{"id":165,"date":"2013-02-12T07:01:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T07:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/seismology\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:28:07","slug":"former-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/seismology\/former-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Postdocs, primary advisor:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.imperial.ac.uk\/doyeon.kim\">Doyeon Kim<\/a> (Nov. 2018 \u2013 2021), now a Lecturer at Imperial College London.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rajmoulik.com\/\">Raj Moulik<\/a> (Oct. 2015 &#8211; 2021), now at Columbia University.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/people\/faculty\/olugboji_tolulope\/index.html\">Tolulope Olugboji<\/a> (Oct. 2014 &#8211; 2018), now an Asst. Prof. at the University of Rochester.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clasprofiles.wayne.edu\/profile\/gm8759\">Scott Burdick<\/a> (Sept. 2014 &#8211; 2017), now an Assoc. Prof. at Wayne State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Postdocs, secondary advisor:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=DEtOHe8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Jingchuan Wang<\/a> (2018 \u2013 2021), now a Postdoc at Caltech.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esec.illinois.edu\/directory\/profile\/rossrm\">Ross Maguire<\/a> (Oct. 2015 &#8211; 2021), now an Asst. Prof. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Schmerr was Ross&#8217; primary advisor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ph.D. students:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Heidi Myers (Ph.D. 2024) &#8211;\n<div class=\"simple-view-element\">\n<div class=\"simple-view-element-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drum.lib.umd.edu\/items\/8345f713-3674-4778-a124-b947ef99b199\"><span class=\"dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ng-star-inserted\">Safer Grounds: A Study of Landmine Detection using UAV- and Ground-Based Multi-Modal Geophysics<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Karen Pearson (Ph.D. 2021) &#8211;\n<div class=\"simple-view-element-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drum.lib.umd.edu\/items\/e31ea9ad-d64b-45e4-90b6-ebd984d38582\"><span class=\"dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ng-star-inserted\">Analyzing Time-Varying Seismicity and Aftershock Behavior in Central and Eastern United States<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kristel Izquierdo (Ph.D. 2021) &#8211;\n<div class=\"simple-view-element-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drum.lib.umd.edu\/items\/f1cb9df8-c023-4b5d-ae57-aef76120d61a\"><span class=\"dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ng-star-inserted\">Inference of Mass Anomalies in Planetary Interiors Using a Bayesian Global Gravity Field Inversion<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Erin Cunningham (Ph.D. 2019) &#8211;\n<div class=\"simple-view-element-body\"><span class=\"dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ng-star-inserted\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drum.lib.umd.edu\/items\/0c2599f2-ee66-4500-b2c4-2e556408c4ed\">The Sediment and Crustal Structure of the Southeastern United States<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chao Gao (Ph.D. 2019) &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/drum.lib.umd.edu\/items\/8d413969-f97a-4638-9b53-1beba1cd5d32\"><span class=\"dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ng-star-inserted\">Structure of Continental Lithosphere from Transdimensional Bayesian Inversion of Surface Waves and Receiver Functions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>M.S. 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Anant applied spherical wavelet analysis to multi-scale tomographic model comparison with the goal of identifying lengthscale(s) at which structures imaged by high-frequency travel-time P-wave tomography (which has variable resolution) are compatible with global long period S-wave tomography. He was co-mentored by Dr. Moulik, who is a postdoctoral researcher in my lab. He completed his Ph.D. at Brown University working with Prof. Colleen Dalton and a postdoc at the University of California, Santa Barbara with Prof. Zach Eilon<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Washington, Summer 2017: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology summer intern from University of New Jersey at Newark. 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He graduated from Penn State University and completed a Master\u2019s program at Maryland with Prof. Nick Schmerr.<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Lockhart, (2012 &#8211; 2014) &#8212; Brendan worked on several MATLAB-based seismic analysis projects and has, after graduating, become a successful entrepreneur.<\/li>\n<li>Jesse M. Kolb (2012-2013) &#8212; Jesse worked on transdimensional deconvolution, and first-authored a paper published in GJI (Kolb and Lekic, 2014). After graduating from Maryland, Jesse completed a Master\u2019s degree in exploration seismology at the University of Calgary (CREWES) with Prof. Kris Innanen.<\/li>\n<li>Michael Ream (2012-2013) \u2013 After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, Mike enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Portland State University.<\/li>\n<li>Alan Cinsavich (2013) \u2013 Senior Thesis: \u201cIntraplate seismicity of the Gorda Plate\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Rishi Sugla (2013) \u2013 Senior Thesis: \u201cOrbital and Structural Evolution of Triton\u201d (co-advised with Drs. Heir-Majumder and Hamilton)<\/li>\n<li>Alex J. Kandell (2012 &#8211; 2013) &#8212; Alex worked on characterizing seismic noise in Antarctica and its relationship to sea ice. 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