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Xavier Comas, PhD Professor
Department of Geosciences
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PhD, Rutgers Univesity, 2005 Research Interests: Application of near-surface hydrogeophysical methods to environmental studies with an emphasis in peatlands geophysics, karst geophysics, and studies of the Critical Zone. |
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Mackenzie Vecchio PhD Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail: mvecchio2013@fau.edu |
Main research interest: "Critical Zone Geophysics: internal structure and dynamics of trees" |
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Shelley Peirce PhD Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail: speirce2019@fau.edu |
Main research interest: "Peatlands Geophysics: spatial and temporal variability in carbon fluxes " |
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Umida Turamuratova PhD Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail:
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Main research interest: "Application of near-surface geophysical methods for investigating natural hazards " |
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Maxwell Florey MSc Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail: mflorey2014@fau.edu |
Main research interest: " Peatlands Geophysics: changes in physical properties of peat soils caused by sea level rise and correspondence with peat collapse" |
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Sanju Khatri MSc Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail: skhatri2020@fau.edu |
Main research interest: " Sinkhole characterization using near-surface geophysical methods" |
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Haibat Khan MSc Student Graduate Teaching AssistantE-mail: haibatkhan2019@fau.edu |
Main research interest: " Shallow seismic methods for the characterization of natural hazards" |
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Chris Davenport PhD Student (Part-time) E-mail: chrisdavenport@gmail.com |
Main research interest: "Archaeological applications: characterization of native American mounds using electromagnetic methods" |
Affiliates
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Jorge A. Ramirez, PhD |
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Research Affiliate; Postdoctoral Researcher 2015
Department of Geosciences E-mail: ramirez08063@alumni.itc.nl
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Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Geographyiscs |
Lab Alumni
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Matt Sirianni, PhD
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PhD December 2020 Department of Geosciences |
Thesis: Investigating the effects of sea-level rise and increased salinity on peat soils of the Everglades (Florida): Implications for changes in biogenic gas dynamics and peat collapse |
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Matt McClellan, PhD |
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PhD May 2019 Department of Geosciences
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Thesis:
Using hydrogeophysical methods for investigating carbon dynamics in the Greater Everglades Watershed: implications for the spatial and temporal variability in carbon stocks and biogenic
Current Position: Geophysicist at US Army Corps of Engineers
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Troy Bole |
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MSc Geology May 2019 Department of Geosciences
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Thesis: High spatial resolution measurements using hydrogeophysical methods reveal the presence of hotspots for biogenic gas accumulation and release in the Florida Everglades
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William Wright, PhD |
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PhD Dec. 2018
Department of Geosciences
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Thesis:
Investigating biogenic gas dynamics from peat soils of the Everglades using hydrogeophysical methods
Current Position: CEO, WrightPSM, LLC; WrightPSM webpage
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Cali Munzenrieder |
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MSc Geology, August 2016
Graduate Teaching Assitant
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Thesis: "Understanding variability of biogenic gas fluxes from peat soils at high temporal resolution using capacitance probes"
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Finn Whiting |
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Graduate Teaching Assistant 2016-2017
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Current Position: Environmental Hydrogeologist at Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
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Mario Job |
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Graduate Research Assistant 2016-2017
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Geophysics in the Critical Zone, Environmental Geophysics Lab
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Alex Garcia |
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BS Geology, 2016 Honors College Undergraduate Research Assistant Environmental Geophysics Lab |
Current Position: Environmental Engineer; NASA KSC Spaceport Integration and Services; Kennedy Space Center (FL) |
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Greg Mount, Ph.D |
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Ph.D. May 2014 Department of Geosciences Post-doc, May-August 2014, Environmental Geophysics Lab
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Thesis: Multi-scale characterization of dissolution structures and porosity distribution in the upper part of the Biscayne aquifer using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Current Position: Water Resources Manager; Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department; Broward County, FL
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Mario Mustasaar |
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Ph.D. Student intern 2012-2013
Environmental Geophysics Lab
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Current Position:
Ph.D. student at University of Tartu (Estonia), Department of Geology
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Gerhard Heij |
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Undergraduate research assistant 2012
Environmental Geophysics Lab
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Current Position: Sr. Geoscientist at ExxonMobil
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Anastasija Cabolova, PhD |
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MSc Physics, January 2011
Department of Physics FAU; Ph.D. Cornell University 2015
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Current Position: Geophysicist, Shell
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Paul Monahan |
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Undergraduate research assistant summer 2011
Environmental Geophysics Lab |
Current Position: Geologist at Silver Creek Oil & Gas | ||||
Diego Quiros. PhDMSc Physics, pendingDepartment of Physics
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Current Position:
Lecturer in Geophysics, University of Cape Town |
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Lab Research Assistants
Joe Becker (2018-2019)
Chase Cornett (2016-2017)
Lucas Schaffer (2016)
Nathaniel Sharp (2014-2015)
Thomas Shahan (2014-2015)
Mitchell Collins (2015)
Zach Freeburg (2014)