Theses Defenses

Ke Xu

PhD candidate – San Diego State University and UCSD Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Committee: Kim Olsen (Chair, SDSU), Joel P. Conte (UCSD), Alice-Agnes Gabriel (UCSD), Shuo Ma (SDSU), Samuel Shen (SDSU)

Physics-Based Ground Motion Simulations: from Local Nonlinear Site Effects to Regional Scenario ShakeMaps

April 29, 2026
10:15am – CSL 422
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Sofia McClain-Kane

MS candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Climate and hydrology amplify methane levels in Alaskan lakes

Wednesday, May 6, 2025
10 am – CSL 422
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Alexis English

MS candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Fire, Carbon, and Crisis: Insights from PAHs into the End-Triassic Mass Extinction

Wednesday, May 6, 2025
10:45 am – CSL 422
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Gabby Mann

MS candidate
Advisor: Dr. Samantha Bova

 Southern Westerly Winds Regulate Interglacial Atmospheric CO2: Implications to the Holocene CO2 conundrum

Wednesday, May 6, 2025
11:45 pm – CSL 422
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Alec Kelso

MS candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Novel Sulfur Isotope Evidence for Episodic Volcanic Winters during the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province

Wednesday, May 6, 2025
12:30 pm – CSL 422
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