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Meet our productive and talented team!
Meet our productive and talented team!
lab members
lab members
Meenu Das
Meenu Das is a PhD student, specializing in sedimentology. Meenu is passionate about understanding Earth's dynamic processes. She is also interested in sedimentary formations and how they can be analyzed to reveal information on past and present environments. She also enjoys working in the field.
Evan Ouellette
Evan Ouellette is an undergraduate student and a member of the SURP program for 2025. Evan is a senior majoring in Environmental Science (Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability) with a Biology minor. He hopes to work in conservation in the Great Lakes area.
Joji Vazquez
Joji Vazquez is a junior working toward a degree in Environmental Science (Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability). She is interested in marine conservation and coastal restoration/research.
past lab members
past lab members
Nick Skinner
Nicholas Skinner is a research assistant, and a junior majoring in Environmental Science (Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability) with a minor in GIS (Geographic Information Systems). He hopes to work in the field of research or conservation, preferably outdoors in nature.
Philip Sobczak
Philip Sobczak was a research assistant, working on his second degree with a major in Environmental Science (Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability) and a minor in Geology. Philip had previously interned at the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development analyzing weed risk assessments (WRAs). Philip aspires to work as a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ethan Tiong
Ethan Tiong graduated with his M.S. degree in December 2024. Ethan was previously a member of the highly regarded Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). Ethan currently lives in Grand Rapids and works at AECOM as an Environmental Scientist I.
Cade Koppen
Cade Koppen graduated with his BS degree in Environmental Science in December 2024. Cade participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) during the summer of 2023.
Bela Bivens
Isabela Bivens is an undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Science, with a focus on Sustainability and Resource Management. She participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program for 2024. Looking ahead, Isabela aspires to work in environmental remediation.
Sean Loeffler
Sean Loeffler is now an M.S. student in Geography at the University of Victoria, located in British Columbia.
Ryan Yahner
Ryan Yahner worked on many paleoenvironmental projects in the lab. He is currently an Environmental Scientist for the Mannik and Smith Group in Lansing, MI.
Eilene Myers
Eilene Myers worked on reconstructing paleoflood events along the margins of Lake Erie. She is currently employed with ProOne water filters.
Joshua Liccardello
Joshua Liccardello analyzed sediment cores extracted from NW Ohio to understand flood histories and ecological change. Joshua is currently a Construction Materials Tester at Professional Service Industries, Inc.
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