Frances Meyer
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Office Address
312 Deike Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Kimberly Lau
Research Interests
Geochemistry, Paleoceanography and Sedimentary Processes
Office Address
403 Deike Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Rachel Housego
Research Interests
Coastal Hydrogeology
Environmental and Water Resources Management
Contaminant Transport and Remediation
Anthropogenic Impacts on Water Resources
Christian Lundy
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
About
Christian is a PhD student working on understanding the transport and remediation of groundwater contamination in coastal regions using field, lab, and numerical modeling techniques. He received a B.S. from Hope College in Geology, where he studied the geochemical controls on methane emissions in Lake Michigan coastal wetlands. He then spent two years in the environmental consulting industry, where he worked on preventing and tracking groundwater contamination from industrial sources. Currently, his research focuses on the stabilization of contaminants from shallow wastewater injection in the Florida Keys. In his spare time, he enjoys singing in a community choir and spending time with his wife and two cats.
Rory Changleng
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Research
Broad interests:
- Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- Economic Geology and the Green Transition
- Isotope Geochemistry
- Geobiology and Astrobiology
- Science Outreach and Communication
Key fundamental questions that interest me:
- How did Earth’s continents form and develop during the Hadean and Archaean?
- How will our society access the critical metal resources crucial to the Green Transition?
- How did life interact with the early Earth environment, and what are the implications for finding life beyond Earth?
Office Address
335 Deike Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Jennifer Macalady
Research Interests
Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology
Dani Buchheister
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Office Address
336 Deike Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Bradford Foley
Research Interests
Early Earth Tectonics, Mantle Dynamics, Tectonic Modeling and Isotope Geochemistry
Yusuke Kubota
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Office Address
335 Deike Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Tushar Mittal
Research Interests
Volcanology, Igneous Petrology
Aristle Monteiro
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Fracking for natural gas in parts of Pennsylvania with a legacy of energy extraction may increase the risk of groundwater contamination, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
Office Address
236 Dieke Building
Faculty Adviser(s)
Katherine Freeman/Christopher House
Research Interests
Organic Geochemistry, Astrobiology, Deep Tme, and Position-Specific Isotope Analysis
Juliana Drozd
Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Amy Best
Title
Administrative Support Coordinator 5
Rachel Housego
Title
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Research
My research program focuses on studying how water moves in the subsurface. Groundwater provides an essential freshwater resource for communities, agriculture and industry, and supports the health of the ecohydrological system. I study the interactions between surface water forcings (e.g. waves, currents, tides, surge), climate forcings, morphological evolution, and groundwater dynamics which act on a broad range of spatial and temporal scales throughout the hydrosphere. Understanding these feedbacks and mechanisms is essential for predicting water resource availability and environmental hazards such as flooding, erosion and pollutant transport. I use both in situ field measurements (surface water, groundwater, atmospheric and geotechnical) and numerical models simulating groundwater flow and transport (MODFLOW, HydroGeoSphere) to evaluate these processes in complex environments from the mountains to the coasts.