Earth Sciences Graduate Students

Gui Aksit

Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 218 Volcanology
Research Interests: Volcanology, Magma transport, Field Geology, Dike Propagation Modeling

Asif Ashraf

Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 105B

Kaisa Autumn

PhD student
Earth Sciences
Phone: 9712766288
Office: CAS 125E
Research Interests: geophysics, seismic tomography, volcanology

Madeline Ball

Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: vertebrate paleontology, ecomorphology, small mammals

Helena de Bastos Cruz Machado

Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology

Victoria Benson

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 205
Research Interests: Proglacial lakes, freshwater-ice interaction, subglacial and proglacial environments

Gordon Bowman

Ph. D. Student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Microbes, Redox Reactions, Modeling

Edgar Carrillo

Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 105B
Research Interests: Volcano Physics

Monse Cascante

Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 115 Volcanology
Research Interests: Volcanology

Christina Cauley

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade Hall 205B
Research Interests: Volcanology, Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Melt Inclusions

Henry Chandler

Masters student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 325A
Research Interests: Geology, geomorphology, hydrology, landslides, natural hazards

Avery Conner

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 201E
Research Interests: Seismology, machine learning, volcano seismology

Lissie Connors

Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 210F Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Igneous petrology, geochemistry, magmatic degassing, magmatic timescales

Olivia Corrin

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 103
Research Interests: Planetary science, space physics, plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, ice giants, moon-magnetosphere interactions

Willa Coultley

Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 310F
Research Interests: functional morphology, behavioral adaptations, vertebrate paleontology

Amelia Cuomo

Masters student
Earth Sciences
Office: 307 Volcanology
Research Interests: Structural Geology, Field Geology, Geophysics

Azadeh Dadfarin

Teaching Assistant
Earth Sciences
Office: Earth Science Room of the Science Library- number B008
Office Hours: Thursdays- 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM

Selina Davila Olivera

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: CAS 325D
Research Interests: Geomorphology

Annika Dechert

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 216 Volcanology
Research Interests: Magma Reservoirs, Volcanic Hazards, Computational Modeling

Sydney Dybing

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 125A Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Geophysics, seismology, large earthquakes, hazards and early warning

Umme Fatema

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 205B Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Experimental Petrology, Geochemistry

Deanna Flores

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Anatomy, Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammalogy

Kevin Gardner

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade Hall 305A
Research Interests: Fluvial and marginal-marine sedimentology, tidal geomorphology, Baja California tectonics

Jonathan Gitzendanner

Earth Sciences
Office: 216 Volcanology
Research Interests: Background: University of Central Florida B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics Minor Research Interests: - Compressible multiphase flows - Dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions - Electromagnetic signals from high-speed granular flows - Particle trajectory and demise in strong shock waves

Chris Harper

PhD student
Earth Sciences
Office: 216 Volcanology
Office Hours: Friday 12:00-1:00
Research Interests: pyroclastic density currents, community detection, dike propagation

August Harrell

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 222A Pacific
Research Interests: Geochemistry, Soil Redox Chemistry, Mineral Reactions, Element cycling, Microbe mediated reactions, Water quality

Braden Hensley

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 225A Cascade
Research Interests: Earthquake Source Physics, Ground Motion Models, Seismogeodesy

Brenton Hirao

PhD candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 210D Cascade
Research Interests: earthquake and volcano seismology, applied data mining

Beck Hufstetler

PhD student
Earth Sciences
Office: 125A Cascade

Elizabeth Knight

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 210F
Research Interests: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Igneous Petrology, and Experimental Petrology

Justin Krier

PhD Student
Earth Sciences

Adam Lucas

Masters Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 205
Research Interests: Glaciers, Ice-ocean interactions

Charity Mann

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade Hall 225 A
Research Interests: earthquake early warning, crustal deformation, earthquake forecasting, disaster mitigation

Zack Martin

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 307
Research Interests: Physical volcanology, planetary processes, sediment transport, ash aggregation

Loïs Papin

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 210E
Research Interests: Earthquake seismology

Amanda Peng

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology

Ries Plescher

Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 325A

Margery Price

Master’s student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 115
Research Interests: Pumice, graywater filtration, applied volcanology, wastewater treatment, geoscience education

Andrea Quintanilla

Masters Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 310F
Office Hours: Fridays 10am-11am
Research Interests: Paleontology, Paleobiology, Fossil Preparation, and Skeletonization

Paul Regensburger

Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 103 Volcanology
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Planetary Science, Geophysics, Icy Satellites

Addison Richter

Masters student
Earth Sciences
Office: Volcanology 307
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday: 8-9am
Research Interests: Structural geology, ores and minerals, kinematics, mapping, tectonics

Maryn Sanders

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 210F Cascade Hall
Research Interests: geomorphology, landslides

Sean Santellanes

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 125A Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Tsunami modeling

Roey Shimony

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: Seismology, Geophysics, Fault Mechanics, Ground motion and seismic hazard analysis

Alex Simpson

Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Office: 120B Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modeling

Margarita Solares

PhD student
Earth Sciences
Office: 125E Cascade Hall
Research Interests: earthquake and tsunami hazards, seismology, GPS geodesy

Yu-Sheng Sun

Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: tsunami and earthquake hazards, data analysis

Anika Tullos

MS Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 210F Cascade
Research Interests: Volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry, GIS

Kseniya Vialichka

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 124
Research Interests: volcanology, geochemistry, dikes

Keely Wilde

Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 120D Cascade Hall
Research Interests: volcanology, volcano seismology, volcanic hazards, geophysics

PJ Zrelak

PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Office: 307 Volcanology
Research Interests: Numerical Modeling, Volcanic Fluid Dynamics, Instrumentation

Derek Zurenda

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Office: 222A Pacific
Office Hours: 10-11am
Research Interests: fate and transport of contaminants in nature, distribution of trace metals in different environments, water quality and remediation practices, soil redox chemistry, geochemical controls on ecosystem health, watershed scale solute transport