Graduate Students

Photo of Graduate Student Karla Ayala
Ayala, Karla

Thesis Topic: SEM Analysis of Pyroclastic Deposits Produced by Eruptions from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala

Advisor: Dr. Lizzette Rodríguez
Email: karla.ayala5@upr.edu
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Baez, Matthew

Thesis Topic: Late Holocene Exploration of Overwash Deposits at the Joyuda Lagoon, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Advisor: Dr. Alberto López Venegas
Email: matthew.baez@upr.edu
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Bayouth, Desiree

Thesis Topic: Characterization of Mass Wasting Material and Transport Efficiency in the Central Mountains of Puerto Rico

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hughes
Email: desiree.bayouth@upr.edu
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Espada, Luis

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Thesis Topic: Using petrographic techniques to characterize beach sand composition in Puerto Rico: A tool to better understand beach erosion process

Advisor: Dr. Wilson Rodríguez
Email: luis.espada25@upr.edu
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Figueroa, Tania

Thesis Topic: Landslide Forecasting for Puerto Rico: Establishing Hydro-meteorological Thresholds for Rainfall-induced Mass Wasting

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hughes
Email: tania.figueroa5@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Timing and Evolution of Ore Forming Fluids in the Keystone Skarn, Puerto Rico

Advisor: Dr. Thomas Hudgins
Email: adriel.gonzalez4@upr.edu
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González, Elmer

Thesis Topic: The Search for Porphyry Copper and Iron Skarn Ore Deposits in Puerto Rico utilizing Hydrogeochemical Prospecting Techniques

Advisor: Dr. Thomas R. Hudgins
Email: elmer.gonzález2@upr.edu
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González, Jarelys

Thesis Topic: Ground Based Measurements of  SO₂ fluxes and Correlation with Recent Activity at the Volcanoes in Guatemala: Pacaya, Fuego and the Santiaguito Dome Complex

Advisor: Dr. Lizzette Rodríguez
Email: jarelys.gonzalez1@upr.edu
Photo of Graduate Student Hiriagnny Lorenzo
Lorenzo, Hiriagnny A.

Thesis Topic: Tsunami Modeling, Earthquake Hazard, PR Seismic Network Operations

Advisor: Dr. Alberto M. López
Email: hiriagnny.lorenzo@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Seismology and Geophysics: New Fault Characterization at Southwestern Puerto Rico

Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vanacore
Email: chris.justiniano@upr.edu
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Loubriel, Miguel W.

Thesis Topic: Seasonal Sand Composition at Rincon Public Beach

Advisor: Dr. Wilson Ramírez
Email: miguel.loubriel1@upr.edu
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Miranda, Viridis

Thesis Topic: Lunar Seismology

Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vanacore
Email: viridis.miranda@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Satellite Monitoring of Volcanoes

Advisor: Dr. Lizzette Rodríguez
Email: giancarlo.ortiz2@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Analysis of Landslide Metrics for Widespread Mass Wasting Events

Advisor: Dr. K. Stephen Hughes
Email: cesar.rodriguez9@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Receiver Function Analysis, Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vanacore
Email: gabriela.rodriguez55@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Study of Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Garnets from the Tibes Skarn in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Advisor: Dr. Thomas Hudgins
Email: anishka.ruiz@upr.edu
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Santiago, Yanira

Thesis Topic: Remote Sensing (topic currently under revision)

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hughes
Email: yanira.santiago4@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Engineering Seismology and Site Response Active Survey, Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vanacore
Email: cherilyn.toro@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Post Cranial Analysis of Walruses from the Late Miocene Epoch of California

Advisor: Dr. Hernán Santos
Email: daniel.valentin2@upr.edu
Photo of Graduate Student Estefania Vicens. Her thesis topic is Landscape Evolution, Geomorphology. Her advisor is Dr. Stephen Hughes and her email is estefania.vicens@upr.edu
Vicens, Estefanía

Thesis Topic: Critical Zone Controls of Tropical Landscape Development

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hughes
Email: estefania.vicens@upr.edu

Thesis Topic: Minerology and Lithology of Two Rivers in Puerto Rico and its Effect on the Dynamics of Suspended Sediments

Advisor: Dr. Fernando Gilbes
Email: karen.santana1@upr.edu