Christof Meile, Professor short CV classes taught google scholar; orcid Kadir Bice, Ph.D. student M.S. in Earth System Science 2018 - Middle East Technical University, Turkey M.S. in Industrial Engineering 2017 - Middle East Technical University, Turkey B.S. in Industrial Engineering 2008 - Bilkent University, Turkey Research topic: Coastal Biogeochemistry Kyle Craig, M.S. student B.S. in Biology 2019 - University of Georgia Research topic: Modeling microbial processes Shahram Asgari, M.S. student M.S. in Water Resources Engineering 2015 - University of Tabriz, Iran B.S. in Civil Engineering 2012 - University of Tabriz, Iran Research topic: Pore-scale modeling Paul Okrah, M.S. student B.S. in Meteorology and Climate Science 2022 - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Research topic: GCE-LTER Maruf Agbaje, M.S. student M.S. in Geology (Applied Geophysics) 2019 - University of Ibadan, Nigeria B.S. in Geology 2015 - Osun State University, Nigeria Research topic: Sediment methane cycling Chris Decker, undergraduate researcher Research topic: the relationship between microbial process rates, environmental conditions and omics datasets Former Lab Members & Guests Olivia Komoroski (linkedin) M.S. student - Ocean acidification B.S. in Marine Sciences, Minor in Applied Mathematics 2020 - Savannah State University Heewon Jung (Assistant Prof, Geological Sciences, Chungnam National University) Postdoctoral Fellow - Pore-scale reactive transport modeling Ph.D. in Hydrology 2017, Colorado School of Mines M.S. in Environmental Engineering 2014, Korea University, South Korea B.S. in Earth Sciences 2011, Korea University, South Korea Xiaojia He (linkedin) Ph.D. 2020 - Modeling of microbial extracellular electron transport M.S. in Environmental Science 2014 - Jackson State University B.E. in Bioengineering 2011 - Ocean University of China Jurjen Rooze (linkedin) Ph.D. 2020 - The role of advection in early diagenesis M.S. in Geochemistry 2013 - Utrecht University, NL B.S. in Earth Science 2011 - Stenden University, NL John Kolb (linkedin) Undergraduate researcher - Saltmarsh heat dynamics B.S in Biology 2020 Vincent Sionneau (linkedin) Intern as part of his studies at ENGEES (Strasbourg, France) - 2019 Research topic: Iron redox cycle in a humid tropical forest soil and impact of organic matter on iron mineral transformation (w. Aaron Thompson) David Miklesh Ph.D. 2018 - Vegetation patterns and pore water salinity in tidal marshes B.S. in Physics 2011 - University of Minnesota-Duluth Yu Wang (linkedin) M.S. 2018 - Sediment resuspension in the Gulf of Mexico B.S. in Oceanography 2015 - Nanjing University, China Abby Pinaud Undergraduate researcher - Heat transfer in salt marsh sediments B.S. in Biology 2018 Paul Roland (moved to University de Bretagne Occidentale; currently at SAIPEM as an R&D process Engineer; linkedin) Intern as part of his studies at ENGEES (Strasbourg, France) Research topic: Modeling of near-seafloor dissolved gas distribution at GC600, Gulf of Mexico Yimeng Shi (linkedin; also check our her place in the sky!) B.S. 2016 in Mathematics & Statistics - UGA Undergraduate research topic: Anaerobic oxidation of methane Tommy Dornhoffer (now at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley; linkedin) Ph.D. 2015 in Marine Sciences - The benthos and nutrient cycling: Insights from multi scale analysis B.S. 2009 in Biology - Hendrix College Jonathan Ledoux (linkedin) M.S. 2015 in Marine Sciences - Drivers of groundwater flow at the Georgia coast B.S. 2011 in Marine Sciences - Coastal Carolina University Maggie Esch (linkedin) Ph.D. student - Carbon cycling and flow dynamics in salt marshes M.S. 2011 in Environmental Science, Western Washington University B.S. 2007 in Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Eric King (moved to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) Ph.D. 2013 in Marine Sciences - Microbial metabolism in reaction transport models M.S. 2006 in Environmental and Biological Sciences, Georgia College & State U. B.S. 2004 in Molecular and Cellular Biology, U. Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Kathy Loftis (moved to the Center for Applied Isotope Studies at UGA) Ph.D. 2013 in Marine Sciences (with M. Sun) - Organic carbon dynamics in coastal sediments B.S. 2005 in Chemistry, Florida International University Ben Larson (linkedin) Postdoctoral Fellow - Reactive transport modeling of hydrothermal vents Ph.D. 2008 in Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington B.S. 1999 in Chemistry, Ohio State University Sivapriya Kaza (linkedin) M.S. 2012 in Artificial Intelligence - Quantification of bioirrigation using image analysis B.Tech 2009 in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, JNTU, India Mathilde Hagens (now at Wageningen University; linkedin) M.S. 2010 in Geochemistry - Intertidal hotspots in salt marshes B.S. 2008 in Earth Sciences, Utrecht University Bill Porubsky (now at Algenol Inc.) Ph.D. 2008 in Marine Sciences (major adivsor S. Joye) - Biogeochemical dynamics in coastal sediments and shallow aquifers Beth Orcutt (now at Bigelow) Ph.D. 2007 in Marine Sciences (major advisor S. Joye) - Anaerobic oxidation of methane in cold seeps and gas hydrates Lanny Miller (now at Algenol Inc.) Postdoctoral Fellow - simulations of small scale heterogeneity of flow and microbial substrates in porous media Carlos Lopez-Maisonave Analysis of high resolution image data to quantify the effect of burrowing organisms on early diagenesis Matteo Kausch (visitor from UC Berkeley, Pallud Lab) Modeling iron transformation in soil aggregates
