Missouri State University

Photo Directory for Graduate Students

 Emily Austin

Emily Austin

Topic:  Determining the vertical recharge through the Ozark Confining Unit to define a practical yield for the Ozark Aquifer near Springfield, Missouri

Advisor:  Charles Rovey, Ph.D.

  emily78@live.missouristate.edu 

 Loring Bullard

Loring Bullard

Topic: Water quality trends using short-term, high spatial resolution sampling, James River Basin

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Loring826@live.missouristate.edu

 

Kris Breckenridge

Kris Breckenridge

Topic: Field-based measurements of bed-load transport in an urban stream in the Missouri Ozarks

Advisor: R. Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Breckenridge518@live.missouristate.edu

Jennifer Carroll

Jennifer Carroll

Topic: Physical Habitat Mapping and Assessment of Bluefields Bay Fish Sanctuary, Westmoreland, Jamaica

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky , Ph.D.

 Jennifer982@live.missouristate.edu 

Virgil Cane

Virgil Cane

Topic: Geomorphic and biological assessment of a restored stream channel, Springfield, Missouri

Advisor:  Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

 Virgil76@live.missouristate.edu

Renee Culver

Renee Culver

Title/Topic: Relationships between lead poisoning, housing, mines, and student performance.

Advisor: Xiaomin Qiu , Ph.D.

Renee702@live.missouristate.edu

Nathan Diaz

Nathan Diaz

Topic:  Water Quality Study of the Ozarks Aquifer

Advisor:  Douglas Gouzie, Ph.D.

  diaz05@live.missouristate.edu

 

 Tylene Coonts/Boley

 Tylene Coonts/Boley

Topic: Spatial distribution of metals in soil and sediment at the West Montrose Coal Mine Reclamation Site, Henry County, western Missouri.

Advisor:  Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

 Tylene69@live.missouristate.edu

Andrew Foreman

Andrew Foreman

Topic: Flood variability of Missouri streams

Advisor:  Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Foreman152@live.missouristate.edu

 Travis Fultz

 Travis Fultz

Topic:  Magnetotelluric, Gravity and Magnetic Analysis of the Northern Boundary of the Wyoming Province, Montana

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

Fultz1972@live.missouristate.edu

 Laura Gerson

Laura Gerson

Topic: Electrical resistivity, VLF-EM and Gravity investigations of Karst features, SW Springfield, Missouri

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

 Gerson9576@live.missouristate.edu

 Matt Grootens

Matthew Grootens

Topic: Bank failure contributions to sediment loads and large woody debris in the Lower Big River, Missouri

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Matthew73@live.missouristate.edu

 

 John Gold

John Gold

Topic: Steering mechanisms of North Atlantic tropical cyclones

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

Gold111@live.missouristate.edu

 Mel Hall

Mel Hall

Title/Topic: 

Advisor:  Xiaomin Qiu, Ph.D.

 MHall@missouristate.edu

Liz Johns

Liz Johns

Topic: Geochemical modeling of carbon sequestration in Missouri

Advisor:  Douglas Gouzie, Ph.D.

Elizabeth4@live.missouristate.edu

 

 Shannon McAdam

Shannon McAdam

Topic:  Gravity and Magnetic Study of the Chiwaukum Basin, Washington

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

Mcadam1@live.missouristate.edu

 Jenny Kissel

Jenny Kissel

Topic: Heavy metal uptake by native plants growing in an area affected by mining wastes, Pearson Creek MO.

Advisor:  M. Gutierrez, Ph.D.

Kissel318@live.missouristate.edu

 

 Ezekiel Kuehn

Ezekiel Kuehn

Topic: Contributions of stream bank erosion to sediment loads in the James River

Advisor:  Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

 Ezekiel888@live.missouristate.edu

Emme Mayle

Emme Mayle

Topic:Hydrogeology of the St. Francois aquifer system in Missouri

Advisor:  Charles Rovey, Ph.D.

e-mail:  Emme27@live.missouristate.edu

 Andrea Mayus

Andrea Mayus

Topic: Mining sources of floodplain contamination in the Big River, Missouri

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Mayus1@live.missouristate.edu

 Alicia Metzger

Alicia Metzger

Topic: Gravity and magnetotelluric investigations for REE metals in the Pea Ridge Mine, Missouri

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

Alicia2161@live.missouristate.edu

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Rachel Hess

Topic:  Examining provenance, sorting, and secular variation in late Cambrian and early Ordovician carbonate flat-pebble conglomerate facies:  Implications for multiple origins

Advisor:  Kevin Evans, Ph.D.

 Rachel023@live.missouristate.edu 

 Andy Schiller

Andrew Schiller

Topic:  Trap Efficiency and Annual Sediment Load for Ozark Mill Pond, Ozark, Missouri

Advisor:  Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

 e-mail:  schiller8@live.missouristate.edu

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Joe Spinks

Topic:  A geophysical study of the Chesapeake Fault Zone in western Missouri

Advisor:  Kevin Mickus, Ph.D.

 jspinks@wolves.k12.mo.us

 Jessica Peebles

Jessica Peebles

Topic:  Spatial analysis of mining related sediment contamination of Turkey Creek Watershed in the Tri-State Mining District, Joplin, MO

Advisor:  M. Gutierrez, Ph.D.

Peebles1120@live.missouristate.edu

 Stephanie Stratton  Stephanie Stratton

Topic: Numerical simulation of CO2 injection into the St. Francois aquifer system in Missouri

Advisor:  Charles Rovey, Ph.D.

 Stratton89@missouristate.edu

 Stephen Shields Stephen Shields

Topic: Petrographic analysis of the Lamotte Sandstone: potential for carbon sequestration

Advisor:  Thomas Plymate, Ph.D.

email: Shields555@missouristate.edu

 

 Brianna Sales Brianna Sales

Topic: Impact of LID Practices on urban stream water quality

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

sales32@live.missouristate.edu

 Aubree Vaughan

Aubree Vaughan

Topic: Geomorphic evolution and contamination of an urban floodplain, Wilsons Creek

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph. D.

Aubree514@live.missouristate.edu

 Daniel Williams

 Daniel Williams

Topic: Downstream changes in channel morphology, Upper Black River

Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, Ph.D.

Daniel01@live.missouristate.edu

 Xu Yan

 Xu Yan

Topic: Spatial analysis of channel and bar dynamics of the Big River, Missouri

Advisor: Jun Luo, Ph.D.

Yan9@live.missouristate.edu