Graduate Students
Chelsea Ackroyd

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: Chelsea.seutatia@gmail.com
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Climate Change, water resources, natural hazards
Vanessa Bailey

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: vanessajbailey@gmail.com
- Advisor: Simon Brewer
- Research Interests: Climate, physical geography, geomorphology
Savannah Bommarito

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: savannahbommarito@gmail.com
- Research Interests: Paleoecology
Andre Coleman

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: Andre.coleman@utah.edu
- Advisor: Tom Cova
- Research Interests: Estuarine Sciences, Machine Learning in Spatial Analysis, Bioenergy and waste utilization, Water/Energy Nexus
Melanie Cooke

- Degree Program: MS
- email: mcooke99@gmail.com
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Paleoecology, botany, dendroclimatology
Andrea Davis

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: rounkles22@hotmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Health geography, environmental science
JD Dolinar
- Degree Program: PhD
- u0450627@utah.edu
- Research Interests: Geoarchaeology / Environmental Archaeology
Aaron Flores

- Degree Program: PhD
- Email: aaron.b.flores@utah.edu
- Advisor: Timothy Collins
- Research Interests: Climate & Environmental Justice
Jordin Hartley

- Degree Program: MS
- Email: jordin.hartley@gmail.com
- Advisor: Jennifer Watt
- Research Interests: Paleoecology
Michael Hess

- Degree Program: MS
- email: michael.hess2012@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology, Hydrology, & Climate Change
Zixuan Huang

- Degree Program: MS
- email: zixuan.huang@utah.edu
- Advisor: Tom Cova
- Research Interests: Natural Hazards & Transportation
Alyssa Hynes

- Degree Program: MS
- email: alyssarosehynes@gmail.com
- Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- Research Interests: Paleoecology, climate studies
Eric Johnson

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: ericscottjohnson1@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology, climate
Durban Keeler

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: durban.keeler@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology & Climatology
Meitong Liu
- Degree: MS
- Email: Meitong920401@gmail.com
- Advisor: Dennis Wei
- Research Interests: Urban Geography
Steven Lizotte

- Degree Program: MS
- email: Steven.Lizotte@utah.edu
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Health Geography, GIS, Spatial Epidemiology, Climate
Benjamin Marconi
- Degree: PhD
- email: timmarconi@alcoa.com
- Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- Research Interests: Geochemistry, Climate Science, Paleoclimate
Matthew McCullough

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: matthewmccullough86@gmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: Medical / Health Geography
Morgan McDonnell

- Degree Program: MS
- email: u1269584@utah.edu
- Research Interests: Climate Change & Water Resources
Joachim Meyer

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: j.meyer@utah.edu
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Snow Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Open Source GIS
Stella Mosher

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: stella.g.mosher@gmail.com
- Research Interests: Paleoecology & Paleoclimatology
Shawna Nadybal

- Degree Program: MS
- email: shawnanadybal@gmail.com
- Advisor: Timothy Collins
- Research Interests: Natural Hazards & Emergency Management
Matt Olson

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: olsonmeu@gmail.com
- Advisor: Summer Rupper
- Research Interests: Glaciology, Climate, Water Resources
Joel Emil Palmer

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: joelepalmer@gmail.com
- Research Interests: Hazards & Vulnerability, Population & Community, & Disaster Resilience
Hannah Peterson

- Degree Program: MS
- email: hannah.peterson65@gmail.com
- Advisor: McKenzie Skiles
- Research Interests: Snow Hydrology
Daniel Quintanilla

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: daniel.quintanilla@utah.edu
- Advisor: Richard Medina
- Research Interests: Terrorism, Spatial Analysis, GIS, Remote Sensing
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: MS
- email: riyadh.mojtoba@utah.edu
- Research Interests: Natural Hazards & GIS
Troy Saltiel

- Degree Program: MS
- email: troy.saltiel@utah.edu
- Research Interests: Remote Sensing, GIS, Geology, Soils, Water
Warren Scott
- Degree Program: PhD
- email: w.scott@utah.edu
- Advisor: Rick Forster
- Research Interests: Remote sensing, Cryosphere, Ice Sheets
Jessie Shapiro

- Degree Program: MSGIS
- email: jessieshapp@gmail.com
- Advisor: Neng Wan
- Research Interests: GIS, spatial ecology environmental modeling, applications of GIS in wildlife ecology
Patrick Sullivan

- Degree Program: MS
- email: u0500539@utah.edu
- Advisor: Philip Dennison
- Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Vegetation & Snow
Kripa Thapa

- Degree Program: MS
- email: thapakripa95@gmail.com
- Research Interests: Glaciology & Hydrology
Douglas Tharp

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: doug.tharp@utah.edu
- Research Interests: Urban / Economic Geography, Demography, Transportation, Built Environment
Susana Velasquez-Franco

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: susana.velasquez@utah.edu
- Advisor: Mitchell Power
- Research Interests: Human Paleoecology, Andes-Amazonia Paleoenvironments & Biogeography
Weiye Xiao

- Degree Program: PhD
- email: weiye.xiao@utah.edu
- Advisor: Dennis Wei
- Research Interests: GIS