Thesis Titles of PhD Graduates

The following lists the graduate's name, the graduate's thesis advisors in parentheses, and the title of the thesis.

2018

Lloyd, Andrew (Wiens, D.) Seismic Tomography of the Antarctic Continent

Cai, Chen (Wiens, D.) Seismic structure near the Mariana trench and deep earthquake triggering in the Tonga flat slab

Powell, Kathryn (Arvidon, R.) Spectral and stratigraphic mapping of layered sulfate deposits on Mars using advanced CRISM data processing techniques

Xu, Tingying (Catalano, J.) Fundamental Controls on the Reactivity of Aluminum Oxide and Hydroxide Surfaces: Contributions of Surface Site Coordination States and Interfacial Water Structure

Flynn, Elaine (Catalano, J.) The impact of small organic acids on iron and manganese mineral transformations and the fate of trace metals

2017

Fox, Valerie (Arvidson, R.) Aqueous alteration of Endeavour and Gale Craters, Mars, using orbital remote sensing and rover-based measurements

Bender, Amanda (Bradley, A.) Biological experiments on leaf wax alkanes to test a paleoclimate proxy

Boneh, Yuval (Skemer, P.) The evolution of olivine crystallographic preferred orientation in the upper mantle

Coman, Ecaterina Oana (Jolliff, B.) Effects of regolith properties on UV/VIS spectra and implications for remote sensing observations of the Moon

Valencia, Sarah (Jolliff, B., Korotev, R.) The evolution of igneous rocks on the Moon: Insights from lunar meteorites and Apollo 12

2016

Haenecour, Pierre (Floss, C., Jolliff, B.) Stardust in primitive astromaterials: Insights into the building blocks and early history of the Solar System

Pratt, Martin (Wiens, D.) Seismic array studies of Antarctica and Madagascar

Wei, Songqiao "Shawn"(Wiens, D.) Seismic studies of the Tonga subduction zone and the Lau back-arc basin

Wong, Wing Chi "Teresa" (Solomatov, S.) Plate tectonics initiation on Earth-like planets: Insights from numerical and theoretical analysis of convection-induced lithospheric failure

2015

Hinkle, Margaret Anne (Catalano, J.) Ion interactions at the mineral-water interface during biogeochemical iron and manganese cycling

Watkins, Ryan Clegg (Jolliff, B.) Physical and compositional properties of the lunar surface from photometric studies of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera images of spacecraft landing sites and soils of extreme compositions

Zanetti, Michael (Jolliff, B.) Investigating the complexity of impact crater ejecta using results from the field, laboratory, and remote-sensing

2014

Chen, Heng "Henry" (Jolliff, B., Moynier, F.) Zn and Cu isotopic fractionation during planetary processes and the isotopic composition of the bulk silicate Earth

Fraeman, Abigail (Arvidson, R.) Materials and surface processes at Gale Crater and the moons of Mars derived from high spatial and spectral resolution orbital datasets

Lough, Amanda (Wiens, D.) Studies of seismic sources in Antarctica using an extensive deployment of broadband seismographs

Metzger, Garrecht (Fike, D.) The Late Ordovician biogeochemical carbon cycle

Seddio, Stephen M. (Korotev, R.) The diversity, relationships, petrogenesis, and geochronology of evolved lunar lithologies

2013

Li, Zhen (Pasteris, J.) Mineralogy of hypermineralized bone

Liu, Yang "Steve" (Arvidson, R.) Spectral identification and analyses of hydrous mineral deposits: Implications for the aqueous history of Aram Chaos and Melas Chasma, Mars

Paniello, Randal (Moynier, F.) Volatilization of extraterrestrial materials as determined by zinc isotopic analysis

Singer, Kelsi (McKinnon, W.) Icy satellite tectonic, geodynamic and mass wasting surface features: Constraints on interior processes and evolution

Wang, Kun (Moynier, F.) Iron isotope cosmochemistry

2012

Emry, Erica (Wiens, D.) Shallow thrust and outer rise earthquakes in northwestern Pacific subduction zones and their role in subduction zone water budgets with special focus on the Mariana Islands

Euler, Garrett (Wysession, M.) Seismic array analysis of core-diffracted waves and microseisms

Frierdich, Andrew James (Catalano, J.) Trace element cycling during iron(II)-activated recrystallization of iron(III) oxide minerals

Orth, Christopher (Solomatov, S.) Geodynamic interpretations of global topography and gravity on Venus and Mars