Past Theses

At ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, 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.

List of EACS/Geology Theses (2011- Present)

2022

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

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

Zane Rahabi -Geology – – First Advisor: Eshita Samajpati

Maya McDonough – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Dewi Henry – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Evan Saltman – Geology – – First Advisor: Shreya Arora

Emma Christman – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Ceci Gichner – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Meg O’Brien – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Emily Torkelson – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Rex Chen – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

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

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

Henry King – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

2021

Owen Daniell – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Olympia Fisher – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Peter Galloway – Geology – – First Advisor: Dyk Eusden

Liza Folsom – Geology – – First Advisor: Dyk Eusden

Summer Dias – Geology – -First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Briana Karboski – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Evelyn Randazzo – Geology – – First Advisor: Genevieve Robert


Tommy Sheils – Geology – – First Advisor: Dyk Eusden


Carolyn Snow – Geology – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Vanessa Lee Paolella –

2020

Christopher Sargent – Geology – – First Advisor: Calvin Mako

Emma Wheeler – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Hannah Johnson – Geology – – First Advisor: Michael Retelle

Emily Erard-Stone – Geology – – First Advisor: Genevieve Robert

Forrest Hamilton – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

Samuel Kent Onion – Geology – – First Advisor: Beverly Johnson

2019

Michael Cooper – Geology – – First Advisor: Genevieve Robert

Carter Goodell – Environmental Studies –

2018

Hazel Cashman – Geology –

Nicholas F. Barker – Environmental Studies –

John Doyle – Geology –

Ashley L. Kulesza – Geology –

Gabriel H. P. McGinn – Geology –

A. Douglas McNab – Geology –

Thorn King Merrill – Geology –

Kurt A. Niiler – Geology –

Sam Rickerich – Geology –

Hannah Rae Slattery – Geology –

Mary Elizabeth Szatkowski – Geology –

2017

Madeline Stella Bruno – Geology –

Olin Rico Carty – Geology –

Kelsey Chenoweth – Geology –

Erik James Divan – Geology –

Ian W. Hillenbrand – Geology –

Colin Robert Kraft – Geology –

Claire Lockwood Markonic – Geology –

Noel L. Potter – Geology –

Yacine Sylla – Geology –

Audrey Wheatcroft – Geology –

Gwenyth Williams – Geology –

Daniel Stames – Geology –

2016

Christopher William Bradbury – Geology –

Andre Brittis-Tannenbaum – Geology –

Jordan Leigh Cargill – Geology –

Nicole Marie Cueli – Geology –

Cailene M. Gunn – Geology –

Sarah G. Koe – Geology –

Mae J. Lubetkin – Geology –

Samuel Zimet Mark – Geology –

Christiane P. McCabe – Geology –

Elizabeth Weis Patterson – Geology –

Julia Margaret Savage – Geology –

Rebecca Anne Smith – Geology –

Sarah S Stanley – Environmental Studies –

2015

Eleanor D. Briggs – Geology –

Timothy D. Campbell – Geology –

Michelle Devoe – Geology –

Christine Elizabeth Dong – Geology –

Sean W. Enos – Geology –

Benjamin Gray Merkert – Geology –

Graham Grear Oxman – Geology –

Tess L. Walther – Geology –

Sarah Mei Xiao – Geology –

2014

Saebyul C. Choe – Geology –

Cameron A. Held – Geology –

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

Joshua T. Sturtevant – Geology –

Sula Q. Watermulder – Geology –

Alexandra Michelle Balter – Geology –

Megan L. Kearns – Environmental Studies –

Sarah May El Assaad – Environmental Studies –

2013

Chester Chiao – Geology –

Colin W. Dowey – Geology –

Lauren Brett Farnsworth – Geology –

Amanda LaFarge Goss – Geology –

David J. Harning – Geology –

Conor M. Maginn – Geology –

Margaret Alice Pickoff – Geology –

Amanda Lee Wescott – Geology –

Rachel C. Morrison – Interdisciplinary Studies –

2012

Brigit Anderson – Geology –

Colin H. Barry – Geology –

Heather A. Doolittle – Geology –

Ian T. Dulin – Geology –

Jennifer A. Lindelof – Geology –

Jennifer A. Lindelof – Geology –

Peter Kent Miller – Geology –

Haley Russell Sive – Geology –

Elizabeth Emily Sonshine – Geology –

Ethan O. Yackulic – Geology –

2011

Gregory Edward Flynn – Geology –

Carrie Maxene Harris – Geology –

Carter A. Kindley – Geology –

Ingrid Knowles – Geology –

Keegan Timothy Runnals – Geology –