We are proud of our alumni who have gone on to many great accomplishments.
Alumni Graduate Students
Megan Avants
Geophysicist
Chevron
Grace Barcheck
Research Associate
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Cornell University
Jos Beckers
Senior Hydrogeologist and Groundwater Team Lead
Advisian, part of WorleyParsons
Susan Bilek
Professor
New Mexico Tech
Ornella Bonamassa
Adjunct Faculty
University of San Francisco
Ph.D. Geophysics UCSC 1995
Jun Cao
Senior Research Geophysicist
ConocoPhillips
Debra Carlo
Researcher
Imperial Oil & Gas
M.S. Geophysics UCSC 1998
Esteban J. Chaves
Researcher/Associated Professor
Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional (OVSICORI-UNA)
Ling Chen
Professor of Geophysics
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
Kelian Dascher-Cousineau
Heather DeShon
Associate Professor Geophysics
Southern Methodist University
Jessica Faust Larsen
Associate Professor
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Saskia Goes
Senior Lecturer
Imperial College London
Yu Geng
Researcher
CREWES, University of Calgary
Michael Hagerty
Leturer, Research Scientist, New England Seismic Network Manager
Boston College
Samantha Hansen
Associate Professor
University of Alabama
Rebecca Harrington
Professor
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
Renate Hartog
Research Scientist
University of Washington
Yaofeng He
Geophysicist
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Stephen Hernandez
Volcano Seismologist
Instituto Geofisico at the Escuela Politecnica Nacional
Alex Hutko
Research Scientist
University of Washington
Lia Lajoie
Graduate student
Colorado School of Mines
Jian Mao
Senior Research Geophysicist
TGS
Qingjun Meng
M.S. Geophysics UCSC 2015
Darcy Ogden
Kristine Pankow
Research Professor and Associate Director
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Marino Protti
Researcher
The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional (OVSICORI-UNA)
Haoran Ren
Lecturer
Zhejiang University
Andrea Rhode
Jeroen Ritsema
Professor
Global Seismology, University of Michigan
Christie Rowe
Associate Professor
McGill University
Sara Russell Gonzalez
Assistant University Librarian
University of Florida
Ph.D. Geophysics UCSC 2001
Erin Todd
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Otago
Nicholas van der Elst
Geophysicist
Earthquake Science Center, USGS
Ph.D. Geophysics UCSC 2012
Aaron Velasco
Professor
University of Texas at El Paso
Jake Walter
Oklahoma State Seismologist
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Jacquelyn Willams
Bangyu Wu
Geophysicist, Seismic Imaging R&D
Statoil (Beijing) Technology Service Co., Ltd
Zhongmou Xia
Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjun Xu
Researcher
Tongji University
Lian Xue
Assistant Professor
Peking University
Rui Yan
Research Geophysicist
Sinopec Tech Houson
Hui Yang
Senior Geophysicist
Statoil (Beijing) Technology Service Co., Ltd
Lingling Ye
Professor
SUSTech, China
Ph.D. Geophysics UCSC 2015
Yueming Ye
Geophysical Engineer
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
Han Yue
Assistant Professor
Peking University
Zhi Zhang
Researcher
Guilin University of Technology
Ph.D. Geophysics UCSC 1994
Yingcai Zheng
Assistant Professor
University of Houston
Yi Zhou
Principal Scientist
Halliburton
M.S. Geophysics UCSC 1992
Xiaosan Zhu
Researcher
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Lei Zhuo
Geophysicist
Chevron
Alumni Post-Doc Researchers & Visiting Scholars
Vincent Allègre
Associate Professor
University of Bordeaux
Charles Ammon
Professor
Penn State
Qianzong Bao
Professor
Chang'an University
Thibault Candela
Geomechanics Scientist
TNO
Jingjie Cao
Professor
Shijiazhuang University
Bo Chen
Graduate Student
Guo-Xin Chen
Graduate Student
Zhejiang University
Shengchang Chen
Professor
Zhejiang University
Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSC 2002 - 2005
Xueliang Chen
Visiting Associate Professor of Geophysics
Institute of Geophysics/Seismological Bureau of China
Gu Cheng
Visiting Associate Professor of Geophysics
Sun Yat-Sen University
Mai-Linh Doan
Professor
Institue des Sciences de la Terre, Universite Grenoble Alpes
Jean Elkhoury
Research Sceintist
Schlumberger - Doll Research Center
Bo Feng
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tonji University, Shanghai
Liyun Fu
Researcher
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Patrick Fulton
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Jinghuai Gao
Professor
Center for Computational Geosciences, Xian Jiaotong University
Zhaoqi Gao
Graduate Student
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ed Garnero
Professor
Arizona State University
Zengxi Ge
Associate Professor
Peking University
Abhijit Ghosh
Associate Professor
University California, Riverside
Thomas Göebel
Research Professor
University of Memphis
Xiangbo Gong
Visiting Associate Professor
Jilin University
Huimin Guan
Geophysicist
Total S.A.
Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSC 1997 - 2000
Qiyu Han
Founder & President
Geophysical Clarity Technologies, LLC
Baoqing He
Researcher and Engineer
BGP/CNPC
Yongqing He
Geophysicist
BGP Acquisition Technique Supports, CNPC
Tae-Kyung Hong
Professor of Geophysics/Associate Dean of Science
Yonsei University
Christine Houser
Assistant Professor
Earth Life Science Institute, Tokyo Tech
Lianjie Huang
Scientist 5 (Senior Scientist)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Xingguo Huang
Graduate Student
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen
Weilin Huang
Graduate Student
China University of Petroleum-Beijing
Morten Jakobsen
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen
Xiaofeng Jia
Associate Professor
School of Earth and Scpace Sciences, University of Science and Technology China
Yuge Jia
Associate Professor
China University of Mining and Technology
Shengwen Jin
Principal Advisor
Landmark Software & Services, Halliburton
Hao Jing
Graduate Student
Tsinghua University
James Kirkpatrick
Assistant Professor
McGill University
Chao Li
Post Graduate Researcher
China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Guihua Li
Professor
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Jigang Li
Associate Professor
Beihang University
Qingqing Li
Visiting Researcher
China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Shu Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Wenquan Liang
Lecturer
Longyan University/Fujian
Jicheng Liu
Professor
Northeast Petroleum University
Yangting Liu
Graduate Student
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Jingrui Luo
Lecturer
Xi'an University of Technology, School of Automation and Information Engineering
Mingqiu Luo
Chief Geopysicist
Sinopec Tech Houston
Tengfei Ma
Graduate Student
Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Authority
Andrew Newman
Associate Professor
The Georgia Institute of Technology
Kyosuke Okamoto
Researcher
Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan
Arthur Rodgers
Seismologist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Amir Sagy
Researcher
Geological Survey of Israel
Heather Savage
Associate Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Hongmei Shan
Graduate Student
Shangai University of Electrical Power
Ashley Shuler
Geophysicist
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Shalev Siman-Tov
Researcher
Geological Survey of Israel
Stephanie Taylor
Applied Systems Engineer
Maxar Technologies Palo Alto
Chris Thom
Martin Vallée
Seismologist
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
Benfeng Wang
Graduate Student
Jun Wang
Associate Professor
China University of Petroluem
Shoudong Wang
Associate Professor
China University of Petroleum
Xinquan Wang
Senior Geophysicist
BGP/CNPC
Yongzhong Wang
Principal Research Geophysicist
DownUnder GeoSolutions
Yuqing Wang
Graduate Student
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
Guan Wei
Associate Professor
Harbin Institute of Technology
Nadav Wetzler
Geophysicist
Israel Geological Survey
Xianyun Wu
Geophysicist
ExxonMobil
Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSC from 2000-2003
Yinting Wu
Lecturer
Chang'an University, Xi'an
Lili Xiao
Graduate Student
China University of Geosciences
Zhe Yan
Associate Professor
China University of Geosciences
Hui Yang
Senior Geophysicist
Statoil (Beijing) Technology Service Co., Ltd
Kai Yang
Professor
Tongji University
Kazuo Yoshimoto
Professor
Yokohama City University
Jiachun You
Graduate Student
China University of Geosciences
Liqin Zhang
Visiting Associate Professor
Wuhan University
Pan Zhang
Graduate Student
Jilin University
Lian-Feng Zhao
Associate Professor
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huamin Zhou
Graduate Student
Zhejiang University
Alumni Undergraduate Students
Tim Babb
Technical Lead
Pixar
Joe Cherayil
Paul Colosi
Marshall Danese
Jacqui Gilchrist
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Southern California
Monica Aquino Guerra
Brenton Hirao
Jonas Kintner
Graduate Student
Penn State University
Lia Lajoie
Graduate student
Colorado School of Mines
Paul Morgan
Research Specialist
University of Washington
Stephanie Nale
Geophysicist Intern
US Navy China Lake
John Ohman
Graduate Student
University of Colorado
Tyler Paladino
Diana Rattanasith
Field Geologist
Environmental Investion Services, Inc.
David Small
Graduate Student
Univeristy of Oregon
Clay Sorensen
Geologist
GSI Environmental Inc.
Aviel Stern
Graduate Student
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dimitri Voytan
PhD Student
University of Texas, Austin
Alex Watson