Past Theses

At ΐΦ²₯΄«Γ½, faculty advise student theses on a range of topics. To get a sense of what is possible in EACS, have a look at the list of theses and e-copies of theses that have been done over the last several years. If the e-copy is not available, please reach out to the advisor.

List of EACS/Geology Theses (2011- Present)

2023

Madison Broda – Geology – – First Advisor: Anne Fetrow

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Eli Gundersen – Geology – – First Advisor: Raquel Castro Portes

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Alana Margerum – Geology – – First Advisor: Raquel Castro Portes

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Natalie Meenan – Geology- – First Advisor: Shreya Arora

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Maeve S. Mikulski – Geology – – First Advisor: Andrew Wulff

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2022

Luke Sedor-Protti – Geology – Soil Erosion Rates on Moraine Hillslopes of the Mendenhall Glacier in Southeast Alaska

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Essie Martin β€“ Geology – Investigation of Laminaria saccharina Burial below Damariscotta River Seaweed Farms Using eDNA and Stable Isotopes

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Zane Rahabi -Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Eshita Samajpati

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Maya McDonough – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Dewi Henry – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Evan Saltman β€“ Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Shreya Arora

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Emma Christman – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Ceci Gichner – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Meg O’Brien – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Emily Torkelson – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Rex Chen – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Chenemi Maji – Geology –Nitrogen isotopes in Zostera marina: tracking anthropogenic nitrogen in Casco Bay.– First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Parker Caswell – Geology – Methane emissions, carbon sequestration, and groundwater hydrology along the freshwater margin of the Sprague River salt marsh.  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Henry King – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

2021

Owen Daniell – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Olympia Fisher – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Peter Galloway – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Dyk Eusden

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Liza Folsom – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Dyk Eusden

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Summer Dias – Geology – -First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Briana Karboski – Geology – β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Evelyn Randazzo – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Genevieve Robert

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Tommy Sheils – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Dyk Eusden

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Carolyn Snow – Geology β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Vanessa Lee Paolella – 

2020

Christopher Sargent – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Calvin Mako

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Emma Wheeler – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Hannah Johnson – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Emily Erard-Stone – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Genevieve Robert

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Forrest Hamilton – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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Samuel Kent Onion – Geology –  β€“ First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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2019

Michael Cooper – Geology – β€“ First Advisor: Genevieve Robert

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Carter Goodell – Environmental Studies – 

2018

Hazel Cashman – Geology – 

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Nicholas F. Barker – Environmental Studies – 

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John Doyle – Geology – 

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Ashley L. Kulesza – Geology – 

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Gabriel H. P. McGinn – Geology – 

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A. Douglas McNab – Geology – 

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Thorn King Merrill – Geology – 

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Kurt A. Niiler – Geology – 

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Sam Rickerich – Geology – 

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Hannah Rae Slattery – Geology – 

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Mary Elizabeth Szatkowski – Geology – 

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2017

Madeline Stella Bruno – Geology – 

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Olin Rico Carty – Geology – 

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Kelsey Chenoweth – Geology – 

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Erik James Divan – Geology – 

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Ian W. Hillenbrand – Geology – 

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Colin Robert Kraft – Geology – 

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Claire Lockwood Markonic – Geology – 

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Noel L. Potter – Geology – 

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Yacine Sylla – Geology – 

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Audrey Wheatcroft – Geology – 

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Gwenyth Williams – Geology – 

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Daniel Stames – Geology – 

2016

Christopher William Bradbury – Geology – 

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Andre Brittis-Tannenbaum – Geology – 

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Jordan Leigh Cargill – Geology – 

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Nicole Marie Cueli – Geology – 

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Cailene M. Gunn – Geology – 

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Sarah G. Koe – Geology – 

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Mae J. Lubetkin – Geology – 

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Samuel Zimet Mark – Geology – 

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Christiane P. McCabe – Geology – 

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Elizabeth Weis Patterson – Geology – 

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Julia Margaret Savage – Geology – 

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Rebecca Anne Smith – Geology – 

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Sarah S Stanley – Environmental Studies – 

2015

Eleanor D. Briggs – Geology – 

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Timothy D. Campbell – Geology – 

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Michelle Devoe – Geology – 

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Christine Elizabeth Dong – Geology – 

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Sean W. Enos – Geology – 

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Benjamin Gray Merkert – Geology – 

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Graham Grear Oxman – Geology – 

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Tess L. Walther – Geology – 

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Sarah Mei Xiao – Geology – 

2014

Saebyul C. Choe – Geology – 

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Cameron A. Held – Geology – 

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Cameron Russ – Geology – Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Sediment Cores and the Origin of the Sprague River Marsh, Phippsburg, Maine.

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Joshua T. Sturtevant – Geology – 

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Sula Q. Watermulder – Geology – 

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Alexandra Michelle Balter – Geology – 

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–Wells Tanner Cunningham – Geology – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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– Christopher Trent Halsted – Geology – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

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Megan L. Kearns – Environmental Studies – 

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Sarah May El Assaad – Environmental Studies – 

2013

Chester Chiao – Geology – 

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Colin W. Dowey – Geology – 

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Lauren Brett Farnsworth – Geology – 

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Amanda LaFarge Goss – Geology – 

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David J. Harning – Geology – 

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Conor M. Maginn – Geology – 

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Margaret Alice Pickoff – Geology – 

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Amanda Lee Wescott – Geology – 

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Rachel C. Morrison – Interdisciplinary Studies – 

2012

Brigit Anderson – Geology – 

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Colin H. Barry – Geology – 

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Heather A. Doolittle – Geology – 

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Ian T. Dulin – Geology – 

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Jennifer A. Lindelof – Geology – 

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Jennifer A. Lindelof – Geology – 

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Peter Kent Miller – Geology – 

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Haley Russell Sive – Geology – 

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Elizabeth Emily Sonshine – Geology – 

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Ethan O. Yackulic – Geology – 

2011

Gregory Edward Flynn – Geology – 

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Carrie Maxene Harris – Geology – 

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Carter A. Kindley – Geology – 

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Ingrid Knowles – Geology – 

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Keegan Timothy Runnals – Geology –