{"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":"2025-11-25T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:06:41","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<h3>Current editors (2025-2026)<\/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 Student (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<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student (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 Student (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:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/koutian_wu\/\">Koutian Wu<\/a> &#8211; Newsletter Editor<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student (expected 2029)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline tags: <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">land surface modeling, hydrology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Koutian is interested in bouldering. He has a cute hamster named &#8220;AI&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsg.utexas.edu\/student\/holiday_obryan\/\">Holiday O&#8217;Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">PhD Student (expected 2030)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Discipline tags: critical minerals, ore genesis, petrology, mineralogy<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Holiday is a dancer, classically trained in Cecchetti, Vaganova, and RAB styles of ballet. She loves cross-stitch, Pusheen, and trash scrapbooking. She has a large and very stupid brown tabby named Azu, to whom she dedicated her undergraduate thesis on Devonian pyrite.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Past editors<\/h3>\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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