Post-doctoral researcher Jake Dorsett is working with Kaj Johnson in Geophysics. Jake is a computer programmer working on improving code workflows and computational methods for the Geophysics group.
Post-doctoral researcher Alice Hardman is working with Simon Brassell 
in Geochemistry. She writes, “I am interested in using biomarker lipids to develop novel proxy-based temperature calibrations and to reconstruct paleoclimatic conditions. I am currently delving into carbon isotope geochemistry and using algal lipid biomarkers to reconstruct paleo-pCO2 conditions on ancient timescales such as the Cretaceous.”
Post-doctoral researcher Timothy Lee is a seismologist working on tectonics in 
Asia (Taiwan), the European Alps, and currently in North America. His expertise lies on establishing high-quality earthquake catalogs, seismic tomography of subsurface structures, and faulting mechanisms. His current project with Assistant Professor Ginny Gong involves the use of machine-learning in combination with classical methods to build a high-resolution catalog for the Cascadia region and its seismic hazards relating to strong after-shock sequences in 2021 and 2022 around the Mendocino region.
Post-doctoral researcher Yuan Li joined Professor Doug Edmonds’ group in 
September 2024. As a fluvial geomorphologist, Yuan is using numerical modeling and remote sensing technologies for understanding how rivers change their courses over time. She is developing a database of oxbow lakes of meandering rivers from remotely sensed images. She is also working on identifying the erosion of artificial levees.
Post-doctoral researcher Elizabeth Sherrill (Ph.D. 2024) is working in Professor
Kaj Johnson’s lab on viscoelastic earthquake cycle models at Cascadia and Nankai subduction zones. The overall goal of her work is to better assess where subduction zone faults slip during earthquakes, as well as where they do not slip between earthquakes (and may slip in future earthquakes).
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