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Paul Liu, Associate Professor
Associate Professor, 2009-
Assistant Professor, 2003-2009, MEAS, NC State University
Postdoc, 2003, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Ph.D. 2001 (Geological Oceanography),
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of Williams & Mary (W&M), Williamsburg, VA, USA
M.S. 1995 (Marine Quaternary Geology),Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
B.E., 1992 (Hydrology and Engineering Geology+Marine Geology), Ocean University of China.
Research interests:
Late Quaternary sea level change and ocean margin evolution; Large river deltaic deposits and sedimentary processes; Land-ocean interactions; Watershed and estuarine GIS modeling; Geophysical surveys
> 515-7977… 3147 Jordan Hall … jpliu@ncsu.edu
Students:
Graduated
Dave Velozzi, Master Science,
Thesis: "Geological and Sedimentary Features of the Yangtze-derived mud in the inner shelf of East China Sea". --Graduated on May 1st, 2005;
Yiyi Wong, Ph.D. (start August, 2005). Project: Fate of small mountainous Taiwanese rivers' sediment and carbon. -Graduated.
Zuo XUE, Ph.D. (Start August, 2005).
Project: Fate of Mekong River-derived sediment into the South China Sea and it Holocene evolution. -Graduated on, 2009
Keren Cepero, MS, GIS Inland Flooding Modeling -Graduated on Oct., 2010
Qian Ge Ph.D. SCS sedimentation and Holocene Paleoclimatic changes; co-advisored with Pr. Chu Fengyou. -Graduated on May 1st, 2009
Current Students:
Jamie Wirth, Master Science, GIS- Watershed/Inland Flooding Model (2003-2006); Co-advisoring with Dr. Xie.
Keren Cepero, Ph.D., GIS Inland Flooding Modeling
Kristen Ross, MS. Flux and Fate of the Red River derived sediment in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam
Post-doc Fellows
Guoqing Wang (2009--2010)
Other Geo-Marine Related Faculty:
Del
R.
Bohnenstiehl, Assistant
Professor
PhD, Columbia University, New York, 2002
Extensional tectonics and rifting; distribution and scaling of fault
populations and earthquakes; magmatic, tectonic and hydrothermal
interactions at mid-ocean ridges, hydroacoustics with applications to
seismic studies, explosion monitoring and marine mammal populations
> 515-7449... 4138 Jordan Hall … delwayne_bohnenstiehl@ncsu.edu
David
J. DeMaster, Professor
PhD, Yale University, 1979
Marine geochemistry and radio chemistry in the nearshore and deep-sea
environments
> 515-7026 … 4132 Jordan Hall … dave_demaster@ncsu.edu
Elana
L. Leithold, Professor
PhD, University of Washington, 1987
Nearshore and shelf sedimentation and stratigraphy, sediment-transport
> 515-7282 … 2151 Jordan Hall … leithold@ncsu.edu
Chris
Osburn, Assistant Professor
PhD, Lehigh
University, 2000
Organic geochemistry in coastal waters; biogeochemistry of dissolved
organic matter; terrestrial biomarkers; modeling aquatic optics and
carbon flux in natural waters; aquatic photochemistry
>515-0382… 4150
Jordan Hall … chris_osburn@ncsu.edu
William
J.
Showers, Professor
PhD, University of Hawaii, 1982
Stable isotope geochemistry; paleoceanography; micropaleontology;
environmental monitoring; bone-isotope geochemistry; nitrogen isotope
pollution monitoring
> 515-7143 … 4130 Jordan Hall … w_showers@ncsu.edu
Carrie
J.
Thomas, Research Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate
Programs
PhD, North Carolina State University, 1998
Isotope geochemistry, biogeochemistry, animal-sediment interactions
> 515-7839 … 4136 Jordan Hall … cjthomas@unity.ncsu.edu
Karl
K.
Wegmann, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Lehigh University, 2008
Geomorphology, active tectonics, geodynamics, paleoseismology,
paleoclimatology, and biogeomorphology
>515-0380… 2123 Jordan Hall … karl_wegmann@ncsu.edu