People
Principal Investigator
George H. Allen
Associate Professor
DEGREES: PhD, MS UNC Chapel Hill; BS UC Davis
CONTACT: geoallen@vt.edu
WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/allen--george.html
BlueSky: @geoallen
FACT: George has lived in North America, Asia and Europe
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Google Scholar​​
Graduate Students
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
WEBSITE: https://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!
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 and lakes 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
David Go
PhD Student, VT Geosciences
DEGREES: BS UNC Chapel Hill
RESEARCH FOCUS: River surface area dynamics
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
Steve Yoon
PhD Student, VT Geosciences
DEGREES: BS UNC Chapel Hill, MS Southern Methodist University
RESEARCH FOCUS: TBD
CONTACT: yoons@vt.edu
WEBPAGE: https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/yoon--sunwoo.html
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FACT: After playing the viola for 10 years, Steve developed a habit of aggressively tapping his feet to the beat while concentrating
Undergraduate Students
Tasha Dray
BS Student, VT Geosciences
Undergraduate Research Assistant​
Brenna Demko
BA Student, VT Geography
Undergraduate Research Assistant​
Former Graduate Students & Postdocs
Molly Stroud
PhD, VT Geosciences, 2025
Job after graduation: Postdoc with Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas in the VT Center for Ecological Forecasting​
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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: World traveler
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Carter Boyd
MS, VT Geosciences, 2024
Job after graduation: Geomorphologist at Balance Hydrologics Consulting, Berkeley CA
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Ryan Riggs
PhD, TAMU Geography, 2024
Job after graduation: USGS Research Hydrologist & Mendenhall Fellow
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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
Jordan Lavey
Jason Gross
Shaurya Prakash
Torian Cooper
Nicholas McFadden
Anabelle Fry
E. Aussey
Yingjie Zhao
Gaby Carter
Alyssa McCain (TAMU)
Delia Pastore (TAMU)
David Moulton (TAMU)
Catherin Franklin (TAMU)
Joel Holliman (TAMU)