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Feel free to reach out with any general questions or suggestions at efmp.ucla2020@gmail.com!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akash Gupta<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Academic year<\/strong>: 5th year PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Major<\/strong>: planetary science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Research interests<\/strong>: How do planets form and evolve with time?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hobbies<\/strong>: Climbing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Email<\/strong>: akashgpt(at)g.ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Valeria Jaramillo (she\/her)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Academic year<\/strong>: 3rd year PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Major<\/strong>: structural geology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Research interests<\/strong>: structural geology, geochronology, thermobarometry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hobbies<\/strong>: Enjoying an amazing, cloudy, colorful beach sunset. Hiking, eating, and hanging out with friends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Email<\/strong>: jaramillov29(at)g.ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Arthur Lo (he\/him)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      • Academic year<\/strong>: 4th year undergraduate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Major<\/strong>: geophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Research interests<\/strong>: plate tectonics, mantle dynamics, and volcanoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Hobbies<\/strong>: Hiking, singing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Email<\/strong>: wklo(at)g.ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Morgan Carrington (she\/they)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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        • Academic year<\/strong>: 4th year undergraduate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Major<\/strong>: geology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Research interests<\/strong>: planetary surface processes, structural geology, planetary analogs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Hobbies<\/strong>: Stargazing, listening to and finding new music, trying new foods, puzzles, camping, hiking, swimming<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Email<\/strong>: mcarrington4(at)gmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          Xiyuan Bao (he\/him)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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          • Academic year<\/strong>: 4th year PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Major<\/strong>: geophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Research interests<\/strong>: Mantle dynamics, plate tectonics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Hobbies<\/strong>: reading novel, watching TV series<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Email<\/strong>: xiyuanbao(at)g.ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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            Teresa Huang (she\/her)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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            • Academic year<\/strong>: 4th year undergraduate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Major<\/strong>: engineering geology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Research interests<\/strong>: I want to go into the geotechnical industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Hobbies<\/strong>: thrifting, baking, crocheting, and video games<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Email<\/strong>: teresamhuang(at)gmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              Lauren Tafla (she\/her)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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              • Academic year<\/strong>: 2nd year PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Major<\/strong>: geochemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Research interests<\/strong>: isotope geochemistry and cosmochemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Hobbies<\/strong>: outdoor activities and art<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Email<\/strong>: laurentafla(at)ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                Professor Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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                • Position<\/strong>: Louis B. and Martha B. Slichter Endowed Chair in Geosciences, UCLA EPSS <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Education<\/strong>:\n
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                  • PhD in Geology, 1994 (University of California at Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • BSc in Geology, 1987 (University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fcez)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Research interests<\/strong>: plate tectonics, mantle dynamics, thermodynamics of mantle minerals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Hobbies<\/strong>: Comic books<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Email<\/strong>: clb(at)epss.ucla.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    Feel free to reach out with any general questions or suggestions at efmp.ucla2020@gmail.com! Akash Gupta Valeria Jaramillo (she\/her) Arthur Lo (he\/him) Morgan Carrington (she\/they) Xiyuan Bao (he\/him) Teresa Huang (she\/her) Lauren Tafla (she\/her) Professor Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/efmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}