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Principal Investigator
Research interests: Karst Hydrogeology, Flow and Transport, Aqueous Geochemistry, Fluid-Rock Interaction, Geologic Carbon Sequestration
Andrew J. Luhmann
Associate Professor of Geology, Wheaton College, IL, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science
Adjunct Faculty, New Mexico Tech, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science
PhD, Geology, University of Minnesota, 2011, Thesis: Water temperature as a tracer in karst aquifers
BS, Geology, with an integrative double major in Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College, IL, 2006
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science
Wheaton College
501 College Ave.
Wheaton, IL 60187
phone: (630) 752-7476
andrew.luhmann at wheaton.edu
Emerging from Alvin during a cruise to Axial Volcano and the Main Endeavour Field, Juan de Fuca Ridge, North Pacific.
Undergraduate Students
Samuel Hernandez
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2027)
Research topic: Fluid-rock interactions in alkaline lakes
Samuel at Beach 4 in Olympic National Park during a Student-Alumni Field Trip to Washington State.
Antonio Bucolo
BS, Environmental Science, Wheaton College (2025)
Research topic: Fluid-rock interactions in alkaline lakes
Antonio at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park during a Student-Alumni Field Trip to Washington State.
Meg Noble
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2025)
Research topic: Hydrologic analysis of a sink-rise karst flow system
Meg finding brachiopod fossils at a shale pit in Pennsylvania.
Former Undergraduate Students
Ethan Emerson
BS, Environmental Science, Wheaton College (2023)
Research topic: Designing and building a karst aquifer flow model for an interactive museum exhibit.
Ethan enjoying his brown trout catch.
Ethan Paul
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2024)
Research topic: Designing and building a karst aquifer flow model for an interactive museum exhibit.
Ethan about to start a ride down a mountain and along a fjord north of Bergen, Norway.
Sophia Becker
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Spring and cave stream monitoring in karst aquifers.
Sophia visiting the Bighorn Mountains, WY while taking field courses at the Wheaton Field Station.
Andrew Madsen
BS, Geology, minor in Mathematics, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Spring and cave stream monitoring in karst aquifers.
Andrew at Russell Glacier in Greenland during an ice cores class field trip as part of the DIS study abroad program.
Samuel Dunbar
BS, Geology and Applied Physics, Wheaton College (2025)
Research topic: Designing and building a karst aquifer flow model for an interactive museum exhibit.
Samuel enjoying Matthiessen State Park on a class field trip.
Julia Baer
BA, Philosophy integrated with French, Wheaton College (2022)
Research topic: Designing and building a karst aquifer flow model for an interactive museum exhibit.
Isaac Struebing
BS, Liberal Arts Engineering, Wheaton College (2023)
Research topic: Designing and building a karst aquifer flow model for an interactive museum exhibit.
Isaac getting ready to hit the slopes.
Claire Browning
BS, Geology and Mathematics, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Spring and cave stream monitoring in karst aquifers.
Claire enjoying mountains in MT while taking field courses at the Wheaton Field Station.
Luke Penney (with Sue Bilek at NM Tech)
BS, Geology and Computer Science, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Environmental seismology of karst aquifers.
Luke hiking in the Magdalena Mountains while completing summer research at NM Tech.
Esther Lam
BS, Environmental Science, Wheaton College (2024)
Research topic: Hydrologic analysis of a sink-rise karst flow system
Esther visiting La Paz Waterfall in Costa Rica while taking an Au Sable class.
Emily Kranendonk
BS, Environmental Science, Wheaton College (2022)
Research topic: Hydrologic analysis of a sink-rise karst flow system
Emily visiting Yellowstone while taking field courses at the Wheaton Field Station.
Lucy Dykhouse
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Spring and cave stream monitoring in karst aquifers.
Lucy at Peña de Bernal, Mexico.
April Phinney (with Lyman Persico at Whitman College)
BS, Geology, Wheaton College (2020)
Research topic: Fluvial geomorphology in Northern Yellowstone.
April determining particle size in the East Fork of Blacktail Deer Creek, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Former Graduate Students (at NM Tech)
Jacob Gochenour (with Sue Bilek at NM Tech and Ronni Grapenthin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks)
PhD Student, Geophysics, NM Tech (2023)
BS, James Madison University (2017)
Research topic: Karst aquifer characterization using geophysical responses to recharge events.
Jacob enjoying the last day of geology field camp, Bridges of Ross, County Clare, Ireland.
Jason Simmons (with Alex Rinehart at NM Tech)
MS, Hydrology, NM Tech (2021)
BS, University of Arkansas - Little Rock (2018)
Research topic: Assessing chemomechanical alteration in geologic carbon sequestration settings.
Jason visiting North Clear Creek Falls, CO.
Samuel Otu (with Alex Rinehart at NM Tech)
MS, Hydrology, NM Tech (2022)
BS, University of Mines and Technology, Ghana (2018)
Research topic: Assessing chemomechanical alteration in geologic carbon sequestration settings.
Sam starting his graduate career at NM Tech.
Xiaoqiao Wang (with Jesus Gomez-Velez at Vanderbilt University and Fred Phillips and John Wilson at NM Tech)
MS, Hydrology, NM Tech (2019)
BS, Chengdu University of Technology (2017)
Research topic: Conducting experiments to better understand flow and transport processes in karst conduit network flow systems.
Qiao graduating with a BS degree in Groundwater Science and Engineering in China.
Lindsey Rasmussen (with Thomas Dewers at Sandia National Laboratories)
Currently at Sandia National Laboratories
MS, Petroleum Engineering, NM Tech (2021)
BS, New Mexico Tech (2016)
Research topic: Identifying controls on multiphase fluid flow through sandstones that have undergone unique diagenetic processes.
Lindsey visiting the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.
Zhidi Wu (with Alex Rinehart at NM Tech)
Currently a PhD student at the University of Utah
MS, Hydrology, NM Tech (2018)
BS, New Mexico Tech and Yangtze University (2016)
Research topic: Assessing the impacts of fluid-rock interaction on rock mechanical properties in geologic carbon sequestration settings.
Zhidi collecting a sample during a flow-through experiment.
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