Thesis and Dissertation Announcements:
August Defenses:
Masters’ Student, Timothy Heming, advised by Dr. Matthew Lachniet, will be defending his thesis titled:
“Late Pleistocene-Holocene Paleohydroclimate of Southern Mexico”
Hosted in LFG room 201A on Friday, August 28th at 9:00am
Previous Defenses
Spring 2026 Defenses
March Defenses:
Masters’ Student Mary Clarich, advised by Dr. Yan Hu, will be defending her thesis titled:
“Preservation of Sedimentary Rubidium Isotopic Signatures In Subduction Zones: Insights from the Schistes Lustrés HP-UHP Metasediments, Western Alps”
Hosted in LFG room 202 at 12:00 PM on Tuesday March 31st
Ph.D Candidate Sierra Ramsey, advised by Dr. Arya Udry, will be defending her dissertation titled:
“2D and 3D Insights Into the Formation and Emplacement of Martian Meteorites”
Hosted in LFG room 202 at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31st
April Defenses:
Master’s student Eunice Ledres, advised by Dr. Hannes Bauser, will be defending her thesis titled:
“Harnessing Backcasting to Identify Drivers of Critical Warming at Hoover Dam Using Hydrodynamic and Machine Learning Models”
Hosted in LFG room 202 at 11:00 PM on April 1st
Ph.D Student, Gare Ambrose-Igho, advised by Dr. Dave Kreamer, will be defending her dissertation titled:
“”Transboundary Groundwater Flow between Niger and Nigeria in the Iullemeden Aquifer System”
Hosted in LFG room 201A on April 2nd at 11:30 am