Past Ph.D. Students
Name Ph.D. Year Dissertation topic Current Position e-mail address
Kelly M. Dorgan 2007 Burrowing mechanics and crack propagation

Postdoctoral Associate,

U.C. Berkeley

kelly.dorgan@berkeley.edu
Jill L. Schmidt Murray 2001 Microspatial ecology of sedimentary bacteria Postdoctoral Associate, NCEAS, UCSB, and Max Planck Institut for Marine Microbiology, Bremen schmidt@nceas.ucsb.edu
Lee Karp-Boss 1998 Effects of small-scale fluid motion on phytoplankton Assistant Professor, UMaine lee.karp-boss@maine.edu
Brian T. Hentschel 1995 Diets of juvenile deposit feeders Assistant Professor, San Diego State University hentsche@sciences.sdsu.edu
Jeff Shimeta 1993 Effects of turbulence on suspension feeders Associate Professor, Franklin & Marshall j_shimeta@acad.fandm.edu
W. Brian Dade (principal adviser was Arthur Nowell) 1992 Deposition of clays in dynamic boundary layers Associate Professor, Dartmouth College William.B.Dade@Dartmouth.edu
Paul S. Hill (principal adviser was Arthur Nowell) 1992 Coagulation of marine particles by turbulent shear Professor, Dalhousie University paul.hill@dal.ca
Craig J. Plante 1992 Growth of bacteria in deposit-feeder guts Associate Professor, College of Charleston plantec@cofc.edu
Robert A. Wheatcroft (co-advised by Arthur Nowell) 1990 Mechanistic models and experimental measurements of anisotropic bioturbation Associate Professor, Oregon State University raw@oce.orst.edu
Deborah L. Penry 1988 Reactor theory of digestion K-12 education consultant deborah_penry@yahoo.com
Douglas C. Miller 1985 Effects of sediment transport on deposit feeders Associate Professor, U. Delaware dmiller@udel.edu
Eugene D. Gallagher 1983 Soft-bottom succession; dietary analysis by immunology Associate Professor, UMass Boston eugene.gallagher@umb.edu
James E. Eckman 1982 Interactions of animal tubes with sediment and recruitment dynamics Scientific Officer, Office of Naval Research eckmanj@onr.navy.mil
Gary L. Taghon 1981 Deposit feeders as optimal foragers Professor, Rutgers University taghon@imcs.rutgers.edu