People

Aggrey Minya Omuyangu

Ph.D., in progress, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

M.S., expected 2025, Human Evolutionary Biology, Turkana University College

B.A., 2019, History & Archaeology, Information Technology, Maseno University

Current research: Middle to Late Miocene paleoenvironments of the Turkana Basin, Kenya

Cristina Leschhorn

Ph.D., in progress, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

M.S., 2025, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

Current research: Anthropogenic influences and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions in the Tropical Lowlands of Southern Mexico

Joslyn Herold

M.S., in progress, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

B.S., 2024, Geology, James Madison University

Current research: Exploring the effects of aboveground roots on soil gas exchange and nutrient cycling in bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) flood channels.

Devin Richards

Ph.D., in progress, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

B.S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University

Current research: Environmental controls on Neogene weathering in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

Paige Hill

B.S., in progress, Environmental Science, University of Memphis

Current research: Impacts of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) rooting on soil physical properties

Mei Cowle

B.S., in progress, Environmental Sciences, Rhodes College

Research Assistant

Research: Dendrochemical response of Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) to the New Madrid 1811-1812 earthquake

Lab alumni

Narayan Adhikari

Ph.D., 2024, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis;  Advisor: Dr. Randy Cox

Research Assistant, Methane cycling in bald cypress (DoE,  DE-SC0022228)

Israel Collins

B.S., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

Research Assistant, Methane cycling in bald cypress (DoE, DE-SC0022228)

Research: Dendrochemical response of Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) to the New Madrid 1811-1812 earthquake

Jarred Asselta

Ph.D., in progress, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota

B.S., Chemistry & Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2022, Murray State University

Honor's Thesis: Reconstructing the past environments of the K-Pg boundary in western KY, USA

Marie White

Ph.D., in progress, Texas State University

M.S. 2022, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis

B.S. Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2020, Murray State University 

Senior Thesis: Fossil soil variability during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia.

Lance Stewart

Current: Watershed Representative, Tennessee Valley Authority

M.S. Watershed Studies, 2020, Paleofloods and landform development influence carbon storage in a humid-subtropical river valley

B.S. Geosciences, 2017 McNair Scholar Research: Microscopic analysis of quartz grains used in OSL dating

Ben Ferguson

Current: Senior Research Specialist, Oklahoma State University.

M.S. Watershed Studies, 2018, The effect of alluvial landscape position on soil organic carbon in the Clarks River Valley, Western, KY USA 

B.S. Geosciences, 2015, Senior research project: Topographic controls on organic matter degradation using soil micromorphology)