{"id":247,"date":"2012-04-23T15:21:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/science-yall\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:44:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/science-yall\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Science, Y&#8217;all! <\/i><\/b>is a blog and podcast run by graduate students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackson School of Geosciences<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The University of Texas at Austin<\/a>. We strive to provide students with a platform to share their research and experiences with their peers and the general public. Posts represent the views of the authors, not of The University of Texas at Austin or the Jackson School of Geosciences. We hope that <b><i>Science, Y&#8217;all!<\/i><\/b> will strengthen our community by allowing us to share what it is we all do in our respective dark holes (read: offices, laboratories, dungeons), as well as promote the diverse experiences of students at JSG.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">We are still accepting applications for the 2026-2027 academic year! Apply using <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/TqXrcz6jUt7rYLSs8\">this form<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<h3>Current editors (2026-2027)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/bella_gray\/\">Bella Gray<\/a> &#8211; Editor-in-chief<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Candidate (expected 2029)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: f<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">luvial geomorphology, remote sensing, drylands, flash floods, hydrogeology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bella is interested in books, birds, and bouldering. She is currently on a mission to do a major hike in all of the U.S. national parks. Her message: bring back whimsy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/august_aalto\/\">August Aalto<\/a> &#8211; Podcast Director<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Candidate (expected 2027)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: soil science, geomorphology, remote sensing, deltas<\/li>\n<li>August enjoys <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">being inside movie-watching, indie game-playing, and house plant-gardening, and being outside camping, rowing, and birdwatching.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/lucia_bellino\/\">Lucia Bellino<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Candidate (expected 2027)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: p<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lanetary science, volcanism, petrology, Mars, Io<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lucia likes pottery, reading, playing the harp, baking, boxing, swimming, and walking her dog, Duff!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Josiah (Jojo) Sananda &#8211; Social Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Candidate (expected 2029)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">hydrology, dendrochronology, ecosystem resilience, drought, wildfire<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Jojo is a nature enthusiast who enjoys all things tree-related: researching, climbing, hiking, camping, protecting, and exploring. She appreciates spaces where art, science, and conversation can come together and inspire. Her message: science is for everyone!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emma_martin\/\">Emma Martin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Candidate (expected 2029)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: m<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">arine seismology, activate source imaging, tectonophysics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Emma enjoys spending time rockhounding, tidepooling, hiking, bouldering, and being surprised\u00a0when people don&#8217;t understand her obscene amount of movie references.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ig.utexas.edu\/students\/adam-lucas\/\">Adam Lucas\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student (expected 2031)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: ice sheet dynamics, subglacial hydrology, machine learning<\/li>\n<li>Adam enjoys <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">hiking, running, reading, bouldering, and likes to be outside in rainy, cold, and ice-y environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Olivia Adelman<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EER Masters (expected 2027)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">Discipline tags: nuclear energy, policy, supply chain, nuclear regulation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">Olivia enjoys downhill biking, taking long walks, writing Goodreads reviews, and trying out new recipes (specifically soups).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lyle Seeligson<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EER Masters (expected 2028)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Discipline tags: energy and environmental policy, nuclear nonproliferation, energy security, water resource conservation and planning, energy-water-food nexus, agriculture and land use issues<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Lyle likes whitewater and flatwater canoeing, camping, backpacking, swimming, playing piano, and (most of all) sleeping.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Watson<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EER Masters (expected 2028)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">Discipline tags: critical minerals, environmental science, energy policy<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">Alex loves hiking, swimming, and anything outdoors. She has two black cats, Dobby and Winky, whom she loves dearly. Her message: be kind and enjoy life.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andrew Bowsher<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EER Masters (expected 2027)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Discipline tages: Environmental Policy, Critical Minerals, Geotech<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Andrew is interested in knitting, Lord of the Rings, wild swimming, playing musical instruments, mead making, and riding my motorbike.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Past editors<\/h3>\n<p>2025-2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/bella_gray\/\">Bella Gray<\/a> (editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/august_aalto\/\">August Aalto<\/a> (podcast director)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/lucia_bellino\/\">Lucia Bellino<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Josiah (Jojo) Sananda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emma_martin\/\">Emma Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Olivia Adelman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/koutian_wu\/\">Koutian Wu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lyle Seeligson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/holiday_obryan\/\">Holiday O&#8217;Bryan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2024-2025<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/august_aalto\/\">August Aalto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/lucia_bellino\/\">Lucia Bellino<\/a> (editorial director)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kevin_shionalyn\/\">Kevin Shionalyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/patricia_standring\/\">Patty Standring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/bella_gray\/\">Bella Gray<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/john_stpeter\/\">Jack St. Peter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Janet Ca\u00f1amar (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Gallice (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<li>Nabeeha Siddiqui (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<li>Emily Moore (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2023-2024<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/august_aalto\/\">August Aalto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emily_bamber\/\">Emily Bamber\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Barnes (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/lucia_bellino\/\">Lucia Bellino<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leah Kegerreis (undergraduate editor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/sabrina_reichert\/\">Sabrina Reichert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kevin_shionalyn\/\">Kevin Shionalyn<\/a>\u00a0 (editorial-director)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2022-2023<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"jana.abdullatif@utexas.edu\">Jana Abdullatif<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emily_bamber\/\">Emily Bamber<\/a>\u00a0 (editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/lucia_bellino\/\">Lucia Bellino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/noah_benitez-nelson\/\">Noah Benitez-Nelson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/scarlette_hsia\/\">Scarlette Hsia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kevin_shionalyn\/\">Kevin Shionalyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/siyu_zhao\/\">Siyu Zhao<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2021-2022<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"jana.abdullatif@utexas.edu\">Jana Abdullatif<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emily_bamber\/\">Emily Bamber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/megan_flansburg\">Megan Flansburg<\/a>\u00a0 (editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kiara_gomez\/\">Kiara Gomez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/scarlette_hsia\/\">Scarlette Hsia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kevin_shionalyn\/\">Kevin Shionalyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/siyu_zhao\/\">Siyu Zhao<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2019-2020 &amp; 2020-2021:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emily_bamber\/\">Emily Bamber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/megan_flansburg\">Megan Flansburg<\/a>\u00a0 (editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kiara_gomez\/\">Kiara Gomez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/hima_hassenruck-gudipati\/\">Hima J Hassenruck-Gudipati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/natasha_sekhon\/\">Natasha Sekhon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2018-2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/tomas_capaldi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tomas Capaldi\u00a0<\/a>(editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/megan_flansburg\">Megan Flansburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kiara_gomez\/\">Kiara Gomez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/hima_hassenruck-gudipati\/\">Hima J Hassenruck-Gudipati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/natasha_sekhon\/\">Natasha Sekhon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2017-2018:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/keri_belcher\">Keri Belcher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/rachel_bernard\">Rachel Bernard<\/a>\u00a0(editor-in-chief)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/tomas_capaldi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tomas Capaldi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/megan_flansburg\">Megan Flansburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/kiara_gomez\/\">Kiara Gomez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/joshua_lively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Lively<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/natasha_sekhon\/\">Natasha Sekhon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2016-2017:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/rachel_bernard\">Rachel Bernard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/tomas_capaldi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tomas Capaldi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/emily_hernandez_goldst\/\">Emily Cooperdock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/sol_cooperdock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sol Cooperdock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/joshua_lively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Lively<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured images courtesy of the following\u00a0JSG student winners of the 2016 GSEC calendar competition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>About page: Menal Gupta<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blog page:\u00a0Man <span class=\"il\">Liang<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Contribute page:\u00a0Khushboo Arora<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science, Y&#8217;all! is a blog and podcast run by graduate students in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. 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