Bidisha Abesh
Ph.D. Student
- bidabesh@iu.edu
- MSBII 443A
Advisor: Zhu
Research project: My goal is to forecast the climate change impact on the hydrology of the Wabash Basin in Indiana, together with expected managerial and environmental changes.
Graduate Students
Josie Arcuri
M.S. Graduate Student
- jarcuri@iu.edu
- IGWS 3020 Desk 8
Advisor: Edmonds
Research project: Josie studies the clustering of cutoff events along meandering rivers in the Amazon River Basin.
Silvia Ascari
Ph.D. Student
- sascari@indiana.edu
- IGWS 1020E Desk 25
Advisor: Njau/Polly
Research project: I'm studying the functional morphology of the claws of Velociraptor and relatives.
Corey Brazell
M.S. Student
- cwbrazel@iu.edu
Advisor: Schimmelmann
Research project: My research involves understanding low-temperature gas generation in organic-rich shales through biomarker analysis.
Josh Bregy
Ph.D. Student, EAS + Geography
- jbregy@iu.edu
Advisor: Yanites, EAS. Maxwell, Geography. Dual major Ph.D. in EAS and Geography
Research project: My research is primarily focused on reconstructing prehistoric hurricanes and long-term hurricane-climate interactions using sediment, tree rings, and isotopes.
Connor Broaddus
M.S. Student
- cmbroadd@iu.edu
- IGWS 3011A
Advisor: Edmonds
Research project: Connor works on numerical modeling and remote sensing to explore river deltas.
Jack Brown
M.S. Student
- jbr4@iu.edu
- MSBII 443B
Advisor: Edmonds
Research Interests: I am interested in using quantitative tools to better understand geomorphic processes in sedimentary environments.
Sarah Burgess
M.S. Candidate
- burgesss@iu.edu
- IGWS 3011 Desk 24
Advisor: Lee Florea IGWS
Research project: Sarah studies carbon and nutrient cycling in karst, the geochemistry of cave environments, and carbonate stratigraphy.
Eric Burton
M.S. Student
- ericburt@iu.edu
- IGWS 3011B
Patrick Cavanagh
Ph.D. Student
- pdcavana@indiana.edu
- Multidisciplinary Science Building II 449A
Advisor: Pratt
Research project: My research centers on developing stable isotope methods for the purpose of paleo environment reconstruction.
Clarke DeLisle
Ph.D. Student
- cdelisle@iu.edu
- IGWS 3011A Desk 14
Advisor: Yanites
Research project: The main goal of my work is to better understand the way that landscapes evolve over both human and geologic timescales.
Jayson Eldridge
M.S. Graduate Student
IGWS Lab/Field Assistant
- jayeldri@indiana.edu
- 812-856-2382
- IGWS 402 N. Walnut
Advisor: Ripley
Research project: My research focuses on nickle Isotope fractionation in the East Eagle Mine, Michigan.
Ricardo Ely
Ph.D. Student
- rcely@iu.edu
- IGWS 1020B Desk 28
Advisor: Polly
Research project: My research interests include evolutionary morphology, evolutionary rates, species diversification, integration and modularity.
Kirsten Hawley
Ph.D. Student
- kmhawley@iu.edu
- IGWS 1020F
Advisor: Claudia C. Johnson
Thomas LaBarge
M.S. Student
- tlabarge@iu.edu
- IGWS 1020F
Abraham Lauer
M.S. Student
- ajlauer@iu.edu
- IGWS 2016 Desk 7
Advisor: Kravitz
Research Project: I am focusing on the effects that climate change is going to have on Indiana.
Heather Lawson
Ph.D. Student
- helawson@iu.edu
- IGWS
IGWS advisor: Schimmelmann
Research Project: My research project aims to concisely define the correlations between the material properties of the mined seam and the stratigraphic risk factors for dynamic failure. Dynamic failure is the name used to refer to a dangerous type of ground failure occurring in underground mines that results in mine worker injury.
Xuechang "Shay" Liu
Ph.D. Student
- xuecliu@iu.edu
- IGWS 2016 Desk 5
Advisor: Staten
Research project: I work with Dr. Paul Staten on climate variability and clouds using satellite data from legacy instruments such as AVHRR and HIRS.
Sierra Lopezalles
M.S. Student, Biology + Earth Sciences
- slopezal@iu.edu
- IGWS 1020E
Eduardo Gonzalez Lugo
Ph.D. Student
- edugonza@indiana.edu
- IGWS 3020 Desk 9
Advisor: Yanites
Research project: My project tests current numerical modeling approaches used to determine drainage reorganization and its effect on landscape evolution.
Harrison Martin
Ph.D. Student
- hkmartin@indiana.edu
- IGWS 3011A Desk 17
Advisor: Edmonds
Research project: I use drone-based lidar to measure changes caused by floods in river landscapes.
Nathaniel Mitchell
Ph.D. Student
- natemitc@indiana.edu
- IGWS 3011A Desk 18
Advisor: Yanites
Research project: I explore how landscapes are shaped by factors like climate, tectonics, and rock properties.
Danielle Peltier
Ph.D. Student
- dpeltier@indiana.edu
- IGWS 1020C Desk 35
Advisor: Herrmann/Njau
Research project: I study the East African Rift System climate, volcanism, and landscape change, and how these ecological changes drove hominin evolution and behavior.
Kushal Keshavamurthy Ravipr
M.S. Student
- kkeshava@indiana.edu
- IGWS 2015A
Advisor: Kieu
Research project: My research is aimed at providing a different perspective on the issue of the limited predictability of tropical cyclone intensity and help guide future research in the operational meteorology domain.
Charles Salcido
Ph.D. Student
- csalcido@iu.edu
- IGWS 1020C Desk 36
Advisor: Polly
Research project: I am working on quantifying changes in diet and evolutionary lag in the skulls of therian carnivores.
Elizabeth Sherrill
Ph.D. Student
- sherrile@indiana.edu
- IGWS 3020 Desk 10
Advisor: K. Johnson
Research project: I am interested in using different geophysical methods to investigate the spectrum of slip on subduction zone megathrust faults.
Caitlin Sifuentes
M.S. Student
- csifuen@iu.edu
- MSBII 443B
Samuel Smith
Ph.D. Student
- samjsmit@iu.edu
- IGWS 2016 Desk 4
Advisor: Staten
Research project: My dissertation focuses on how and why three regional aspects of the climate system, namely jetstreams, clouds, and storm tracks, contribute to uncertainty around future change, as well as what the role of atmospheric waves is in shaping the response of these aspects.
Matthew Terrell
M.S. Student
- terrema@iu.edu
- IGWS 3011
I'm interested in studying the hydrology, geochemistry, and evolution of karst landscapes.Advisor: Lee Florea, IGWS
Emily Thorpe
M.S. Student
- edthorpe@indiana.edu
- IGWS 1020A Desk 26
Advisor: C. Johnson
Research project: My thesis involves the taxonomy and paleoecology of mid-Cretaceous rudist bivalves in Puerto Rico.
Jeffery Valenza
Ph.D. Student
- jvalenza@indiana.edu
- IGWS 3020 Desk 11
Advisor: Edmonds
Research project: I study river geomorphology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy through remote sensing of modern systems and outcrop study of ancient ones.
The-Anh Vu
Ph.D. Student
- anhvu@iu.edu
- IGWS 2016 Desk 1
Advisor: Kieu
Research Projects: My research focuses on understanding the physical mechanisms underlying the global formation of tropical cyclones, using the modeling approach.
Alex Zimmerman
Ph.D. Student
- alexzimm@indiana.edu
- IGWS 1020B Desk 27
Advisor: C. Johnson
Research project: I study Paleozoic conodonts, Cretaceous rudist bivalves, and modern deep-sea corals, all which contribute perspectives to the modern biodiversity crisis.
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