Current Graduate Students
2023-'24
Mahjabin Kabir Adrita – M.S.
mahjabin@vt.edu
Advisor: Korine Kolivras
Previous: University of Dhaka
Interests: Health/Medical Geography, Urban Geography, Communicable Diseases, Geographic Information Science
Maureen Agada – M.S.
maureena@vt.edu
Advisor: Lisa Kennedy
Previous: University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
Interests: long term environmental change, paleoecology, human-environment interactions, climate-fire links
Williams Akyemfori – M.S.
awilliams23@vt.edu
Advisor: Robert Oliver
Previous: University of Ghana
Interests: Gentrification, land use and cover changes, waste management
Meghan Albritton – Ph.D.
mjalbritton@vt.edu
Advisor: Korine Kolivras
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: health geography, global health, participatory mapping
Cole Bristow - Ph.D.
colebristow@vt.edu
Advisor: Lynn Resler
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: Biogrography, GIS applications for environmental science
Ozzy Campos - Ph.D.
aocampos@vt.edu
Advisor: Yang Shao
Previous: US Air Force Academy
Interests: Remote sensing of conflict zones
Paramita Chakraborty - M.S.
cparamita23@vt.edu
Advisor: Luke Juran
Previous: University of Calcutta (India)
Interests: Hazards, disasters, post-disaster reconstruction, water, sustainability,
Julia Finkhauser – M.S.
jef1033@vt.edu
Advisor: Craig Ramseyer
Previous: Plymouth State University
Interests: Tropical weather and cyclones, convective weather processes, climate change, geographic information science, computer programming
Addison Flack – M.S.
aflack9@vt.edu
Advisors: Timothy Baird
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: Land change analysis, geovisualization, geographic information science, climate change adaptation
Charles Fladhammer – M.S.
charlieflad@vt.edu
Advisors: Anamaria Bukvic
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: Coastal security, national security implications of climate change, GIS, remote sensing, water related conflicts
Hannah Garbutt – M.S.
hannaheg@vt.edu
Advisor: Eranga Galappaththi
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: climate change adaptation, vulnerability, resilience, Indigenous knowledge systems, sustainability
Sophiya Gyanwali – M.S.
sophiya@vt.edu
Advisor: Bukvic
Previous: Kathmandu University
Interests: Disaster risk reduction, water resources, geographic information systems, climate change
Ryley Harris - Ph.D.
rcharris@vt.edu
Advisor: Lisa Kennedy
Previous: Radford University and Virginia Tech
Interests: Landscape dynamics, plant ecology, remote sensing, sUAS
Ryan Holgerson – M.S.
ryanh19@vt.edu
Advisor: Craig Ramseyer
Previous: Virginia Tech
Interests: climate data analytics, climate change, synoptic meteorology, geographic information science
Gayanthi Ilangarathna – M.S.
gayanthi@vt.edu
Advisor: Eranga Galappaththi
Previous: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Interests: food security, climate change, rural sociology, policy analysis
Shashank Karki - M.S.
shashankkarki@vt.edu
Advisor: Timothy Baird
Previous: Kathmandu University (Nepal)
Interests: Geovisualization, GIS, geospatial programming
Muna Khatiwada – Ph.D.
munak@vt.edu
Advisor: Drew Ellis
Previous: East Carolina University
Interests: Precipitation variability, climate change, geospatial analysis, hydroclimatology, naturla hazards