{"id":77,"date":"2015-05-24T18:12:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T22:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:55:15","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students & Post Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page is a list of my advisees with thesis titles. Also check out my grad student and postdoc photo gallery<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2021 LAB GROUP. Clockwise:\u00a0 Ashleigh Kirker (PhD candidate), Dr. Sarah Beganskas (Postdoctoral Scholar), Naomi Morgan (Masters candidate), Kyle Collins (Masters candidate), me<\/p>\n

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2018 LAB GROUP: Sarah Ledford (postdoc), Gina Pope (co-advisee), me, Chelsea Kanaley, Liz Cushman, Jim Berglund, Vince Carsillo<\/p>\n

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STUDENTS & POSTDOCS (Masters students unless otherwise indicated):<\/h2>\n

Dr. Ryan Frederiks, Postdoc (2024): Now at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation<\/p>\n

Dr. Sarah Beganskas, Postdoc (2018-2021): Now at Delaware River Basin Commission<\/p>\n

Dr. Sarah Ledford, Postdoc (2016-2018): Now a faculty member at Georgia State University<\/p>\n

Dr. Rob Rossi, Postdoc (2018):\u00a0 Now at California Department of Toxic Substances Control<\/p>\n

Dr. Ashleigh Kirker (PhD) 2023 Variable flow paths in urban catchments:\u00a0 hydrologic models and tracers of stormwater runoff in suburban Philadelphia, Now a faculty member at Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n

Bojan Milinic, 2022. Evaluation of bedrock depth and soil infiltration along Pennypack Creek using electrical resistivity tomography and soil moisture loggers.<\/p>\n

Kyle Collins, 2021.\u00a0 Geophysical, hydrologic, and sedimentological analysis for assessing sediment accumulation and infiltration rates in urban stormwater basins.<\/p>\n

Naomi Morgan, 2021. Dual isotope analysis of denitrification in stormwater basins.<\/p>\n

Dr. James Berglund (PhD ) 2019 Determining karst hydrological characteristics through thermal and geochemical monitoring and modeling of springs:\u00a0 Now a faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Platteville<\/p>\n

Liz Cushman 2019. Suspended solids and nutrients in overland flow in suburban Philadelphia watersheds.<\/p>\n

Vince Carsillo, 2018.\u00a0Monitoring Stormwater Infiltration in a Vacant Lot Comparing Time-Lapse Electromagnetic Induction and Electrical Resistivity Tomography<\/p>\n

Chelsea Kanaley 2018. Turbidity and nutrient response to storm events in the Wissahickon Creek, suburban Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n

Ken Schlosser 2017. Monitoring infiltration from natural storms using time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography<\/p>\n

Emily Arnold, 2016. Evaluation of urban riparian buffers on stream health in the Tookany Watershed, PA<\/p>\n

Paul Zarella, 2016. Using Geophysics and Terrestrial LiDAR to Assess Stormwater Parameters in Vacant Lots in Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Trevor Klein, 2015 Investigating nitrate attenuation in an urban stream using stable isotope geochemistry and continuous monitoring<\/p>\n

Haley Rodack, 2015 Using fracture flow modeling to understand the effectiveness of pump and treat remediation in dual permeability media<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Brian Hughes, 2011 Characterizing the Immobile Region of the Hyporheic Zone through the use of Hydrologic and Geophysical Techniques at Crabby Creek, PA, USA<\/p>\n

Chad Reisch, 2010 Using stormwater hysteresis to characterize variations in quick and diffuse flowpaths within a conduit dominated karst spring<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Catherine Jedrzejczyk, 2010 Monitoring the effectiveness of stormwater infiltration trenches at the Pennypack Preserve, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Melanie Johnson, 2009 Mapping roadsalt discharge from groundwater using hydrogeophysics at Mirror Lake, New Hampshire<\/p>\n

James Mikochik, 2008 Using groundwater modeling to understand the factors controlling lake seepage patterns<\/p>\n

Kathy Gross, 2007 Analysis of effects of urbanization on spring geochemistry and sediment for a karst aquifer in Valley Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Youa Yang, 2006 Characterizing storm response in an urban Karst aquifer at Valley Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Dr. Ellen Herman (PhD), 2007\u00a0 Quantitative studies of suspended sediment in karst aquifers (Penn State University, adviser William White)<\/p>\n

Jarrett Elsea, 2006 Discrete-fracture dual-permeability simulation of heterogeneous drawdown in the Brunswick group, North Penn 6 Superfund Site, Lansdale, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Jennifer Tancredi, 2004 Variation in sediment and geochemistry as evidence of changes in flowpaths to a karst spring in southeastern Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Terefe Mazengia, 2004 Laboratory evaluation of spontaneous potential (SP) electrodes for the detection of redox zones<\/p>\n

Yong Wu, 2002 Groundwater modeling with GIS methods for the Mullica River Basin, New Jersey<\/p>\n

Ethan Prout, 2001 Temporal variation of sediment distribution in a karst aquifer, Easton, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Eric Roman, 2000 Hydrogeologic characterization in a karst groundwater system in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Elissa (Lisa) Koch, 1999 Modeling tracers in intact columns : a study of the influence of fracture aperture on solute transport<\/p>\n

David Heebner, 1999\u00a0Ground-water model of spray irrigation in New Garden Township, Chester County Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

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