Current

Tanya Pawawongsak (BS)

Jiale Mou (PhD) - mantle geochemistry

Jingnan Zhang (PhD) - A type granites

Duncan Keller (post-doc) - anorthosites

Ye Peng (post-doc)

Nathan Chou (BS) - geospatial analysis of ecohydrology

Benjamin Kwait-Gonchar (BS) - Venus thermal state

Previous lab members or Rice collaborators (chronological order)

      Stella Potemkin (BS)

Patrick Phelps (PhD) - professor at California State University, Fullerton

Jackson Borchardt (PhD) - Critical Minerals, United States Geological Survey

Sydney Allen (PhD) - Critical Minerals, United States Geological Survey

Julie Perez (BS, MS) - critical minerals division, Department of Energy (DOE)

Ming Tang (post-doc) - professor at Beijing University

Hehe Jiang (PhD, 2018) - U Toronto post doc; professor Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Julin Zhang (PhD, 2020) - Senior Quantitative Researcher at Jesse Livermore Securities

Chen Chen (visiting PhD)

Eytan Sharton-Bierig (MSc)

Jackson Stiles (BS) - Climate Data Adviser at Watershed

Samiksha Deme (BS) - PhD student at UCLA

Matthew Neal (BS)

Neal Rathod (summer UG intern)

Cailey Condit (post-doc) - professor at University of Washington

      Xu Chu (post-doc) - professor at University of Toronto

      Julia Ribeiro (post-doc); professor at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China

      Michael Farner (PhD, 2017) - teacher at Teach for America

      Sarah Gerenday (BS, 2017) - Environmental Geologist at EKI Environmental and Water, Denver, Colorado

      Alexandra Malouta (MSc, 2016) - Design Lead at JP Morgan and Chase

      Xin Chen (visiting student, Nanjing University)

      Wenrong Cao (post-doct 2015-2016; professor at U Nevada Reno)

      Monica Erdman (PhD (2016); US Geological Survey, Menlo Park)

      Emily Paine (BSc 2016, now working at NIST)

      Elli Ronay (BSc 2016, now PhD student at Vanderbilt)

      Graham Eldridge (BSc 2016)

      Xun Yu (visiting student from Nanjing University, China, 2015)

      Fernando Nascimento Santos (2015; visiting undergrad from Brazil)

      Detao He (2015; visiting student from China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China)

      Catherine Ross (visiting student from McGill University) - professor at Baylor University

      Yunong Xu (B. Sc.)

      Qingguo Zhai (visiting scientist)

      Mark Mikus (B.Sc.)

      Chi-Tang "Zoe" Wu (B.Sc.) - now at UC Davis

      Larisa Lamere (BSc 2016; now grad student at Oregon State University)

      Claudia Sayao-Valladares (visiting scientist from Rio de Janeiro State University, Brasil)

      Emily Chin (PhD 2014; post-doc Brown Univ; professor at UC San Diego -Scripps Oceanographic Institute)

      Xu-Jie Shu (visiting student; Nanjing University)

      Peter Luffi (post-doctorate) - Romanian Geological Survey

      Kelley Liao (Bsc and MSc; now interpretation geophysicist at Schlumberger)

      Brittany Brown (BSc, incineration blend chemist at Clean Harbors)

      Jianping Zheng (visiting professor from Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan, PRC)

      Bing Shen (post-doc; professor. at Beijing University, PRC)

      Keqing Zong (visiting grad student; professor at Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan)

      Nigel Watt (M.Sc., 2011) AECOM

      Daphne Jin (high school student) - Signals Product Strategy and Operations at TikTok

      Meghan Miller (post-doct; professor at Australia National University)

      Da-Ren Wen (post-doct) - manager at CPC Taiwan

      Sune Nielsen (post-doc; Professor and CNRS Director of Research at CRPG, Nancy)

      Romain Bouchet (visiting student from Ecole Normale Superieure)

      Veronique Le Roux (post-doc; professor at CNRG, Nancy, France)

      Blake Dyer (Rice BSc 2010, PhD Princeton 2016, professor at University of Victoria)

      Heather Dalton (MS 2009) - professor at San Jacinto College

      Katelyn Gray (BSc; now PhD student at Yale University)

      H. Patrick Young (BSc 2007, MS 2009; PhD Yale)

      Michael Kallstrom (BSc ’08; MSc. UT Austin)

      Masaru Oka (visiting student from Stanford U) - Technical Services Engineer at Epic

      Stephen Turner (Rice BSc ’08; Harvard PhD; professor at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)

      Artemis Harbert (BSc; information geoscientist at Railroad Commission of Texas)

      Maik Pertermann (p.d., 06-07; prof. San Jacinto Coll.)

      Arnaud Agranier (p. d., 05-07); professor at University of Brittany, France

      Martin Collier (BSc; PhD Columbia, ExxonMobil)

      Janelle Homburg (BSc; grad school Columbia; ExxonMobil)

      Jessica Hawthorne (BSc; PhD Princeton; Professor Oxford University, UK)

      Ulyana Horodyskyj (BSc. ’07; PhD U Colorado)

      Min Hu (MSc. ’07; UX designer at Microsoft)

      Zhengxue Li (PhD ’07; Connoco-Phillips)

      Mark Little (PhD ’07; director of NC Growth, Kenan Institute, U North Carolina; Past-president of the Geological Society of America)

      Amy Maloy (MSc ’07)

      Shayda Naficy (BSc)

      Yongsheng Liu (post-doc), Vice President of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan; now President of Nankai University, Tianjin, China

      Nivedita Thiagarajan (BSc; grad school Caltech, researcher at Caltech)