Degrees awarded to PAOC members during the 2011/2012 academic year. MIT confers degrees in September, February and June.
Doctoral Degrees
September 2011
February 2012
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Ryan Abernathey | Climate, Physics & Chemistry | John Marshall | Mixing by Ocean Eddies |
| Erin Bertrand | Chemical Oceanography | Mak Saito (WHOI) | Insights into Vitamin B12 Production, Aquisition, and use by Marine Microbes |
| Andrea Burke | Marine Geology & Geophysics | Laura Robinson and Olivier Marchal (WHOI) | Constraining circulation changes through the last deglaciation with deep-sea coral radiocarbon and sedimentary ²³¹Pa/²³⁰Th |
| Fern Gibbons | Marine Geology & Geophysics | Delia Oppo (WHOI) | The centennial and millennial variability of the IndoPacific warm pool and the Indonesian Throughflow |
| Abigail Noble | Chemical Oceanography | Mak Saito (WHOI) | Influences on the oceanic biogeochemical cycling of the hybrid-type metals: Cobalt, iron and manganese |
June 2012
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Rachel Horwitz | Physical Oceanography | Steve Lentz (WHOI) | The Effect of Stratification on Wind-Driven, Cross-Shelf Circulation and Transport on the Inner Continental Shelf |
| Karin Lemkau | Chemical Oceanography | Christopher Reddy (WHOI) | Comprehensive Study of a Heavy Fuel Oil Spill: Modeling and Analytical Approaches to Understanding Environmental Weathering |
Masters Degrees
February 2012
June 2012
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Rachel Bowens-Rubin | Planetary Science | Sara Seager | Feasibility-Study for Space-Based Transit Photometry Using Mid-sized Nanosatellites |
| Luyao Li | Planetary Science | Sara Seager | Millikelvin Temperature Control System for the ExoplanetSat Imager |
Bachelors Degrees
June 2012
| Name | Program | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Roman Kowch | Undergraduate | Lodovica Illari | Evidence of Thermal Equilibration in Large-Scale Atmospheric Blocking Episodes over Europe and the North Atlantic during Winter |
| Deepa Rao | Undergraduate | Laura Meredith/ Ron Prinn | Exploring the Microbe-mediated Soil H2sink: A Lab-based Study of the Physiology and Related H2 Consumption of Isolates from Harvard Forest LTER |