people
A growing collection of cool people.
PhD
Shaima Khalifah
Research Areas: enhanced rock weathering, soil greenhouse gas emissions
Hobbies: reading, traveling, home decoration
Lizzie Long
Research Areas: greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture, modeling
Hobbies: camping, napping, reading
Masters
Hani Shwiyyat
Research Areas: dissolved greenhouse gases, groundwater wells
Hobbies: reading, baking, astrology
Kalpataru Paul
Research Areas: soil denitrification, greenhouse gas emissions, microbial activity, trace metals
Hobbies: traveling, cycling, exercising, reading fictional books
Maliha Tabassum
Research Areas: nature-based solutions, stormwater
Hobbies: painting, reading, travelling, caring for animals
Madi Wilson
Research Areas: enhanced rock weathering, water quality
Hobbies: reading, solving puzzles, and spending time with friends
Karen McGuire-Diemer
Research Areas: biodegradation, green plastics, treatment wetlands, metals
Hobbies: hiking, cooking, playing golf and tennis
Undergrad
Shelby Maggard
Research Areas: greenhouse gas emissions, chamber design, modeling
Hobbies: reading fiction novels, tasting coffee
Kirsten Albert
Research Areas: dissolved nitrous oxide, groundwater, wetlands
Hobbies: reading, cycling, playing piano, petting cats
Carly Noone
Research Areas: sustainability, bacteria growth, trace metals
Hobbies: thrift shopping, spending time outside, swimming, and playing volleyball
Alumni
Lizzie Long
Degree: MS Fall 2023
Thesis: Predicting Corn Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the U.S. Great Plains Using the Denitrification-Decomposition Model
Madi Wilson
Degree: BS Spring 2023
Shaima Khalifah
Degree: MS Fall 2022
Thesis: The Effect of Soil pH and Texture on the Ratio of Denitrification End-products
Raana Koushki
Degree: PhD Fall 2022
Thesis: Sustainability in Agricultural Practices: Carbon Footprint of Agricultural Groundwater Pumping, and Microbial Denitrification in Agricultural Soils