{"id":79,"date":"2015-05-24T18:12:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T22:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:58:52","slug":"undergraduate-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/undergraduate-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate research"},"content":{"rendered":"

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!<\/em><\/p>\n

SPRING\/FALL 2025<\/h3>\n

Lucas Oberholtzer Hess: Lucas is analyzing stream temperature data and doing some geophysical monitoring<\/p>\n

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SUMMER\/FALL 2024\/ SPRING 2025<\/h3>\n

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Lucas Vito, Ryan Frederiks (postdoc), Katie Alexandrenko, and me sampling a spring in Pennypack Park<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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SUMMER 2023<\/h3>\n

Bri Radke: Sediment and turbidity monitoring at Pennypack Creek USGS stations<\/p>\n

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SUMMER 2022<\/h3>\n
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Jeremy, Bojan, Emilie, Bri, and Ashleigh<\/p><\/div>\n

Emilie Tannert-Schmidt: Microplastics and sediment filtering (working with grad student Ashleigh Kirker)<\/p>\n

Jeremy Eland: Stream sampling for Critical Zone Network (working with grad student Bojan Milinic)<\/p>\n

Francesca Navarro: GIS mapping of karst data sets (working with grad student Michael Jones at the University of Arkansas)<\/p>\n

Erin Spross Long term nitrate variation in karst springs<\/p>\n

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Erin and me at an Arkansas cave; Emilie and grad student Ashleigh working on roof dust samples<\/p>\n

SUMMER 2019<\/h3>\n

Chris Kobol Understanding thermal signatures in urban watersheds using drones and GIS<\/p>\n

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Kate Lyons Nutrient and sediment concentrations in urban storm basin runoff: understanding green stormwater infrastructure efficiency\u00a0 (Francis Velay Scholar program)<\/p>\n

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SUMMER 2018<\/h3>\n

Leanne Wiskemann, Origin of sediment-bound phosphorus in an urban stream (Francis Velay Scholar program)
\nAshlynn Young, water quality and quantify upstream and downstream of a retention basin
\nOliva D’Oliveria, water quality before and after retrofit of a retention basin<\/p>\n

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Ashlynn Young discussing filtered samples<\/p>\n

SUMMER 2017
\nArnetia Carroll, stormwater monitoring in karst springs
\nHayley Dashnaw, nutrients in urban stream sediments
\nTrevor Murray, temperature monitoring of groundwater-surface water interaction
\nTyler Wong (with Dr Nyquist), geophysical monitoring of stormwater tracer tests<\/p>\n

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Tyler Wong and Haley Dashnaw assisting grad student research<\/p>\n

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Arnetia Carroll presenting a poster with her grad student mentor Jim Berglund<\/p>\n

SUMMER 2016:
\nMarley Chertok, turbidity monitoring in Wissahickon Creek
\nRachel Crowley, karst spring sampling (Francis Velay Scholar program)
\nPaul O’Neill (with Dr Nyquist), geophysical monitoring of infiltration<\/p>\n

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Marley Chertok measuring streamflow with Postdoc Sarah Ledford<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel Crowley collecting spring sample with PhD candidate Jim Berglund<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul O’Neill using EM Profiler on SERC retention basin before sprinkler test<\/p><\/div>\n

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2011-2015<\/h3>\n

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<\/p>\n

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Ashley Newman and Viet Nguyen downloading data from campus stormwater basins<\/p>\n

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Mark Dolan discussing a phone app for stream monitoring, Matt Jirinec downloading weather data from rooftop on campus<\/p>\n

2006-2010<\/h3>\n

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<\/p>\n

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Alex Gibbs downloading a storm pipe logger, Shannon George digging a hole for infiltration measurement in stormwater basin<\/p>\n

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Nina Astillero in a cave (taking a break from lab work); Nick Papacostas downloading temperature data on Lake Lacawac<\/p>\n

1999-2005
\nChuck 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<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

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Jen Kehler and Cecilia Mejias collecting stormwater samples<\/p>\n

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Jeff Ham downloading temperature data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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