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Commencement 2022 - Congratulations to All EAPS Graduates
Fri May 27th, 2022
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BACHELOR'S DEGREES
| NAME | ACADEMIC PROGRAM AREA | ADVISOR | THESIS TITLE | |
| Juliana Drozd | Geoscience | Roger Summons | Ecology, evolution, and carbonate precipitation | |
| Lin Hou | Atmospheres, Oceans & Climate | Mick Follows | Quantification of Aggregate Formation in Prochlorococcus | |
| Zoe Levitt | Geoscience | Roger Fu (Harvard), Oliver Jagoutz | Paleomagnetic Constraints on Assembly of the Superior Craton: Results from the 2.72-2.69 Ga Vermilion District of the Wawa Subprovince, MN | |
| Christine Padalino | Environmental Systems | Susan Solomon | Evaluating the Time of Emergence of Heat Waves using Different Definitions | |
| Elena Romashkova | Environmental Systems | Jason Soderblom; Taylor Perron | Analysis of Transient Fog Features on Titan | |
| Amanda Vanegas Ledesma | Atmospheres, Oceans & Climate | Daniel Rothman | Nonlinear Amplification of Extreme Climate-Carbon Cycle Events | |
| Lily Zhang | Atmospheres, Oceans & Climate | Dara Entekhabi | Evaporative Controls on Convective Adjustment: A Satellite-Based Assessment of Atmospheric Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) During Surface Drydowns |
MASTER'S DEGREES
* Denotes degree awarded jointly with the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program
| NAME | ACADEMIC PROGRAM AREA | ADVISOR | THESIS TITLE | |
| Elise Cutts | Earth and Planetary Science | Tanya Bosak | Marine carbohydrate-active enzymes illuminate microbial ecology, evolution, and carbonate precipitation | |
| Timothy Getscher | Physical Oceanography | * | Irina Rypina (WHOI) | Observing and Quantifying Kinematic Properties and Lagrangian Coherent Structures of Ocean Flows using Drifter Experiments |
| Megan Guenther | Earth and Planetary Science | Timothy L. Grove | Origin of the Lunar Ultramafic Glasses Constrained by Experiments and Models | |
| Kyle Kausch | Physical Oceanography | * | Robert Todd (WHOI) | Characterizing the Impact of Underwater Glider Observations on the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) in the Gulf Stream Region |
| Peter Roemer | Physical Oceanography | * | Sylvia Cole (WHOI) | Stratification Dynamics in the Beaufort Gyre |
| Mathilde Wimez | Geophysics | William Frank | Systematic Exploration of a Volcanic Long-Period Earthquake Swarm with a Recursive Matched-Filter Search |
DOCTORAL DEGREES
* Denotes degree awarded jointly with the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program
| NAME | ACADEMIC PROGRAM AREA | ADVISOR | THESIS TITLE | |
| Lydia Babcock-Adams | Chemical Oceanography | * | Dan Repeta (WHOI) | Molecular Characterization of Organically Bound Copper in the Marine Environment |
| Eric Beauce | Geophysics | Robert van der Hilst | Analyzing the Collective Behavior of Earthquakes to Understand Fault Mechanisms Better | |
| Santiago Benavides | Atmospheric Science | Glenn Flierl | Turbulence in Geophysics: From Rotating, Ionized Fluids to Sediment Transport | |
| Henri Drake | Physical Oceanography | * | Raffaele Ferrari | Control of the Abyssal Ocean Overturning Circulation by Mixing-Driven Bottom Boundary Layers |
| Margaret Duffy | Atmospheric Science | Paul O'Gorman | An Energetic Perspective of the Tropical Atmosphere and Its Response to Climate Warming | |
| Michaela Fendrock | Marine Geology & Geophysics | * | David McGee | Questions and Clarity: Insights from Applying Computational Methods to Paleoclimate Archives |
| Mara Freilich | Physical Oceanography | * | Glenn Flierl, Amala Mahadevan (WHOI) | Vertical Fluxes in the Upper Ocean |
| Samuel Goldberg | Geology | Taylor Perron | Climatic and Tectonic Controls on Continental River Systems | |
| Joleen Heiderich | Physical Oceanography | * | Robert Todd (WHOI) | The Gulf Stream: Along-Stream Evolution of Volume Transport and Water Properties Observed by Underwater Gliders |
| Tianyi Huang | Chemical Oceanography | * | Edward Boyle | Investigating Chromium Cycling in Global Oxygen Deficient Zones with Chromium Isotopes |
| Riss Kellogg | Chemical Oceanography | * | Makoto Sato (WHOI) | Assessing the potential for zinc limitation of marine primary production: proteomic characterization of the low zinc stress response in marine diatoms |
| Jennifer Kenyon | Chemical Oceanography | * | Ken Buesseler (WHOI) | Anthropogenic and Natural Radioisotopes as Tracers for Contaminant Sources and Particulate Fluxes |
| Ziwei Li | Atmospheric Science | Paul O'Gorman | Understanding the Characteristics of Precipitation and Their Response to Climate Change | |
| Jonathan Lin | Atmospheric Science | Kerry Emanuel | On Intraseasonal Variability in the Tropics: Tropical Cyclones, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and Equatorial Waves | |
| Sheron Luk | Chemical Oceanography | * | Matthew Charette (WHOI) | Constraining Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Delivery of Coastal Ecosystem Services |
| Shujuan Mao | Geophysics | Robert van der Hilst | Monitoring and Imaging Seismic Velocity Changes across Temporal and Spatial Scales | |
| Harry Matchette-Downes | Geophysics | Robert van der Hilst | Some Studies on the Computation and Interpretation of Seismic Interface Waves and Modes in Earth’s Mantle | |
| Clara Maurel | Planetary Sciences | Benjamin Weiss | Magnetic Properties of Iron Meteorites and Their Parent Bodies | |
| Craig McLean | Chemical Oceanography | * | Edward Boyle, Elizabeth Kujawinski (WHOI) | Understanding how Nutrient Stress Distinguishes Phytoplankton Groups |
| Julia Middleton | Chemical Oceanography | * | Tristan Horner (WHOI) | Barium isotope cycling in the marine environment: Pathways of fractionation and implications for paleoceanographic applications |
| Astrid Pacini | Physical Oceanography | * | Robert Pickart (WHOI) | Structure, Variability, and Dynamics of the West Greenland Boundary Current System |
| Mallory Ringham | Marine Geology & Geophysics | * | Zhaohui 'Aleck' Wang (WHOI) | High resolution, in-situ studies of seawater carbonate chemistry and carbon cycling in coastal systems using Channelized Optical System II |
| Tajana Schneiderman | Planetary Science | Sara Seager | Probing planetary system histories via observations, experiments, and modelling of circumstellar gas and dust | |
| Caue Sciascia Borlina | Planetary Science | Benjamin Weiss | Constraining Planetary Science Problems with Micro-Paleomagetism | |
| Haitao Shang | Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Daniel Rothman | Theory and Evolutionary Evidence of the Autocatalytic Oxygenation of Earth's Surface Environment | |
| William Shinevar | Marine Geology & Geophysics | * | Oliver Jagoutz | Inferring the Thermomechanical State of the Lithosphere Using Geophysical and Geochemical Observables |
| Rohini Shivamoggi | Atmospheric Science | Kerry Emanuel | Secondary Eyewall Formation as a Response to Evolving Tropical Cyclone Wind Structure | |
| Eric Stansifer | Climate Physics & Chemistry | Daniel Rothman | Theory of the Growth and Shape of Laplacian Stream Networks | |
| Maya Stokes | Geology | Taylor Perron | Dynamic Rivers Drive Landscape Change and Biological Evolution | |
| Hongyu Sun | Geophysics | Laurent Demanet | Learning Seismic Waves for Imaging the Earth | |
| Jeehyun Yang | Geology, Geochemistry, Geobiology | William Green | Experiment and Modeling Combined Kinetic Study of Bottom-up Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formations |