People in the UCSC Hydrogeology Research Group
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This is a partial list of folks who have been involved in some way with the UCSC Hydrogeology group. Please let me know if I left anyone out!
Abdellah Cherkaoi (2000-02), Ph. D. from University of Washington (2000), participated in RetroFlux (2000) and first TicoFlux (2001) expeditions, crafted graphically-driven software for processing heat flow data using MATLAB. Last reported location: somewhere in France...
Philip Stauffer (1999), Ph. D. from UCSC (with B. Bekins and C. Moore), worked with extensively with FEHM to model heat-fluids-solutes-gas transport in a range of hydrogeologic environments, modified the UCSC version of the code to handle a broader P-T range than the stock code, made other improvements, now on staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
Priya Ganguli (PhD student), BS from Indiana University in Geological Sciences, MS from UCSC in Environmental Toxicology, interested in the speciation, transport, and fate of mercury, geomorphology and hydrology.
Tess Russo (PhD student), BS from Tufts University in Mechanical Engineering, and considerable additional coursework from Portland State University in Environmental Science, interested in surface water - ground water interactions and water quality.
Andrew Racz (PhD student), two BS degrees from Lehigh University in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Science, UCSC STEPS Fellow, studying the physics of managed aquifer recharge.
Calla Schmidt (PhD student), BS from University of Oregon, Keck Fellow studied seismology with folks at UO and U Washington, interested in surface water - ground water interactions and influence of managed aquifer recharge on water supply and quality.
Robert Sigler (MS 2007), BS from the Ohio State University, focusing on dynamics and geochemistry of surface water - ground water interactions. Lab and field technician at CSUMB.
Christine Hatch (PhD 2007), BA from Amherst College, joined UCSC Hydrogeology group after a few years of consulting, working on surface water - ground water interactions with an emphasis on thermal methods, also worked at the USGS. Post-doc at UNR with Scott Tyler.
Mike Hutnak (PhD 2007), BS from U Washington, worked for several years as a seagoing marine technician, built numerous oceanographic and lab instruments, research on marine hydrogeology, field work and numerical modeling, JOI/USSAC graduate fellow and IGPP Young Fellow. Post-doc at USGS with Shaul Hurwitz and Steve Ingebritsen.
Greg Stemler (coursework MS, 2005), BS from UCSC, research project focused on geology of the Pajaro Valley and maintenance, calibration and functioning of the Corralitos Creek and Pajaro River stream gauge network, now working for Geomatrix in Oakland, CA.
Chris Ruehl (MS 2004), BS in Chemical Engineering from Rice, worked on biogeochemical cycling and surface water - groundwater interactions. NSF graduate fellow, worked with P. Chuang (UCSC) on Ph. D. in atmospheric chemistry, post-doc at UC Davis.
Patrice Friedmann (MS 2003) - after completing BS in Earth Sciences (Highest Honors in the major!), stayed around for a 5th year MS through Ocean Sciences, co-advised by C. Geoff Wheat (U Alaska) and Peggy Delaney (Ocean Sciences). Patrice's thesis was on seafloor hydrothermal seepage offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula, near the Middle America Trench, Costa Rica.
Glenn Spinelli (PhD, 2002), - BS from Penn State, researched groundwater/estuarine interactions and sediment transport and geotechnical properties in Spring 2002, field work, lab work and modeling, faculty at New Mexico Tech.
Jonathan Cook (MS, 2002), primary advisor: Slawek Tulaczyk, studied landsliding in the Holister Hills area, has taught courses in UCSC Earth Sciences.
Nicole Beck (PhD, 2001), BS and MS from UCSC (Earth Sciences and ETOX), primary PhD advisor: Ken Bruland, researched biogechemical cycling and the physical and chemical dynamics of estuaries, principal at 2nd Nature.
Emily Giambalvo (PhD, 2001), BA, Amherst, PhD research on seafloor hydrogeology and reactive transport, involving laboratory and field measurements and numerical modeling, NSF graduate fellow. Currently staff (on leave) from Sandia National Laboratory.
Joshua Stein (PhD, 2000), B. A. Middlebury, MS Wesleyan, researched seafloor hydrogeology at the ridge crest and on ridge flanks, field measurements and numerical modeling. Currently on staff at Sandia National Laboratory.
Jonathan Lear (MS by coursework, 2000), BS UCSC, emphasized organic chemistry and field methods for his coursework MS, Hydrologist with the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency in Watsonville, CA; now consultant with Balance Hydrologics.
Danielle Widemann (MS by coursework, 2000), working as a consultant in the San Francisco Bay area.
Demian Saffer (PhD, 1999), defended his PhD (primary advisors: Casey Moore and Barb Bekins, USGS) on coupled flows in accretionary systems, NSF fellow, took a post-doc at the USGS with Bekins and Steve Ingebritsen, became a faculty member at University of Wyoming, moved to Penn State a few years later.
Jon Erskine (MS, 1998), BS Occidental College, worked in consulting for a few years, based on his MS research on hydrogeology, geostatistics and sea level change in southern Monterey Bay. Worked for several years at Geomatrix, Inc. in Oakland, CA, now Senior Hydrogeologist with Northgate Environmental Management, Inc.
Deb Underwood (MS, 1998), primary advisor: Eli Silver, based on her research on shallow seismic stratigraphy, hydrogeology, and sea level change in southern Monterey Bay, now working at Geometrics, in Colorado.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Undergraduate students currently participating in hydrogeologic research: Joanna Hoffman,
Nicolas Massetani.
Jared Mednick (BS, 2008), capstone in Electrical Engineering on instrumentation for using heat as a tracer of ground water recharge
Chung Lem (BS, 2008), capstone in Electrical Engineering on instrumentation for using heat as a tracer of ground water recharge
Rosie Saldana (BS, 2008), capstone in Computer Engineering on instrumentation for using heat as a tracer of ground water recharge
Mark Esguerra (BS, 2008), capstone in Computer Engineering on instrumentation for using heat as a tracer of ground water recharge
Juan Golzales (BS, 2008), capstone in Electrical Engineering on instrumentation for using heat as a tracer of ground water recharge
Andrew Rich (BS, 2007), senior thesis on stream seepage.
Jennifer Loeffler (BS, 2007), senior thesis on stream and ground water geochemistry.
Guttierez, Maria
(BS, 2007), CAMP research project on surface water - ground water interactions and nutrient cycling.
Iris DeSerio (BS, 2005), double major in Earth Science and Environmental Studies. senior thesis on stream and ground water geochemistry.
Andrew Shriver (BS, 2005), senior thesis on stream seepage.
Brian Spear (BS, 2005), senior thesis calibrating deep sea temperature measurement and logging tools.
Brett Walker (BS 2004), senior thesis on geochemistry and age of ridge-flank hydrothermal fluids (co-supervised by M. McCarthy, Ocean Sciences)
Nicole Alkov (BS, 2004), senior thesis on sediment properties above a hydrothermal seepage zone, NSF-REU scholar.
Laura Roll (BS, 2004), senior thesis on stream chemistry.
Bob MacKnight (BS, 2004), senior thesis on thermal state of the upper lithosphere, offshore of Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. NSF-REU scholar, worked with Eli Silver on MS on remote sensing.
Emily Underwood (BS, 2003), senior thesis on stream seepage.
Bowen Jenkins-Warrick (BS, 2003), senior thesis on stream chemistry.
Gerhart Epke (BS, 2003), senior thesis on stream seepage.
Brian Hernandez (BS, 2002), research on physical properties of marine sediments, NSF-REU scholar.
Remy Nelson (BS, 2002), senior thesis on stream seepage.
Robert Cleary (BS, 2002), senior thesis work on seafloor hydrothermal systems (NSF-REU scholar).
Patrice Friedmann (BS, 2002), senior thesis on sediment geochemistry offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, co-supervised by Geoff Wheat, NSF-REU scholar, highest honors in the major.
Raanan Badzin (BS, 2002) senior thesis in plate flexure associated with subduction offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, NSF-REU scholar, stayed at UCSC for MS with Eli Silver.
Day Frostensen (BS, 2001), senior thesis on sediment thermal conductivity.
Jenni Taylor (BS, 2000), double BA/BS in Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences, including senior thesis (Honors!) on base flow conditions in coastal California streams. Co-supervised by Brent Haddad, Environmental Studies.
Naomi Marks (BS, 2000), senior thesis on the geotechnical properties of sediments from the Mariana Forearc, and implications for a possible diapiric origin, worked in biotech for a while, went back to grad school.
Amanda Gorman (BS, 2000), senior thesis on comparison of velocity-area and tracer discharge methods for assessing groundwater seepage into and out of streams.
Carrie Graham (BS, 2000), conducted senior thesis research on base flow measurements and variations on Soquel Creek.
Brian Magee (BS, 2000), senior thesis on sediment provonance within reef systems offshore Molokai.
Lisa Darty (BS 1998), completed senior thesis on the magnetic properties and sediment fabric of materials from a hydrothermal upflow, graduated with honors.
this page last updated: 03-Nov-2008