Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Ben Alexander
MS Student
he/him
balexa18@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Mariana Vilela-Andrade
MS Student
She/hers
mandrad2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Udit BasuÂ
PhD Student
ubasu1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Kristen Bidas
PhD Student
she/her/hers
kbidas@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Herndon
Nick Brey
PhD Student
nbrey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Jake Carr
MS Student
jcarr36@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney, Anna Szynkiewicz
Catie Caterham
MS Student
she/her
ccaterha@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Braden Coats
MS Student
he/him
bcoats4@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Emily Etheridge
PhD Student
she/her
eetheri2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Ivy Ettenborough
PhD Student
she/her
iettenb1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz, Bradley Thomson
Andrew Foerder
PhD Student
he/him/his
afoerder@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Alex Francis
MS Student
afranc17@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Kaitlyn Gauvey
PhD Student
kgauvey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Sedimentology
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Noel J. Hernández Gómez
MS Student
He/Him
nherna13@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Justin Harden
PhD Student
jhardi39@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
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
Shymah Beegam Kundladi
PhD Student
She/her
skundlad@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
CJ Leight
PhD Student
They/Them
cleight@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Petrology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
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
Hannah Marie Maddox
MS Student
she/her
hmaddox2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Drumheller, Colin Sumrall
Dana Mills
PhD Student
She/Her
Dhiggi10@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Jacob Perez
PhD Student
he/him/his
jperez15@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Steen
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
Maya Robles
PhD Student
she/they
mrobles4@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Jena Samano
MS Student
jsamano@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline:
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta and Nick Dygert
Sonja Schmoyer
MS Student
she/her
sschmoye@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Jesse Scholpp
PhD Student
jscholpp@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Tyler Seyglinski
MS Student
He/Him/His
tseyglin@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Thomson
Sara Shields
PhD Student
She/Her
ssmit436@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Nick Smith
PhD Student
he / they
nsmit110@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Colin Sumrall
Matthew Sturdivant
PhD Student
msturdi2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Kayla Summerlot
MS Student
She/Her
ksumme11@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Reilly Swanson
MS Student
She/Her
glr649@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Catherine Trewhella
MS Student
she / her
ctrewhel@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geoscience Education, Petrology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Chris Fedo
Jennifer Tuggle
PhD Student
jtuggle3@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Drew White
MS Student
He/Him
awhite95@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Dan Hembree
Brittan Wogsland
PhD Student
she/her
bwogsla1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah