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Varun Paul
Biogeochemistry, Water & Environment
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Favorite Quote: "The only constant in life is change"-Heraclitus
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Current Members
Christiana Eziashi, Degree: Ph.D.​
Project: Nutrient Monitoring
Favorite Quote:
"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. keep moving! "- Sam Levenson
"If you can dream it, you can do it! "-Walt Disney.
Ginger Trochesset, Degree: MS​
Project: Meeting growing water demands through groundwater evaluation in and around Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, MS
Favorite Quote:
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” -Leo Tolstoy
Emma Tucker, Degree: M.S.
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Project: Carbon cycling in coastal sediments
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Favorite Quote: “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” -John O’Donohue
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Alumni
Charlie Bills, Degree: M.S.​
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Current Position: Geologist at AECOM
Project: Metal accumulation in sediments
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Favorite Quote: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” – Gandolf from J.R.R Tolkien
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Ben Taylor, Degree: M.S.​
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Project: Influence of biochar in nutrient remediation through different geological substrate
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Favorite Quote: “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” -Albert Einstein
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Collin Sharp, Degree: B.S
Project: Soil Respiration and biomass
Favorite Quote: "More often than not, something is not obtained because there's no attempt to obtain it." - Baltasar Gracián
Mac Temple, Degree: M.S.​
Current Position: Computational Hydrologist, Hydrogeologic, Inc
Project: Assessing nitrate groundwater contamination in Mississippi Delta region using machine learning
Favorite Quote: “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Jannatul Ferdush, Degree: Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Vincennes University
Project: Soil Inorganic Carbon response to elevated carbon dioxide
Favorite Quote: "Life is struggle, accept it." - Mother Teresa
Danny Makowsky, Degree: M.S.​
Current Position: Geologist, Equinox Gold
Thesis Project: Geochemical influences on the periodicity of galena and sphalerite formation within MVT deposits
Favorite Quote: "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
Shannon Vattikuti, Degree: M.S.
MS Project: Hydrogeochemistry of Upper Pearl River Watershed (Completed)
Favorite Quote: “There’s always going be naysayers. There’s always going to be those who have opposed positions. But at the same time, when you’re doing good work, what’s real cannot be threatened. And I stand by that.”- Caron Butler (NBA, WA WIZARDS)
Austin Brister, Degree: M.S.
Current Position: Geologist, MDEQ
Project: Shrink-swell reduction in Yazoo clay using biochar
Favorite Quote: "Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." - Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Tingting (Tiana) Chang, Visiting Scholar​
Co-advised by Dr. Gary Feng, USDA-ARS
Current Position: Lecturer, Hohai University, China
Research Project: Soil Health Assessment
Favorite Quote: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” - Bill Keane
Matt Berry, Undergraduate
Current Position: Geologist-in-Training at the MS Department of Environmental Quality
Favorite Quote: “All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us” - J.R.R. Tolkien
Reagan Belk, Undergraduate
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Current Position: GIS Technician for Southern Company Gas
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Favorite Quote: “Everybody dies, but not everybody lives” - Drake
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Ramon Richardson, Undergraduate
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Current Position: Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama
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Favorite Quote: “It is better to know how to learn than to know.” - Dr.Seuss
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Maleen Kidiwela, Undergraduate
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Current Position: Ph.D. student at University of Washington, Seattle, School of Oceanography
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Favorite Quote: “Science is wired in to the fact that, forces of nature such as earthquakes, and volcanic explosions, tend to be the very source that helps us determine things that would have never discoverable"
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