The List

Name	Year	Advisor	First Position/Employer	Current Position/Employer	Thesis Title
Davies, Geoffrey F.	1973	Ahrens	Researcher, Australian National University	Professor, Australian National University	Elasticity of Solids at High Pressures and Temperatures: Theory, Measurement and Geophysical Application
Gaffney, Edward S.	1973	Ahrens		Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM	Crystal Field Effects in Mantle Minerals
Gibbons, Rex V.	1974	Ahrens		Minister, Newfoundland and Labrador, Dept. of Mines and Energy, St. John's NF	Experimental Effects of High Shock Pressure on Materials of Geophysical Interest
Lagus, Peter L.	1974	Ahrens		Lagus Applied Technology, President	The Equation of State of Hydrogen and Argon; Applications to the Jovian Interior
O'Keefe, John Dugan	1977	Ahrens	Research Scientist, Caltech and TRW Group Research Center, Manager	Visitor, Caltech	Impact Phenomena on the Terrestrial Planets (UCLA)
Raikes, Susan A.	1978	Ahrens		Scientist, BP Exploration Co., UK	I. Regional Variation in Upper Mantle Compressional Velocities beneath Southern California. II. Post-Shock Temperatures. Their Experimental Determination, Calculation, and Implications
Jeanloz, Raymond	1979	Ahrens		Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, UC Berkeley CA	Physics of Mantle and Core Minerals
Lyzenga, Gregory A.	1980	Ahrens	Member, Technical Staff, JPL	Professor of Physics, Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Shock Temperatures of Materials: Experiments and Applications to the High Pressure Equation of State
Vizgirda, Joana M.	1981	Ahrens		~	Dynamic Properties of Carbonates and Applications to Cratering Processes
Cohn, Stephen N.	1983	Ahrens	Director of Network Anal. BBN Communications	Vice President, Secure Systems, BBN Systems and Technologies	Holographic In-Situ Measurement in Geophysics
Boslough, Mark	1984	Ahrens	Research Staff, Sandia National Labs	Research Staff, Sandia National Labs	Shock-Wave Properties and High-Pressure Equations of State of Geophysically Important Materials
Rigden, Sally M.	1986	Ahrens	Researcher, Australian National University	Manager, Operations and Resources, Molecular Mining Corp., Canada	The Determination of the Equation of State of Molten Silicates at High Pressures using Shock-Wave Techniques
Schmitt, Douglas R.	1987	Ahrens	Assoc. Professor of Geophysics, Institute for Earth and Planetary Physics, Dept. Physics, University of Alberta, Canada	Assoc. Professor of Geophysics, Institute for Earth and Planetary Physics, Dept. Physics, University of Alberta, Canada	I. Applications of Double-Exposure Holography to the Measurement of In Situ Stress and the Elastic Moduli of Rock from Boreholes. II. Shock Temperature Measurements in Fused Quartz and Crystalline NaCl to 35 GPa
Svendsen, Bob	1987	Ahrens	Mechanik Darmstadt Institute of Technology, Germany	Professor, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Dormtund, Germany	Optical Radiation from Shock-Compressed Materials
Lange, Manfred A.	1988	Ahrens		Director, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitåt, Münster, Germany	Eigenschaften Volatilhaltiger Minerale Bei der Dynamischen Kompression und Folgerungen fur Die Entstehung Einer Primordialen Atmosphäre
Polanskey, Carol	1989	Ahrens	JPL, Team Chief, Galileo Project	JPL, Team Chief, Galileo Project	I. Impact Spallation Experiments: Fracture Patterns and Spall Velocities II. Craters in Carbonate Rocks: An Electron Paramoagnetic Resonance Analysis on Schock Damage
Anderson, William W.	1990	Ahrens	Assistant Prof., Georgia Southwestern College, Georgia	Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory	High Pressure States in Condensed Matter: I. High Pressure Behavior of the Iron-Sulfur System with Applications to the Earth's Core II. Empirical Equation of State for Organic Compounds at High Pressures
Miller, Gregory H.	1990	Ahrens	Postdoc, Dept. of Geol. Geophys., UC Berkeley	Professor, Applied Numerical Algorithms Group, LBNL UC Berkeley	The Equation of State and Petrogenesis of Komatiite
Smither, Catherine L.	1992	Ahrens	Post-doc, Australian National University	Researcher, Earth Sciences, University of Washington	Stress-Relief Displacements Induced by Drilling and Three-Dimensional Modeling of Planetary Impacts
Duffy, Thomas S.	1992	Ahrens	Postdoc, Carnegie Institution of Washington	Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Princeton University	Elastic Properties of Metals and Minerals under Shock Compression
Rowan, Linda R.	1993	Ahrens	Postdoc, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Texas	Editor, Science Magazine, Washington DC	I. Equation of State of Molten Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt. II. Structure of Kilauea Volcano
Takata, Toshiko	1995	Ahrens	Postdoc, U. Tokyo	Prof. Geology Miyagi U., Japan	Three-Dimesional Analysis of Impact Processes on Planets
Yang, Wenbo	1996	Ahrens	Researcher, Schlumberger Ltd.	Manager, Schlumberger Ltd, Rosharon, TX	Impact Volatilization of Calcite and Anhydrite and the Effect on Global Climate from K/T Impact Crater at Chicxulub
Chen, George (Guangqing)	1997	Ahrens	Computer specialist, The Santa Cruz Operation	Manager, KLA-Tencor, San Jose	I. High Pressure Melting of Gamma-Iron and the Thermal Profile in the Earth's Core. II. High Pressure, High Temperature Equation of State of Fayalite (Fe2SiO4)
Holland, Kathleen	1999	Ahrens	Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory, NM	Researcher, Xontech	Phase Changes and Transport Properties of Geophysical Materials under Shock Loading
Winfree, Nancy	1999	Knowles, Ahrens	Research staff, Applied Research Laboratories, NM	Dominca, self-employed	Impact-induced phase transformations in elastic soids: a continuum study including numerical simulateions for GeO2
Liu, Cangli	1999	Ahrens	Deputy Director, Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics, P. R. China	Deputy Director, Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics, P. R. China	I. Rigid Body Penetration into Brittle Materials. II. Phase Change Effect on Shock Wave Propagation
Stewart-Mukhopadhyay, Sarah T.	2002	Ahrens	Grove Karl Gilbert Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington	Assistant Professor of Planetary Science, Harvard University	Collisional Processes involving Icy Bodies in the Solar System
Luo, Sheng-Nian	2003	Ahrens	Director's Post-doctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory		I. The Heterogeneities at the Core-Mantle and Inner-Core Boundaries from PKP Phases, and II. The Static and Dynamic Behavior of a Silica at High Pressures
Akins, Joseph	2003	Ahrens	Adjunct Professor, Glendale Community College	~	Dynamic Compression of Minerals in the MgO-FeO-SiO2 System