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Graduate Students
![Durga Acharya](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Gombodorj Batsukh](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Allison Bormet](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/bormet.jpg)
![Adeline Bowen](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Bristol Brabson](../../images/profiles/bristolBrabson-768x768.jpg)
![Isabelle Caban](../../images/profiles/isabelleCaban-768x768.jpg)
Isabelle Caban
M.S. Student
- iscaban@iu.edu
- 347-797-9841
- GY 3038
Advisor: Brian Yanites
Research Interests: My research interests include volcano and cascading hazards and the long-term consequences they pose.
![Nicolas Castro-Perdomo](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Anupama Chandroth](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Ping Chen (Evan) Chiang](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Janelle Cook](../../images/profiles/janelleCook-768x768.jpg)
Janelle Cook
M.S. Student
- cookjan@iu.edu
- 989-916-6349
- MSB II 443A
Advisor: Chen Zhu
Research Interests: hydrogeochemical modeling and water resources
![Sayan Das](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Peyton Dewaelsche](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Jayson Eldridge](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/jayson-eldridge.jpg)
Jayson Eldridge
M.S. Student
IGWS Lab/Field Assistant
- jayeldri@iu.edu
- 812-856-2382
- IGWS
Advisor: Ed Ripley
Research Interests: My research focuses on nickle Isotope fractionation in the East Eagle Mine, Michigan.
![Joshua Elms](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Ricardo Ely](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/ricardo-ely.jpg)
Ricardo Ely
PhD Student
- rcely@iu.edu
- GY 5030
Advisor: David Polly
Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology, evolutionary rates, species diversification, integration and modularity.
![Jake (James) Gearon](../../images/profiles/James-gearon-24-768x768.jpg)
Jake (James) Gearon
PhD Student (Edmonds Group)
- jhgearon@iu.edu
- 240-620-5681
- GY 3038
Advisor: Doug Edmonds
Research Interests: I am a sedimentologist focused on marrying big-data analytics, remote sensing, geostatistics, and sedimentology.
![JeongYeon Han](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Samantha Hartzell](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Kirsten Hawley](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Jenni Hurst](../../images/profiles/JenniHurst-768x768.jpg)
![Ariful Islam](../../images/profiles/arifIslam-768x768.jpg)
![Lorena Jevnikar](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Ye Jing](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Annika Jorgenson](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Diya Kamnani](../../images/profiles/kamnani-diya.jpg)
Diya Kamnani
PhD Student
- dkamnani@iu.edu
- GY 3038
Advisor: Travis O’Brien
Research Interests: Applying statistical techniques towards understanding different atmospheric phenomenon and their dynamics.
![Matthew Koelbel](../../images/profiles/matthew-koelbel-768x768.jpg)
Matthew Koelbel
M.S. Student
- mkoelbel@iu.edu
- GY 5032
Advisor: Jackson Njau
Research Interests: Evolution of East African hominins, specifically studying the dentognathic morphology of their fossilized skeletal remains
![Sarah Kolodny](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Thomas LaBarge](../../images/profiles/leBarge-f22-768x768.jpg)
Thomas LaBarge
PhD Student
- tlabarge@iu.edu
- GY 5030
Advisor: Jackson Njau
Research Interests: I am interested in the ecology of the large predators of the Serengeti ecosystem (Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, Crocodiles, etc.) and understanding how their diets and habits have changed over geologic time.
![Heather Lawson](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/lawson-img.jpg)
Heather Lawson
PhD Student
- helawson@iu.edu
- IGWS
IGWS advisor: Arndt Schimmelmann
Research Interests: 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.
![Bryan Lee](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Tony Li](../../images/profiles/tonyLi.jpg)
Tony Li
PhD Student
- twli@iu.edu
Advisor: Ben Kravitz
Research interests: Applying my mathematical background to the study of weather and climate.
![Ya-Shien (Zax) Lin](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Sierra Lopezalles](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Khanh Minh Luong](../../images/profiles/khahn-luong-768x768.jpg)
Khanh Minh Luong
PhD Student, Atmospheric Science
- kmluong@iu.edu
- 812-558-1166
- Geological Sciences 4057
Advisor: Chanh Kieu
Research Interests: I am a graduate student currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program for Geological Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, particularly tropical cyclones.
![Owen Madsen](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Minindu Mallawa](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Garrett Marietta](../../images/profiles/garrett-marietta.jpg)
Garrett Marietta
M.S. Student
Quaternary Stratigraphy and Geochronology Laboratory Technician
- gmariett@iu.edu
- 812-855-3951
- IGWS 3014
Advisors: Jose Luis Antinao and Henry Loope (IGWS)
Research interests: My research is centered around the geochronology of northern Indiana's glacially derived geomorphic features and the increased precision of OSL/IRSL dating via statistical modeling.
![Trenton Meier](../../images/profiles/trentMeier-768x768.jpg)
Trenton Meier
M.S. Student
- thmeier@iu.edu
- MSB II 443B
Advisors: Simon Brassell and Ed Herrmann
Research Interests: I utilize geochemistry and other geological analyses to answer archaeological questions.
![Phu Nguyen Duc](../../images/profiles/Nguyen-Duc,-Phu.jpg)
Phu Nguyen Duc
M.S. Student
- nguyendp@iu.edu
- GY 4037
Advisor: Travis O'Brien
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence and Earth Science
![Trung Nguyen](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Garrett O'Hara](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Danielle Peltier](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/danielle1.jpg)
Danielle Peltier
PhD Student
- dpeltier@iu.edu
- GY 5055A
Advisors: Ed Herrmann/Jackson Njau
Research Interests: East African Rift System climate, volcanism, and landscape change, and how these ecological changes drove hominin evolution and behavior.
![Rebecca Porter](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Kwesi Quagraine](../../images/profiles/kwesi-quagraine-768x768.jpg)
Kwesi Quagraine
PhD Student
- ktquagra@iu.edu
- GY 4037
Advisor: Travis O'Brien
Research Interests: Atmospheric Rivers detection, attribution, and morphology using climate models and ARTMIP catalog.
![Bethany Remain](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![James Ryan](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Charles Salcido](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/cj-salcido2.jpg)
Charles Salcido
PhD Student
- csalcido@iu.edu
- GY 5053
Advisor: David Polly
Research Interests: I am working on quantifying changes in diet and evolutionary lag in the skulls of therian carnivores.
![Brooke Santos](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Alec Siurek](../../images/profiles/AlecSiurek.jpg)
Alec Siurek
M.S. Student
- amsiurek@iu.edu
- GY 3038
Advisor: IGWS
![Hrishikesh Sivanandan](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/rishi-768x768.jpg)
Hrishikesh Sivanandan
PhD Student
- hrsiva@iu.edu
- GY 4055
Advisor: Ben Kravitz
Research Interests: Hrishikesh is working on studying the impact of Atmospheric Gravity Waves on offshore wind farms using Computational Fluid Dynamics.
![Quentin Smith](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Emily Throop](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Eli Van Dyke](../../images/profiles/Eli-VanDyke-768x768.jpg)
Eli Van Dyke
M.S. Student
- elivandy@iu.edu
- 616-414-2008
- GY 3040
Advisor: Andrea Stevens-Goddard
Research Interests: Using analytical techniques to better understand the timing and extent of large-scale deformational earth processes.
![Madeline Williams](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/madeline-williams.jpg)
![Hao Yuan](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Zhonghao Zhang](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)