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2024

Dong, Guannan (2024) Taking the Pulse of Life: Intramolecular and Clumped Isotopic Perspectives on the Origins and Evolution of Hydrocarbons in Geological and Prebiotic Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/yw0g-s893. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012024-213407041

Li, Haoyu (2024) Revisiting U-Pb and ²⁶Al-²⁶Mg Systematics of Calcium Aluminum-Rich Inclusions: Applications on Early Solar System Chronology and Evolution History. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ahbv-8z61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05202024-220724726

Lim, Sujung (2024) The Impact of Energy Availability and Substrate Complexity on Anaerobic Microbial Communities in Marine Sediment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/67j6-4885. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04172024-164449548

Morris, Freya Kurt (2024) Depositional and Structural History of the Pavian and Kudu Nappes in the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ecfc-c202. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08132023-171059108

Mueller, Elliott Patrick (2024) Carbon Currencies: Isotopic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of Organic Acids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qdbh-zr32. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05232024-200019160

Wang, Renée Zurui (2024) From Photosynthesis to Detoxification: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface Chemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kf85-cq89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10102023-024622119

Zeichner, Sarah Soojin (2024) Fates of Carbon. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vy9f-k705. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01022024-183348243

2023

Douglas, Madison Marie (2023) Mechanics of River Erosion and its Effects on Floodplain Biogeochemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rwmn-hq80. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012023-210614776

Sanders, Cecilia Brooke (2023) Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rd4m-7x08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202022-060317708

2022

Kemeny, Preston Cosslett (2022) A Fluvial Perspective on the Role of Sulfide Oxidation in the Global Carbon Cycle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/59hb-zp37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272022-003433646

2021

Chadwick, Grayson Lee (2021) How to Beat Diffusion: Explorations of Energetics and Spatial Relationships in Microbial Ecosystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/svrp-rb07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182020-211405749

Hayden, Alistair Thompson (2021) Exhumed Fluvial Deposits: New Paleohydrological Tools Indicate Long-Duration Fluvial Activity on Early Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/68ft-xm49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09072020-172907018

Johnson, Daniel Lee (2021) Sulfur Isotopic Insights into the Modern and Ancient Marine Sulfur Cycles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vc71-ht05. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10202020-173641319

Lewis, Madeline Janine (2021) Magmatic Differentiation in Arc and Mid Ocean Ridge Settings. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/a1ky-ab66. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022021-034345855

Lingappa, Usha Farey (2021) Manganese Through Time and Other Stories Concerning Cyanobacteria and the World Around Them. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9ysw-jt52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012021-160326752

Metcalfe, Kyle Shuhert (2021) Symbiotic Diversity and Mineral-Associated Microbial Ecology in Marine Microbiomes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ve4r-k526. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08122020-110818529

Mullin, Sean William Alexander (2021) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microorganisms Living Along Steep Energy Gradients and Implications for Ecology and Geologic Preservation in the Deep Biosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f3k8-ck13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09232020-172452048

Shin, Jieun (2021) Investigating the Catalytic Mechanisms of Bio-degrading Copper Proteins: Multi-copper Oxidases (MCOs) and Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (LPMOs). Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/m5n0-ck53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072021-073626662

2020

Leask, Ellen Kathleen (2020) Investigating the Evolution of Surface Water on Mars through Spectroscopy of Secondary Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TWR4-N128. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02192020-182835054

Stein, Nathaniel Thomas (2020) Investigation of Past Habitable Environments through Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cq9c-sg21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092020-122543624

2019

Miller, Hayden Bryce Dutcher (2019) Stable and Radiogenic Isotope Studies of Iron-oxides as Paleoenvironmental and Tectonic Archives. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/945X-R138. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11072018-165610818

Thomas, Nancy Helen (2019) Remotely Sensing Aqueous Alteration on Mars: Innovative Statistical and Analytical Methods for Large Spectral Datasets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8JFC-BY64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072019-115333958

2018

Buz, Jennifer (2018) Macro Mars to Micro Mars: Mapping Minerals and Magnetization. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z6EH-M526. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242018-144308725

Present, Theodore Michael (2018) Controls on the Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Carbonate-Associated Sulfate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6SFR-EX25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04042018-153105432

Spalding, Christopher (2018) The Primordial Origin and Dynamical Sculpting of Close-In Planetary System Architectures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RB72TQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202018-115359218

2017

Malatesta, Luca Claude (2017) Impact of Climate and Tectonics on the Morphodynamics of Alluvial Piedmonts, Implications for Sediment Transfer and the Stratigraphic Record. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HD7SP4. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04072017-164424209

Ward, Lewis Michael (2017) Microbial Evolution and the Rise of Oxygen: The Roles of Contingency and Context in Shaping the Biosphere through Time. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9BZ642S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012017-152345273

Yu, Hang Hank (2017) Understanding the Symbiosis in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Through Metabolic, Biosynthetic and Transcriptomic Activities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9XD0ZQQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06082017-134458390

2016

Case, David Hamilton (2016) Carbonate-Associated Microbial Ecology at Methane Seeps: Assemblage Composition, Response to Changing Environmental Conditions, and Implications for Biomarker Longevity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9TD9V84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-170051580

Marlow, Jeffrey James (2016) Physical, Metabolic, and Energetic Investigations of Methane-Metabolizing Microbial Communities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9W66HPS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212015-103405937

Raven, Morgan Reed (2016) Organic Matter Sulfurization in the Modern Ocean. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z91Z42B0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-125832967

Slotznick, Sarah Pearl (2016) Coupling Textural, Magnetic, and Modeling Techniques to Understand Precambrian Paleoenvironments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HT2M8X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032016-150348563

Trembath-Reichert, Elizabeth (2016) Molecular and Geochemical Insights into Microbial Life Centimeters to Kilometers Below the Seafloor. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96Q1V6Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-132232540

2015

Johnson, Jena Elaine (2015) Manganese: Minerals, Microbes, and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RF5S0X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05182015-162708844

2014

Stolper, Daniel Aaron (2014) New Insights into the Formation and Modification of Carbonate-Bearing Minerals and Methane Gas in Geological Systems using Multiply Substituted Isotopologues. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CF9N3Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272014-225828922

2013

Bergmann, Kristin Diane (2013) Constraints on the Carbon Cycle and Climate During the Early Evolution of Animals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KFJX-7S28. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06102013-045943358

Osburn, Magdalena Rose (2013) Isotopic Proxies for Microbial and Environmental Change: Insights from Hydrogen Isotopes and the Ediacaran Khufai Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KBAN-B073. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202013-162430365

2011

Spasojevic, Sonja (2011) Dynamics of Long-Term Sea-Level Change and Vertical Motion of Continents. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C7PG-QN55. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12012010-122030085