Current Grad Students

Ben Christensen BA in Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2009 Geochemistry and geochronology of high pressure granulites from the Dulan area of western China. Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
Tina Dura BS in Geology, Occidental College, 2004 Preservation of Holocene Paleo-Earthquakes, Sungai Pinang, Western Sumatra. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Matt Durkee BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2005 Late Quaternary Valley Fill and Subsequent Arroyo Formation, south-central Washington. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Zoe Futornick BS in Geology, University of Puget Sound, 2008 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
Rachel Hunt BS in Geology, University of Hawaii-Hilo, 2009 Modeling the origin of compositional diversity of subuction zone magmatism Aeolian Isands. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Patrick Johnston BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Geomorphic environments of tsunami deposits; Tamil Nadu, India. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Matt Jenkins BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
Chris Markley BS in Earth Science, University of South Dakota, 2009 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Aaron Mayfield BS in Geology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2009 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Sarah Nagorsen BS in Geology, Grand Valley State University, 2008 Pliocene and Pleistocene fault slip across the Mina deflection, California-Nevada: A field-based study in the Adobe Hills, California. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
Caitlin Orem BS in Geology, Northern Arizona University, 2007 Lacustrine sediment record of multiple Quaternary lava dams on the Owyhee River, southeastern Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Jim Rinke BS in Geology, Grand Valley State, 2006 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
Holly Rotman BS in Geology, Michigan State University, 2007 Fluid budget of metasedimentary rocks from an accretionary prism and connections to seismicity, Olympic Peninsula, northwest Washington. Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
Michelle Tebbe BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2007 Post-caldera eruptions of Mt. Mazama, Crater Lake, OR: evolution of a magma chamber after a large silicic eruption. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Tabitha Trosper BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2007 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Katie Warren BS in Chemistry, Central Washington University, 2009 Snow Science: Studying Seismic Signals due to Natural Avalanches. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Zoe Weis BS in Geology, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2009 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: To be determined
Rodger Wilson BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2009 Thesis to be determined. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne

Recent Grad Students

Travis Hammond (2009) BS in Geology, University of South Alabama, 1994 Stable Isotope Study of Soil Water along a Climate Gradient, eastern slopes of Cascades. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
Clay Larkins (2009) BS in Geology, Ohio University, 2007 A field study on the variation in soil CO2 oxygen-18 across a precipitation gradient in central Washington. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
Maureen Moses (2009) BS in Geology, San Diego State University, 2007 Thermochemical modeling of crystal populations at Mt. Etna, Italy. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Emily Parker (2009) BA in Geology, Colorado College, 2007 Understanding active faulting in the Himalaya: A geodetic study. Faculty Advisor: Beth Pratt-Sitaula
Tom Wagner (2009) BS in Geology, Oregon State University, 2007 Kinematics and Vorticity in Kangmar Dome, southern Tibet: testing patterns of mid-crustal ductile deformation during the Himalayan orogeny. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
Ana Aguiar (2008) BS in Physics, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2004 Seismic Constraints on Slow Slip Events Within the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
Jim Chapman (2008) BS in Geology, North Carolina State Univerisity, 2001 Energy budget analysis of slow-slip aseismic events along the Cascadia convergent margin using GPS array data. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
Sara Johnson (2008) BS in Geology, Beloit College, 2005 Petrogenetic Processes Characterizing the Mount Bachelor, Oregon Magmatic System: Open vs. Closed System Processes. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Jackie Langille (2008) BS in Geology, Idaho State University, 2006 Middle Crustal Ductile Deformation Patterns in southern Tibet: Insights from Vorticity Studies in Mabja Dome. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
Shannon Othus (2008) BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2006 Comparison of Two Landslides and Related Outburst Flood Deposits and Their Effects on River Evolution, Owyhee River, Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Kate Whitlow (2008) BS in Geology, California State University-Fullerton, 2005 The 2004 and 1861 Tsunami Deposits on Simeulue Island, Western Sumatra. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Cooper Brossy (2007) BA in Geology, Whitman College, 2003 Fluvial Response to Intra-Canyon Lava Flows, Owyhee River, Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Ray Chuang (2007) BS in Geology, International University, Taiwan, 2001 Interseismic Crustal Deformation and Seismic Potential in the Luyeh Area, Eastern Taiwan. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Keegan Fengler (2007) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2000 Paleoseismic Investigation of the Longitudinal Valley Fault, eastern Taiwan. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Brian Gray (2007) BS in Geology. Oregon State University, 2003 Late Holocene Uplift of the Chihshang Segment of the Longitudinal Valley Fault at Fuli, Eastern Taiwan. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Grant Logsdon (2007) BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2004 In Search of Past Tsunami Deposits along the Sumatran coastline, Padang, western Sumatra. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
Susan Mickiewicz (2007) BS in Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2005 Magma Chamber Processes: Textural and In Situ Geochemical Investigation of Plagioclase from Pisgah Crater, California. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
Sarah Taylor (2007) BA in Environmental Studies, Evergreen College, 2003 Seasonal Change in Groundwater Chemistry due to Irrigation in Upper Yakima Basin, Washington. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
Stephanie Vandal (2007) BS in Geology, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 2004 Paleoflood record reconstruction at an archaeological site on the Owyhee River, southeastern Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
Ahnna Westrich (2007) BS in Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005 Understanding Magma Chamber Processes: Application of the Energy-Constrained Eruption, Recharge, Assimilation, Fractional Crystallization (EC-ERAFC) Model and MELTS Algorithm. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
John Casteel (2006) BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2003 Late Miocene to Holocene Faulting along the southwestern Inyo Mountains fault zone, eastern California. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
Walter Szeliga (2006) BS in Geophysics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2002 Transient Detection and Modeling of Continuous Geodetic Data. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne