Degree Recipients
| Name | Year | Quarter | Degree | Dissertation / Thesis | Chair | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araki, Ryoko (SDSU) | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Linking Satellite and In Situ Soil Moisture Observations to Hydrologic Processes |
Mcmillan | Biggs, Caylor, Tague |
| Begin, Renee | 2026 | Winter | MA | Evaluating Drought Impacts on Perennial Crops Using Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices in Southern Santa Barbara County |
McFadden | Frazier, Roberts |
| Castillo Guerra, Silvana | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Understanding the rainfall triggering post-fire debris flows in California |
Jones | Carvalho, Ganti |
| Fauss, Kristina | 2026 | Winter | PhD | Fire from Leaf to Landscape |
Caylor | Jones, Moritz, Meiring |
| Funk, Theo | 2026 | Summer | MA | Supporting Wildfire Mitigation Investment Prioritization |
Murray | Frazier, Sweeney |
| Grafton, Dan (SDSU) | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Contested Arctic: Cultural Heritage, Abjection, and Change in Northernmost Alaska |
Quandt, Chu | Aitken, Cassels |
| Heffernan, Vanessa | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Spatial Analytics for Urban Fire Safety: Infrastructure Assessment and Planning in Fire-Prone Communities |
Murray | Baylis, Church |
| Husted, Gabrielle | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Environmental and Geo-Social Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Development |
Cassels | Ackert, Bendin |
| Lopez, Izzy | 2026 | Summer | MA | Spectrally-derived diversity estimates suggest coastal proximity as a driver of shrubland community composition in a threatened Mediterranean ecosystem |
Frazier | Cawse-Nicholson, Dudney, Pierrat |
| McMahon, Conor | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Remote Sensing of Water Limitation in Dryland Riparian Ecosystems |
Roberts | Caylor, Singer, Stella, Trugman |
| Mu, Ye | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Dynamics and Projections of Northerly Low-Level Jets on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes and Mesoscale Convective Systems in South America |
Jones | Carvalho, Ding |
| Peacock, Rex (SDSU) | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Water Scarcity, Agricultural Land Retirement, and Restoration Ecology in California’s San Joaquin Valley |
Sousa | Baylis, Larsen, Quandt |
| Saiki, Clare | 2026 | Winter | PhD | Bridging the Gap Between Land and Atmosphere by Quantifying Wildfire Fuels and Their Contribution to Emissions Uncertainty |
Roberts | Carvalho, Sweeney |
| Wan, Zijian | 2026 | Spring | PhD | Revealing, modeling, and recommending drivers’ route choices from large-scale vehicle trajectory data |
Dodge | Goulias, Oh |
| Yang, Wenxin | 2026 | Summer | PhD | Assessing Terrestrial Habitats in Three-Dimensions for Biodiversity Conservation |
Frazier, Kedron | Nelson, Wu |
| Zhao, Feifei | 2026 | Summer | PhD | Morphodynamics and Stratigraphy of Multi-Thread Rivers: From Experiments to Global Observations |
Ganti | Dodge, Li, Roberts |
| Baik, Jiwon | 2025 | Fall | PhD | Enhancing fire resilience through advanced decision-making and risk management |
Murray | Church, Dodge, Roberts |
| Bissell, Justin (SDSU) | 2025 | Summer | PhD | Geomorphic, hydrologic and restoration influences on surface water expression and coho salmon spawning habitat in Northern California headwater streams |
Biggs, Loaiciga | Frazier, Mcmillan |
| Brokaw, Richard | 2025 | Fall | PhD | Physical processes driving biological and ecological patterns in the Santa Barbara Channel, California |
Siegel | Washburn, Nidzieko |
| Das,Debsmita | 2025 | Fall | PhD | From Sandwaves to Strata: Dynamics and Preservation of Multiscale Bedforms in Variable Fluvial Environments |
Ganti | Li, Walker |
| Dubreuil, Michelle (SDSU) | 2025 | Summer | PhD | Hope, Belonging, and Exclusion: Haitian Migrant Experiences Across the Americas |
Aitken | Hoelle, Lopez-Carr, Swanson |
| Noi, Evgeny | 2025 | Fall | PhD | Mapping Mobility Disruptions: Understanding Human Movement in Crisis Contexts |
Murray & Dodge | Meiring |
| Orndorff, Sam (SDSU) | 2025 | Summer | PhD | Protecting Peehee Mu'huh: Paiute-Shoshone Sacred Landscapes, Lithium Mining, and Resistance |
Bosco | Ackert, Alagona, Hadi Curti, Quandt |
| Reid, Sean | 2025 | Winter | PhD | Geosocial Determinants and the Spatial Dynamics of HIV in the United States: Advancing Spatial Approaches to HIV Research |
Cassels | Ackert, Sweeney |
| Rowlett, Jake (SDSU) | 2025 | Winter | PhD | Ireland’s Skellig Michael and Star Wars: A Tour of Filming Sites, Fandoms, Festivals, and Futures |
Aitken | Bosco, Gardner, Sweeney |