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    Current Grad Students

  • Meilani Bowman-Kamaha'o BA in Geology and American Studies, Occidental College, 2010 Documenting deformation and exhumation across Gianbul Dome, NW India using mesoscopic and microscopic kinematic shear sense, quartz lattice preferred orientation, deformation temperatures, and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology analyses. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
  • Jake Crane BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2010 Geodynamic Modeling of the Evolution of the West Antarctic Rift System. Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
  • Ian Delaney BA in Geology, Whitman College, 2010 Black Carbon Deposition on Snow and Glaciers in Washington State: Implications for Accelerated Snowmelt. Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
  • Brittany Fagin BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2012 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
  • Bryon Free BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2012 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Elyse Frohling BS in Geology, University of Montana, 2011 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
  • Zoe Futornick BS in Geology, University of Puget Sound, 2008 Application of MODFLOW to Predict Impacts of Groundwater Pumpage on Instream Flow: Upper Kittitas County, Washington. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
  • Eliya Hogan BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2010 Structural deformation across the southwest Mina Deflection, California-Nevada: field studies in the Huntoon Springs region. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
  • Renee Holt BS in Geoscience, Bridgewater State Univeristy, 2010 Geochemical analysis of ground and surface water in the Upper Kittitas County, WA: Implications for recharge and flow paths. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
  • Isabel Hong BA in Geology, Whitman College, 2011 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Katie Johnston BS in Chemistry, Central Washington University, 2009 Snow Science: Studying Seismic Signals due to Natural Avalanches. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
  • Patrick Johnston BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Geomorphic environments of tsunami deposits; Tamil Nadu, India. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Chris Markley BS in Earth Science, University of South Dakota, 2009 Characterization of Landslides by the Spectral Analysis of LiDAR Imagery: Owyhee River, SE Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Carl Matzek BS in Environmental Geoscience, Winona State University, 2010 LiDAR Assessment of Sediment Transport Related to the Removal of Marmot Dam, Sandy River, Oregon. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Andy Menking BS in Geology, BA in Spanish/Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2009 A Record of East Asian Black Carbon Emissions from a Mt. Logan Ice Core. Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
  • Kaitlyn Nelson BS in Geology, University of Minnesota-Moorhead, 2011 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
  • Molly Partridge BS in Geology, Winona State University, 2010 Volcano-tectonic history of the northern Warner Range, northeastern California. Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
  • James Patterson BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2008 Using Trace Element Concentrations and 87Sr/86Sr Isotopes to Track Groundwater Migration in the Upper Kittitas County. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
  • Megan Regel BA in Geology, Cornell College, 2008 Thermobarometry and Geochronology in the Dulan region, North Qaidam Ultrahigh- Pressure metamorphic terrane: Resolving Spatial Variation of Ages, Temperatures and Pressures. Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
  • Brent Ritzinger BS in Geology, Cal Poly Pomona, 2012 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
  • Joe Roccanova BS in Geology, Eastern Washington University, 2011 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
  • Brett Shurtleff BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2009 Timing of slip along the Zanskar normal fault, Greater Himalayan Range, NW, India: Constraints from apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
  • Diana Strickley BS in Geology, University of Idaho, 2012 Controls on fault geometries in the Larkspur Hills, northwest Basin and Range. Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
  • Hillary Tahtinen BS in Earth Science, Northern Michigan University, 2011 To be determined. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
  • Rachelle Warren BS in Geology, University of Kansas, 2012 Testing kinematic fault-slip models in the Eastern California Shear Zone-Walker Lane Belt: Field studies in southwestern Mina deflection, California-Nevada. Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
  • Zoe Weis BA in Geology, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2009 Isotope and Geochemistry Analysis of Groundwater Recharge in Wanapum Basalt Aquifer, Royal Slope, Grant County, Washington. Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis

    Recent Grad Students

  • Michelle Tebbe (2012) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2007 Petrogenetic Relationship of the Postcaldera Eruptions of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake, Oregon; Evolution of a Sub-volcanic Magma Chamber Following a Large Silicic Eruption. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
  • Aaron Mayfield (2012) BS in Geology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2009 Documenting compositional diversity in the Fossa delle Felci (Salina Island, South Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): Integrating quantitative models and in situ chemical analyses. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
  • Michelle Harris (2012) BS in Geology, Western Washington University, 2006 Documenting Magmatic Processes at Filicudi Island, Aeolian Arc, Italy: Integrating Quantitative Modeling and Plagioclase Textural and In Situ Compositional Data. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
  • Matt Durkee (2012) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2005 Late Quaternary Valley Fill and Subsequent Arroyo Formation, south-central Washington. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Carl Swanson (2012) BS in Geology, University of Oregon, 2009 Applying GIS Metrics to Determine Degree of Glacial Modification in Mountainous Landscapes. Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
  • Rachel Hunt (2012) BS in Geology, University of Hawaii-Hilo, 2008 Documenting the Origin of Compositional Diversity of Subduction Zone Magmatism, Alicudi, Aeolian Arc (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) Using In Situ Plagioclase Data. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
  • Matt Jenkins (2011) BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Assessment of black carbon concentrations in the Pacific Northwest and Tibetan Plateau. Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
  • Ben Christensen (2011) BA in Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2009 Geochemistry, geothermobarometry and geochronology of high-pressure granulites and implications for the exhumation history of ultrahigh-pressure terranes: Dulan, Western China. Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
  • Sarah Nagorsen-Rinke (2011) 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
  • Jim Rinke (2011) BS in Geology, Grand Valley State, 2006 Examining the Upper Mantle Velocity Structure of the Ross Sea Region, West Antarctica using Surface Wave Inversion Techniques. Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
  • Tabitha Trosper (2011) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2007 Relationships between Snake River paleofloods and occupational patterns at Redbird Beach archaeological site in lower Hells Canyon, Idaho. Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
  • Rodger Wilson (2011) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2009 Do deformation transients produced by Cascadia slow-slip events modulate seismicity at Cascade volcanoes?. Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
  • Tina Dura (2010) BS in Geology, Occidental College, 2004 Preservation of Holocene Paleo-Earthquakes, Sungai Pinang, Western Sumatra. Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
  • Caitlin Orem (2010) 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
  • Holly Rotman (2010) 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
  • 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
  • Clayton 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
  • Seth Mattos (2006) BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2004 Deciphering the Signature of Magma Mixing: Examples from the Castle Creek Eruptive Period, Mount St. Helens, Washington. Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson

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