This page is a list of my advisees with thesis titles. Also check out my grad student and postdoc photo gallery
2021 LAB GROUP. Clockwise: Ashleigh Kirker (PhD candidate), Dr. Sarah Beganskas (Postdoctoral Scholar), Naomi Morgan (Masters candidate), Kyle Collins (Masters candidate), me
2018 LAB GROUP: Sarah Ledford (postdoc), Gina Pope (co-advisee), me, Chelsea Kanaley, Liz Cushman, Jim Berglund, Vince Carsillo
STUDENTS & POSTDOCS (Masters students unless otherwise indicated):
Dr. Ryan Frederiks, Postdoc: Now at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Dr. Sarah Beganskas, Postdoc: Now at Delaware River Basin Commission
Dr. Sarah Ledford, Postdoc: Now a faculty member at Georgia State University
Dr. Rob Rossi, Postdoc: Now at California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Dr. Ashleigh Kirker (PhD) 2023 Variable flow paths in urban catchments: hydrologic models and tracers of stormwater runoff in suburban Philadelphia, Now a faculty member at Virginia Tech.
Bojan Milinic, 2022. Evaluation of bedrock depth and soil infiltration along Pennypack Creek using electrical resistivity tomography and soil moisture loggers.
Kyle Collins, 2020. Geophysical, hydrologic, and sedimentological analysis for assessing sediment accumulation and infiltration rates in urban stormwater basins.
Naomi Morgan, 2020. Dual isotope analysis of denitrification in stormwater basins.
Dr. James Berglund (PhD ) 2019 Determining karst hydrological characteristics through thermal and geochemical monitoring and modeling of springs: Now a faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Liz Cushman 2019. Suspended solids and nutrients in overland flow in suburban Philadelphia watersheds.
Vince Carsillo, 2018. Monitoring Stormwater Infiltration in a Vacant Lot Comparing Time-Lapse Electromagnetic Induction and Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Chelsea Kanaley 2018. Turbidity and nutrient response to storm events in the Wissahickon Creek, suburban Philadelphia, PA
Ken Schlosser 2017. Monitoring infiltration from natural storms using time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography
Emily Arnold, 2016. Evaluation of urban riparian buffers on stream health in the Tookany Watershed, PA
Paul Zarella, 2016. Using Geophysics and Terrestrial LiDAR to Assess Stormwater Parameters in Vacant Lots in Philadelphia
Trevor Klein, 2015 Investigating nitrate attenuation in an urban stream using stable isotope geochemistry and continuous monitoring
Haley Rodack, 2015 Using fracture flow modeling to understand the effectiveness of pump and treat remediation in dual permeability media
David O’Donnell, 2012 Field and modeling study of the effects of stream depth and ground water discharge on hydrogephysical characterization of hyporheic zone in an urban stream
Brian Hughes, 2011 Characterizing the Immobile Region of the Hyporheic Zone through the use of Hydrologic and Geophysical Techniques at Crabby Creek, PA, USA
Chad Reisch, 2010 Using stormwater hysteresis to characterize variations in quick and diffuse flowpaths within a conduit dominated karst spring
Allison Fang, 2010 Variation of hyporheic exchange in thin and thick sediment using solute tracer tests, geophysical resistivity, and sediment characterization at a reconstructed stream
Catherine Jedrzejczyk, 2010 Monitoring the effectiveness of stormwater infiltration trenches at the Pennypack Preserve, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Melanie Johnson, 2009 Mapping roadsalt discharge from groundwater using hydrogeophysics at Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
James Mikochik, 2008 Using groundwater modeling to understand the factors controlling lake seepage patterns
Kathy Gross, 2007 Analysis of effects of urbanization on spring geochemistry and sediment for a karst aquifer in Valley Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Youa Yang, 2006 Characterizing storm response in an urban Karst aquifer at Valley Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Dr. Ellen Herman (PhD), 2007 Quantitative studies of suspended sediment in karst aquifers (Penn State University, adviser William White)
Jarrett Elsea, 2006 Discrete-fracture dual-permeability simulation of heterogeneous drawdown in the Brunswick group, North Penn 6 Superfund Site, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Tancredi, 2004 Variation in sediment and geochemistry as evidence of changes in flowpaths to a karst spring in southeastern Pennsylvania
Terefe Mazengia, 2004 Laboratory evaluation of spontaneous potential (SP) electrodes for the detection of redox zones
Yong Wu, 2002 Groundwater modeling with GIS methods for the Mullica River Basin, New Jersey
Ethan Prout, 2001 Temporal variation of sediment distribution in a karst aquifer, Easton, Pennsylvania
Eric Roman, 2000 Hydrogeologic characterization in a karst groundwater system in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Elissa (Lisa) Koch, 1999 Modeling tracers in intact columns : a study of the influence of fracture aperture on solute transport
David Heebner, 1999 Ground-water model of spray irrigation in New Garden Township, Chester County Pennsylvania
Paige Stafford, 1996 Simulation of a field scale tritium tracer experiment in a fractured, weathered shale using discrete-fracture/matrix-diffusion and equivalent porous medium models. (University of Tennessee, adviser Larry McKay)