Of An Extensional Orogen, Silver Peak Range And Adjacent Areas, West-central Nevada	Geologist	Berkeley Livermore Labs	Ingersoll
1990	PhD	Robert Paul	Ilchik	Geology And Genesis Of The Vantage Gold Deposits, Alligator Ridge-Bald Mountain Mining District, Nevada	Exploration Geologist and Geochemist	Eastern Goldfields	Barton
1990	PhD	Kurt R	Moore	The Role Of Pickup Ions In The Solar Wind Interactions With Venus As Deduced From Observations And Numerical Simulations	Researcher	Affiliated with Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya	Russell
1990	PhD	Bonnie Marcia	Packer	Sedimentology, Paleontology, And Stable-Isotope Geochemistry Of Selected Formations In The 2.7-Billion-Year-Old Fortescue Group, Western Australia	Geologist	US Army	Ingersoll
1990	MS	Paul	Short	Petrofacies And Provenance Of The Great Valley Group, Southern Klamath Mountains And Northern Sacramento Valley	(Former) Customer Satisfaction Program Manager	Hewlett-Packard	Ingersoll
1990	MS	Mark	Sutherland	Petrology and Provenance of Miocene Sedimentary Rocks, Point Sur, California: Implications for Offset along the San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault Zone	Professor	College of DuPage	Hall/Ingersoll
1990	PhD	Heather Elizabeth	Trim	Genesis Of Granite-Related Lithophile Element-Rich Mineralization In The Great Basin: Kern Mountains, Nevada, And Birch Creek, California	Engineering Geologist	Regional Water Quality Control	Barton
1990	PhD	Ke-Shan	Zou	Seismic Structure Of The Upper Mantle Under The Pacific Ocean	Technical Advisor	Reservoir Services, Data, & Consulting Services	Knopoff
1989	PhD	William	Cavazza	Petrology, Diagenesis, Sedimentology And Tectonics Of The Stilo-Capo D’Orlando Formation (Miocene), Southern Italy	Professor	Universita di Bologna	Ingersoll
1989	PhD	Kathleen M.	Marsaglia	Petrography, provenance, and diagenesis of arc-related sands and sandstones recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project on circum-Pacific, Mediterranean and Caribbean legs	Professor, Chair	California State University, Northridge	Ingersoll
1989	MS	Christian	Zarn	Structural Geology Of Glacier National Park, Western Montana	Senior Project Geologist	Consulting Company, Southern California	Yin