People

Sujith Ravi, Associate Professor 

(PhD, University of Virginia)

 

 

 

 

Caroline Merheb (Graduate Student, PhD, Geosciences) (MS, Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University)
Research Project: Urban food-energy systems, agrivoltaics

 

 

 

Pralad Phuyal (Graduate Student, PhD Geosciences  (MS, Water Resources Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal) Research Project: Renewable Energy -Food systems

 

 

 

Lydia Field (Graduate Student, MS Geology)
(BS, Geoscience, University of Connecticut)
Research Project: Soil moisture in salt-affected soils 

 

 

 

Ganesh Khatei (Graduate Student, PhD Geosciences)
(MS, Geology, Manipal University, India)
Research Project: Soil salinization and soil erodibility

 

 

Francesco Capone (Visting PhD studnet 2025-2026))
(Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Research Project:  Multiuse solar landscapes, food-energy issues

 

 

Maya Bruke (Undergraduate Researcher, ES)
Research Project: Soil moisture dyanmics in saline soils 

 

 

 

 

Faith Sang (CIS)
Research Project: Monitoring systems, machine learning

 

 

 

 


LAB ALUMNI


Natalie Thomas (MS 2025)

Maxwell Finnegan (BS 2025, now PhD student, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at UCLA)

Chong Seok Choi (PhD 2024, Postdoc at Cornell)

Matthew Raabe (MS, 2022) , now Geologist at ECS Ltd

Natalie Thomas (MS 2025)

Cara Rydzewski (BS 2025, Environmental Health Specialist, DCHD)

Sofia Taboada (BS 2025)

Lucy Archibald (NSF GEOREPS, post-bacc),  EPA

Rebecca Bertel (Undergraduate Researcher, ES 2022), Now Data Analysis Intern at USGS, Graduate student N. Arizona University

Benny Towner (Frances Velay Fellow 2022,Undergraduate Researcher, ES), now intern at NREL

William Burger (Graduate Student, MS, 2019 ) now Geologist II at AECOM

Rosa Peronace (2020, Undergraduate Researcher ES), Environmental Scientist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, DE

Dellena Bloom (2020-2021, Undergraduate Researcher ES), now PhD student at University of Florida, Gainesville.

Alexander Cagle (2017-2018, Undergraduate Researcher ES) now PhD student at University of California, Davis

David Dukes (Graduate Student, MS, Fall 2017) now PhD student at Stony Brook University, New York.

Howell Gonzales, Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2017), STEM teacher, Prince George’s County Public Schools, MA.

Joanna Freedman (Frances Velay Fellow 2017,Undergraduate Researcher, ES)

Chana Sara Elias (2016-2018)

Branimir Trifunovic (2017, Undergraduate Researcher, ES)  now graduate student at University of Delaware

Thomas Plaskett (2019, Undergraduate Researcher ES), Field Technician at Innovative Environmental Technologies, Inc, PA

Stuart Olshevski (2015-2016, Undergraduate Researcher, ES) now intern at American Conservation Experience – EPIC program, WA

Jessica Dunlap (2019, Undergraduate Researcher ES), Solution Engineer, ESRI