Month: September 2025

Congratulations to MS student Parker Comisac, who received an Honorable Mention award for his poster presented at the Houston Geological Society Student Expo on Sept 15-16.  Parker’s poster was entitled “Unfolding the Alaska-Aleutians slab and its implications for Kula-Pacific plate tectonic reconstructions and regional geology”.  Co-authors are Jonny Wu and Jeffrey Benowitz.  …Continue Reading Poster award for Parker Comisac at HGS Student Expo

Congratulations to Kaitlin Thomas for a successful defense on their MS thesis entitled “3D Analysis of the Indo-Australian Slab Subducting Beneath Sumatra”. Kaitlin’s MS advisor is Dr. Alex Robinson of the University of Houston, USA. Kaitlin was formerly advised by Jonny Wu, who now serves on the thesis committee….Continue Reading Kaitlin Thomas defends MS on 3D Analysis of the Indo-Australian Slab Subducting Beneath Sumatra