Ethan Lopes Email & Phone Number

Reno, NV, US

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Began experiment to form secondary magnetic minerals within dunites using a Parr Series 4600 Pressure Vessel
• Additionally, studying the permeabilities of shocked and hydrothermally altered rocks from Chicxulub Crater using samples collected from International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 364
• Analysis of effective porosity and permeability determined using a Frank Jones Inc. porosimeter, a CoreTest AP-608, and LabView acquisition software

Atlantis Massif, Atlantic Ocean

• Conducted paleomagnetism analyses onboard the Joides Resolution and assisted in writing the preliminary report
• Remanence measurements conducted on both continuous and discrete samples
• Performed supplementary rock magnetism analyses, including Isothermal Remanent Magnetization Acquisition

Greenbelt, Maryland, United States

• Improved upon a dynamic model for predicting planetary seismicity
• Constrained the model by bootstrapping existing Apollo data
• Explored the implications of these results for future Europa seismic missions

Reno, Nevada, United States

AmeriCorps service-member at the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation. The foundation's mission is enhance the communities' livability through public engagement, education, and the sustainability of our parks, open spaces, and trails. My primary responsibility is to develop STEAM-based curricula for K-12 students of the Washoe County School District..

Berkeley, California, United States

• BLUR fellow supervised by Dr. Michael Commer
• Developed a machine learning algorithm using Python-based SIMPeg and PyTorch coding packages for simulated Crosswell electromagnetic imaging data in order to improve carbon capture and storage techniques
• Used algorithm to apply a complex factor to correct for steel-casing-induced numerical errors

Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States

• Observatory (5x): Instructed Intro. to Astro. students how to recognize constellations and operate telescopes, including 24-inch Cassegrain with color CCD camera, 4-inch Stellarvue, and 6-inch Meade refractor
• Geos 102 (2x), 201, 203: Lead lab sessions and helped teach students about introductory geology, geomorphology, and structural geology

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

I was a seismology research assistant for Dr. Maureen Long. My research was funded by the Williams College Summer Science Research Fellowship. I completed necessary field work and initial shear wave splitting measurements. I wrote code in Matlab to generate stereoplots and plots for fast wave directions. I installed seismometers for an upcoming seismic.

Hamilton, New York, United States

Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) research fellow advised by Dr. Jonathan Levin. I worked on saturation correction and standard normalization for a portable mass spectrometer. The research focused on perfecting an autonomous instrument to date planetary samples in-situ on Mars. I presented the research via an 8 minute talk and paper submission at.

Stead, NV

I conducted plasma physics research under the guidance of the NTF director Dr. Aaron Covington. I calibrated visible spectrometers by taking data from HeNe laser and Broad Spectrum Lamp-Low, fit resolution sources to known transitions, mounted, aligned VUV spectrometers and other vacuum systems, and wrote code with MatLab and PrismSpec to build spectra.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Geophysics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Astrophysics & Geoscience