Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Ben Alexander
MS Student
he/him
balexa18@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Laya-Aban Amini
MS Student
She/Her/Hers
Lamini1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleobiology and Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Colin Sumrall
Mariana Vilela-Andrade
PhD Student
She/hers
mandrad2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Udit Basuย
PhD Student
ubasu1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Conner Bennett
M.S. Student
He/Him
cbenne42@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Dan Hembree
Kristen Bidas
PhD Student
she/her/hers
kbidas@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Herndon
Liliana Binetti
M.S. Student
she/her/hers
lbinetti@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland
Anah Bogdan
PhD Student
abogdan@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Claire Bohman
MS Student
She/Her
cbohman@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Anner Paldor
Nick Brey
PhD Student
nbrey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Max Camp
MS Student
mcamp7@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Petrology
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Jacquelin Cao
PhD Student
She/Her
Jcao13@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Catie Caterham
PhD Student
she/her
ccaterha@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
George Denny
PhD Student
He/Him
gdenny1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geophysics, Petrology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Emily Etheridge
PhD Student
she/her
eetheri2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Andrew Foerder
PhD Student
he/him/his
afoerder@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Marcia Achiaa Frempong
PhD Student
mfrempon@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Anner Paldor
Thomas Frรผh (Frueh)
PhD Student
tfrh@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience, Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Brad Thomson
Kaitlyn Gauvey
PhD Student
kgauvey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Sedimentology
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Zoe Gong
MS Stundent
she/her
zgong6@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland
Cameron Harris
PhD Student
charr144@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Thomson
Stephen Hill
PhD Student
he/him
shill72@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Colin Sumrall
Jacob Huwaldt
MS Student
He/Him
jhuwaldt@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Earth System Science, Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Dan Hembree
Christopher Matthew Julian
PhD Student
he/him
cjulian6@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Shymah Beegam Kundladi
PhD Student
She/her
skundlad@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Conner Lesh
PhD Student
clesh1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Sedimentology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Morgan Lewis
PhD Student
she/her/hers
mlewis59@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology, Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Chris Fedo
Dana Mills
PhD Student
She/Her
Dhiggi10@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Natalie Morgan
MS Student
She/her
nmorga35@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Mary Noragong
MS Student
mnoragon@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta, Bradley Thomson
Andrew Oligmueller
PhD Student
he/him
andoligm@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Dan Hembree
Jordan Parker
MS Student
She/her
jparke91@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Earth System Science, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Daniel Price
MS Student
He/Him
dprice30@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Boyd Reynolds
PhD Student
They/them
Aboyd49@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland
Hannah Rigoni
PhD Student
She/Her
hrigoni@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Emily Roberts
PhD Student
erober75@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Tamal Samaddar
PhD Student
He/Him
tsamadda@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Earth System Science, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Thomson
Sonja Schmoyer
MS Student
she/her
sschmoye@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Sara Shields
PhD Student
She/Her
ssmit436@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Austin Siler
M.S. Student
He/Him
asiler2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Matthew Sturdivant
PhD Student
msturdi2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Natasha Tagle
PhD Student
ntagle@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Earth System Science, Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Natalie Truman
PhD Student
ntruman@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Jennifer Tuggle
PhD Student
jtuggle3@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Jillian Verble
MS Student
She/her
Jverble@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Taylor Wishart
PhD Student
She/her
twishar1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Earth System Science, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Brittan Wogsland
PhD Student
she/her
bwogsla1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
