People
Principal Investigator
Dr. Cayelan C. Carey
Carey Lab Manager extraordinaire
Adrienne Breef-Pilz
Analytical Chemistry Lab Manager extraordinaire
Frances Iannucci
Research scientist
Dr. Sarah Bogen
Postdoctoral research associates
Dr. Rohit Shukla
Dr. Molly Stroud
Graduate students
Dominique Edwards
Dat Ha
Katie Hoffman
Dexter Howard
Maria Popescu
Undergraduate students
Quin Campbell
Arwen Downum
Kat Myer
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
Dr. Amy Hetherington (2016), then Managing Director at VShift
Dr. Kaitlin Farrell (2017-2019), then Faculty at Odum School, University of Georgia
Dr. Alexandria Hounshell (2019-2021), then Research Scientist, NOAA
Dr. Ryan McClure (2020-2021), then Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington State University
Dr. Tadhg Moore (2020-2022), then Project Scientist, United Nations Water Monitoring Program
Dr. Mary Lofton (2022-2024), then Research Scientist, Virginia Tech
Dr. Freya Olsson (2022-2025), then Postdoctoral Researcher, Radboud University
Graduate students
Rick Browne, M.S. (2013, co-advised with Dr. John Little), then Environmental Engineer, Kimley-Horne Associates
Alexandra Gerling, M.S. (2013-2015), then Principal Scientist, Hazen and Sawyer
Kate Hamre, M.S. (2o14-2016), then Science Instructor, Portland
Jonathan Doubek, Ph.D. (2013-2018), then Associate Professor, Lake Superior State University
Ryan McClure, Ph.D. (2015-2020), then Staff Scientist, National Ecological Observatory Network
Nicole Ward, Ph.D. (2016-2021), then Natural Resources Program Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Mary Lofton, Ph.D. (2016-2021), then Postdoctoral Researcher, Virginia Tech
Whitney Woelmer, Ph.D. (2018-2023), then Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waikato
Abigail Lewis, Ph.D. (2019-2024), then Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution
Heather Wander, Ph.D. (2019-2025), then Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Quebec at Montreal
Undergraduate students
Christina Urbancyzk (2013 REU student, Humboldt ’13)
Kavya Mathur (VT ’15)
Mariah Haberman (2014 REU student, Stanford ’15)
Mariah Redmond (2014 REU student, Florida International University ’15)
Elle Humes (VT ’17)
Zach Gajewski (VT ’15)
Miranda Flood (VT ’14)
Spencer Klepatzki (VT ’16)
Madeline Ryan (2015 REU student, VT ’16)
Kylie Campbell (VT ’18)
Joe Famularo (VT ’17)
Katie Krueger (2016 REU student, VT ’17)
Charlotte Harrell (VT ’16)
Leah Finegold (2017 REU student, Oberlin ’20)
Beatrice Scott (Barnard ’21)
Claire Vavrus (2018 REU student, U-Wisconsin ’19)
Niall Goard (VT ’19)
Miles Goodall (VT ’19)
Arianna Krinos (VT ’19)
Laura Puckett (VT ’19)
Ava Johnston (VT ’20)
Ashley Mickens (2019 REU student, Miami of Ohio ’20)
James Maze (VT ’20)
Mitchell Turnage (VT ’22)
Nick Ruszkowski (UVA ’22)
Dexter Howard (VT ’20)
Mikaila Reynolds (VT ’20)
Rose Thai (VT ’21)
Caroline Bryant (VT ’22)
Beckett Geisler (VT ’22)
Connor Grasso (VT ’22)
Jacob Wynne (VT ’22)
Ryan Keverline (VT ’23)
Sierra Tannheiser (VT ’26)
Arpita Das (VT ’23)
George Haynie (VT ’24)
Evelyn Tipper (VT ’25)
Michael Kricheldorf (VT ’25)
Sean Kenny (VT ’26)
Erin Walters (VT ’26)
Research Technicians
Bobbie Niederlehner (2013-2024)
Bethany Bookout (2018-2020)
Wentao Guo (2019)
