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Theses Defenses of 2021-2022
Summer 2022 Candidates
Ryne Adams	Future groundwater depletion may exceed long-term sustainability goals set by SGMA in the Central Valley, California, USA (2020 – 2070) Ryne Adams MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Matthew Weingarten August 4th, 2022 9 am, GMCS 129 watch Ryne’s defense
Nick Poser	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 watch Nick’s defense
James Futty	High-resolution geophysical characterization of geology and acoustic water column signatures in Detroit Reservoir, Oregon James Futty MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney August 5th, 2022 10 am, GMCS 129 watch Jimmy’s defense
Te-Yang Yeh	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	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 watch Zoe’s defense
Daniel Knorr	Building Out a Monitoring Well Database to Evaluate Future Groundwater Sustainability in the Southern Central Valley Daniel Knorr BS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Matthew Weingarten May 6th, 2022 11 am CSL 422 watch Danny’s defense
William Buckley	Estimating slip distribution along the southernmost ~80 km of the San Andreas fault by examining tectonically offset geomorphic features William Buckley MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rockwell May 6th, 2022 12:30 pm CSL 422 watch Will’s defense
Hannah Carney	Differentiating the Geochemical Signature of Northern Papua New Guinea Margin Sediments from 20 kyr ago to Present Hannah Carney MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Samantha Bova May 6th, 2022 1:15 pm CSL 422 watch Hannah’s defense
Fall 2021 Candidates
Amber Warden	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 watch Amber’s defense here
Christine Sestak	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