M.S. · SDSU
Aleksandra Kalnozola
Dispersion of contaminants.
People
Members & student researchers
Students and collaborators contributing to coastal hazards, hydrosphere sensing, environmental transport, and numerical modeling.
Current members
Student researchers
Current research topics reflect the most recent lab update.
M.S. · SDSU
Carolyn Cornelio
Water-borne biological hazards in salmon farming.
Undergraduate · SDSU
Katrina Wallacher
GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR).
Ph.D. student · Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Fabian Kutchera
Tsunami generation models.
Recent graduate
Recently completed
M.S. · SDSU · completed 2026
Thanh Do
Dispersion of brine from a desalination plant.
Graduate mentoring
Master's researchers
Graduate projects listed in the laboratory CV.
Axel Reinder
M.S., SDSU · GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry.
Joaquin Santos
M.S., SDSU · Tsunami modeling in Japan and Chile.
Undergraduate mentoring
Undergraduate researchers
Research mentoring through independent study, summer research, and funded programs.
Lucas Frillici
Far-field tsunami hazards in Southern California from earthquakes in Asia.
Samuel Price
Far-field tsunami hazards in Southern California from earthquakes in the Americas.
Tegan Goodman
Near-field tsunami hazard assessment in Southern California.
Alvin Jay Gopez
GNSS-IR using National Geodetic Survey stations.
Jayvree-Michael Gonzales
GNSS-IR using smartphones.
Fabian Gutierrez
GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry.
Sydney Burham
Far-field tsunamis along the California coast.
Andrew Mosqueda
Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for California and volcanic tsunamis.
Kameron Lumanlan
Tsunami and dispersion models.
Doctoral mentoring
Doctoral committee & co-advising
Students for whom Ignacio Sepulveda has served in a committee or secondary advising role.
Ruei-Jiun Hung
Ph.D./JDP, Geological Sciences · Physics-based fault-zone fluid response associated with near- and far-field earthquakes.
Andrea Fabrizzi
Ph.D./JDP, Geological Sciences · Plate-boundary deformation at the East Pacific Rise and California Continental Borderland.
Yue Du
Ph.D./JDP, Geological Sciences · Fully coupled dynamic rupture, wedge plasticity, ocean acoustic waves, and tsunami modeling for great Japan Trench earthquakes.
Historical student roles and research topics are based on the laboratory CV; current-member descriptions reflect the latest lab update.