Students
Adam Behlke Graduate	KGL 246 Email Me
Zhengyu Cai Graduate Modeling for two-phase compaction and damage; Geometry factor in partial-melting deformation; Deformation experiment of two-phase upper mantle materials; Non-linear physics and numerical simulation.	KGL 231 Email Me
Michelle Casey Graduate Molluscan predator-prey interactions, stable isotope trophic position, Long Island Sound eutrophication and pre-anthropogenic ecology, computer-intensive statistical methods and morphometrics	KGL 244 Email Me
Xu Chu Graduate Metamorphic Petrology	KGL 239 Email Me
Simon Darroch Graduate The palaeoecology of mass extinction events and recovery intervals; quantitative testing of 'disaster' and 'opportunistic' ecological models; Early Triassic foraminifera; the origin of pentamery in crinoids	KGL 233 Email Me
Sitindra Dirghangi Graduate	235 KGL Email Me
Dea Doklestic Graduate	KGL 254 Email Me
Peter Douglas Graduate Organic geochemistry and paleoclimatology: Holocene variation in tropical hydrology; climate change and the collapse of the Mayan civilization; compound specific isotope analysis	KGL 247 Email Me Webpage
Zhixue Du Graduate	KGL 249 Email Me
Una Farrell Graduate Paleoecology, geochemistry and taphonomy of Ordovician pyritized trilobite lagerstatten. Predator-prey interactions and evolution in Cenozoic molluscs.	244 KGL Email Me
Brad Foley Graduate	KGL 251 Email Me
Jenny Hanna Graduate Seismic anisotropy and shear wave splitting in and around subduction zones.	KGL 234 Email Me
Thomas Hegna Graduate Trilobite and arthropod phylogeny and evolution, branchiopod crustaceans, segmentation in the notostracan Triops, carapace evolution, Cambrian life, the interface between molecules and morphology, the philosophical foundations of paleontology and sys...(Read More)	243 KGL Email Me
Allison Hsiang Graduate	KGL 231 Email Me
Zhicheng Jing Graduate Experimental and theoretical studies on the equation of state for silicate melts; Physics and chemistry of the Earth's deep interior	242 KGL Email Me Webpage
Aaron Judah Graduate	KGL 254 Email Me
Taylor Kilian Graduate Paleomagnetism	KGL 229 Email Me
Srinath Krishnan Graduate Hydrological characteristics of the early Eocene hyperthermals including the PETM, ELMO and the X-event.	KGL 247 Email Me
Keith Laskowski Graduate Evolution of mountain belts: investigating changes in internal deformation of critical wedge orogens related to glacial erosion via analog models. Glaciology: developing a novel geochemical record of alpine glacier advance and retreat. ...(Read More)	KGL 238 Email Me
Yanping Li Graduate Atmospheric Sciences: mesoscale dynamics, remote sensing, regional climate modeling	(203) 432-9448 KGL 106B Email Me
Chao Liu Graduate	KGL 254 Email Me
Tyler Lyson Graduate	Email Me
Tamara Machac Graduate	KGL 250 Email Me
Georgy Manucharyan Graduate	(203) 435-7450 KGL 248 Email Me
Tara Mayeau Graduate	KGL 253 Email Me
Devin McPhillips Graduate Tectonic and surface processes, geochronology; the application of thermochronologic data to problems like backthrusting in accretionary wedges and the creation of topographic relief.	KGL 238 Email Me Webpage
Ross N. Mitchell Graduate Paleomagnetism (true polar wander; supercontinents; paleogeography; magnetic field evolution; magnetostratigraphy). Paleoclimate (orbital forcing; oceanic anoxic events; BIFs). Other (ammonite evolution, layered mag...(Read More)	(203) 788-4149 KGL 239 Email Me Webpage
Woosok Moon Graduate	KGL 232
Alison Nugent Graduate	KGL 252 Email Me
Tolulope Olugboji Graduate Active source seismology, numerical analysis and computational geometry, geophysical inverse theory, terrestrial magmatism, energy and natural resources. Ongoing research: Presently, I am working on the crustal structure of the Ont...(Read More)	(516) 348-3713 KGL 256 Email Me
Kazuhiko Otsuka Graduate Experimental and theoretical mineral physics, mantle dynamics and geochemistry; Specifically, the role of point defects on transport properties in the lower mantle, stable isotopic composition of the terestrial mantle	KGL 235 Email Me
Karen Paczkowski Graduate Lithospheric Instabilities, Mantle Convection, Tectonics, and Surface Processes	KGL 241 Email Me
Joe Panzik Graduate Testing the dipolar nature of Earth's magnetic field in the Precambrian using large igneous provinces.	KGL 240 Email Me
Melanie Parker Graduate	KGL 241 Email Me
Rachel Racicot Graduate Comparative anatomy, especially cranial anatomy of cetaceans using dissection and CT scanning methods Avian and cetacean osteology and myology Development of cranial pneumaticity Evolution of development and variation in devel...(Read More)	ESC 256 Email Me
Duayne Rieger Graduate Scattered surface waves as a diagnostic for upper mantle anisotropy and mantle dynamics	KGL 251 Email Me
Melissa Spannuth Graduate Ice physics, solidification inside a porous medium, frost heave	KGL 233 Email Me Webpage
Erik Sperling Graduate The origin and early evolution of metazoans	(203) 927-3754 KGL 229 Email Me Webpage
Chris Thissen Graduate	KGL 238 Email Me
Erik Thomson Graduate Ice Physics: Surfaces and Interfaces of polycrystalline ice near the melting temperature.	107 Email Me Webpage
Meng Tian Graduate	KGL 242 Email Me
Jakob Vinther Graduate Early animal evolution Especially molluscs and annelids, lophotrochozoans in general and sponges Fossil preservation, melanin	(203) 832-8483 KGL 230 Email Me Webpage
Sarah Vorhies Graduate Metamorphic petrology Mantle geochemistry	244 Email Me
Courtney Warren Graduate Paleoclimatology, biogeochemistry, Pliocene warming events, terrestrial paleobotanical proxies.	(909) 528-3343 KGL 252 Email Me
Amelinda Webb Graduate Invertebrate Paleontology: community paleoecology, predation, competition, encrustation, the impact of extinction events	KGL 237 Email Me Webpage
Erin Wirth Graduate	KGL 254 Email Me
Jo Wolfe Graduate Origins of arthropod diversity in the Cambrian explosion, especially the evolution of segmentation and appendage types, using a combination of fossil, evo-devo, and molecular data.	KGL 245 Email Me Webpage
Bryan Woods Graduate Meteorology and atmospheric science	978-726-3462 KGL 234 Email Me Webpage
Hobart Young Graduate	KGL 250 Email Me Webpage
Shikma Zaarur Graduate	KGL 249 Email Me
Yige Zhang Graduate Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography: application of geochemical indices (e.g. lipid biomarkers and stable isotopes) in better understanding of climate changes Geochemistry: stable isotope geochemistry; global biogeochemical cycles Geomicrobio...(Read More)	KGL 246 Email Me