Degrees Awarded 2013/2014
Congratulations to all our graduates. Here are all the degrees EAPS students have been awarded during the 2013/2014 academic year.
Doctoral Degrees
September 2013
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Benjamin Black | Geology, Geobiology & Geochemistry | Lindy Elkins Tanton | Volatiles as a Link Between Planetary Interiors and the Environment |
| Alex Evans | Geophysics | Maria Zuber | Geophysical Evolution of Planetary Interiors and Surfaces: Moon & Mars |
| Xinding Fang | Geophysics | Michael Fehler | Geophysical Characterization of the Effects of Fractures and Stress on Subsurface Reservoirs |
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Junlun Li |
Geophysics | Nafi Toksöz | Study of Induced Seismicity for Reservoir Characterization |
| Sara Lincoln | Geology, Geobiology & Geochemistry | Roger Summons | Molecular Studies of the Sources and Significance of Archaeal Lipids in the Ocean |
| Whitney Bernstein | Chemical Oceanography |
Konrad A. Hughen (WHOI) |
Variations in Coral Reef Net Community Calcification and Aragonite Saturation State on Local and Global Scales |
| Jessica Fitzsimmons | Chemical Oceanography | Edward Boyle | The Marine Biogeochemistry of Dissolved and Colloidal Iron |
February 2014
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
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Scott Burdick |
Geophysics |
Robert van der Hilst |
Teleseismic Transmission and Reflection Tomography |
| Hui Huang |
Geophysics |
Robert van der Hilst |
Ambient Noise Tomography for Wavespeed and Anisotrophy in the Crust of Southwestern China |
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Peter James |
Geophysics |
Maria Zuber |
Geophysical Insights into the Histories of Venus, Mercury and the Moon |
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Xuefeng Shang |
Geophysics |
Robert van der Hilst |
Inverse Scattering: Theory and Application to the Imaging of the Earth's Seismic Discontinuities |
| Erin Shea |
Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology |
Samuel Bowring |
Arc Magmatism at Different Crustal Levels, North Cascades, WA |
| Sonia Tikoo-Schantz |
Planetary Science |
Benjamin Weiss | |
| Alison Criscitiello |
Marine Geology and Geophysics |
Sara Das (WHOI) |
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| Meagan Gonneea | Chemical Oceanography |
Matthew Charette (WHOI) |
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Kathleen Munson |
Chemical Oceanography |
Karl Lamborg (WHOI) |
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Daniel Ohnemus |
Chemical Oceanography |
Phoebe Lam (WHOI) |
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Michael Toomey |
Marine Geology and Geophysics |
Jeffrey P. Donnelly (WHOI) |
Quaternary Morphology and Paleoenvironmental Records of Carbonate Islands |
June 2014
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
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Abdulaziz AlMuhaidib |
Geophysics |
Nafi Toksöz | |
| Seth Burgess | Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology | Samuel Bowring | |
| Timothy Cronin |
Climate Physics and Chemistry |
Kerry Emanuel |
Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Radiative-Convective Equilibrium |
| Nathaniel Dixon | Geophysics | William Durham |
Experimental Constraints on the Rheological Behavior of Olivine at Upper Mantle Conditions |
| Christopher Follett | Chemical Oceanography | Daniel Rothman | |
| Elise Olson |
Physical Oceanography |
Dennis McGillicuddy (WHOI) |
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| Martin Singh | Atmospheric Science | Paul O'Gorman |
The response of moist convection and the atmospheric general circulation to climate warming |
| Allison Wing | Atmospheric Science | Kerry Emanuel |
Masters Degrees
September 2013
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Alex Evans | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Tanja Bosak | |
| Marie Giron |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Roger Summons | |
| Roman Kowch |
Atmospheric Science |
Kerry Emanuel |
Diurnal Analysis of Intensity Trends in Atlantic Tropical Cyclones |
| Ruel Jerry | Geophysics | Bradford Hager |
Effects of Subsurface Fracture Interactions on Surface Deformation |
| Yodit Tewelde | Planetary Science | Maria Zuber |
February 2014
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Jing Liu |
Geophysics |
Robert van der Hilst |
Subsurface Tomography and Surface Deformation in Krýsuvík Geothermal Field, SW Iceland |
| Daniel Amrhein |
Physical Oceanography |
Carl Wunsch |
An Inverse Approach to Understanding Benthic Oxygen Isotope Records from the Last Deglaciation |
June 2014
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
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Shaena Berlin |
Atmospheric Science | Daniel Cziczo |
An Electrodynamic Balance (EDB) for Extraterrestrial Cloud Formation Studies |
| Sarvesh Garimella |
Climate Physics and Chemistry |
Daniel Cziczo |
Cloud Condensation Nucleus Activity Comparison of Dry- and Wet-generated Mineral Dust Aerosol: The significance of soluble material |
Bachelors Degrees
June 2014
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Ann Alampi | Undergraduate | Michael Fehler | Effectiveness of Microseismic Monitoring for Optimizing Hydraulic Fracturing in California |
| Jessica Fujimori | Undergraduate |
David McGee & Elizabeth Pierce (Wellesley College) |
Ice-rafted Debris in the Southern Ocean: Potential uses and limitations of 230Th-normalized fluxes |
| Jessica Haskins | Undergraduate | Susan Solomon | The effect of Volcanic Aerosols on Mid-latitude Ozone Recovery |
| Matthew Joss | Undergraduate |
Saul Rappaport (Physics) |
Rapidly Rotating K Stars and the Detection of Relatively Young Hierarchical K Star Systems |
| Rachel Keeler | Undergraduate |
Noelle Selin & Marguerite Nyhan (Course 11) |
A Neural Network Model of Manhattan Air Pollution at High Spatial Resolution |
| Kathryn Materna | Undergraduate | Thomas Herring | Analysis of Atmospheric Delays and Asymmetric Positioning Errors in the Global Positioning System |
| Elise Myers | Undergraduate | Roger Summons | Complex Lipids in Microbial Mats and Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia |
| Naomi Schurr | Undergraduate |
Taylor Perron & Paul Richardson |
Climatic Influences on Hillslope Soil Transport Efficiency |
2014 Senior Thesis Presentations: more