Academic Programs > Degree Recipients Degree Recipients Doctor of Philosophy Kyle M. Becker Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Boston University; BS Pennsylvania State University; MS Dissertation: Geoacoustic Inversion in Laterally Varying Shallow-Water Environments Using High-Resolution Wavenumber Estimation Mark D. Behn Geology and Geophysics Bates College; BS Dissertation: The Evolution of Lithospheric Deformation and Crustal Structure from Continental Margins to Oceanic Spreading Centers Jerry S. Fries Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University; BS Dissertation: Enhancement of Fine Particle Deposition to Permeable Sediments Masami Fujiwara Biology University of Alaska; BA University of Alaska; MS Dissertation: Mark Capture Statistics and Demographic Analysis Jared V. Goldstone Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Yale University; BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS Dissertation: Direct and Indirect Photoreaction of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter: Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species and Iron Rebecca E. Green Biology California Institute of Technology; ISP Dissertation: Scale Closure in Upper Ocean Optical Poperties: From Single Particles to Ocean Color Michael R. Hamersley Biology University of Victoria (Canada); BS University of Calgary (Canada); ME Dissertation: The Role of Denitrification in the Nitrogen Cycle of New England Salt Marshes Markus Jochum Physical Oceanography Universitat Des Saarlandes (Germany) Vordiplom Universitat Kiel (Germany); Diplom Dissertation: On the Pathways of the Return Flow of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Tropical Atlantic; Timothy C. Kenna Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Vassar College; BA Dissertation: The Distribution and History of Nuclear Weapons Related Contamination in Sediments From the Ob River, Siberia as Determined by Isotopic Ratios of Plutonium, Neptunium, and Cesium D. Benjamin Reeder Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Clemson University; BS Dissertation: Acoustic Scattering by Axisymmetric Finite-length Bodies with Application to Fish: Measurement and Modeling Matthew K. Reuer Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Carleton College; BA Dissertation: Centennial-sacal Elemental and Isotopic Variability in the Tropical and Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean Master of Science Juli K. Atherton Physical Oceanography McGill University (Canada); BS Thesis: Linear and Nonlinear Rossby Waves in Basins both with and without a Thin Meridional Barrier Marc A. Hesse Geology and Geophysics Technische Universitat Munchen (Germany); Vordiplom University of Edinburgh (Scotland); BS Thesis: Absarokites from the Western Mexican Volcanic Belt: Constraints on Mantle Wedge Conditions Rajesh R. Nadakuditi Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Lafayette College; BS Thesis: A Channel Subspace Filtering Approach to Adaptive Equalization Mitchihiro Ohiwa Physical Oceanography University of Tokyo (Japan); BS Thesis: An Experimental Study on Mixing Induced by Gravity Currents on a Sloping Bottom in a Rotating Fluid Theodore H. Schroeder Applied Ocean Science & Engineering University of Missouri; BS Thesis: Horizontal Linear Array Sensor Localization and Preliminary Coherence Measurements from the 2001 ASIAEX South China Sea Experiment