Graduate Students
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Loubriel, Miguel W.
Thesis Topic: Seasonal Sand Composition at Rincon Public Beach
Advisor: Dr. Wilson Ramírez
Email: miguel.loubriel1@upr.edu
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
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
Vicens, Estefanía
Thesis Topic: Critical Zone Controls of Tropical Landscape Development
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hughes
Email: estefania.vicens@upr.edu
