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Dynamics and Observational Implication of Close-in Exoplanet By: Chen Chen Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 06/19/2024
Influence of Magnetic Field Line Draping on Charged Particle Irradiation of Europa’s Surface Ice By: Peter Addison Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 01/12/2024
Last Glacial Maximum Oxygen and Preformed Phosphate Reconstructions and its Linkage to Atmospheric CO2 Drawdown and Ocean Circulation By: Tyler Vollmer Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/09/2023
Uncertainties in Projections of Tropical Precipitation and Atmospheric Circulation and their Remote Impacts By: Kezhou (Melody) Lu Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/17/2023
Next Generation Earthquake Monitoring: Harnessing Deep Learning for Enhanced Seismic Phase Detection and Association By: Y. Lindsay Chuang Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/17/2023
Insights into Ozone and PM2.5 Pollution: A Case Study in Spring China and Trend Analysis across the Continental United States By: Kezhen Chong Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/14/2023
Understanding zinc incorporation in Antarctic diatom frustules By: Erin Griffith Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/07/2023
A deep look into continental tectonic processes using high-resolution earthquake catalogs By: Miguel Neves Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/13/2023
THE Habitable Ocean World Box (HOWBOX) Model: Coupling Europa’s Thermal and Chemical Evolution By: Elizabeth Spiers Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/13/2023
Surface Gravity Waves in Global Climate Models: Development, Evaluation and Optimization By: Olawale Ikuyajolu Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/10/2023
Utilizing Subsurface-Dwelling Foraminifera for Quantitative Paleoclimate Reconstructions By: Karim Lakhani Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/12/2023
Observations of Peroxyacyl Nitrates in polluted and remote troposphere By: Young Ro Lee Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/20/2023
Geochemical Constraints on the Formation of Authigenic Clay Minerals During Reverse Weathering By: Simin Zhao Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 08/18/2023
Characterization of Water-soluble Metals in Urban Aerosols and Comparative Analysis of PM2.5 Oxidative Potential in a Subarctic City By: Yuhan Yang Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/16/2023
Production of Light-independent Reactive Oxygen Species during Microbially-mediated Fe(II)/Fe(III) redox cycling and its Application in the Degradation of Organic Contaminant By: Nan Xie Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/22/2022
Advanced Methods for Real-time Identification and Determination of Seismic Events By: Louisa Barama Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/18/2022
The impact of climate variability and change on the physical and social-ecological dynamics of the Kuroshio and North Pacific Transition Zone By: Giangiacomo Navarra Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/18/2022
Thallium Isotope Investigation of Paleo Ocean Redox and Carbon Dioxide Removal via Enhanced Rock Weathering By: Zijian Li Subject: 07/15/2022
Improved Understanding of Intraplate Earthquakes in the Southeastern USA with Matched Filter Detection By: Clara Daniels Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 06/30/2022
Antarctic Ice Shelves as Ocean World Analogs By: Justin Lawrence Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 06/29/2022
Understanding Microseismicity Behavior and Their Response to Earth Processes by Improving Earthquake Catalogs By: Qiushi Zhai Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 06/30/2022
Deep biosphere microbial protein interactions with clathrates By: Abigail Johnson Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/11/2022
Modeling Ocean Circulation and Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Drake Passage By: Annika Jersild Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/21/2022
Europa's Surface and Shallow Water: Ice Shell Activity and Implications For Habitability By: Chase Chivers Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/20/2022
Speciation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Coal Fly Ash (CFA) By: Pan Liu Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/29/2021
Central Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures Over the Last Glacial Cycle By: Minda Monteagudo Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/15/2021
Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from the Oxidation of Furans Emitted from Biomass Burning and their Possible Impacts on Radiative Forcing By: Taekyu Joo Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/15/2021
Understanding the Sources, Atmospheric Evolution and Radiative Effect of Brown Carbon Aerosol Particles By: Linghan Zeng Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/03/2021
Subsurface Sediment Mobilization on Mars: Insights Provided by Orbital Remote Sensing Datasets By: Angela Dapremont Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 08/17/2021
Modeling and Observations of High-silica Magmatic Systems on Earth and Mars By: Gabriel Eggers Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/14/2021
Satellite Constraint Source specific Nitrogen Oxide Emissions and Isoprene Chemistry in the Southeast United States Evaluations and Implications for Background Ozone By: Qiyang Yan Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/23/2021
Submesoscale Impacts on Tracer Transport in the Gulf of Mexico By: Guangpeng Liu Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/24/2021
Complex network and dynamical system approaches to Climate Science By: Fabrizio Falasca Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/31/2021
Projected changes in a multiscale environment: the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean By: Filippos Tagklis Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/02/2020
Large scale high-frequency seismic wavefield reconstruction, acquisition via rank minimization and sparsitypromoting source estimation By: Shashin Sharan Subject: Ph.D. Proposal Presentation 10/27/2020
Mineralogical and Geochemical Controls on Polyphosphate Transformation and Mineralization in Marine Sedimentary Environments By: Biao Wan Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/09/2020
Plasma Interaction Signatures of Plumes at Europa By: Hannes Arnold Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/29/2020
Pacific Teleconnections Dynamics in a Changing Climate: Theories, Observations, and Models By: Youngji Joh Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 09/03/2020
Organic Aerosol Composition in the Southeastern United States and the Role of Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Acids By: Yunle Chen Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/10/2020
Improved Understanding of Interaction with Waveform Matching Method By: Chenyu Li Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 05/20/2020
Oxygen uptake and vertical transport during deep convection events in the Labrador Sea and its interannual variability By: Daoxun Sun Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/11/2020
Summertime Ozone Pollution in China: Observations and Simulations By: Hang Qu Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/11/2020
Understanding the global impacts of biomass burning aerosols and marine biogenic VOC By: Aoxing Zhang Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/13/2020
Seismic Imaging for Extended Image Volumes with Source Estimation By: Mengmeng Yang Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/11/2020
Interactions Between Reactive Nitrogen and Manganese: Implications for Marine Nitrous Oxide Cycling By: Amanda R. Cavazos Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/06/2020
Importance of manganese oxides in carbon remineralization in river-dominated continental margins and the biogeochemical cycling of arsenic By: Shannon Owings Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 02/27/2020
Understanding Bioaerosols Atmospheric Lifecycle, Abundance Variability and Impacts By: Arnaldo Negron Marty Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/04/2019
Understanding ocean iron dynamics and impacts on marine ecosystems By: Anh Le-Duy Pham Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/18/2019
Dynamics, Variability, and Model Representations of U.S. Hydrological Extremes By: Siyu Zhao Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/17/2019
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability Since the Last Glaciation: Insights from a Novel Multiproxy Approach By: Shannon Valley Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/09/2019
Multiphase Reactive Transport in Planetary Ices By: Jacob Buffo Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/03/2019
Anthropogenic and Natural NOx Emissions over the United States: Comprehensive Evaluations and Implications for Surface Ozone Prediction By: Jianfeng Li Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/26/2019
Postseismic Response Following the 2012 Mw 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica Earthquake By: Tiegan Hobbs Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/08/2019
Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of Uranus’ Magnetosphere under Different IMF By: Xin Cao Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/19/2018
Examining the spatiotemporal variability and direct radiative impacts of mineral dust in Central Asia using a coupled regional modeling system and satellite-based sensors By: Longlei Li Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/26/2018
Callisto: Signatures of Plasma Interaction, Induction, and Energetic Particle Dynamics at the Galilean Moon By: Lucas Liuzzo Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/19/2018
The Role of Meridional Modes in Pacific Climate Variability and Change By: Giovanni Liguori Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/08/2018
Role of Thiols in Microbial Metal Reduction and Importance of Organic-Fe(III) Complexes on the Benthic Flux of Iron from Continental Margin Sediments By: Eryn Eitel Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/26/2018
The impacts of atmospheric radiation on studies of planetary habitability By: George McDonald Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 07/11/2018
Understanding earthquake triggering and fault slip behavior based on complete earthquake catalogs By: Dongdong Yao Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 06/07/2018
Wildfires in Earth System: The Driver, Transport, and Feedback By: Ziming Ke Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 04/25/2018
Effects of metal impurity on the structure and reactivity of manganese oxides By: Shiliang Zhao Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/28/2018
Geochemical controls of the microbially mediated redox cycling of uranium and iron By: Keaton Belli Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/09/2018
Improved understanding of extent and size of tsunamigenic earthquakes through geodetic and tsunami datasets By: Amy Williamson Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/16/2018
Oceanographic controls of hydrocarbon degradation in the Gulf of Mexico By: Xiaoxu Sun Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/13/2018
Hydrocarbon degradation by bacteria in coastal environment of northern Gulf of Mexico sediment after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill By: Boryoung Shin Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 03/15/2018
Exploiting Subsurface Ocean Dynamics for Decadal Predictability in the Upwelling Systems of the Eastern North Pacific By: Maria Mercedes Pozo Buil Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/03/2017
Tropospheric O3 modeling study: Contributions of anthropogenic and biogenic sources to O3-CO and O3-CH2O correlations By: Ye Cheng Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/27/2017
Applications of satellite retrievals in deriving pollutant emissions and trends By: Ruixiong Zhang Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 11/02/2017
A Multiscale Analysis of Heat Transfer in Porous Media By: Hamid Karani Subject: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense 10/27/2017

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