(Group Picture Summer 2021)

Alumni: Postdoctoral Researchers (in reverse chronological order)

Johannes Buchen (2018-2021): Seismological Laboratory Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech. Now Juniorprofessor, Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, Universität Bayreuth, Germany.

Barbara Ratschbacher (2017- 2020, co-advised): Geology Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech. Now Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis.

Quentin Brissuad (2017-2020, co-advised): Geophysics Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech. Now Staff Scientist at NORSAR, Norway.

Justin Ko (2016-2019, co-advised): Geophysics Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech. Now Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Gregory J. Finkelstein (2014-2017): Seismological Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech. Senior Director of Marketing and Operations, Double Helix Optics. Jed Mosenfelder (2012-2013, co-advised): Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech. Now Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, MN.

Bin Chen (2009-2011): Texaco Prized Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech. Now Professor, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i.

Hasan Yavaş (2007-2010, co-advised): COMPRES Postdoctoral researcher at Sector 3, Advanced Photon Source, IL. Now Staff Scientist at Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA.

Kirill Zhuravlev (2007 – 2008): Postdoctoral Researcher in Geophysics at Caltech. Now with Varsity Tutors (a Nerdy software development company); LabVIEW Developer.

Alumni: Graduate Students (in reverse chronological order)

Olivia Pardo, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech (2023). Now Postdoctoral Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

Vasilije Dobrosavljevic Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech (2022). Now Postdoctoral Fellow at Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington D.C. (Vasilije's website)

Voon Hui Lai, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2020 (co-advised). Now Postdoctoral Scholar, Australia National University.

Rachel Morrison, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2019. Now with Upstream Research Group, Exxon, Houston, TX.

Riccardo Reali, Ph.D. 2018 (co-advised), Université de Lille, France.

Itaru Ohira, Ph.D. 2018 (co-advised with Prof. Ohtani), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, Japan.

Natalia Solomatova, Ph.D Geophysics, Caltech 2017. Now Senior Scientist & Research Manager, Arca Climate, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Dongzhou Zhang, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2014. Now Beamline scientist at PX2-GSECARS of the Advanced Photon Source, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Zhongwen Zhan, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2013 (co-advised). Now Professor of Geophysics, Caltech.

June Wicks, Ph.D. Geochemistry, Caltech 2013. Now Assistant Professor in Earth & Planetary Sciences with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.

Aaron Wolf , Ph.D Planetary Sciences, Caltech 2013 (co-advised). Now Research Scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA.

Emily Hamecher, Ph.D. Geology, Caltech 2013 (co-advised). Now on the Teaching Faculty at California State University, Fullerton.

Caitlin Murphy, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2012. Now Group Manager and Senior Analyst in the Impacts Analysis Group within the Strategic Energy Analysis Centerat the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Boulder, CO.

Daniel Bower, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2012 (co-advised). Now Oberassistent, Center for Space Habitability & Ambizione Fellow (Computational Geophysics: Evolution of Terrestrial Interiors), Universität Bern.

YoungHee Kim, Ph.D. Geophysics, Caltech 2011 (co-advised). Now Professor, Solid Earth Geophysics, Seoul National University.

Alumni: Undergraduate Students (in reverse chronological order)

Nina Gilkyson, WAVE Fellow, Summer 2021. Physics Major, Mount Holyoke College

Chenyue (Lyn) Li, B.S. 2019, 3/2 Program: Bryn Mawr College and Caltech. Now at Cornerstone Research as an Analyst, Los Angeles, CA.

Ayya Alieva, B.S. Computational Sciences, Caltech 2019. Now a Ph.D. student in A.I. research, Stanford.

Cijin Zhou (2019, Visiting undergraduate student from USTC). Now Caltech geophysics graduate student.

Tyler Perez, B.S. Planetary Science 2018, Caltech. Now Postdoctoral Fellow at Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington D.C.

Matthew Diamond, undergraduate, B.S. Geochemistry, Caltech 2013. Now Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL.

William Steinhardt, undergraduate, B.S. Geophysics, Caltech 2011. Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA.

Alumni: High School Students and Teachers

Amelie Nicolini
Research Technician Assistant, Summer 2022
Supported by the National Science Foundation

Chuong Vu
Chemistry and Earth Sciences Teacher, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Research Experience for Teachers (RET), UC Santa Barbara

Ed Guzman
Graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, Glendale Unified School District

Margaret Yu
Graduate of Mark Keppel High School, Alhambra Unified School District
Now at MIT