ALUMNI
Below is a list of our illustrious former graduate students and post-docs.
Sophia Macarewich, PhD 2021.
Thesis Title: Modeling ocean dynamics and vegetation-climate interactions under evolving CO2 during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age.
Alex Thompson, PhD 2021.
Thesis Title: Modeling the regional and global climate responses to Holocene land surface change.
Phoebe Aron, PhD 2020.
Thesis Title: Tracing water cycling and variability in forests and moutainous regions with stable water isotopes.
Hong Shen, PhD 2020.
Thesis Title: Mountain-climate interactions in the Himalayan-Tibet and Andean Orogens.
Jiang Zhu, Post-doc (2017-2020). Now a Project Science at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
Project: Simulation and data assimilation of warm (Eocene) paleoclimate
Chris Skinner, Post-doc (2014-2018). Now at an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Project: Climate change response to CO2-induced plant physiological changes
Richard Fiorella, PhD 2016. Now a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah.
Thesis Title: Understanding hydrological cycling at high elevations and in forest canopies using stable water isotopes.
Clay Tabor, PhD 2015. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut.
Thesis Title: From greenhouse to icehouse: Understanding Earth's climate extremes through models and proxies.
Ran Feng, PhD 2015. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut.
Thesis Title: Detangling climate and topographic history from Cenozoic proxy records: Examples from western North America and the Andes.
Daniel Lowry, MS 2013. Now a Postdoc at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand.
Thesis Title: Thresholds for Paleozoic ice sheet initiation
Louise Jeffery, PhD 2013. Now a Climate Policy Analyst at NewClimate Institute in Berlin.
Thesis Title: A climate perspective on paleoelevation and erosion processes in the Andes
Jing Zhou, PhD 2011. Now a software developer at AuriQ Systems in Pasadena, CA.
Thesis Title: The mid-Cretaceous greenhouse climate and marine stable oxygen isotopes: insights from general circulation model experiments
Daniel Horton, PhD 2011. Now Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Thesis Title: Climate Dynamics of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Adam Herrington, MSc 2010. Now a PhD student at Stony Brook University.
Thesis Title: Terminating the Last Interglacial: The Role of Ice Sheet-Climate Feedbacks in a GCM Asynchronously Coupled to an Ice Sheet Model
Nadja Insel, PhD 2010. Now an Assistant Professor at Northeastern Illinois University.
Thesis Title: South American Climate Dynamics and Evolution of the Andes
Stephanie Olen, MS 2010. Now a postdoc at University of Potsdam.
Thesis Title: Glacial Erosion in British Columbia
Heather Hill, Post-doc (2008-2009).
Project: Cretaceous ice sheets? A GCM-ice sheet model study
Shih-yu Lee, PhD 2008. Now Research Fellow at Academia Sineca.
Dissertation Title: Orbital control & climate feedbacks on ice ages during the Plio-Pleistocene
Cheryl Peyser, MS 2007. Now PhD Student at University of Arizona.
Dissertation Title: Controls on Permo-Carboniferous precipitation over Tropical Pangea: A GCM Sensitivity Study
Thomas Foster, MS 2004. Now Catastrophe Projections Actuarial Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Seattle.
Thesis Title: Simulated response of the tropical Pacific climate and ENSO teleconnections to glacial conditions
Tran Huynh, MS 2004. Now Special Projects Manager at University of Southern California
Thesis Title: Rising atmospheric pCO2 and the end-Triassic mass extiction
Matthew Kirby, Post-doc (2002-3). Now Professor at Cal State Fullerton.
Area of study: Paleolimnology of Lake Elsinore, Southern California
Sophia Macarewich, PhD 2021.
Thesis Title: Modeling ocean dynamics and vegetation-climate interactions under evolving CO2 during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age.
Alex Thompson, PhD 2021.
Thesis Title: Modeling the regional and global climate responses to Holocene land surface change.
Phoebe Aron, PhD 2020.
Thesis Title: Tracing water cycling and variability in forests and moutainous regions with stable water isotopes.
Hong Shen, PhD 2020.
Thesis Title: Mountain-climate interactions in the Himalayan-Tibet and Andean Orogens.
Jiang Zhu, Post-doc (2017-2020). Now a Project Science at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
Project: Simulation and data assimilation of warm (Eocene) paleoclimate
Chris Skinner, Post-doc (2014-2018). Now at an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Project: Climate change response to CO2-induced plant physiological changes
Richard Fiorella, PhD 2016. Now a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah.
Thesis Title: Understanding hydrological cycling at high elevations and in forest canopies using stable water isotopes.
Clay Tabor, PhD 2015. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut.
Thesis Title: From greenhouse to icehouse: Understanding Earth's climate extremes through models and proxies.
Ran Feng, PhD 2015. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut.
Thesis Title: Detangling climate and topographic history from Cenozoic proxy records: Examples from western North America and the Andes.
Daniel Lowry, MS 2013. Now a Postdoc at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand.
Thesis Title: Thresholds for Paleozoic ice sheet initiation
Louise Jeffery, PhD 2013. Now a Climate Policy Analyst at NewClimate Institute in Berlin.
Thesis Title: A climate perspective on paleoelevation and erosion processes in the Andes
Jing Zhou, PhD 2011. Now a software developer at AuriQ Systems in Pasadena, CA.
Thesis Title: The mid-Cretaceous greenhouse climate and marine stable oxygen isotopes: insights from general circulation model experiments
Daniel Horton, PhD 2011. Now Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Thesis Title: Climate Dynamics of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Adam Herrington, MSc 2010. Now a PhD student at Stony Brook University.
Thesis Title: Terminating the Last Interglacial: The Role of Ice Sheet-Climate Feedbacks in a GCM Asynchronously Coupled to an Ice Sheet Model
Nadja Insel, PhD 2010. Now an Assistant Professor at Northeastern Illinois University.
Thesis Title: South American Climate Dynamics and Evolution of the Andes
Stephanie Olen, MS 2010. Now a postdoc at University of Potsdam.
Thesis Title: Glacial Erosion in British Columbia
Heather Hill, Post-doc (2008-2009).
Project: Cretaceous ice sheets? A GCM-ice sheet model study
Shih-yu Lee, PhD 2008. Now Research Fellow at Academia Sineca.
Dissertation Title: Orbital control & climate feedbacks on ice ages during the Plio-Pleistocene
Cheryl Peyser, MS 2007. Now PhD Student at University of Arizona.
Dissertation Title: Controls on Permo-Carboniferous precipitation over Tropical Pangea: A GCM Sensitivity Study
Thomas Foster, MS 2004. Now Catastrophe Projections Actuarial Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Seattle.
Thesis Title: Simulated response of the tropical Pacific climate and ENSO teleconnections to glacial conditions
Tran Huynh, MS 2004. Now Special Projects Manager at University of Southern California
Thesis Title: Rising atmospheric pCO2 and the end-Triassic mass extiction
Matthew Kirby, Post-doc (2002-3). Now Professor at Cal State Fullerton.
Area of study: Paleolimnology of Lake Elsinore, Southern California
