Our Team

  • Dr. Brandee Carlson

    2022–present: Assistant Professor, University of Houston

    2021-2022 NSF EAR Postdoc, University of Colorado

    2020-2021– Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University

    2014–2020 PhD, Rice University

    2009–2013, BSc. Hydrogeology, University of Texas

  • Dr. Bimal Gyawali

    Project: Proglacial Delta Response to Amplified Meltwater Discharge in the Arctic

    2022-present: Postdoc, University of Houston

    2016-2022 PhD, Texas A&M University Corpus-Christi

    2009-2012, MSc. Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, India

    2004-2008 BSc. Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

  • Summer 2023, Greenland Ice Sheet

    Nilay Gungor

    Project: Proglacial Delta-Front Sediment Transport in West Greenland

    2022-Present: PhD, University of Houston

    2022-2016: Geoscientist at Turkish Petroleum

    2016-2013: MS, Geology, Stanford University

    2012-2007: BS, Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University

  • Lucille Baker-Stahl

    Project: Arctic delta front stability

    University of Houston, PhD in Geology, Projected Graduation: Spring 2027

    Undergraduate- Carleton College class of 2023

  • Sara Rojas

    Project: Episodic, annual, and decadal transformations within beach and dune systems along the Texas Coast.

    Aug. 2020-Present: PhD in Geophysics, University of Houston

    May 2019: University of Houston, Bachelor of Science in Physics

  • Caroline Mandujano

    Project: Source to sink relationships between grain size and channel dynamics in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

    University of Houston, Bachelor of Science in Geology, Graduated: Summer 2022

    University of Houston, Master of Science in Geology, Projected Graduation: Fall 2024

  • Samantha Baker

    Project title: Temporary Sediment Storage in Proglacial Lakes Near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

    2017-2022: B.S in Geology, University of Houston

    University of Houston, M.S in Geology, Projected Graduation: Fall 2024

  • Nynaeve Phillipson

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Project Title: Remote Sensing and In-situ Measurements to Monitor Suspended Sediment Concentration for the Lower Brazos River

    University of Houston, B.S. Geology, Projected Graduation: Fall 2024

    Colorado School of Mines, Geophysical Engineering, Fall 2019-Spring 2020

  • Kennedy Potter

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Project Title: Carbon Sequestration in Relation to Water Level of the Elephant Butte Reservoir in Elephant Butte, New Mexico.

    University of Houston, B.S. Geology, Projected Graduation: May 2025.

  • Sarah Garcia

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Project Title: Carbon Emission as a Consequence of High Sedimentation and Drought at Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico

    University of Houston, B.S Environmental Science with focus in Environmental Geosciences, Projected Graduation: Spring 2024