Students

Current Students

Jeff Lanrdum: M.S. Candidate.  B.S. Louisiana St. University 2004
Metal biogeochemistry of the Tatio Geysers.

MS Katrina Mabin: M.S. Candidate.  B.S. Univ. Virginia.
Sulfur speciation in a sulfidic cave system

Jennifer Thompson: M.S. Candidate.  B.S. Biology University of Texas
Dissolved gas dynamics of the Edwards Aquifer.

Graduated

Ph.D

Wan Joo Choi:  Ph.D 2004.   M.S. Seoul Nat’l University; B.S. Seoul National University, 1990.
Silicate Dissolution Kinetics, in organic electrolytes.

Annette Summers Engel:  Ph.D. 2004.  M.S. Biology University of Cincinnati, 1999; M.S. Geology University of Cincinnati, 1997;  B.A. Wittenberg University, 1995.
Dissertation: Geomicrobiology of Sulfuric Acid Speleogenesis: Microbial Diversity, Nutrient Cycling, and Controls on Cave Formation

Jennifer Roberts Rogers Ph.D. 2000.  B.S. Trinity University 1995.
Geomicrobiology and Microbial Weathering of Silicates.

Franz K. Hiebert: Ph.D. 1998; M.S. 1994
Dissertation:  Microbial Diagenesis in Terrestrial Aquifer Conditions: Laboratory and Field Studies

Barbara J. Mahler:  Ph.D. 1997; M.S. U.T. Austin, 1993;
Dissertation:  Mobile Sediments in a Karst Aquifer.

Roger W. Lee:  Ph.D. 1996;
Dissertation: Geochemistry of Sewage-Contaminated Water in the Shallow Sand and Gravel, Glacial Outwash Aquifer, Cape Cod, MA

Katherine D. Romanak:  Ph.D. 1996
Dissertation:  Vadose Zone Geochemistry of Playa Wetlands

MS

Kenneth Alexander: M.S. 1990
Thesis: Correlation of Structural Lineaments and Fracture Traces to Water-Well Yields in the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas

James Anderson: M.S. 1996
Thesis: Nonpoint Source Pollution by Organochlorine Pesticides in the Lavaca-Navidad Watershed, Texas

Joey Barker: M.S. 2004.
Degradation of BTEX as a Function of Feldspar Nutrient Content

Sevin Bilir: M.S. 1992
Thesis: Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Glacial Aquifer Contaminated by Crude Oil Near Bemidji, Minnesota.

Todd A. Council: M.A. 1993
Thesis:  The Role of Ikaite in the Formation of Tufa Deposits at Mono Lake, California

Melissa Edwards: M.S. 2004.
Hydrology and hydrogeology of a sulfidic cave spring, Madison Limestone, WY

Patty B. Ging: M.S. 1995
Thesis: A Water Quality Study of the Upper Bull Creek Watershed, Austin, Texas

David S. Hansen: M.S. 1995
Thesis: Source and Evolution of Thermal Waters of the Sevier Desert, West-Central Utah

Mike Harren: M.S. 1996
Thesis: Source and Distribution of Hydrocarbons in the Gaines Creek Watershed, Austin, TX.

Hsiao Peng Hua: M.S. 1994
Thesis: Vapor-Phase Sorption Equilibria of Volatile Contaminants

Kyle L. Kirschenmann: M.S. 1996
Thesis: Mobility and Distribution of High Explosives at Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas

Daniel Krause: M.S. 2002. B.A. Biology Suny College at Buffalo, 1994.
Development of DNA-labelled Clay Particles for Use as Sediment Tracers

Barbara J. Mahler: M.S. 1991
Thesis: A Geomorphic, Hydrologic, and Geochemical Study of Hamilton Creek Watershed, Travis County, Texas

David T. Martineau: M.S. 1997
Thesis: Hydrogeochemistry of the Pine River Methane Seeps: Durango, Colorado

Todd J. Minehardt: M.S. 1995
Thesis: Desorption of High Explosives from Soil : thermodynamics and the Role of Soil Organic Carbon.

Jean Phillipe Nicot: M.S. 1995
Thesis:  Characterization of Gas Transport in a Playa Subsurface Pantex Site, Amarillo, Texas

Jennifer Leigh Perry: M.S. 2001.  B.S. The College of William and Mary, 1997.
Composition, Transport, and Degradation of Class A Foam

Tania Wallace: M.S. 2003.
Thesis:  Hormone residues in karst surface waters, Travis County, TX

Dana White: M.S. 1991
Thesis: Point Dilution Method Determination of Groundwater Velocities at the Bemidji Research Site

Matt Wickham: M.S. 1991
Thesis: Hydrogeology and Water Resources of an Unconfined Aquifer in a Pleistocene Terrace Deposit, Ellis County, Texas

Jennifer Wilson: M.S. 2001.
Distribution of PAH Compounds in Urban Lakes

Mitch D. Zimmerman: M.S. 1997
Thesis: Sorption in a Model Fracture System