Gurnis, Michael C.

Advisor — 22 thesises

• Hebert, Laura Baker — (I) A Coupled Geochemical and Geodynamical Approach to Subduction Zone Modeling and (II) Development of Color in Greenish Quartz (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Labedz, Celeste Ritter — Between Seismic Speed and Glacial Pace: Cryoseismic Observation of Intermediate-Scale Processes at Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fang, Jiaqi — Bridging Length and Time Scales of Plate Motions and Great Earthquakes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Eun-seo — Computational Approaches to Localized Deformation Within the Lithosphere and for Crust-Mantle Interactions (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ratnaswamy, Vishagan — Constraining the Mantle's Rheology Using Methods in Uncertainty Quantification (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sidorin, Igor A. — Dynamically consistent interpretation of the seismic structure at the base of the mantle (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spasojevic, Sonja — Dynamics of Long-Term Sea-Level Change and Vertical Motion of Continents (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hightower, Erin Jessica — From Tectonic Evolution to Intraplate Stress: The Role of Structural Inheritance and Long-Wavelength Loading (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bower, Daniel James — Geodynamics of Earth’s Deep Mantle (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Byrne, Shane — History and Current Processes of the Martian Polar Layered Deposits (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Yida — I. Dynamics of Subduction Initiation and II. Constraining Sedimentary Basin Structure with Seismic Ambient Noise (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan, Eh — I. Multi-Scale Dynamics of Mantle Plumes, and II. Compressible Thermochemical Convection and the Stability of Mantle Superplumes (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Billen, Magali Isabelle — I. Seafloor Morphology of the Osbourn Trough and Kermadec Trench and II. Multiscale DynamiCS of Subduction Zones (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Lijun — Linking Surface Evolution with Mantle Dynamic Processes Using Adjoint Models with Data Assimilation (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alisic, Laura — Multi-Scale Dynamics and Rheology of Mantle Convection with Plates (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Dunzhu — Some Advances in Computational Geophysics: Seismic Wave and Inverse Geodynamic Modeling (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brodsky, Emily Elizabeth — Studies in Fluid Dynamics as Applied to Seismology and Volcanology (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Downey, Nathan John — Tectonic History of the Osbourn Spreading Center and Dynamic Subsidence of the Congo Basin (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hardebeck, Jeanne Louise — The Crustal Stress Field in Southern California and its Implications for Fault Mechanics (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nazareth, Julie Jeannine — The Structure of the Crust and Distribution of Earthquakes in Southern California (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rautela, Ojashvi — Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Earth’s Crust and Mantle: From Surface Deformation to Lower Mantle Structures in the Present Day and the Geological Past (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mao, Xiaolin — Understanding Lithosphere and Mantle Dynamics with Numerical Models Constrained by Observations (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))