Academic Personnel Scientists & Academic Federation
Irina Delusina
Assistant Project Scientist
Ph.D., Tallinn Institute of Geology, Estonia (1989)
3242 Earth & Physical Sci
idelusina@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-1861
Geology
High-resolution records of climate change from ocean and lake environments as determined by palynological analyses. Reconstruction of vegetational history of late-glacial environment and its paleoclimatic implications. Evidence for the response of plant communities to climatic oscillations and analysis of environmental parameters responsible for vegetational alteration. Current research projects encompass California and the Caribbean region, including the palynological study of vegetation evolution and optimal conditions for the formation of peat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and marine sediments of the Cariaco Basin of Caribbean Sea as a source of information for paleoclimate reconstruction in a Neotropical region during late-glacial/Holocene transition.
Mohamed Gouiza
Assistant Project Scientist for CIG
Ph.D., VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands (2011)
2215 Earth & Physical Sciences
mgouiza@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-2889
Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)
I am an Earth scientist with interests in structural geology, tectonics, and geodynamics. My research rely on the integration of field observations, geophysical data, and numerical methods to understand the processes driving lithospheric extension in rifts and rifted margins.
Lorraine Hwang
Academic Coordinator for CIG
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1990)
2215 Earth & Physical Sci
ljhwang@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-3656
Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)
Seismology, geologic carbon sequestration and induced seismicity.
Ann Russell
Associate Research Scientist, retired on recall
Ph.D., University of Washington (1994)
2211 Earth & Physical Sci
adrussell@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-3311
Geology
Paleoceanography and chemical oceanography. Dr. Russell's research focuses on development and application of geochemical tracers of changes in ocean chemistry, including metals and stable isotopes in foraminiferal shells, and redox-sensitive metals in bulk sediments. Ann uses these geochemical tracers to reconstruct changes in ocean temperature, carbon chemistry, and redox environment from deep-sea sediment cores.
Peter Thy
Project Scientist
Ph.D., University of Aarhus (1982)
2234 Earth & Physical Sci
pthy@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-1802
Geology
Igneous petrology of gabbros and basalts. Detailed petrographic, mineralogical and chemical studies to understand petrogenesis and crystallization. Current research includes gabbroic intrusions and plateau basalts of the North Atlantic province (Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland, Iceland). Ocean gabbros and crustal formation (Indian Ocean). Ophiolites (Cyprus and Turkey). Formation of ash and slag in biomass-fueled power plants.