Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

James Atterholt

I graduated in 2019 with a BS in geological sciences and a B.S. in mathematics.

I’m a geophysics PhD student at Caltech, and I use seismic waves to study fault zones and earthquake ruptures.

Sarah McCorkle

I graduated in 2019 and I got my BS in Geological Sciences with a concentration in Atmospheric Sciences as well as a BS in Informatics. I also went on to get my masters in Atmospheric Science from University of Wyoming.

I am currently an operational meteorologist with the National Weather Service at the San Francisco Bay Area weather forecast office.

Amanda Whaling

Image: This is a picture of me from my field work as a hydrologist for the US Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center.

I graduated in 2016 in Geosciences, with minors in Anthropology and Studio Art.

I am a hydrologist for the USGS involved in a range of studies encompassing geomorphologic change, statistical hydrology, and bathymetric mapping, with a focus on remote sensing as a tool to analyze, map, and visualize earth processes.