Current Graduate Students
of the Department of Environmental Sciences, UVA

The graduate students of the department are listed alphabetically below, along with the degree program they are in and their major advisor. For some, the graduate student name is also a link to either an individual home page, or a detailed description of the research in which that individual is engaged. Clicking on the student's photo will load a larger image.

AGUIAR, Amie
aba2b@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Erwin)

Ecology
ALLEN, Jenica
jma3c@virginia.edu    (M.S. Carr)

Ecology
BARR, Dane
dab4u@virginia.edu    (M.S Fuentes/Zieman)

Atmospheric
Science
BATTISTELLI, Joseph
jmb4tm@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Mills/Blum)

Ecology
BOWSER, Lindsey
lb4yc@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Macko)

Geoscience
BRICKER, Eric
bricker@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Zieman)
Research Project: Factors affecting seagrass productivity and population demographics.

Aquatic
Ecology
CASCIANO, Gina
gmc3g@virginia.edu    (M.S. Blum)

Ecology
CHAN, Stephen
wsc4j@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Fuentes/Okin)

Atmospheric
Science
COLE, Luke
lwc8j@virginia.edu    (M.S. McGlathery)

Ecology
CONROY, Patrick
pac8w@virginia.edu    (M.S. D. Smith)

Ecology
COOK, Benjamin
bc9z@virginia.edu    ( M.S./(Ph.D. Smith,T./Mann)
Research Project:Modeling the effect of climate change on growing season length in the Northern Hemisphere

Ecology
DEJENE, Teferi
tdd8f@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Fuentes/D'Odorico)

Atmospheric
Science
DELONG, Marcia
msd8y@virginia.edu    (M.S. D'Odorico)

Ecology
DOWELL, Kendra
kkd3x@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Fuentes)

Atmospheric
Science
EGGE, Noah
nee7q@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko)

Geoscience
EKLUND, Elizabeth
eme4m@virginia.edu    (M.S. Smith.T/Thomson)

Ecology
ELTON, Eric
eee2a@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Carr)

Ecology
EMANUEL, Ryan
re4d@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. D'Odorico/Epstein)
Research Project: Hydrologic controls on land-atmosphere exchange'

Hydrology
ESTES, Anna
abe4e@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
ESTES, Lyndon, D.
lde2c@virginia.edu    ((Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
Fallon, Jennifer
jkf3v@virginia.edu    (M.S. Lawrence)

Ecology
FATOYINBO, Temilola, E.
tef3p@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)

Ecology
FERAL, Christie
cjf2x@virginia.edu, cferal@starpower.net    ((Ph.D. Epstein)
Research Project: The role of patch hospitability in the changing of grazed savanna vegetation communities in Botswana.

Ecology
FERDIE, Meredith
mf5r@virginia.edu,    ((Ph.D. McGlathery/Zieman)
Research Project:

Ecology
FLEWELLING, Samuel, A.
saf5f@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Mills)

Ecology
FLOYD, Amanda, L.
alf3q@virginia.edu    (M.S. Blum)

Ecology
FRANKOVICH, Thomas
frankovich@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Zieman)
Research Project: The distribution, abundance, and productivity of seagrass epiphytes in Florida Bay.

Ecology
GAWTRY, Stephen
gawtry@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Michaels)
Research Project: Three-dimensional atmospheric temperature analysis.

Atmospheric
Science
GERMAN, Debra
dmg5g@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
GERMAN MESNER, Ian
ig2n@virginia.edu    (M.S. Mann)

Atmospheric
Science
GILHOOLY, Bill
wpg6n@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko)

Geoscience
Gu, Chuanhui
cg8k@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Mills)

Microbial
Ecology & Hydrology
HARBESON, Stephanie A.
sah2v@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko)

Geoscience
HARLEY, Douglas
dh6r@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)

Ecology
HARTMAN, Lorelei
ljh3x@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Epstein)

Ecology
HILDT, Amanda, K.
akh6u@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)

Ecology
HOLZER, Kimberly K.
kh3s@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. McGlathery)

Ecology
HUME, Andrew
ach2k@virginia.edu    (M.S. McGlathery/Berg)

Ecology
HUX, J. Dustin
jdh2r@virginia.edu    (M.S./(Ph.D. Davis)
Research Project: Atmospheric circulation and the January thaw in the United States.

Atmospheric
Science
JULIER, Helen
hej4n@virginia.edu    (M.S. Roulston)

Ecology
KATHILANKAL, James
jck5e@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Fuentes/D'Odorico/Zieman)

Atmospheric
Science
KELLEY, Alexia
amk5d@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Epstein)
Research Project: Plant communities and soil biogeochemistry in arctic frost boil ecosystems.

Ecology
KREMPER, Jacquelyn
jmk9m@virginia.edu    (M.S. Raulston)

Ecology
LAMOREUX, John, F.
jfl8d@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
LAWSON, Sarah
sel7b@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Wiberg/McGlathery)

Ecology
LEVEY, Kevin
kml5h@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Garstang/Davis)
Research Project: The affects of climate determinants on the characteristics of intra-seasonal summer rainfall over South Africa.

Atmospheric
Science
LI, Junran
jl2mc@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Okin)

Geoscience
LIU, Cheney
cms9kq@virginia.edu    (Ph.D Okin)

Geoscience
LLOYD, Heather, E.
hel2n@virginia.edu    (M.S. Howard)

Geoscience
LONG, Matthew
mhl4a@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. McGlathery/Zieman)

Ecology
LONG, Michael
msl3v@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Keene)

Atmospheric
Science
LOWIT, Michael
mbl2g@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Blum)
Research Project: Spatial and temporal variation in the structure of bacterioplankton communities in estuarine ecosystems.

Microbial
Ecology
LUTZ, David
dal2y@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)

Ecology
MA, Lingfang
lm6df@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko)

Hydrology
MATSUBARA, Yo
ym9z@virginia.edu    (M.S. Howard)

Geoscience
MCFREDERICK, Quinn
qsm5a@virginia.edu    (Ph.D Roulston)

Ecology
MCGLYNN, Ian, O.
 imcglynn@virginia.edu    (M.S. Okin)
Research Project: Remote sensing of arid land degradation in the Jornada Basin and Kalahari Desert

Geoscience
MCGUIRE, Lori, D.
ldm3a@virginia.edu    (M.S. Fuentes)
Research Project: Ozone deposition processes in the Arctic boundary layer.

Atmospheric
Science
MEURER, Adam
amm6t@virginia.edu    (M.S. Wiberg)

Ecology
MICHAELS, Rachel
rem8f@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Zieman)
Research Project: The effects of fiddler crabs (Uca Pugnax) on Pore Water Chemistry of a Spartina alterniflora Salt Marsh.

Aquatic Ecology
MOORE, Christopher
cwm4y@virginia.edu    (M.S. Galloway/Cosby)
Research Project: The biogeochemistry of mercury in the Shenandoah National Park.

Geoscience
MOZDZER, Thomas
tjm5b@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Zieman)

Ecology
MUTH, Daniel
djm7f@virginia.edu    (M.S./Ph.D Epstein)

Ecology
NELSON, Lars, G.
lgn6sq@virginia.edu    (M.S. Hornberger)

Hydrology
NOVIC, Kelly
krn3s@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Zieman)

Ecology
O'CONNELL, Michael, J.
mjo7g@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)

Ecology
O'HALLORAN, Thomas
tlo5c@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Fuentes)
Research Project: Blue Ridge haze and indirect biogenic aerosol effect

Atmospheric
Sciences
SAHU, Parameswar
ps7uc@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Scanlon)

Hydrology
PEARCE, David
dlp9g@virginia.edu    (M.S. Herman)

Hydrology
POPE, Joan
Joan.Pope@erdc.usace.army.mil    (Ph.D. Dolan/Wiberg)
Research Project: Coastal storm surges.

Geoscience/Hydrology
POTTER, Erin, B.
ebp9f@virginia.edu    (M.S. Fuentes)

Atmospheric
Science
RAVI, Sujith
sujith@virginia.edu    (M.S./(Ph.D. D'Odorico)
Research Project: Influence of soil moisture and temperature on wind erosion threshold, remote sensing techniques to investigate the impact of vegetation cover on generation of dust storms.

Hydrology
RIBEIRO, Natasha, S.
nsr8s@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
RICHARDSON, Dave
dlr2n@virginia.edu    (M.S. Shugart)
Research Project: Decoupling coastal storm effects from regional climate controls to assess their relative contribution to the annual growth of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) on Virginia barrier islands.

Ecology
RIES, Lydia
lr9n@cms.mail.virginia.edu    (Ph.D Shugart)
Research Project: Nutrient controls on vegetation along the Kalahari Transect in Southern Africa.

Ecology
SEAMSTER, Virginia
vas6f@cms.mail.virginia.edu    (Ph.D Shugart)

Ecology
SHERMAN, Nancy, J.
njs6f@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
SMITH, Allen
ams6t@virginia.edu    (M.S. Keene)

Geoscience
SMITH, Jodi
jjs4s@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Dolan)

Geoscience
STEIN, Deborah
dcs5v@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko/Swap)
Research Project: Use of isotopic analysis techniques to delineate pyrogenic, anthropogenic, and biogenic signals in air pollution plumes in Southern Africa.

Atm. Science/
Geoscience
SZUBA, Thomas
tas4h@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
TULLY, Katherine
klt3y@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Lawrence)

Ecology
VANDECAR, Karen
klv5p@virginia.edu    (M.S. Lawrence)

Ecology
VAZ, Kemal, T.
ktv4e@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
WALKER, Sarah
sw2t@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Desanker)
Research Project: The impact of land use on the carbon dynamics of the Miombo Woodlands Region in South-Central Africa.

Ecology
WANG, Jin
jw2dy@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Epstein)
<Research Project: Carbon budget, seed bank and seed rain in plant succession in Blandy Experimental Farm, Virginia.

Ecology
WANG, Lixin
lw6t@virginia.edu   (Ph.D. Macko/D'Odorico)

Ecology
WATKINS, Beth
esw4e@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Macko)

Geoscience
WEINMANN, Richard, A.
raw8v@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Shugart)

Ecology
WENGER, Jessica
jsw6d@virginia.edu    (M.A. Herman)

Geoscience
WILLIS, Patricia, L.
plw5z@virginia.edu    (M.S. Blum )

Geoscience
WILSON, Sharon, A.
saw4g@virginia.edu    (M.S. Howard)

Geoscience
WOLFE, Bret
bsw7f@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Zieman)

Ecology
WOOD, Tana
tana@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Lawrence)

Ecology
YI, Ji-sun
jy4k@virginia.edu    (M.S. Herman)

Hydrology
ZHANG, Zhihua
zz9t@virginia.edu    (Ph.D. Mann)
Research Project: Reconstruction of Sea Level Pressure Fields

Atmospheric
Science