Zvi Karcz (Ph.D., 2005).
Dissertation topic: An observational and experimental study of pressure solution
(Advisor, C.H. Scholz). Present position: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
Company, New Jersey.
Matt Mihlbachler (Ph.D., 2005).
Dissertation topic: Phylogenetic systematics of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia,
Perissodactyla) (Advisor: Jin Meng). Present position: American Museum of
Natural History, New York.
Emma Rainforth (Ph.D., 2005).
Dissertation topic: Ichnotaxonomy of the fossil footprints of the Connecticut
Valley (early Jurassic, Newark Supergroup, Connecticut and Massachusetts)
(Advisor: P.E. Olsen). Present position: Assistant Professor, Ramapo College, New Jersey.
Malka Machlus (Ph.D., 2004).
Dissertation topic: Orbital forcing of continental Eocene climate: Detailed
stratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Green River Formation in Wyoming
(Advisor: P.E. Olsen). Present position: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Diego Pol (Ph.D., 2004).
Dissertation topic: Phylogenetic relationships of basal Sauropodomorph
dinosaurs (Advisor, M. Norell). Present position: Ohio State University.
MaryAnn Malinconico
(Ph.D., 2002). Dissertation topic: Lacustrine organic sedimentation,
organic metamorphism, and thermal history of selected early Mesozoic
rift basins, eastern U.S.A. (Advisor, P.E. Olsen). Present position:
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania.
Candace Major (Ph.D., 2002). Dissertation topic: Non-eustatic controls
on sea level in semi-enclosed basins (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan). Present
position: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts.
Stewart Wills (Ph.D., 2000). Dissertation
topic: Evaluating models of detachment faulting (Advisor, M.H. Anders).
Present position: Science, Washington, D.C.
Jia Fang (Ph.D., 2000).
Dissertation topic: Styles and distribution of continental extension
derived from the rift basins of eastern Papua New Guinea (Advisor,
J.C. Mutter). Present position: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory–International
Research Institute for Climate Prediction, New York.
Peter LeTourneau (Ph.D.,
1999). Dissertation topic: Tectonic co-evolution of the Late Triassic
Taylorsville and Richmond rift basins: Results of an integrated stratigraphic,
structural and paleomagnetic analysis (Advisor, P.E. Olsen). Present
position: Convent of the Sacred Heart School, New York.
Marc Carrasco (Ph.D.,
1998). Dissertation topic: Morphological variation in the dentition
of kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys) and its use in distinguishing
species in the fossil record (Advisor, M.C. McKenna). Present position:
University of California, Berkeley.
Jan Vermilye (Ph.D.,
1996). Dissertation topic: The growth of natural fracture systems:
A fracture mechanics approach (Advisor, C.H. Scholz). Present position:
Assistant Professor, Whittier College, California.
John McGinnis (Ph.D.,
1995). Dissertation topic: Stratigraphic discontinuities and their
implication for continental margin evolution (Advisors, G.D. Karner
and D.E. Hayes). Present position: Amerada-Hess, Houston, Texas.
Vic DiVenere (Ph.D.,
1994). Dissertation topic: Paleomagnetic results from Marie Byrd
Land, West Antarctica: Tectonic implications for West Antarctica and
the Atlantic-Pacific circuit (Advisor, D.V. Kent). Present position:
Associate Professor, Long Island University-C.W. Post campus, New
York.
John Hopper (Ph.D.,
1994). Dissertation topic: Studies of the evolution of continental
rifts (Advisor, W.R. Buck). Present position: Assistant Professor,
Texas A&M University, College
Station.
Ulisses Mello (Ph.D.,
1994). Dissertation topic: Thermal and mechanical history of sediments
in extensional basins (Advisors, G.D. Karner and R.N. Anderson). Present
position: IBM, New York.
Carlos Pirmez (Ph.D.,
1994). Dissertation topic: Growth of a submarine meandering channel-levee
system on Amazon fan (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan). Present position: ExxonMobil
Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas.
Weibin Wang (Ph.D.,
1994). Dissertation topic: Experimental and theoretical studies
of rock friction and wear (Advisor, C.H. Scholz). Deceased, 2001.
Sarah Fowell (Ph.D.,
1993). Dissertation topic: Palynology of Triassic/Jurassic boundary
sections from the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America: Implications
for catastrophic extinction scenarios (Advisor, P.E. Olsen). Present
position: Associate Professor, University of Alaska.
David Reynolds (Ph.D.,
1993). Dissertation topic: Sedimentary basin evolution: tectonic
and climatic interaction (Advisors, M.S. Steckler and P.E. Olsen).
Present position: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas.
Cecilia McHugh (Ph.D.,
1993). Dissertation topic: Submarine canyon and deep-sea fan systems
of passive and active continental margins (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan).
Present position: Professor, City University of New York, Queen's
College.
Jin Meng (Ph.D., 1992).
Dissertation topic: Craniodental morphologies and systematics of Didymoconidae
(Insectivora, Mammalia) (Advisor, M.C. McKenna). Present position:
Assistant Curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Mark Chandler (Ph.D.,
1991). Dissertation topic: The Early Jurassic climate: General
Circulation Model simulations and the paleoclimate record (Advisor,
D.H. Rind). Present position: Goddard Institute for Space Studies
(NASA), New York.
Karen Schmitt (Ph.D.,
1991). Dissertation topic: Sandstone intrusions of the Andean
fold-thrust
belt (51-54°S): Implications for the paleohydrogeologic evolution of the southernmost
Andes (Advisor, I.W.D. Dalziel). Present position: Dean of Career Education,
University of Alaska
Southeast, Juneau.
Roy W. Schlische (Ph.D.,
1990). Dissertation topic: Aspects of the structural and stratigraphic
development of early Mesozoic rift basins of eastern North America
(Advisor, P.E. Olsen). Present position: Associate Professor, Rutgers
University, New Jersey.
Angela M. Barone (Ph.D.,
1989). Dissertation topic: Morphotectonic evolution of subsea
volcanoes near the boundary of separating plates: examples from rifting
and spreading stages (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan). Present position: San
Diego Art Institute, California.
Patrick L. Williams
(Ph.D., 1989). Dissertation topic: Aspects of earthquake geology
and seismotectonics of the southern San Andreas and related faults,
southern California (Advisor, L.R. Sykes). Present position: Lawrence
Berkeley Lab., California.
John D. Miller (Ph.D.,
1988). Dissertation topic: Paleomagnetism applied to tectonic
problems in the Appalachians of North America (Advisor, D.V. Kent).
Amoco, Houston, Texas.
Kenneth S. Coles (Ph.D.,
1988). Dissertation topic: Stratigraphy and structure of the
Pinecone sequence, Roberts Mountains allochthon, Nevada, and aspects
of mid-Paleozoic sedimentation and tectonics in the Cordilleran
geosyncline (Advisor, R. Schweickert). Present position: Assistant
Professor of Earth Science Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Audrey A. Massa (Ph.D.,
1988). Dissertation topic: The origin of sandy shore-parallel
ridges and the formation of modern spits: examples from the western
end of Fire Island, New York (Advisor, J.E. Sanders). Present position:
Environmental Protection Agency, New York.
Suzanne B. O'Connell
(Ph.D., 1986). Dissertation topic: Anatomy of modern submarine
depositional and distributary systems (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan). Present
position: Associate Professor, Wesleyan University, Connecticut.
Michelle A. Kominz
(Ph.D., 1986). Dissertation topic: Geophysical modeling studies
(Advisor, W.C. Pitman, III). Present position: Associate Professor,
Western Michigan University.
William J. Devlin (Ph.D.,
1986). Dissertation topic: Geologic and isotopic studies related
to latest Proterozoic–early Cambrian rifting and initiation of
a passive continental margin, southern British Columbia, Canada, and
north-eastern Washington, U.S.A. (Advisor, G.C. Bond). Present position:
Exxon Ventures, Houston, Texas.
Craig Nicholson (Ph.D.,
1985). Dissertation topic: Crustal structure and fault kinematics
from the analysis of microearthquake data (Advisor, L.R. Sykes). Present
position: Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Julian Thorne (Ph.D.,
1985). Dissertation topic: Studies in stratology: the physics
of stratigraphy (Advisor, A.B. Watts). Present position: Chevron,
California.
John A. Farre (Ph.D.,
1985). Dissertation topic: The importance of mass wasting processes
on the continental slope (Advisor, W.B.F. Ryan). Present position:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas.
