Current Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

Augustine (Babatunde) Arogundade 
Research: Seafloor features and fault systems in the Gulf of Mexico
Advisor: Nancye Dawers 
Office: SE 126G
Education:
 
Ryan Boyle 
Research:
Advisor: Torbjorn Tornqvist  
Office: SE 214A
Education:
 
Damir Creecy
Research:
Advisor: Daniel Friess  
Office: SE 224
Education: M.S., Biology, Villanova University; B.S., Ecology, University of Delaware
 
Asif Hasan
Research: Survival of marshes on the U.S. east coast based on dominant surface and sub-surface processes under sea-level rise
Advisor: Torbjörn Törnqvist  
Office: SE 214A
Education: M.S., Disaster and Environment Management, University of Dhaka; B.S., Geology, University of Dhaka
 
Cirus Kalugana
Research:
Advisor: Cynthia Ebinger  
Office: ST 417
Education: B.Sc., Physical Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Makerere University, Kampala
 
Shreya Kundu
Research:
Advisor: Yi Wang 
Office: SE 126I
Education: M.S., Geology, Banaras Hindu University; B.S., Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Banaras Hindu University
 
Albert Kyambikwa
Research: Seismo-volcanology
Advisor: Cynthia Ebinger 
Office: ST 417
Education: M.S, Geological Sciences, Sunny Buffalo, B.A.Sc., Geology/Earth Sciences, Bukavu Official University
 
Angela Larson
Research: Coral reef microclimates, oceanography, climate science
Advisor: Tom DeCarlo 
Office: ST 418
Education: B.S., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Guolong Li
Research: Global mercury cycle modeling
Advisor: Yanxu Zhang 
Office: SE 220A
Education: M.Eng.,  Lanzhou University; B.S.,Ocean University of China
 
Ling Li
Research: Ph.D. focus: Paleo-Hg cycle modeling
Advisor: Yanxu Zhang 
Office: SE 220A
Education: M.S., Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University, China; B.S., Atmospheric Science,  Ocean University of China.
 
Mao Mao
Research:
Advisor: Yanxu Zhang 
Office: SE 220A
Education:
 
Oluwadamilare (Dare) Odugbesan
Research: Sedimentology and stratigraphy
Advisor: Kyle Straub | Office: SE 126H
Education: M.S., Marine Geoscience, University of Haifa, Israel; B.S., Geology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
 
Golshan Pourhalaji (Goli)
Research: Initiation and maintenance of submarine channels
Advisor: Kyle Straub 
Office: SE 126H
Education: B.S., University of Wyoming
 
Brooke Rodriguez
Research: Coral reef hydrodynamics
Advisor: Tom DeCarlo 
Office: ST 418
Education: B.S., Mathematics and Environmental Sciences, University of Notre Dame
 
Kaetlyn Rodriguez
Research:
Advisor: Yi Wang 
Office: SE 126E
Education: B.A.Sc., Environmental Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
 
Zoe Shribman
Research: Mangrove blue carbon stocks and fluxes
Advisor: Daniel Friess 
Office: SE 224
Education: M.S., Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University; B.S., Marine Science, Eckerd College
 
Avi Strange
Research: Studying restored oyster reefs on Louisiana coastlines using remote sensing
Advisor: Tom DeCarlo 
Office: ST 418
Education: B.S., Marine Biology, College of Charleston
 
Madeline Tompson
Research:
Advisor: Yi Wang 
Office: SE 126I
Education:  BS in Geology from the University of Houston.