Group

Karl Wegmann

Ph.D. Lehigh Univ., 2008

M.S. Univ. of New Mexico, 1999

B.A. Whitman College, 1996

I'm always interested in hearing from self-motivated students looking to join our research group.

Please contact me or the students currently working with me for more information

karl_wegmann@ncsu.edu

office ph: +1-919-515-0380

This could be your office... well at least part of the year!

Current Graduate Students

Rachel Atkins

ratkins@ncsu.edu

Ph.D. student: 2016 - present

Research: Planetary surface processes and Geoscience Education ; co-advised by Dr. Paul Byrne (NCSU)

Rachel's webpage

Gantulga Bayasgalan

gbayasg@ncsu.edu

Ph.D. student: 2013 - present

Research: Climatic and Tectonic Geomorphology of the Hangay Mountains, central Mongolia

John Wall

jwall@ncsu.edu

Ph.D. student 2013 - present

Research: Lidar geoarchaeology and sinkhole detection; co-advised by Dr. Del Bohnenstiehl (NCSU)

John's webpage

Col. Julian (Nuttman) Chesnutt

jmchesnu@ncsu.edu

PhD student: 2015 - present

Research: Mass Wasting across the Solar System

Current Undergraduate Students

Dustin Travels Geology major (2018) - Evaluating the effectiveness of beaver impoundments for urban stream restoration, Wake County, North Carolina

Melanie McCaskey Testing for clast shape and bedload grain size differences between pre-European and modern stream gavel deposits, Wake County, North Carolina

Callie Swaford Testing for clast shape and bedload grain size differences between pre-European and modern stream gavel deposits, Wake County, North Carolina

Phillip Paige Identifying the Anthropocene in sediments preserved along Richland Creek, Wake County, North Carolina


Former Students: Where are they now?

Graduate

  • Adam Lee (2018): Leave it to Beavers: Evaluating the Potential for Incised stream Restoration using Natural and Analog Beaver Dams [M.S. Thesis]
    • Geologist, AECOM, Morrisville, NC
  • Catelyn Joyner (2016): Lacustrine megaturbidites and displacement waves: the Holocene Earthquake History of the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek Fault at Lake Crescent, Washington, USA [M.S. Thesis]
    • Geologist - Golder and Associates, Richmond, VA
  • Stephen Smith (2016): Tectonic and climatic controls on landscape evolution in the Hangay Mountains, Mongolia and Olympic Mountains, USA [PhD Dissertation]
    • Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology, Center for Integrative Geoscience at the University of Connecticut [PhD Dissertation]
  • Matthew Morriss (2015): Dynamic and Tectonic Landscapes in Eastern Oregon Reveal Neogene to Quaternary Rearrangement of Topography [M.S. Thesis]
    • Ph.D. Student, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
  • Nathan Lyons (2014): Hillslope-Stream Coupling in Tectonically Active and Inactive Regions [PhD Dissertation].
    • Post-doctoral Fellow, Tulane University - Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Sean Gallen (2013): The Development of Topography in Ancient and Active Orogens: Case Studies of Landscape Evolution in the Southern Appalachians, USA and Crete, Greece [PhD Dissertation].
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University
  • Mark Voli (2012):Tracing the Sources of Suspended Sediment Inputs to Falls Lake Reservoir, Neuse River, North Carolina [M.S. Thesis].
    • Environmental Scientist at Dewberry Engineering, Fairfax, VA
  • Robert Lewis (2011): The Lasting Impacts of Post-Colonial Agriculture and Water-Powered Milldams on Current Water Quality, Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina [M.S. Thesis].
    • D.Phil. Candidate - Science and Religion, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.; Previously an Environmental Scientist at AECOM, Greenville, SC

Undergraduate

  • Jennifer Cessna 2009 Graduate Student - Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
  • Joseph Kasperski 2010 Geologist - Golder Associates, Richmond, VA
  • Evan Riddle 2010 Graduate Student - Oregon State University
  • Kelly Johnson 2011 Geologist, Mid Atlantic Associates, Inc., Raleigh, NC
  • John Mass 2011 Geologist - AMEC Inc., Raleigh, NC
  • Julie Johnston 2011 Owner & Geologist - Johnston & Bowman Geologic Consulting, Olympia, WA
  • L. John Michaels 2011 Geologist, New Mexico Dept. of Transportation, Sante Fe, NM
  • John DeDecker 2012 Graduate Student - Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  • Nathan Simmons 2012 Environmental Scientist - ECEA, Gastonia, NC
  • Christopher Stanbery 2013 Graduate Student - Boise State University, ID
  • Austin Jacobs 2016
  • Alex Harris 2017
  • Robert Lane 2017
  • Hallie Nunamaker 2017