Goodbye to a great student

Last Friday, I said goodbye to my first graduate student, Kaiqing Yuan, who just started a postdoc in the Berkeley Seismo Lab. You will be missed, Kaiqing, but congratulations on this wonderful opportunity!

EPSS Commencement Ceremony 2014

The EPSS commencement ceremony took place on 14 June 2014. All of our group’s students were getting a degree: Grace Parker got a Bachelor of Science, Zheng Xing got a Masters, and Kaiqing Yuan got a PhD! More pictures here

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Graduating students Grace Parker (left, BS in geophysics) and Kaiqing Yuan (right, PhD geophysics & space physics), and Caroline Beghein (middle)
Caroline Beghein hooding Kaiqing Yuan
Caroline Beghein hooding Kaiqing Yuan

We have a new doctor!

Kaiqing Yuan successfully defended his PhD thesis today! Congratulations and thank you for being part of the team and being the first student to get a PhD in our group!

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EPSS colloquium

C.B. has the opportunity to present her group’s work on the Pacific LAB at the EPSS colloquium

Notable Professor

C.B. was acknowledged as a “notable professor” in a new article, which recognizes the compelling work of professors at some of the top research universities in the U.S. The professors in this collection were all selected from schools that are ranked as having “high research activity” or “very high research activity” on the Carnegie Classification …

DTM talk

C.B. talked about the mantle transition zone and the Pacific plate at DTM. Fun and busy day meeting with staff and postdocs

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