Lab Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Researchers, Visiting Professors, and Technicians

These former postdoctoral researchers and visiting professors have been central to our research over the years.

Name	Current Affiliation
Dr. Sherry Martin	USGS
Dr. Leanne Hancock	EGLE
Dr. Mohammed Mizanur Raman
Dr. Lisi Pei	Georgia Tech
Dr. Agustin Brena	Institute of Engineering, UNAM, Mexico City
Blaze Budd	Geologist, EGEL
Briana Jasinksi
Sam Arcand
Dr. Ryan Vannier	EGLE
Dr. Tianfang Xu	Arizona State University

Former Graduate Students and Affiliated Graduate Students

This list includes Graduate students who got their degrees from the Hydrogeology Lab, and those that while getting degrees elsewhere at MSU found themselves closely affiliated with our research–and us with theirs.

Name	Year	Degree	Thesis
Luwen Wan	2023	PhD	Quantifying Nutrient Transport Pathways Using Spatially Explicit Modeling and Remote Sensing
Ben McCarthy		MS
Chanse Ford	2022	PhD
Quercus Hamlin		MS/PhD Candidate
Bailey Hannah		MS
Dr. Alexandria Kuhl		PhD
Allyson Brady		MS
Dr. Jillian Deines	2018	PhD	Integrating Satellite Observations into Process-Based Models to Inform Agricultural Water Management
Lon Cooper, P.E., P.G.	2016	PhD Candidate	Quantifying Groundwater/Surface Water Exchange Along a Stream Meander
Dr. Erin Haacker	2017	PhD	Sustainability of the High Plains Aquifer: From deliberate impacts to unintended consequences
Dr. Sam Smidt	2017	PhD	Redefining Water and Land Management Strategies for the Early 21st Century
Kayla Cotterman	2016	MS	Analysis and Adaptation of the Effects of Climate Change and Groundwater Depletion on Crop Production and Water Availability Across the High Plains Aquifer
Kaya Diker	2015	MS Candidate	Monitoring spatial and temporal soil moisture variability under natural and managed vegetative ecosystems
Yu-Teng Ma	2014	MS	Using combined geophysical methods to better understand spatial and temporal soil moisture variability in a deciduous forest
Dr. Mine Dogan	2013	PhD	High resolution characterization of aquifers to improve flow and transport models of highly heterogeneous media
Emily Luscz	2013	MS	Modeling Nutrient Loading to Watersheds in the Great Lakes Basin: A Detailed Source Model at the Regional Scale
Brian Eustice	2011	MS	Exploring the Nature of Free Convection in a Sabkha with Electrical Imaging and Hydrological Modeling
Dr. Sherry Martin	2010	PhD	Land-Use Legacy Effect: Combining Spatial and Temporal Drivers in Statistical and Mechanistic Models of Lake Water Chemistry
Dr. Anthony Kendall	2009	PhD	Predicting the Impacts of Land Use and Climate on Regional-Scale Hydrologic Fluxes
Chris May	2009	MS	Evaluating the Influence of Historical Land Cover on Sediment and Nutrient Transport
Abby Norton Krane	2008	PhD Candidate	Adjunct Earth Science Professor, Cuyahoga Community College
Dr. Dushmantha Jayawickreme	2008	PhD	Exploring the Influence of Land Use and Climate on Regional Hydrology and Groundwater Recharge
Nick Welty	2005	MS	Exploring Relationship between Land Use and Ecohydrology Using Multivariate Statistics and Process-Based Model
Matt Spansky	2005	MS Candidate	Hydrogeologist with URS
Peter Lepczyk	2005	MS	Laboratory and Numerical Simulations of Three-Dimensional Microbial Transport and Biodegradation
Mike Brennan	2004	MS	Effect of Small-Scale Heterogeneities on Tracer Transport
John Moss	2004	MS	Quantifying the Specific Conductivity of Contaminated Groundwater Using Ground Penetrating Radar at the Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan
Chris Hoard	2002	MS	The Influence of Detailed Aquifer Characterization on Groundwater Flow and Transport Models at Schoolcraft, Michigan
Dr. Brian Lipinski	2002	MS	Estimating Natural Attenuation Rates for a Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Plume in a Glacio-Fluvial Aquifer, Schoolcraft, Michigan
Dr. David Boutt	1999	MS	Interpreting the Impacts of Land Use on Water Quality Using Groundwater Flow and Transport Simulations in the Grand TraverseBay Watershed
Ken Ewers	1997	MS	Three-Dimensional Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Medium Scale Highly Heterogeneous Environments
Sandra Treccani	1997	MS	Scientist, Washington State Department of Ecology

Former Undergraduate Students

Name	Year	Degree
Julia Michienzi	2018	BS Environmental Geoscience
Ben McCarthy	2018	BS Environmental Geoscience
Jeremy Rapp	2018	Dual BS Geology and GIS
Quercus Hamlin	2017	BS Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Heather Moule	2015	BS Environmental Geoscience
Katie Smack	2015	BS Environmental Geoscience
Troy Ludwig	2015	BS Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Henry Whitenack	2014	BS Environmental Geoscience
Pete Miller	2015	BS Environmental Geoscience
Jacob Whitbeck	2015	BS Environmental Geoscience
Jordan Merreot	2015	BS Environmental Geoscience
David Greening	2014	BS Geological Sciences
Michelle Bagnasco	2014	BS Environmental Geoscience
Lia Sharon	2014	BS Environmental Geoscience and James Madison College
Nick Martin	2014	BS Geological Sciences and GIS
Haley Celovsky	2014	BS Environmental Engineering
Laura Bailey	2014	BS Environmental Engineering
Charlotte Lee	2014	BS Enviornmental Geoscience and Geological Sciences (Lyman Briggs)
Jordan Hein	2013	BS Geological Sciences
Tom Becker	2014	BS Computer Science
Kevin Ruhland	2012	BA Chemistry
Ryan Nagelkirk	2012	BS Environmental Geoscience
Briana Jasinski	2012	BS Environmental Geoscience
Brad Garrod	2013	BS Computer Science
Bobby Chrisman	2011	BS Geological Sciences
Jeff Eggleston	2010	BS Environmental Microbiology
Jason Bernstein	2008	BS Geological Sciences
Cheryl Adkins	2006	BS Environmental Engineering and Primary Education
Kent Dankenbring	2005	BS Geological Geosciences