David Williams

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member, Brendan Chapman, 2nd project advisor, Global scale contractionas a mechanism for resurgent Martian volcanism, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, Anticipated May 2025.  Current employment:  Ph.D. student, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member, Madison Borrelli, 2nd project advisor, Investigating formation of lava channels on Venus, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, Anticipated May 2025.  Current employment:  Ph.D. student, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Co-chair, John Christoph, 2nd project advisor, Mission Concept and Technical Feasibility of Synthetic Aperature Radar for Geologic Observation of the Subsurface of Io, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, Anticipated May 2022.  Current employment:  Ph.D. student, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.  https://sese.asu.edu/node/1844

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Co-chair, Vincenzo Cataldo, 3-D Modeling of the Erosional Potential of Turbulent Lava Applied to Lunar Sinuous Rilles, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, May 2022.  Current employment:  Staff, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.  https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2095135

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member, Sierra Ferguson, Investigating Small-Scale Populations of Impact Craters and Tectonic Features using High-Resolution Cassini Imagery, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, August 2021. 

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member, Zachary Torrano, Early Solar System Processes and Parent Body Relationships Recorded by Chromium and Titanium Isotopes in Meteorites, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, August 2020.  https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2589309

Barrett Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee Member, Cara Courtney, Modeling the Effects of Flow Conditions and Rheology on Lava Flows with Polyethylene Glycol. Arizona State University, May 2020.

M.S. Supervisory Committee Co-chair, Genevieve Studer-Ellis, Structural and Geomorphic Mapping of Northern Claritas Fossae and the Thaumasia Graben, Mars:  Implications for Formation, M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, August 2019.  Current employment:  Just graduated, seeking employment.

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member, Jessica Noviello, Identification and Quantitative Classification of Europa’s Microfeatures:  Implications for Microfeature Formation Models and the Europa Clipper Flagship Mission, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, August 2019.  Current employment:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Eargh & Space Exploration, Arizona State University.  https://sese.asu.edu/node/1300

M.S. (In Passing) Supervisory Committee Member, Emily Zawacki, Reconstructing an explosive basaltic eruption in the Pinacate volcanic field (Sonora, Mexico), M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, December 2018.  Current employment:  Ph.D. student, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.  https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2594276

M.S. Supervisory Committee Co-chair, Kyle Mohr, Geological Mapping of Ascraeus Mons, Mars, M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, December 2017.  Current employment:  Ph.D. student, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU.  https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2442567

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Member, Melissa Bunte, Geological Studies of Europa and Io, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, December 2013.  Current employment: Professor of Astronomy, Mesa Community College:  http://contacts.mesacc.edu/melissa.bunte

M.S. Supervisory Committee Co-chair, Leon Manfredi, The Volcanic History of the Tempe Volcanic Province, Mars, M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, December, 2012.  Current employment:  Instructional Designer, ASU-SESE ETX Center. https://sese.asu.edu/node/1580

M.S. Supervisory Committee Member (Effective Advisor), Melissa Bunte, Volcano-Tectonic Interactions on Io: The Zal, Hi’iaka, and Shamshu Regions, M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, May, 2008.  Current employment: Professor of Astronomy, Mesa Community College:  http://contacts.mesacc.edu/melissa.bunte

Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Member (Effective Co-advisor), Jacob E. Bleacher, Characterization of Shield Volcanoes on Earth and Mars from Slope Analyses and Lava Flow Mapping, Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University, December, 2006.  Current employment:  Chief Exploration Scientist, NASA Advanced Exploration Systems, HEOMD.

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