PhD Students
Marco Allain
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: marcoallain006@yahoo.com
- Advisor: Tim Collins
- Research Interests:
Vanessa Bailey
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: vanessajbailey@gmail.com
- Advisor: Simon Brewer
- Research Interests: Ecosystem response to climate change, Vegetation modeling
Ekaterina Bashkova
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: ekaterinabshkova@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology, Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
Asmita Bhattarai
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: u1317027@utah.edu
- Advisor: Tom Cova
- Research Interests: GIS, Natural Hazards, Geospatial Big Data, Economic Geography
Savannah Bommarito
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: savannahbommarito@gmail.com
- Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- Research Interests: Paleoecology
Tyler Brand
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: tyler.brand@utah.edu
- Advisor: Simon Brewer
- Research Interests: Geographic Information Science & Logistics, Supply Chain
Moongi Choi
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: u1316663@utah.edu
- Advisor: Alexander Hohl
- Research Interests: Agent Based simulation, Spatial statistics, Health geography
- Research Website
Andrea Davis
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: rounkles22@hotmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Health geography, environmental science
Jaydee Dolinar
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: u0450627@utah.edu
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Geoarchaeology / Environmental Archaeology
Marissa Greer
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: marissa.greer@utah.edu
- Advisor: Matthew Fry
- Research Interests: Energy Geography, Environmental Justice, & Human-Environment Relationships
Jiuying Han
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: jiuyinghan@gmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Medical / Health Geography, Machine Learning
Avina Khatri
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: avinakhatri@yahoo.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: GIS, Climate Change
Makaio Kimbrough
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: u1214486@utah.edu
- Advisor: Alexander Hohl
- Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and Air Quality
Otto Lang
- Degree Program: PHD
- Email: otto.lang@utah.edu
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Snow Hydrology
David Leydet
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: leydetd@gmail.com
- Advisor: Rich Medina
- Research Interests: Conflict, Climate Change, Cryosphere, and Spatial Modeling
Meitong Liu
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: meitong920401@gmail.com
- Advisor: Dennis Wei
- Research Interests: Urban Geography
Stella Mosher
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: stella.g.mosher@gmail.com
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Paleoecology, fire, biogeography, climate
Patrick Naple
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: pnaple@albany.edu
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Snow Hydrology, Snowpack Remote Sensing, Field Measurement, Modeling
Joel Emil Palmer
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: joelepalmer@gmail.com
- Advisor: Tim Collins
- Research Interests: Hazards & Vulnerability, Population & Community, & Disaster Resilience
Talula Pontuti
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: u1196414@utah.edu
- Advisor: Andrew Linke
- Research Interests: Food, Agriculture, Climate Change, Enfironmental Justice / Sovereignty
Rebecca Richards-Steed
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: rebecca.r.steed@utah.edu
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Medical Geography, GIS
Ahmad Mojtoba Riyadh
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: riyadh.mojtoba@utah.edu
- Advisor: Tom Cova
- Research Interests: Natural Hazards, GIS
Patrick Sullivan
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: patrick.sullivan@utah.edu
- Advisor: Philip Dennison
- Research Interests: Remote sensing, Greenhouse gases, Wildfire
Douglas Tharp
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: doug.tharp@utah.edu
- Advisor: Richard Medina
- Research Interests: Urban / Economic Geography, Demography, Transportation, Public Health
Susana Velasquez-Franco
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: susana.velasquez@utah.edu
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Human Paleoecology, Andes-Amazonia Paleoenvironments & Biogeography
Yu Wang
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: yukiwangecnu@gmail.com
- Advisor: Dennis Wei
- Research Interests: Urban Geography
Benjamin Williamson
- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: ben.williamson@utah.edu
- Advisor: Matthew Fry
- Research Interests: Cultural Geography, Environmental Politics, Digital Technologies, Boundaries, Interdisciplinarity
Masters Students
Anton Avchyan
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: anton.avchyan@gmail.com
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Remote Sensing of Cryosphere, Snow Conditions & Avalanche Forecasting, & Field Snow Observations
Michael Broughton
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: michaeljbroughton@gmail.com
- Advisor: Mitch Power
- Research Interests: Paleoecology/Zooarcheology
Austin Clark
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: austinclark90@gmail.com
- Advisor: Tim Collins
- Research Interests: Hazards
Melanie Cooke
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: mcooke99@gmail.com
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Paleoecology, botany, dendroclimatology
Sierra Cutler
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: sierraljensen@gmail.com
- Advisor: Phil Dennison
- Research Interests: Remote Sensing & GIS
Brenna Egan
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: u0973351@utah.edu
- Advisor: Jennifer Folstad-Shah
- Research Interests: Riparian ecology, water quality, green infrastructure
Scott Hudson
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: u1429015@utah.edu
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology/Cryosphere, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology
Jack Jones
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: jackrobertjones98@gmail.com
- Advisor: Phil Dennison
- Research Interests: UAVs, Remote Sensing, Computer Science, Data Science
Josh Krahulec
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: joshkrahulec@gmail.com
- Advisor: Mitch Power
- Research Interests: Biogeography, Climate Change, Fire, Dendroecology
Long Yin Lee
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: Autumnleely@gmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Health Geography
Emma Marshall
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: ekm328@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Cryosphere / Glaciology
Epiphany Pecchia-Bekkum
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: u1145036@utah.edu
- Advisor: Mitch Power
- Research Interests: Biogeography, Wildlife Corridors, Conservation, Anthropogenic Climate Change, GIS
Laila Sheikh
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: lasheikh@stthomas.edu
- Advisor: Andrew Linke
- Research Interests: Kenya, Climate Change, Eco Migration and Conflict
Allison Smith
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: u1039320@utah.edu
- Advisor: Philip Dennison
- Research Interests: Wildland firefighter safety, remote sensing, environmental modeling
Marti Sorensen
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: U1182146@utah.edu
- Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- Research Interests: Paleoecology
Aditya Venkataraman
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: u1459437@utah.edu
- Advisor: Simon Brewer
- Research Interests: Spatial Data Science, Machine Learning, Glaciology, Climate Change
Madelyn Vorkink
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: madivorkink@gmail.com
- Advisor: Simon Brewer
- Research Interests: Climate Data & Paleoclimate Hydrology
Natalie Winward
- Degree Program: MS
- Email: nataliewinward12@gmail.com
- Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- Research Interests: High Elevation Ecology
