Dr. Melodie French
Associate Professor

mefrench@rice.edu
KWGL 203
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Dr. Amy Ryan
Lab Manager, Research Scientist

ar218@rice.edu
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Interests: volcanology, high-T experiments, sintering

Dr. Jason Ott
Postdoctoral Associate

jno2@rice.edu
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Project: Feeling Salty about Cohesion: Using Halite to Model the Brittle-Ductile Transition

Maya Guise
PhD Student

mg250@rice.edu

Thesis: Non-Newtonian Rheology of Crystal Mush at Geologic Strain Rates

Josie Taylor
MS Student

jmt15@rice.edu

Thesis: The crystallographic controls on the frictional strength and rate dependence of phyllosilicates

Kemari Tinsley-Smith
MS Student

kt72@rice.edu

Thesis: The Evolution of Cohesion in Granular Fault Zones: An Experimental Study of Velocity-Strength Coupling

Edgar Villegas
PhD Candidate

eev3@rice.edu

Thesis: Frictional and Hydraulic Properties of Pelagic Carbonate Facies from the Northern Hikurangi Margin