The Conrad Research Group

Current Members: The Earth Modeling Team at CEED (2016 - present) Fabio Crameri, Adjunct Scientist (2021-present) Ágnes Kiraly, Research Scientist (2020-present) Björn Holger Heyn, Postdoctoral Scholar (2020-present) Maaike Francine Maria Weerdesteijn, PhD Candidate (2019-present) Florence Ramirez, PhD Candidate (2019-present) Helene Wang, MS Candidate (2021-present) Yijun Wang, PhD Candidate (2021-present) Former Members (2016 - present, University of Oslo) Krister Stræte Karlsen, PhD Student (2017-2021) PhD Thesis (2021): Plate Tectonic Controls on Geodynamic Processes: Earth’s Deep Water Cycle, Sea Level Change and Planetary Cooling Patterns [Disputation] Ágnes Kiraly, Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-2020) Now a research scientist at CEED. Björn Holger Heyn, PhD Student (2016-2020) Now a postdoctoral scholar at CEED. PhD Thesis (2020): Geodynamics of Earth’s Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces: Interaction with mantle flow, plume initiation, and core-mantle boundary deformation [Disputation] Fabio Crameri, Postdoc (2016-2019) and Research Scientist (2019-2020) Now an adjunct scientist at CEED. Petra Hatalova, MS Student (2018-2019) MS Thesis (2019): Guiding of tectonic plate motions by transform faults and mid-ocean ridges [MS Thesis] [data archive] Now an PhD student at CEED. Robert Hartmann, visiting MS Student (2018) from GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany) Now a PhD student in the physics of fluids at the University of Twente. MS Thesis at GEOMAR (2019): Impact of Antarctic deglaciation on Earth deformation and sea level change: An assessment of modeling lateral viscosity variations with multiple 1D Earth rheology structures Alysse Bebin, Visiting MS Student (2017) from ENSTA Bretagne, France MS Thesis at ENSTA (2017): Characterizing the rate of lithospheric mass loss due to gravitational instability Former Members (2008 - 2016, University of Hawaii) C. Evan Watkins, Masters Student (2014-2016) Now a PhD student at Rutgers University. MS Thesis (2016): Constraints on dynamic topography from asymmetric subsidence across the mid-ocean ridges [MS Thesis] Emeline Veit, Visiting MS Student (2017) from ENSTA Bretagne, France Now an engineer / hydrographic surveyor. MS Thesis at ENSTA (2015): The impact of groundwater depletion on spatial variations in sea level change during the past century Harrison Togia, MS Student (2012-2015) Now a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii. MS Thesis (2015): New constraints on temporal variations in Hawaiian Plume buoyancy flux [MS Thesis] Joost van Summeren, Postdoctoral Scholar (2009-2013) Now a scientific researcher with KWR Water Research Institute. Maxim Ballmer Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2011 - July 2012) Now a lecturer at University College London. Svetlana Natarov, MS Student (2009-2011) MS Thesis (2011): Constraining Poiseuille flow in the asthenosphere using depth-dependence of azimuthal anisotropy Julia Fiedler, Undergraduate Researcher (2009-2010) Now a postdoctoral scholar at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Undergraduate Thesis (2010): Spatial variability of sea level rise due to water impoundment behind dams Todd Bianco, Postdoctoral Scholar (2009-2010) Now a principle policy associate at the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. Former Members (2005 - 2008, Johns Hopkins University) Laurent Metivier, Blaustein Postdoctoral Scholar (2007-2008) Now a research scientist at the Institut Geographique National and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (both in Paris, France) Benjun Wu, PhD Student (2006-2008) Now a professor at Nanjing University. PhD Thesis (2011), Chapter 3: The Strength of Lithospheric Slabs Constrained by Plate Motions Christopher Hayes, MS Student (2006-2008) MS Thesis (2008): Tectonic Constrols on Megathrust Seismicity: Neutral Upper Plate Strain Promotes Great Earthquakes Stephen Steiner, MS Student (2005-2006) MS Thesis (2006): Influence of Active Mantle Upwelling for Driving Plate Motions