Earth Sciences Graduate Students

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
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, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Friday 12:00-1:00
Research Interests: pyroclastic density currents, community detection, dike propagation

August Harrell

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

Braden Hensley

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: Earthquake Source Physics, Ground Motion Models, Seismogeodesy

Brenton Hirao

PhD candidate
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: earthquake and volcano seismology, applied data mining

Beck Hufstetler

PhD student
Earth Sciences

Elizabeth Knight

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

Justin Krier

PhD Student
Earth Sciences

Adam Lucas

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

Charity Mann

PhD Student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: earthquake early warning, crustal deformation, earthquake forecasting, disaster mitigation

Zack Martin

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

Ries Plescher

Earth Sciences

Andrea Quintanilla

Masters Student
Earth Sciences
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
Research Interests: geomorphology, landslides

Alex Simpson

Ph.D. student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modeling

Margarita Solares

PhD student
Earth Sciences
Research Interests: earthquake and tsunami hazards, seismology, GPS geodesy