Undergraduate research

I have conducted research with over 60 undergraduate students at Temple University. I don’t have photos of everyone, but if you have a photo when you were a student, please send it to me!

SPRING/FALL 2025

Lucas Oberholtzer Hess: Lucas is analyzing stream temperature data and doing some geophysical monitoring

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 and a Velay Summer Fellowship.

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

Erin and me at an Arkansas cave; Emilie and grad student Ashleigh working on roof dust samples

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 upstream and downstream of a retention basin
Oliva D’Oliveria, water quality before and after retrofit of a retention basin

Ashlynn Young discussing filtered samples

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

Tyler Wong and Haley Dashnaw assisting grad student research

Arnetia Carroll presenting a poster with her grad student mentor Jim Berglund

SUMMER 2016:
Marley Chertok, turbidity monitoring in Wissahickon Creek
Rachel Crowley, karst spring sampling (Francis Velay Scholar program)
Paul O’Neill (with Dr Nyquist), geophysical monitoring of infiltration

flowmeter

Marley Chertok measuring streamflow with Postdoc Sarah Ledford

Gunkle

Rachel Crowley collecting spring sample with PhD candidate Jim Berglund

EM_Profiler_SERC

Paul O’Neill using EM Profiler on SERC retention basin before sprinkler test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011-2015

Grzegorz Czapla, Matthew Jirinec, Gavin McBrien, Ethan Hults, Derek Lichtner (with Dr. Nyquist), Vanessa Colon, Viet Nguyen, Juan Huertas-Fernandez (with Justin Shi), Sarah Sakson, Mark Dolan (with Justin Shi), Tom Clark, Ashley Newman, Jessica Welkey, Malory Pinkowski, Chris Witzigman

Ashley Newman and Viet Nguyen downloading data from campus stormwater basins

Mark Dolan discussing a phone app for stream monitoring, Matt Jirinec downloading weather data from rooftop on campus

2006-2010

Nick Papacostas, Jesse Bilger, Mark Kaufmann, Scott Quitel, Julie Williams, Shannon George, Nina Astillero, Alex Gibbs, Melissa Bross, Alyssa Finlay, Amanda Laskoskie, Christopher Capoccia, Matthew Sophy

Alex Gibbs downloading a storm pipe logger, Shannon George digging a hole for infiltration measurement in stormwater basin

Nina Astillero in a cave (taking a break from lab work); Nick Papacostas downloading temperature data on Lake Lacawac

1999-2005
Chuck Lipka, Amanda Getz, Jennifer Kehler, Linda Zaoudeh, Heather Landherr, Erin Pinder, John Peake, Cecilia Mejias, Rebecca Roth, Kathy Gross, Bryan Rillstone, Steve Scott, John Petriello, Keny Hayes, Julie Acton, Jeffrey Ham, Szilvia Mathes-Pucky

Karst & stormwater research group at GSA 2003 Steve Scott, Ellen Herman, Bryan Rillstone, Jen Tancredi, Cecilia Mejias, Ken Hayes, front row me, Szilvia Mathes-Pucky

Jen Kehler and Cecilia Mejias collecting stormwater samples

Jeff Ham downloading temperature data

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