I have conducted research with over 40 undergraduate students at Temple University. There was a hiatus during initial Covid years due to reduced laboratory access.
SUMMER/Fall 2024/ Spring 2025
Lucas Vito, Ryan Frederiks (postdoc), Katie Alexandrenko, and me sampling a spring in Pennypack Park
Lucas is working on the I95 project, and Katie has been sampling for the Urban Critical zone project and completing chemical analysis for the area watersheds associated with a William Penn Foundation grant.
In the Fall Lucas Oberholtzer Hess joined the team to look at stream temperature data and try some geophysical monitoring.
SUMMER 2023
Bri Radke: Sediment and turbidity monitoring at Pennypack Creek USGS stations
SUMMER 2022
Jeremy, Bojan, Emilie, Bri, and Ashleigh
Emilie Tannert-Schmidt: Microplastics and sediment filtering (working with grad student Ashleigh Kirker)
Jeremy Eland: Stream sampling for Critical Zone Network (working with grad student Bojan Milinic)
Francesca Navarro: GIS mapping of karst data sets (working with grad student Michael Jones at the University of Arkansas)
Erin Spross Long term nitrate variation in karst springs
SUMMER 2019
Chris Kobol Understanding thermal signatures in urban watersheds using drones and GIS
Kate Lyons Nutrient and sediment concentrations in urban storm basin runoff: understanding green stormwater infrastructure efficiency (Francis Velay Scholar program)
SUMMER 2018
Leanne Wiskemann, Origin of sediment-bound phosphorus in an urban stream (Francis Velay Scholar program)
Ashlynn Young, water quality and quantify above and below a retention basin
Oliva D’Oliveria, water quality before and after retrofit of a retention basin
SUMMER 2017
Arnetia Carroll, stormwater monitoring in karst springs
Hayley Dashnaw,nutrients in urban stream sediments
Trevor Murray, temperature monitoring of groundwater-surface water interaction
Tyler Wong (with Dr Nyquist), geophysical monitoring of stormwater tracer tests
SUMMER 2016:
Marley Chertok, turbidity monitoring, Wissahickon
Rachel Crowley, karst spring sampling (Francis Velay Scholar program)
Paul O’Neill (with Dr Nyquist), geophysical monitoring of infiltration
Marley Chertok measuring streamflow with Postdoc Sarah Ledford
Rachel Crowley collecting spring sample with PhD candidate Jim Berglund
Paul O’Neill using EM Profiler on SERC retention basin before sprinkler test