Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Ben Alexander
MS Student | he/him | balexa18@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Mariana Vilela-Andrade
MS Student | She/hers | mandrad2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Udit BasuÂ
PhD Student | ubasu1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Kristen Bidas
PhD Student | she/her/hers | kbidas@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Herndon
Nick Brey
PhD Student | nbrey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Jake Carr
MS Student | jcarr36@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney, Anna Szynkiewicz
Catie Caterham
MS Student | she/her | ccaterha@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Braden Coats
MS Student | he/him | bcoats4@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Emily Etheridge
PhD Student | she/her | eetheri2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Nick Dygert
Ivy Ettenborough
PhD Student | she/her | iettenb1@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz, Bradley Thomson
Andrew Foerder
PhD Student | he/him/his | afoerder@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Alex Francis
MS Student | afranc17@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Kaitlyn Gauvey
PhD Student | kgauvey@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Sedimentology
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Noel J. Hernández Gómez
MS Student | He/Him | nherna13@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
Justin Harden
PhD Student | jhardi39@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology
Faculty Advisor: Shichun Huang
Cameron Harris
PhD Student | charr144@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Thomson
Stephen Hill
PhD Student | he/him | shill72@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Colin Sumrall
Shymah Beegam Kundladi
PhD Student | She/her | skundlad@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Alycia Stigall
CJ Leight
PhD Student | They/Them | cleight@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Petrology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Morgan Lewis
PhD Student | she/her/hers | mlewis59@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Petrology, Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Structural Geology and Tectonics
Faculty Advisor: Chris Fedo
Hannah Marie Maddox
MS Student | she/her | hmaddox2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Drumheller, Colin Sumrall
Dana Mill
MS Student | She/Her | Dhiggi10@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Hydrogeology
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Jason Olavesen
PhD Student | he/his | jolavese@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Jacob Perez
PhD Student | he/him/his | jperez15@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Steen
Hannah Rigoni
PhD Student | She/Her | hrigoni@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Emily Roberts
PhD Student | erober75@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta
Maya Robles
PhD Student | she/they | mrobles4@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Environmental Science, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Jena Samano
MS Student | jsamano@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline:
Faculty Advisor: Molly McCanta and Nick Dygert
Sonja Schmoyer
MS Student | she/her | sschmoye@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Tyler Seyglinski
MS Student | He/Him/His | tseyglin@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Thomson
Sara Shields
PhD Student | She/Her | ssmit436@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Anna Szynkiewicz
Nick Smith
PhD Student | he / they | nsmit110@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Colin Sumrall
Matthew Sturdivant
PhD Student | msturdi2@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Moersch
Kayla Summerlot
MS Student | She/Her | ksumme11@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology
Faculty Advisor: Annette Engel
Reilly Swanson
MS Student | She/Her | glr649@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Climate Change, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor: Michael McKinney
Catherine Trewhella
MS Student | she / her | ctrewhel@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Geoscience Education, Petrology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Chris Fedo
Jennifer Tuggle
PhD Student | jtuggle3@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Drew White
MS Student | He/Him | awhite95@vols.utk.edu
Research Discipline: Paleontology
Faculty Advisor: Dan Hembree
Brittan Wogsland
PhD Student | she/her | bwogsla1@utk.edu
Research Discipline: Planetary Geoscience, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
