Earth Sciences Graduate Students
Gui Aksit
Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: gaksit@uoregon.edu
Office: 218 Volcanology
Research Interests: Volcanology, Magma transport, Field Geology, Dike Propagation Modeling
Kaisa Autumn
PhD student
Earth Sciences
Email: kautumn@uoregon.edu
Phone: 9712766288
Office: CAS 125E
Research Interests: geophysics, seismic tomography, volcanology
Madeline Ball
Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: mpball@uoregon.edu
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: vertebrate paleontology, ecomorphology, small mammals
Helena de Bastos Cruz Machado
Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: hdebasto@uoregon.edu
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
Victoria Benson
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: vbenson@uoregon.edu
Office: Volcanology 205
Research Interests: Proglacial lakes, freshwater-ice interaction, subglacial and proglacial environments
Gordon Bowman
Ph. D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: gbowman@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Microbes, Redox Reactions, Modeling
Edgar Carrillo
Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Email: elcar@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 105B
Research Interests: Volcano Physics
Monse Cascante
Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: mcascant@uoregon.edu
Office: 115 Volcanology
Research Interests: Volcanology
Christina Cauley
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: ccauley@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade Hall 205B
Research Interests: Volcanology, Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Melt Inclusions
Henry Chandler
Masters student
Earth Sciences
Email: henc@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 325A
Research Interests: Geology, geomorphology, hydrology, landslides, natural hazards
Avery Conner
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: aconner2@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 201E
Research Interests: Seismology, machine learning, volcano seismology
Lissie Connors
Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: lconnors@uoregon.edu
Office: 210F Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Igneous petrology, geochemistry, magmatic degassing, magmatic timescales
Olivia Corrin
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: ocorrin@uoregon.edu
Office: Volcanology 103
Research Interests: Planetary science, space physics, plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, ice giants, moon-magnetosphere interactions
Willa Coultley
Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: abrantle@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 310F
Research Interests: functional morphology, behavioral adaptations, vertebrate paleontology
Amelia Cuomo
Masters student
Earth Sciences
Email: acuomo@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 Volcanology
Research Interests: Structural Geology, Field Geology, Geophysics
Azadeh Dadfarin
Teaching Assistant
Earth Sciences
Email: azadeh@uoregon.edu
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
Email: sdavilao@uoregon.edu
Office: CAS 325D
Research Interests: Geomorphology
Annika Dechert
PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: adechert@uoregon.edu
Office: 216 Volcanology
Research Interests: Magma Reservoirs, Volcanic Hazards, Computational Modeling
Sydney Dybing
PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: sdybing@uoregon.edu
Office: 125A Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Geophysics, seismology, large earthquakes, hazards and early warning
Umme Fatema
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: ummef@uoregon.edu
Office: 205B Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Experimental Petrology, Geochemistry
Deanna Flores
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: dflores9@uoregon.edu
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Anatomy, Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammalogy
Kevin Gardner
PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: kgardne2@uoregon.edu
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
Email: charper4@uoregon.edu
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
Email: aharrell@uoregon.edu
Office: 222A Pacific
Research Interests: Geochemistry, Soil Redox Chemistry, Mineral Reactions, Element cycling, Microbe mediated reactions, Water quality
Braden Hensley
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: bhensley@uoregon.edu
Office: 225A Cascade
Research Interests: Earthquake Source Physics, Ground Motion Models, Seismogeodesy
Brenton Hirao
PhD candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: bhirao@uoregon.edu
Office: 210D Cascade
Research Interests: earthquake and volcano seismology, applied data mining
Elizabeth Knight
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: lizzyk@uoregon.edu
Office: 210F
Research Interests: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Igneous Petrology, and Experimental Petrology
Adam Lucas
Masters Student
Earth Sciences
Email: aluc@uoregon.edu
Office: Volcanology 205
Research Interests: Glaciers, Ice-ocean interactions
Charity Mann
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: mannc@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade Hall 225 A
Research Interests: earthquake early warning, crustal deformation, earthquake forecasting, disaster mitigation
Zack Martin
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: zackm@uoregon.edu
Office: Volcanology 307
Research Interests: Physical volcanology, planetary processes, sediment transport, ash aggregation
Loïs Papin
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: lpapin@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 210E
Research Interests: Earthquake seismology
Amanda Peng
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: apeng7@uoregon.edu
Office: 149 Cascade Annex
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
Margery Price
Master’s student
Earth Sciences
Email: margeryp@uoregon.edu
Office: Volcanology 115
Research Interests: Pumice, graywater filtration, applied volcanology, wastewater treatment, geoscience education
Andrea Quintanilla
Masters Student
Earth Sciences
Email: alq@uoregon.edu
Office: 310F
Office Hours: Fridays 10am-11am
Research Interests: Paleontology, Paleobiology, Fossil Preparation, and Skeletonization
Paul Regensburger
Ph.D. Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: pvr@uoregon.edu
Office: 103 Volcanology
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Planetary Science, Geophysics, Icy Satellites
Addison Richter
Masters student
Earth Sciences
Email: addisonr@uoregon.edu
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
Email: msander9@uoregon.edu
Office: 210F Cascade Hall
Research Interests: geomorphology, landslides
Sean Santellanes
PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: ssantel2@uoregon.edu
Office: 125A Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Tsunami modeling
Roey Shimony
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: rshimony@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Seismology, Geophysics, Fault Mechanics, Ground motion and seismic hazard analysis
Alex Simpson
Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Email: asimps10@uoregon.edu
Office: 120B Cascade Hall
Research Interests: Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modeling
Margarita Solares
PhD student
Earth Sciences
Email: msolares@uoregon.edu
Office: 125E Cascade Hall
Research Interests: earthquake and tsunami hazards, seismology, GPS geodesy
Yu-Sheng Sun
Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Email: yushengs@uoregon.edu
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
Email: kseniyav@uoregon.edu
Office: Cascade 124
Research Interests: volcanology, geochemistry, dikes
Keely Wilde
Ph.D. Student
Earth Sciences
Email: kwilde@uoregon.edu
Office: 120D Cascade Hall
Research Interests: volcanology, volcano seismology, volcanic hazards, geophysics
PJ Zrelak
PhD Candidate
Earth Sciences
Email: pzrelak@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 Volcanology
Research Interests: Numerical Modeling, Volcanic Fluid Dynamics, Instrumentation
Derek Zurenda
PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Email: derekzur@uoregon.edu
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