THORSTEN W. BECKER
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Becker Group

Becker Geodynamics Group, August 2008

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We focus on improving our understanding of the lithosphere/mantle system, including the general workings of plate tectonics and Earth's evolution. We are always looking for motivated undergraduate and graduate students and highly talented post-docs. For research opportunities, please see the News page.

People (pictures)

  • Group members

  • Associates
  • Former group members:
    • Post-docs
      • Boris Kaus (2005-2007, now assistant professor at ETH Zürich, and adjunct research assistant professor at USC)
      • Jules Browaeys (2005-2006, now post-doc at UT Austin)
    • Students
      • Iain Bailey (PhD, 2009; post-doc at USC)
      • Brad Foley (BSc 2008; PhD student at Yale)
      • Clare Steedman (MSc 2007; consulting)
      • Katrin Plenkers (MSc 2007; PhD student at GFZ Potsdam)
    • Summer interns
      • Kevin Milner (BSc 2008)
      • Jared Sain (BSc 2008)
      • Hannah Waterhouse (Bryn Mawr College)
  • Recent collaborators:
    Besides our colleagues at USC, we have the privilege to work with a number of external researchers. Some of the more recent collaborations are listed here:
    • Donna Blackman (UC San Diego)
    • Lapo Boschi (ETH Zürich)
    • Sebastien Chevrot (CNRS Toulouse)
    • Clint Conrad (U Hawaii)
    • Göran Ekström (Lamont/Columbia University)
    • Claudio Faccenna (Universita Roma TRE, Rome)
    • Noah Fay (U Arizona)
    • Karen Felzer (USGS Menlo Park)
    • Francesca Funiciello (Universita Roma TRE, Rome)
    • Jeanne Hardebeck (USGS, Menlo Park)
    • Gene Humphreys (U Oregon, Eugene)
    • Boris J. P. Kaus (ETHZ)
    • Jamie Kellogg (Cate School, Santa Barbara)
    • Bogdan Kustowski (Chevron)
    • Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (UC London)
    • Rick O'Connell (Harvard University)
    • Claudia Piromallo (INGV, Rome)
    • Wiki Royden (MIT)
    • Harro Schmeling (Frankfurt University)
    • Vera Schulte-Pelkum (CU, Boulder)
    • Frederik Simons (Princeton)
    • Bernhard Steinberger, Norges geologiske undersøkelse, Trondheim
    • John Woodhouse, Oxford University
  • More group pictures.

Resources



Updated: November 23, 2009. (thorstinski at gmail dot com)