Current Students

Devon Fischer (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2024-present
Project: Streamflow and geomorphology of mountain streams in the Parowan Valley watershed

Gibson Bezoski (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2025
Project: Geomorphology of mountain streams in the Parowan Valley watershed

Former Students

Jacob Santana (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2024-2025
Project: Geomorphology of mountain streams in the Parowan Valley watershed

Autumn Jessen (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor, 2024-2025
Project: Geomorphology of mountain streams in the Parowan Valley watershed

Kaden Dalton (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor, 2023-2024
Project: Streamflow and groundwater recharge in the Parowan Valley, Utah

Ian Meyer (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2023-2024
Project: Streamflow and groundwater recharge in the Parowan Valley, Utah

Dawson Christiansen (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor, 2023-2024
Project: Ecological effects of mowing Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Ammon Hennessey (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Environmental Science
Faculty Advisor, 2023-2024
Project: Historical channel change of the San Juan River, Utah

Logan Wegner (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2021-2023
Project: Glaciation on the Markagunt Plateau

Anna Lorence (B.A.) Southern Utah University, Geosciences
Faculty Advisor, 2022-2023
Project: Historical changes in snowpack and snowmelt hydrology of the Markagunt Plateau

Nate Elison (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2022
Project: Effects of El Nino on streamflow and snowpack in southern Utah

Bah Sacko (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2022
Project: Hydrological analysis of changes in snowmelt timing and magnitude

Alex Butler (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2022
Project: GIS analysis of historical channel of the San Juan River, Utah

Garrett Sudweeks (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2021-2022
Project: 2021 flooding in the Cedar Valley watershed

Shad Ashton (B.A.) Southern Utah University, Geosciences
Faculty Advisor, 2021-2022
Project: 2021 flooding in the Cedar Valley watershed

Micah Olson (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2021-2022
Project: UAV monitoring of topographic change

Melissa Chen (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2022
Project: Hydraulic modeling of the Paria River, Utah

Courtney Miller (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2022
Project: Effects of El-Nino on snowpack and streamflow in southwest Utah

Luke Alder (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Biology
Project Advisor, spring 2022
Project: Changes to snow accumulation and melt following wildfire

Lauren Nickell (B.S.) Southern Utah University, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2020-2021
Project: Post-fire geomorphic change of streams on the Markagunt Plateau, Utah

Ryan Lima (Ph.D.) Northern Arizona University, Geology
Committee Member, 2017-2021
Project: Monitoring Grand Canyon sandbars using oblique remote camera imagery

Lukas Malle (B.S.) University of Wyoming, Geology
Faculty Advisor, 2019
Project: Effectiveness of glacial and fluvial erosion in granitic, volcanic, and sedimentary drainage basins in Wyoming

Samuel Werner (M.S.) Northern Arizona University, Geology
Committee Member, 2016-2018
Project: Tracking fluvial bedload entering Delgada submarine canyon, northern California

Katie Chapman (M.S.) Northern Arizona University, Geology
Committee Member, 2015-2017
Project: Sediment fingerprinting of sandbar source areas

Michelle Loozen (M.Sc.) Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering
Committee Member, 2015-2017
Project: Hydraulic modeling of riparian vegetation-sandbar-eddy interactions

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Undergraduate Field Assistants Supervised
Lauren Nickell; (Dr.) Derek Weller; (Dr.) Aaron Zettler-Mann; Jason Hoefer; Wade Grewe; John Schrader; Mike McGowan; Megan Corrigan; Aaron Cloud; Casey Ward.