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Graduate Students

Graduate Student Research and Advisor

Sristika Adhikari
PhD student
 

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Stone

Reseach Lab: Paleolimnology Lab

Research Interest:
Diatoms, paleolimnology, ecology

Shanta Banstola
PhD - Expected May 2025
 

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Aldrich

Research Lab: GIS and Remote Sensing Lab

Research Interest: GIS, remote sensing, climate change, urban environments

Sanjaya Bhandari
PhD - Expected Summer 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jim Speer

Research Lab: Dendrochronology/Biochronology Lab

Research Interest: Dendrochronology, Himalayas, broad-scale ocean-atmospheric phenomena

Teressa Cook
MS - Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Stone

Research Lab: Paleolimnology Lab

Research Interest: Diatoms, Ecology, Paleoecology

Nilasree Dutta
PhD - Expected August 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Steve Aldrich

Research Lab: GIS and Remote Sensing Lab

Research Interest: Urban poverty, gender issues, contemporary issues, and GIS

Ravin Gaines
MS - Expected 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest: Biogeochemistry, lead mineralogy, lacustrine phosphorus geochemistry

Madiha Hassan
PhD - Expected 2027
 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest: Paleoceanography, biogeochemistry, diatoms, ecology, GIS, zoology

Paige Havener
MS - Expected Summer 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest: Paleoceanography, geochemistry, climatology
 

Madeline Hill
MS - Expected May 2024

 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest: Geochemistry and environmental pollution

Jenna Hinkle
MA -Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Chad Yost

Research Lab: Paleoecology and Micro-Archaeobotany Lab

Research Interest: Phytoliths, maize, anthropology

Zack Kemp
4+1 MS

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interests: Bioavailability of lead, biogeochemistry, environmental science, geology

Collins Malubeni
MS - Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jim Speer

Research Lab: Dendrochronology Lab

Research Interest: Dendrochronology, climate change, climatology

Josue Millan
PhD - Expected 2019
 

Advisor: Dr. Amos Winter

Research Lab: CAOS Lab

Research Interest: Coccolithophores, oceanography, climate change

Kathryn Mudica
PhD - Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest: Biogeochemistry, biotic indicators, freshwater systems

Cade O'Fallon
MS - Expected 2026

Advisor: Dr. Alex Badillo

Research Lab: GVALS

Research Interest: Photogrammetry, Cultural Heritage, and Archaeology

Hirak Parikh
PhD student

 

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Stone

Research Lab: Paleolimnology Lab

Research Interest: Genetics, Diatoms, Ecology, paleolimnology, paleoecology, and biomonitoring. 

Christian Sizemore
MS - Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Stone

Research Lab: Paleolimnology Lab

Research Interest: Diatoms, Paleolimnology, Paleoclimatology

Mya Whaley
MS - Expected 2025
 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interest:

Christopher Winningham
MS - Expected May 2024
 

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Stone

Research Lab: Paleolimnology Lab

Research Interest: Diatoms, paleolimnology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology

Destiny Legg
4+1 MS

 

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry

Research Interest: Paleoceanography, geochemistry, climatology

Rorie Reisner
4+1 MS

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Latimer

Research Lab: Biogeochemistry Lab

Research Interests: Diatoms, copepods, biogeochemistry, paleoecology

 

Department of Earth and Environmental Systems