Summer 2022 Candidates
![Ryne Adams smiling wearing a black collared shirt standing in front of greenery](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ryne-Adams-MS-pic-e1659475253501-150x150.jpg)
Ryne Adams
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Weingarten
August 4th, 2022
9 am, GMCS 129
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![Nick Poser wearing a white collared button down shirt and black tie](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Headshot_NP_1_recrop-150x150.jpg)
Sediment Characterization of a drowned river valley: Foster Reservoir, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Nick Poser
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney
August 5th, 2022
9 am, GMCS 129
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![James Futty wearing a purple shirt](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20211120_155254-scaled-e1659478089188-150x150.jpg)
James Futty
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney
August 5th, 2022
10 am, GMCS 129
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![Te-Yang wearing a black fleece and black rimmed glasses outside](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TeYangYehPhD-e1659542968922-150x150.jpg)
Applications of high-frequency deterministic numerical simulations: Moving forward
Te-Yang Yeh
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Kim Olsen
August 11th, 2022
1 pm, GMCS 129
or via zoom
Spring 2022 Candidates
![Zoe Morgan wearing a red SDSU Water Polo shirt](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Zoe-Morgan-BS-e1651620060451-150x150.jpg)
Depositional History & Sediment Analysis of Old Lake Cahuilla Highland in Coachella CA
Zoe Morgan
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rockwell
May 6th, 2022
10:30 am, CSL 422
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![Danny Knorr](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Danny-Know-crop-150x150.jpg)
Daniel Knorr
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Weingarten
May 6th, 2022
11 am CSL 422
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![William Buckley in front of an alpine lake wearing a baseball cap looking to the left](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Will-Buckley-150x150.jpg)
William Buckley
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rockwell
May 6th, 2022
12:30 pm CSL 422
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![Hannah Carney](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hannah-Carney-BS-150x150.jpg)
Hannah Carney
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Samantha Bova
May 6th, 2022
1:15 pm CSL 422
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Fall 2021 Candidates
![Amber Warden wearing a woven wide brimmed hat and orange t-shirt standing on the rim of a river valley](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Amber-e1639003755893-150x150.jpg)
Mapped landslide deposits in Donner Lake, California, from high-resolution seismic data
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney
December 10th, 2021
9 am, CSL 422
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![Christine Sestak wearing a billed hat and puffy vest with the Tetons in the background](https://earth.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MeTeton-scaled-e1639003587930-150x150.jpg)
Sediment analysis of Agua Hedionda coastal lagoon for paleoenvironmental reconstruction
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney
December 10th, 2021
9:30 am, CSL 422
watch Christine’s defense here