2024–present
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Southern California
Plastic-deformation mechanisms in amphibole
2020–24
B.A., M.Sci., Natural Sciences (Earth Sciences), University of Cambridge
Microphysical mechanisms underpinning the transient creep of olivine (M.Sci.)
A petrographic investigation of peak metamorphism and retrogression in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland (B.A.)
Breithaupt, T., Hansen, L. N., White, J., Hein, D., Ela, E., & Wallis, D. Constraining the effect of pressure on transient dislocation-accommodated deformation. AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2025)
Ela, E., Hansen, L. N., Breithaupt, T., Chen, H., White, J., Hein, D., Nehring, A., Seyler, C., Cross, A. J., & Goddard, R. Experimental constraints on low-temperature plasticity in polycrystalline and single-crystal plagioclase. AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2025)
White, J., Seyler, C., Breithaupt, T., Badt, N., & Goldsby, D. L. Quantifying dislocation interactions in blueschists via nanoindentation of sodic amphibole and epidote. AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2025)
Breithaupt, T., Wallis, D., & White, J. Developing backstress theory using stress-reduction experiments to quantify dislocation interactions. AGU Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA (2024)
White, J., Breithaupt, T., & Wallis, D. Constraining the duration of transient creep of olivine from room temperature to 1580°C. AGU Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA (2024)
White, J. C. R., Breithaupt, T., & Wallis, D. Transient creep of olivine single crystals. Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, St Andrews, UK (2024)
White, J. C. R., Harper, E. M., & Schneider, S. Predation pressure on Neogene freshwater gastropods. Molluscan Forum, London, UK (2023)
2024–2025 Earth Sciences Graduate Student Travel Award (×2), USC ($2,500 total)
2025 Earth Sciences Graduate Student Research Award, USC ($3,000)
2025 Dornsife Ph.D. Academy Scholarship and Research Fund, USC ($400)
2024 WiSE Travel Grant, USC ($500)
2024 WiSE Outstanding Scholar Award, USC ($10,000)
2023 NERC Research Experience Placement, University of Cambridge (£3,435)
2025
EXCITE2 Transnational Access. Constraining dislocation types in naturally deformed calcic amphibole using HR-EBSD. 5 days
2025
Advanced Photon Source, General User Proposal. The control of mineral structure on dislocation glide. PI Jessica White, Co-PI Thomas Breithaupt (Cambridge), Co-I Caroline Seyler (USC). 12 lifetime shifts
2025–present
Research Assistant, Core Center of Excellence in Nano Imaging, University of Southern California
Apreo 2 SEM, scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron backscatter diffraction
2024–25
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (GEOL 316), Spring 2025
Earthquakes (GEOL 240), Fall 2024