Graduate Students

Bradley Ackroyd

MS Candidate

Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

Reserach Interest: Geochemistry of water-rock interactions, with a focus on metal mobility and aqueous extraction

Christopher Akuka Akurugu

MS Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Ye Zhang

Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Modelling and Machine Learning

James Amato

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Brandon McElroy

Research Interests: Field Geology, Remote Sensing

Ashley Babcock

PhD Hydrological Science

Advisor: Bryan Shuman

Research interests: The nexus of water with soil, atmosphere, and the ecosystem

Kristina Bardfield

Dr. Madeline Lewis

Rachel Bryan

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. Madeline Lewis

Research interest: Magmatic Storage & Timescales, Volcanology, Geologic Hazards, Geochronology, Igneous Petrology

Beatrice Bugos

PhD student

Advisor: Ellen Currano

Research Interest: Paleobotany, paleoecology

Hannah Carney

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Cliff Riebe

Research Interests: Critical zone science, geochemistry, and geomorphology

Dwaipayan Chakraborty

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Subhashis Mallick

Jorlivan Correa

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Dario Grana

Research Interests: Applied Geophysics, Rock Physics

Alexander Cortese

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. Joe Biasi

Research interests: Economic Geology

Lucy Elizabeth Cooper

MS Geology

Advisor: John Kaszuba

Research Interests: Geothermal Systems, Aqueous Geochemistry

John-Michael Davis

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

Research interests: aqueous geochemistry in subsurface water-rock interactions

Julian Hernandez Diepenbrock

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Mark Clementz

Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology, Paleobiology

Devin Forgue

PhD Geology

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Sims

Research interests: Isotope Geochemistry and Igneous Petrology

Phoebe Valerie Ann Futcher

PhD Geology Student

Advisors: Dr. Joseph Biasi and Dr. Madeline Lewis

Research Interests: Economic Geology, Critical Minerals and Ore-forming Processes

Kaitlyn Gerstler

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr Jamie McFarlin

Research interests: Paleoclimatology, biogeochemistry

Glauco Sousa

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Dario Grana

Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, Rock Physics

Rachel Harris

PhD Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Andy Parsekian

Research interests: Environmental Geophysics and Hydrogeology

Hanna Holden

MS Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Jamie McFarlin and Dr. Joe Biasi

Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, environmental remediation, water quality

Mohammed Mahathee Hossain

MS Student

Advisor: Ye Zhang

Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modelling and Environmental Geophysics

Sarah Hurrel

MS Geology

Dr. Mark Clementz

Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology and Museum Studies

Sean Kraemer

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. Tom Minckley

Research Interests: Glacial lake outburst floods, Respiratory health in skiers

Brandi Lawler

Advisor: Dr. Ken Sims

Research Interests: Magmatic systems and the formation of ore deposits

Leon Li

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Brad Carr

Research Interests: Near-surface geophysics, critical zone, hydrothermal system

Sara McCullough

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Shuman

Research Interests: Paleoclimatology

Abigail Mensch

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

Research Interest: Aqueous Geochemistry

Emily Meyer

MS Candidate

Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

Research interests: Geochemistry, metal mobility, water-rock interactions

Asa Michalka

MS Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Dario Grana

Research interests: Environmental Geophysics

Andrew Miller

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Ken Sims

Justin Mistikawy

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Joe Biasi

Research Interests:Economic geology, Metamorphic petrology, Structural geology, Geostatistics, GIS

Sergei Nadeev

MS Geology

Advisor: Andrew Parsekian

Research interests: permafrost, surface processes, near-surface geophysics, geomorphology

Stephen Oni

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Cliff Riebe

Research Interests: geochemistry, critical zone science, and volcanology

Benard Oppong

MS Geophysics

Advisor: Po Chen

Research interests: Geophysics, Machine Learning

Alexandrea Peterson

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Andrew Parsekian

Research Interests: Environmental Geophysics

Stephanie Phillips

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Brad Carr

Golshan Pourhalaji

MS Geology

Advisor: Brandon McElroy and Joe Biasi

Research interests: Geomorphology and Surface Processes

Nyla Rechtzygiel

PhD Geophysics

Advisor: Joe Biasi

Research interests: Potential field geophysics (magnetics and gravity), economic geology, critical minerals, structural geology and tectonics

Lena Schwebs

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Andrew Parsekian

Research Interests: Environmental Geophysics, Peat Geophysics, Hydrogeophysics

SinYu Syu

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Dario Grana

Research Interest: Reservoir modeling, Rock Physics

Elham Shokrgozaryatimdar

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Po Chen

Research Interests: Seismic Wave Propagation, Full 3D waveform tomography (F3DT), Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA), Engineering Seismology

Ananya Singha

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Madeline Lewis

Research Interests: geochronology and geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks

Eva Smith

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Brad Carr

Research Interests: Near Surface Geophysics/ Hydrogeophysics

Aditya Srivastava

PhD Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Dario Grana and Dr. Subhashis Mallick

Research interests: the intersection of geophysics, computational modeling, and subsurface exploration

Greg Stark

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Sims

Research Interests: Research Interests: Radiogenic isotope geochemistry, igneous petrology

Sophia Stuart

Ph.D. Candidate

Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

Research Interests: Aqueous Geochemistry, Rare Earth Elements

Zachary Tenney

MS Geology

Advisor: Dr. Brandon McElroy and Dr. Ellen Currano

Research interests: Stratigraphic Paleobiology and Paleobiogeography

Tess Tracy

MS Geophysics

Advisor: Dr. Brad Carr

Research interests: Near-Surface Geophysics

Nafisa Tabassum

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Brandon McElroy

Research Interest: Fluvial Sedimentology, Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Adaeze Ugwu

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Ken Sims

Research Interest - Volcanology, Petrology, Trace and Major Element Geochemistry and Isotope Geochemistry

Jordan Von Eggers

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Shuman

Research Interests: paleolimnology, alpine ecology, and sedimentary DNA

Nancy Weinheimer

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Cliff Reibe

Research Interests: Earth Surface Processes and Critical Zone Science

Kathleen Van Wesenbeeck

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Brad Carr

Research interest: Near Surface Geophysics, Critical Zone, Hydrogeophysics

Whitney Worrell

PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Mark Clemenz

Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and stable isotope geochemistry