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People: Group Members
People

Principal Investigator

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George H. Allen  
Associate Professor
 

DEGREES: PhD, MS UNC Chapel Hill; BS UC Davis

CONTACT: geoallen@vt.edu

WEBPAGEhttps://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/allen--george.html

BlueSky: @geoallen

FACT: George has lived in the North America, Asia and Europe

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​Curriculum Vitae​​

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Graduate Students

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Emily A. Ellis 
PhD Candidate, VT Geosciences
 

DEGREES: MS, BS Oklahoma State University

RESEARCH FOCUS: Remote sensing of river temperature

CONTACT: eaellis@vt.edu

WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/ellis--emily.html

WEBSITEhttps://emilyaellisgeo.wixsite.com/research

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FACT: Emily has a pair of socks from every Major League Baseball Park she's visited—and is hoping to collect them all! 

Molly Stroud 
PhD Candidate, VT Geosciences
 

DEGREES: BA Dartmouth

RESEARCH FOCUS: Remote sensing of sediment in inland waters 

CONTACT: mollystroud@vt.edu

WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/stroud--molly.html

 

FACT: In addition to Earth Science, Molly studied English as an undergraduate and has a soft spot for Victorian literature

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Yohtaro Kobayashi 
PhD Student, VT Geosciences
 

DEGREES: BS, MS University of Texas at El Paso 

RESEARCH FOCUS: River light availability

CONTACT: yckobayashi@vt.edu

WEBPAGE: https://www.bse.vt.edu/people/grad-students/yohtaro-kobayashi.html

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FACT: Yohtaro had a very short stint as a sushi chef

Hana R. Thurman 
PhD Student, VT Geosciences

 

DEGREES: BS University of Virginia 

RESEARCH FOCUS: Remote sensing of rivers with SWOT

CONTACT: hanathurman@vt.edu

WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/thurman--hana.html

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FACT: Hana loves mushrooms and has a large collection of mushroom figurines, clothing, decor, and more

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David Go 
PhD Student, VT Geosciences
 

DEGREES: BS UNC Chapel Hill

RESEARCH FOCUS: River-atmosphere interface

CONTACT: dego@vt.edu

WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/go--david.html

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FACT: In the summer of 2024, David won a dollar at an Idaho rodeo

Undergraduate Students

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Jason Gross 
BS Student, VT Biology

Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Jordan Lavey 
BS Student, VT Geosciences

Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Brenna Demko
BA Student, VT Geography


Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Tasha Dray

BS Student, VT Geosciences

Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Former Graduate Students & Postdocs

Katie McQuillan

VT Presidential Postdoc Fellow, 2023-2025

Job after postdoc: Geospatial Analyst at pano.ai 

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Luisana Rodriguez Sequeira 

MS, VT Geosciences, 2025

Job after graduation: Pending world tour

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Ryan Riggs

PhD, TAMU Geography, 2024

Job after graduation: USGS Mendenhall Postdoc 

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Carter Boyd

MS, VT Geosciences, 2024

Job after graduation: Balance Hydrologics Consulting, Berkeley, CA

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John Morgan 

MS, TAMU Geography, 2022

Job after graduation: PhD Student with JP Gannon and Kevin McGuire at VT FREC

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Ennis Rios 

MS, TAMU WMHS Program, 2021 

Job after graduation: Research Associate at the Texas Water Resources Institute

Former Undergraduate Students

Shaurya Prakash (VT)

Torian Cooper (VT)

Nicholas McFadden (VT)

Anabelle Fry (VT)

E. Aussey (VT)

Yingjie Zhao (VT) 

Gaby Carter (VT)

Alyssa McCain (TAMU)

Delia Pastore (TAMU)

David Moulton (TAMU)

Catherin Franklin (TAMU)

Joel Holliman (TAMU)

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