Team

Graduate Students (theses available here)

Kyra Bornong, M.S. Candidate in Geology

TBD.

Joshua Lingbloom, M.S. Candidate in Geology

Landslide Inventory and Analysis for Grand Teton National Park, WY.

Logan Mahoney, M.S. Candidate in Geology

Topographic Evolution and Surficial Geology of the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory, SW Idaho.

Katherine Wehrs, M.S. in Geology, 2018

Interpreting River Incision History using terraces and Mass Movements along the South Fork Eel River, Northern California.

Graham Meese, M.S. in Geology, 2018

Farmers, Fences, and Fine Sediment: Using Long-term Water Quality Data and Aerial Imagery to Quantify the Impact of BMPs in Marsh Creek, ID

Ian Lauer, M.S. in Geology, 2018

Evaluating the influence of irrigation, groundwater, and precipitation on the velocity of Salmon Falls landslide, a slow-moving, rotational slump in southern Idaho

Nakul Deshpande, M.S. Geology, 2017

Log Jam Formation and Breakup, Big Creek, Idaho

Jimmy Guilinger, M.S. Geology, 2017

Appraising Sediment Sources and Remediation Strategies in Marsh Creek, Idaho

Chase Cusack, M.S. in Environmental Science and Mgt. (Engineering), 2016

Analysis of historic turbidity fluctuations in a highly impacted stream, Marsh Creek, Idaho

Chris J. Tennant, Ph.D. in Geosciences, 2015 (co-advised with Dr. Sarah Godsey)

The Sensitivity of Mountain Snowpack to Warming

Amy Jensen, M.S. in Geology; 2013

Geomorphic and Biogeochemical Controls on Carbon Cycle Dynamics Following Thaw Slumping, Selawik River, Alaska

Theodore Barnhart, M.S. in Geology; 2013

Using High Frequency Terrestrial Lidar to Correlate Meteorological and Hydrological Drivers to the Growth of a Retrogressive Thaw Slump along the Selawik River, Alaska

Kelsey Lanan, M.S. in Geology; 2013

A Glacial and Geomorphic History of the Upper Selawik Valley, Northwest Alaska, with Implications for Thermokarst Formation

John (Pat) Calhoun, M.S. in Environmental Science and Mgt. (Engineering); 2012

Permafrost Degradation and River Metabolism: Downstream Effects of Retrogressive Thaw Slump Sedimentation on Ecosystem Metabolism in the Selawik River, Alaska

Kacy Krieger, M.S. in Geology; M.S.; 2012

The Topographic Form and Evolution of Thermal Erosion Features: A First Analysis Using Airborne and Ground Based LiDAR in Arctic Alaska

Chris J. Tennant, M.S. in Geology; 2011

The Influence of Precipitation Phase and Hypsometry on Hydrograph Form: An Analysis of 12 Tributaries across the Rain-to-Snow Transition in the Salmon River, Idaho

Brad J. Gamett, M.S. in Geographic Information Science; 2010

An Accuracy Assessment of Digital Elevation Data and Subsequent Hydrologic Delineations in Low Relief Terrain: An Analysis for Idaho’s Little Lost River Valley

Linda Tedrow, M.S. in Geographic Information Science; 2010

Mobile GIS Tools for Stream Assessment

Kelly Whitehead, M.S. in Geology; 2010

Spatial Analysis of Topographic and Geologic Controls on Hillslope Stability in the Ridge Basin Area, Northwest Los Angeles County

Neil F. Olson, M.S. in Geology; 2010

Hydrology of Big Creek, Idaho: Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Runoff in a Snow-Dominated Wilderness Mountain Watershed

Postdoctoral Researchers

Chunling Tang, Hydrologic Modeling of the Salmon River, Idaho