
Current Grad Students
- Mandy Abel Earth Science, Western Oregon University Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- James Anderson BS in Geology, Ohio University, 2016 Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Riley Blanchard Geology, Central Washington University, 2019 Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
- Desiree` Cunningham Geology, Mississippi State University, 2022 Faculty Advisor: Hannah Shamloo
- Teo Fisher Geology, Central Washington University, 2015 Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Lourdes Garcia Geology, Eastern Washington University, 2018 Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Robin Gaudette Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2022 Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Amy Gilliland Geology, Central Washington University, 2018 Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
- Logan Grey Physics, Purdue University, 2021 Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga
- Austin Halstead Geology, Central Washington University Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Lindsay Henning Civil Engineering, MA Math, University of Kansas Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Bailey Hillard Earth and Environmental Science, Washington State University Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Garet Huddleston Geology, Western Washington University Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga & Bre MacInnes
- Catherine Jones Geology, Appalachian State, NC Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Anthony Joyce Geology, University of Montana Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Bethany Kharrazi Geology, Hobart and William, NY Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Megan Kjelland BS in Geology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2013 Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Jana MacInnis Geography, University of Colorado Springs, 2018 Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- David Miller Environmental Geological Science, Black Hills State University, 2022 Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Tim Miller Physics, Central Washington University Faculty Advisor: Angela Halfpenny
- Emily Polizzi Geological Science, SUNY Geneseo Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Chandler Sabin Geology, Brigham Young University Idaho, 2022 Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Zachary Stevens Geology, Earlham College, Indiana Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Joshua Stone Geology, University of Maine Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Edward Vlasenko Biology & Anthropology, University of Washington Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Emily Yoder Geology, University of Central Michigan, 2022 Faculty Advisor: Hannah Shamloo
Former Grad Students
2022
- Trent Adams BS in Geological Sciences, Central Washington University Detecting Impacts of Historic and Undocumented Landslide Tsunamis at High Latitude Sites Using NDVI Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Stephen Bartlett BS in Geology, Adams State University, 2019 Assessing the Effects of Instream Large Wood on Floodplain Aquifer Recharge and Storage at Indian Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Benjamin Deans BS in Geology, University of Texas, Austin Geomorphic History and Preservation of Archaeologically Significant Areas in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Washington State Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Samuel Fixler BA in Environmental Studies, Connecticut College Decadal-Scale Effects of Large Wood Restoration on Channel Morphology and Groundwater Connectivity, Taneum Creek, WA Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Jamie Hansen Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2015 Assessing the Mechanics of Two Earthquake Clusters in the Basin and Range Province Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga
- Alec Melone BA in Geoscience, Hamilton College, 2016 Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Joe Petralia BS in Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2019 The Effects of Channel Incision and Land Use on Surface-Water/Groundwater Interactions in the Teanaway River Basin, Washington, USA Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
2021
- Alyssa DeMott BA in Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, 2019 Long-Term Geomorphic Effects of the Glines Canyon Dam Removal on the Elwha River Washington, USA Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Peter Dubyoski Geologic Mapping along the Benton Spring Fault, Nevada: Dextrally-offset Tuff-filled Paleovalleys in the Central Walker Lane Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Jessica Hartman BS in Earth Science, Washington State University, 2019 Organic-Input Impacts on Soil Carbon Flux, Storage, and Budget in Conservation Agricultural Soils, Central Washington, USA Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Andrew Raulerson BS in Geology, University of Alabama, 2013 Tsunami Deposits and Tsunami Modeling of the 900 AD Seattle Fault Event in Northern Puget Sound Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
2020
- Kent Allen Late Holocene Paleoflood Hydrology of the Snake River in the Lower Hells Canyon, Idaho Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- David Bruce BS in Geology, Wichita State University, 2018 Mapping and Modeling the Seattle Fault Tsunami Inundation in Puget Sound Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Elizabeth Curtiss BS in Earth Science & Environmental Geoscience, University of Oregon, 2017 Documenting the Earthquake History of the Thousand Springs Fault in Summer Lake Basin, Oregon, USA Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- Rachelle Reisinger BS in Geophysics, University of South Carolina, 2018 Modeling of Potential Historical Tsunamis from Large Earthquakes in the Izu-Bonin Mariana Subduction Zone Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga
- Silas Sleeper BS in Water Resources/Hydrogeology, State University of New York at Oneonta, 2018 A Geochemical Assessment of Potential Groundwater Storage Locations within the Yakima River Basin Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Valerie Strasser BS in Geology, Boise State University, 2016 The Role of Cumulate Plagioclase Entrainment in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon: Insights from the Magma Chamber Simulator Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Wesley Weisberg B.S. in Geology, Missouri State University, 2016 Applying Garnet and Zircon REE Linkages to Determine Timing of P-T Conditions and Tectonic Implications for UHP Eclogites and HP Granulites, Dulan UHP Terrane, China Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
2019
- Alex Dolcimascolo BS in Geology, Union College, 2017 Defining historical earthquake rupture parameters and proposed slip distributions through tsunami modeling in south-central Chile Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Brandon Kautzman B.S. in Geology and Env Science, Eastern Washington University, 2017 Seasonal soil carbon fluxes in transitioning agricultural soils in Central Washington State: Relations to land-use, environmental factors and soil carbon-nitrogen characteristics Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Pedro Matos-Llavona BS in Geology, University of Puerto Rico, 2017 Mapping and Reconstructing the Paleotsunami Record in Queule, South-Central Chile Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Bodie McCosby BS in Geology & Environmental Geoscience, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2017 Characterizing the deformation history of the southern Mina Deflection: field and structural studies in the Huntoon Mountains, California-Nevada Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Jen McLeod BS in Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2016 Quantifying magma recharge at Parinacota volcano, northern Chile (52 ka - recent): Insight from the Magma Chamber Simulator Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Ben Norford BS in Physics, Oregon State University, 2013 Rapid Earthquake Characterization with Real-Time GPS Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
- Joe Schilter BS in Geology, Eastern Washington University, 2013 Identifying Key Factors Affecting Translational Landslides in Part of the Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt, Washington State Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Melanie Swick BS in Geology, BA in Anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 2016 Advances in the Hyperspectral Imaging Microscope Spectrometer Method, and Application for Measuring the Spectral Reflectance of Light Absorbing Aerosols from the South Cascades, Colorado Rockies, and Iceland Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
- Alexandra Wernle BS in Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 2016 Effects of Initial Thermal Structure on the Evolution of Continental Rifting Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
- Levi Windingstad Holocene periods of aggradation and incision, Hanson Creek, Washington Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
2018
- Rebeca Becerra BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2016 Assessing the use of tsunami simulations as a tool to predict source magnitudes and locations of paleoearthquakes in Chile Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Andrew Hoxey BS in Geology, University of Kansas, 2016; BS in Journalism, University of Kansas, 2009 Spatial and temporal characterization of the Petrified Springs Fault, Central Walker Lane, Nevada: documenting middle Miocene dextral slip Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Catherine Jeffries B.S. Mathematics Linfield College 2002 Tsunami excitation estimation from real-time GNSS Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
- Vincent Rocconovo Eastern Washington University Stream water and soil water chemistry after the Table Mountain wildfire, Washington, USA Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Jesse Senko BS in Geology, University of Hawaii-Hilo, 2013; BS in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008 Slip estimation from real-time GPS in Cascadia Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
- Marie Takach BS in Geology, Allegheny College, 2016 Quantifying Crustal Assimilation in Historical to Recent (1329-2005) Lavas at Mt. Etna, Italy: Insights from Thermodynamic Modeling Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Conner Toth BS in Geosciences, Denison University, 2015 Giant Plagioclase in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon: Cumulate Entrainment Revealed by Textural and In Situ Chemical Analysis Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Logan Wetherell BS in Geology, University of Oregon, 2014 Quantifying Sedimentation Patterns of Small Watersheds in the Central Oregon Coast Range Using Landslide-Dammed Lakes Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
2017
- Colin Bloom BA in Geology, Occidental College, 2014 Catastrophic Landscape Modification from Massive Landslide Tsunamis: An Example from Taan Fiord, Alaska Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Jade Cooley BA in Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2011 Tidal and Structural Controls on Seismic Events Near the Grounding Line at Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Faculty Advisor: Paul Winberry
- Jennifer Hall BS in Environmental Science, California State University, Chico, 2011 Surface Offset and Slip Rates for the Winter Rim Fault System in the Summer Lake Basin, Oregon Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- David Hernandez Uribe Geological Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2014 Estimating the Thickness of an Ultrahigh-Pressure (UHP) Terrane: Insights from Phase Equilibria Modelling and Zr-in-Rutile Thermometry, Dulan Area, North Qaidam Terrane, Northwest China Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Dallin Jensen Environmental Science and Geology, Eastern Washington University, 2015 Isotope investigation of nitrate in soils and agricultural drain waters of the Lower Yakima Valley, Washington Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- James Patterson Central Washington University Using strontium isotopes in conjunction with major, and trace elements to identify water/rock interaction in the Upper Kittitas County, Washington Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Dan Pittinger 150 Years of Light Absorbing Impurity Deposition on South Cascade Glacier, Washington State USA Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
- Theodore Uecker BS in Geology, Eastern Washington University, 2014 Post-wildfire black carbon deposition on the snowpack in the Cascade Range, Washington State: Temporal and spatial variability with implications for accelerated melt Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
2016
- Sylvana Bendana BS in Geology, University of Washington, 2013 Documenting Mantle and Crustal Contributions to Flood Basalt Magmatism via Computational Modeling of the Steens Basalt, Southeast Oregon Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Zoe Futornick BS in Geology, University of Puget Sound, 2008 Using MODFLOW to Predict Impacts of Groundwater Pumpage to Instream Flow: Upper Kittitas County, Washington Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Megan Graubard BS in Geology, Slippery Rock University, 2014 Evolution of a Flood Basalt Crustal Magmatic System: In Situ Mineral Data and Computational Modeling of the Steens Basalt Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Brian Marion BS in Geology, University of Idaho, 2014 Spatiotemporal Slip Rate Variations Along Surprise Valley Fault in Relation to Pleistocene Pluvial Lakes Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- Jake Meyer BS in Earth Science, Lewis Clark State College, 2013 Fluid Release During Eclogite Formation, North Qaidam Terrane, Western China Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Brian Ostrom BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2013 Hazard Identification and Coastal Stratigraphy in Crescent Harbor, Northeast Whidbey Island, Washington Faculty Advisor: Bre MacInnes
- Alexandra Ruiz BS in Geology, University of California-Riverside, 2013 Investigating Taphonomic Changes of Deposits and Modeling of the 2010 Earthquake and Tsunami in South-Central Chile Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
2015
- Kevin Delano BS in Geology, University of California-Davis, 2012 Geologic Mapping in the Black Mountain Area, Northern Eastern California Shear Zone: Testing a Kinematic and Geometric Fault Slip Transfer Model Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Brittany Fagin BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2012 Pressure-temperature-time constraints for exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, North Qaidam terrane, Western China Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Bryon Free BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2012 Quantifying channel responses to the removal of the Glines Canyon Dam in the middle reach of the Elwha River, Washington Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Frances Griswold BS in Geology, Wheaton College, 2013 Field Observations and Modeling of the 1957 Earthquake and Tsunami on the Islands of the Four Mountains, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Faculty Advisor: Breanyn MacInnes
- Kaitlyn Nelson BS in Geology, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2011 Timing and Source of Alkali Enrichment at Mt. Etna, Sicily: Constraints from Clinopyroxene Geobarometry and In Situ SR Isotope Data Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Brett Shurtleff BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2009 Rapid Middle to Late Miocene Slip Along the Zanskar Normal Fault, Greater Himalayan Range, NW, India: Constraints from Low-Temperature Thermochronometry Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
2014
- 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
- Elyse Frohling BS in Geology, University of Montana, 2011 Assessing the seismic potential hazards of the Makran subduction zone Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga
- Hillary Goodner BS in Earth Science, Northern Michigan University, 2011 Spatial relationship between GPS slip and seismic tremor during Cascadia slow slip events Faculty Advisor: Walter Szeliga
- 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: Anne Egger
- Isabel Hong BA in Geology, Whitman College, 2011 Geomorphology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy of tsunami deposits at Quidico, Chile 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
- Molly Partridge BS in Geology, Winona State University, 2010 Volcano-tectonic history of the northern Warner Range, northeastern California Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- Megan Regel BA in Geology, Cornell College, 2008 Thermobarometry and geochronology in the Dulan region, North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure terrane: resolving spatial variation of ages, temperatures, and pressures Faculty Advisor: Chris Mattinson
- Brent Ritzinger BS in Geology, Cal Poly Pomona, 2012 Paleomagnetic mapping of late Miocene-Pliocene basalt flows in the northwestern Basin and Range: determining structural and topographic controls on the distribution of volcanic activity Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- Diana Strickley BS in Geology, University of Idaho, 2012 Controls on fault geometry during early stages of extension in the Larkspur Hills, northwest Basin and Range Faculty Advisor: Anne Egger
- 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
2013
- Ana Cadena BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 1997 Paleoseismologic Evidence for Holocene Activity on the Pinto Mountain Fault, Twentynine Palms, California Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
- 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
- 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
- Katie Johnston BS in Chemistry, Central Washington University, 2009 Feasibility of seismic monitoring to identify avalanche activity; Snoqualmie Pass, WA Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
- Patrick Johnston BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Geomorphology of Deposits from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Tamil Nadu, Southeastern India 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 Black carbon measurements of snow and ice using the single particle soot photometer: method development and an AD 1852-1999 record of atmospheric black carbon from a Mount Logan ice core Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
- Zoe Weis BA in Geology, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2009 Geochemical Constraints on Groundwater Recharge in the Royal Slope Area, Grant County, Washington Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
2012
- Matt Durkee BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2005 Holocene arroyo cut and fill cycles, south-central Washington Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Michelle Harris 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
- Rachel Hunt 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
- Aaron Mayfield 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
- Carl Swanson BS in Geology, University of Oregon, 2009 Applying GIS Metrics to Determine Degree of Glacial Modification in Mountainous Landscapes Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
- Michelle Tebbe 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
2011
- Ben Christensen 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
- Matt Jenkins BA in Geology/Environmental Studies, Whitman College, 2007 Assessment of black carbon concentrations in the Pacific Northwest and Tibetan Plateau Faculty Advisor: Susan Kaspari
- Sarah Nagorsen-Rinke 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 BS in Geology, Grand Valley State, 2006 Surface Wave Inversion of the Upper Mantle Velocity Structure in the Ross Sea Region, Western Antarctica Faculty Advisor: Audrey Huerta
- Tabitha Trosper 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 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
2010
- Tina Dura BS in Geology, Occidental College, 2004 Preservation of Holocene Paleo-Earthquakes, Sungai Pinang, Western Sumatra Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
- 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
- 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
2009
- Travis Hammond 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 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 BS in Geology, San Diego State University, 2007 Thermochemical modeling of crystal populations at Mt. Etna, Italy Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Emily Parker BA in Geology, Colorado College, 2007 Understanding active faulting in the Himalaya: A geodetic study Faculty Advisor: Beth Pratt-Sitaula
- Tom Wagner 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
2008
- Ana Aguiar 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 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 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 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 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 BS in Geology, California State University-Fullerton, 2005 The 2004 and 1861 Tsunami Deposits on Simeulue Island, Western Sumatra Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
2007
- Cooper Brossy BA in Geology, Whitman College, 2003 Fluvial Response to Intra-Canyon Lava Flows, Owyhee River, Oregon Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Ray Chuang 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 BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2000 Paleoseismic Investigation of the Longitudinal Valley Fault, eastern Taiwan Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
- Brian Gray 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 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 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 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 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 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
2006
- John Casteel 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
- Yun-Ruei Chuang Interseismic deformation and earthquake hazards of the southernmost Longitudinal Valley fault, eastern Taiwan Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Jake Horner Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
- Seth Mattos 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
- Walter Szeliga BS in Geophysics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2002 Transient Detection and Modeling of Continuous Geodetic Data Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
2005
- Deron Carter Large Late Pleistocene Outburst Flood From Pluvial Lakes Alvord and Coyote Into the Owyhee River, Oregon Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Ross Hendrick BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2002 The Role of Geomorphic Features and Hydrologic Processes on Sediment Clusters in Gravel-Bed Rivers, Washington: A Field-Based Approach Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Kim Le Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Vickie Rodriguez Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Stephen Slaughter The 1938 Chocolate Glacier Debris Flow, Glacier Peak Volcano, North Cascades, Washington Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
2004
- Shao-Yi Huang Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
2003
- Rusty Ardoin Vertical deformation near Willapa Bay, Washington Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Brooke Asbury Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Mike Caron Realization of continuous GPS velocities over a neotectonic crustal block model for the Puget Sound area and the implications for seismic hazard Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Rex Flake Seismic Expression of the Sub-crustal Pacific-North America Plate Boundary Faculty Advisor: Tim Melbourne
- Morgan Salisbury Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Jeff Schroeder Faculty Advisor: Jeff Lee
- Ashley Streig Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
2002
- Sarah Fowler Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
- Chris Madden Faculty Advisor: Charlie Rubin
- Andrew Miner Eocene Tectonics and Active Deformation in Cascadia Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Will Strand Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bohrson
2001
- Doug Anderson Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
- Ken Austin The co-seismic displacement fields for the 1992 Landers and 1999 Hector Mines earthquakes, from regional GPS observations Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Kurt Hosman Stratigraphic Reconstruction of Paleoflood Frequencies and Magnitudes, Lower Deschutes River, Oregon Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Cyndy Jurney Refining the measured frequency of great earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Ben Pauk Statistical analysis of Global Positioning System data for applications to volcano deformation modeling monitoring and Pacific Northwest coastal uplift Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
- Gwen Rhodes A small look at the big picture: linking geopotential height anomalies to paleofloods on the Snake River, Idaho and Oregon Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Jessica Robertson Faculty Advisor: Carey Gazis
2000
- Kim McLean Neogene shortening across Naryn and At Bashi Basins, southern Kyrgyz Tien Shan Faculty Advisor: Meghan Miller
1999
- Lisa Hall Faculty Advisor: Brian Whiting
- Shelly Orth Refining Flood-Frequency Estimates with Paleoflood Deposits: John Day River, North-Central Oregon Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely
- Aaron Wisher Factors Contributing to Landslide Activity in the Winter of 1995-96, Clearwater County Near Orofino, Idaho Faculty Advisor: Lisa Ely