Past Graduate Students
| Year | Student | Degree | Advisor(s) | Title of Thesis or Dissertation |
| 2026 | Maureen Agada | M.S. | Kennedy | A stable isotope and macro-charcoal sediment record spanning the Pleistocene-Holocene transition from Maple Pond in the southern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA |
| 2026 | Meghan Albritton | Ph.D.. | Kolivras | A Just Transition?: Syndemic Health Impacts of Extractivism |
| 2026 | Timothy Babchak | M.S. | Baird | Mapping and Modeling the Aerial Extent of Ipomoea Hildebrandtii Across Rangelands in Northern Tanzania |
| 2026 | Alexander Dyer | M.S. | Kennedy | Informing Red Spruce (Picea rubens) Restoration in the Mount Rogers Highlands, VA, USA Through Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Soil Properties |
| 2026 | Hannah Garbutt | M.S. | Galappaththi | Indigenous women's experiences and responses to climate change: insights from Sri Lanka |
| 2026 | Suyog Gautam | M.S. | Rijal | |
| 2026 | Ryan Holgerson | M.S. | Ramsayer | Analysis of Variability in Atmospheric River Characteristics in New Zealand from 1940 through 2023 |
| 2026 | Shuqi Jin | M.S. | Shao | Does Stadium Construction Drive Surrounding Urban Development? Evidence from Spatiotemporal Impacts of Large-Scale Stadiums in China |
| 2026 | Pratirakshya Koirala | M.S. | Kennedy | |
| 2026 | Emily Litrakis | M.S. | Ellis | Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Volatility in Precipitation within the Southeastern United States |
| 2026 | Michael Ojo | M.S. | Kolivras | Environmental And Behavioral Drivers Of Lyme Disease: An Eco-Syndemic Review On Synergistic Drivers Of Lyme Disease Emergence And A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey In Virginia's New River Valley |
| 2026 | Rory Smith | M.S. | Kim | Examining the neighborhood effect averaging problem (NEAP) and spatial non-stationarity in green space exposure and distribution in the United States |
| 2025 | Williams Akyemfori | M.S. | Oliver | Gated Transformations:Exploring the Intersection of Policy, Private Development, and Urban Living in Accra |
| 2025 | Paramita Chakraborty | M.S. | Juran | Manganese in Private Drinking Water Systems: A Statewide Assessment of Virginia |
| 2025 | Charles Fladhammer | M.S. | Bukvic | Achieving integrated resilience to Coastal Flooding on the Military Installations and Surrounding Communities on the U.S. East Coast |
| 2025 | Gayanthi Ilangarathna | M.S. | Galappaththi | Identifying impacts of non-climatic factors on food security of Indigenous Peoples in the pan-Arctic region |
| 2025 | Beatrice Kyeremateng | M.S. | Zick | Spatial pattern of African Easterly Waves and their Precipitation in Northern Africa |
| 2025 | Chrishma Perera | M.S. | Galappaththi | A framework to improve climate-resilient health among Indigenous communities |
| 2025 | Abudul-Azeez Lawal | M.S. | Kim | Assessing Bikeability in Virginia: A Comparison of CHATGPT-4o and Traditional Models |
| 2025 | Lydia Nicolai | M.S. | Resler, Shao | Identifying Biophysical Drivers of Evapotranspiration for Forest Cover in a Mountainous Region |
| 2025 | Fabiha Rahman | M.S. | Kim | .A methodological Investigation of the 15-Minute City (15-MC) studies |
| 2025 | Zachary Sherman | M.S. | Kim | Identifying Healthcare Access and Enhancing Geospatial Analysis with Generative AI |
| 2025 | Caroline Sorenson | M.S. | Bukvic | Non-thesis option |
| 2025 | Jacob Tatum | M.S. | Ramseyer | Atmospheric Rivers Effects on Severe Convective Storm Environments from 1979 to 2023 |
| 2024 | Sithuni Pathiranage | M.S. | Galappaththi | What is on indigenous menu? Exploring indigenous food system governance from global to local. |
| 2024 | Julia Finkhausar | M.S. | Ramseyer | The influence of the North Atlantic subtropical high on atmospheric rivers over the eastern United States. |
| 2024 | Addison Flack | M.S. | Baird | Using Lidar to examine human occupancy and collisions within a shared indoor environment |
| 2024 | Sophiya Gyanwali | M.S. | Bukvic | Assessment of drivers of coastal relocation in the U.S. urban east coast |
| 2024 | Mahjabin Kabir Adrita | M.S. | Kolivras | Climatic and social factors contributing to the persistence of malaria in the Chittagong Hills tracts of Bangladesh |
| 2024 | Shashank Karki | M.S. | Baird | Tracking human movement indoors using terrestrial lidar |
| 2024 | Geoffrey Otieno | M.S.. | Kolivras | The emergence of lyme disease in Appalachia (2000-2019) |
| 2024 | Bright Samson | M.S. | Ellis | Station-based analysis of variability and change in the Nigerian hydroclimate |
| 2024 | Jack Tolar | M.S. | Shao | Modeling urban growth in Hampton Roads, Va: A statistical and machine learning approach |
| 2023 | Md Sariful Islam | Ph.D. | Crawford | Coastal Erosion Hazard in Bangladesh: Space-time pattern analysis and empirical forecasting, impacts on land use/cover, and human risk perception. |
| 2023 | Troy Swift | Ph.D. | Kennedy | Integration of geospatial and environmental analysis to track landscape dynamics in a perched montane peat bog (WV, USA), reconstruct vital parameters of a landfalling hurricane (FL/AL), and evaluate a potential UNESCO Global Geopark (WI) |
| 2023 | Brandy Ayesu-Danso | M.S. | Galappaththi | Climate change, human environment changes and adaptation responses in coastal indigenous community of Akplabanya, Ghana. |
| 2023 | Indunil Dharmasiri | M.S. | Galappaththi | Entrepreneurship-based factors to foster climate adaptations among Indigenous communities |
| 2023 | Alexander Miele | M.S. | Shao | Linking streamflow trends with land cover change in a Southern U.S. water towerin Bihar, India |
| 2023 | Kayleigh Addington | M.S. | Zick | The role of environmental moisture on tropical cyclone size and structure |
| 2023 | Gunjan Barua | M.S. | Pingel | Understanding perception of different urban thermal model visualizations. |
| 2023 | Cole Bristow | M.S. | Kennedy | The effects of road infrastructure, land cover, and landscape on roadkill patterns in Montgomery County, Virginia |
| 2023 | Ami Schukte | M.S. | Resler | Plant successional patterns at Sperry Glacier foreland, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA |
| 2023 | Samrin Sumaiya Sauda | M.S. | Zick | The evolution and distribution of precipitation during tropical cyclone landfalls using the GPM IMERG product |
| 2023 | Emily Wilcox | M.S. | Juran | Assessing the impacts of a water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention on changing behaviorin Bihar, India |
| 2023 | Jarek Campbell | M.S. | Bukvic | Spatial Implications of Flood Exposure and Relocation Attitudes Among Older Populations in Hampton Roads,Virginia |
| 2022 | Nazmul Huda | M.S. | Crawford | Patterns and Associations of Shoreline Erosion and Developed Land Use Change in the Lower Meghna Estuary of Bangladesh |
| 2022 | Ryan Shayer | M.S. | Oliver | Investigating the Future and Image of Leesburg, Virginia |
| 2022 | Margaret Crawford | M.S. | Bukvic | The Social Cascades of Exposure to Flood Induced Natech Events on Vulnerable Populations in Hampton Roads, Virginia |
| 2022 | Daniel Donahoe | M.S. | Kennedy | Leveraging the Landsat Archive to Track Understory Evergreen Shrub Expansions in the Coweeta Basin, North Carolina |
| 2022 | Tyler Gingrich | M.S. | Ramseyer | Synoptic-Scale Atmospheric Conditions Associated with Flash Drought Initiation in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean |
| 2022 | Parker Henry | M.S. | Ramseyer | Using Self-Organizing Maps to Identify Changes in Winter Seasonal Temperature Trends in the Southeastern U.S. |
| 2022 | Colleen Lewis | M.S. | Pingel | Least Cost Path Modeling Between Inka and Amazon Civilizations |
| 2022 | Tyler Stanfield | M.S. | Ramseyer | A Climatological Analysis of Upper-Level Velocity Potential Fields Using Global Weather Reanalysis, 1958-2020 |
| 2022 | Shakira Stackhouse | M.S. | Zick | Evaluating the Skillfulness of the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Forecasts for Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using an Object-Based Methodology |
| 2022 | Kyler Stanley | M.S. | Resler | Toward Understanding Geodiversity Perception in Grayson County, VA Through Geodiversity Mapping |
| 2022 | Mark Villareal | M.S. | Baird | Distribution of Resource Use in an Informal Learning Environment: Using Sensor Technologies to Bring Geography Indoors |
| 2021 | Sam Carani | M.S. | Pingel | Detection of Tornado Damage via Convolutional Neural Networks and Unmanned Aerial System Photogrammetry |
| 2021 | Peter Forister | M.S. | Resler | Spatial Patterns and Variations of Tornado Damage as Related to Southeastern Appalachain Forests and Terrain from the Franklin County, Virginia EF-3 Tornado |
| 2021 | Jen Kern | M.S. | Juran and Resler | Modelling Hydrologic System Change in a Paraglacial Catchment in the Northern Rocky Mountains |
| 2021 | Allison Mitchell | M.S. | Bukvic | Impacts of Coastal Flooding on Watersheds in Hampton Roads, VA |
| 2021 | Balaji Ramesh | M.S. | Kolivras | Estimating Health Risks Associated with Flooding following Hurricante Harvey using Earth Observations and the CDC Social Vulnerability Index |
| 2021 | Josh Starner | M.S. | Carstensen | Relative Convenience of Battery Electric Vehicles vs. Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles for Non-Commuting Trips in the Contiguous United States |
| 2021 | Holly Young | M.S. | Kolivras | Examining the Relationship Between Safe Drinking Water Violations and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Virginia |
| 2021 | Zachary Van Tol | M.S. | Ellis | Analysis of Urban Heat Island Intensity Through Air Mass Persistence |
| 2021 | James Young | M.S. | Pingel | An Evaluation of DEM Generation Methods Using a Pixel-Based Landslide Detection Algorithm |
| 2021 | Jack Gonzales | M.S. | Pingel | Comparing UAV and Pole Photogrammetry for Monitoring Beach Erosion |
| 2020 | Heng Wan | Ph.D. | Shao | Assessing Annual Urban Change and its Impacts on Evapotranspiration |
| 2020 | David Jensen | Ph.D. | Resler | Detecting and Modeling Landfast Ice in the Alaskan Bering Sea |
| 2020 | Michael L. Marston | Ph.D. | Ellis | Variation and Change in Daily Precipitation Extremes Across the United States Since the Mid-20th Century |
| 2020 | Lindsey Morrison | M.S. | Zick | Evaluating the Role of Atmospheric Stability in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation During the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018) |
| 2020 | Hudson Chase | M.S. | Pingel | Immersive Virtual Reality Point Cloud Classification Correction |
| 2020 | Gretchen Goeke Dee | M.S. | Resler | Spatial Pattern Analysis of Tree Species Distribution in a Central Appalachian Upland Heath Barren |
| 2020 | Ryley Harris | M.S. | Kennedy | Spatial Patterns on Virginia's Second Highest Peak: Land Cover Dynamics and Tree Mortality in Two Rare Ecosystems |
| 2020 | Alexander Rosenman | M.S. | Shao | Multiscale Remote Sensing Analysis of Vegetation Patterns in an Alpine Environment, Glacier National Park, Montana |
| 2020 | Eric West | M.S. | Carstensen | The Digitization of American Viticultural Area Boundaries: An Efficient Method for Constructing GIS Polygons from Federal Government Data Sources |
| 2020 | Aaron Whittemore | M.S. | Ellis | Analysis of Human Influence on Drought Conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin (Texas) |
| 2020 | Molly McKnight | M.S. | Kolivras | Examining the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem: Associations Between Surface Mining and Birth Outcomes in Central Appalachia at Multiple Spatial Scales |
| 2019 | Yong Huang | M.S. | Campbell | Virginia Urban Dynamics Study Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Imagery |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Weaver | Ph.D. | Kolivras | Investigating the Valley Fever – Environment Relationship in the Western U.S. |
| 2019 | Hoa Tri Tran | Ph.D. | Campbell | Integration of Geospatial Technologies in Monitoring Drought Events in a Coastal Area of Vietnam (Case Study: Binh Thuan Province) |
| 2019 | Iris Flynn | Ph.D. | Campbell | Geospatial Analysis of Forest Fragmentation & Connectivity in Virginia |
| 2019 | Damien Geffroy | M.S. | Oliver | A City of Projects: Grand Paris, The 2024 Summer Olympics, and the Jurisdictional Negotiation of Contemporary Paris |
| 2019 | Nathaniel Lawrence | M.S. | Resler and Saladyga | Fire History of an Acidic Barrens Complex: A Methods Assessment of Fire Return Intervals |
| 2019 | Veronica Scott | M.S. | Juran and Ling | Strontium in Drinking Water: Assessing Strontium as a Drinking Water Contaminant in Virginia Private Wells |
| 2019 | Megan Stevenson | M.S. | Kolivras | The Effects of Land Cover Change on the Spatial Distribution of Lyme Disease in Northern Virginia since 2005 |
| 2019 | Kelly Summers | M.S. | Baird | Mobile Phones, Social Relations, and the Gatekeepers to Women's Empowerment in Maasai Households |
| 2019 | Yanshen Sun | M.S. | Carstensen | Evaluating the Quality of Ground Surfaces Generated from Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) data |
| 2019 | Aaron Updike | M.S. | Zick | A Modeling Study of the Principal Rainband in Hurricane Matthew and the Influence of Remote Terrain on Hurricane Structure During its Intensification in the Southern Caribbean |
| 2019 | Helen White | M.S. | Resler | Biotic and Abiotic Factors of Picea rubens (Red Spruce) Seedling Regeneration in Disturbed Heathland Barrens of the Central Appalachians |
| 2018 | Sanam Aksha | Ph.D. | Juran and Resler | Assessing Vulnerability and Multi-Hazard Risk in the Nepal Himalaya |
| 2018 | Allison LeBlanc | Ph.D. | Kennedy | Lake Sediment-Based Reconstructions of Late-Holocene Lowland Environments on Dominican Republic and Barbuda, Northern Caribbean |
| 2018 | Shreejana Bhattaria | M.S. | Kolivras | Understanding the Relationship between Land Use/Land Cover and Malaria in Nepal |
| 2018 | Timothy Greene | M.S. | Ellis | The Impact of Synoptic Weather on the Ice Phenology of Maine Lakes, 1955-2005 |
| 2018 | Jessica Kirkland | M.S. | Zick | Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation Bands in Hurricanes Through Landfall along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coasts of the United States |
| 2018 | Callie Lambert | M.S. | Resler and Shao | Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Change as Related to Terrain Factors at Two Glacier Forefronts, Glacier National Park, Montana |
| 2018 | Suzanna Lindeman | M.S. | Ellis | Assessment of Model Forecast Temperature Bias During Cold-Air Damming in the Central Appalachian Mountains |
| 2018 | Erik Olson | M.S. | Oliver | Rescinding a Bid: Stockholm's Uncertain Relationship with the Olympic Games. |
| 2018 | Breeanna Prince | M.S. | Juran | Access to Water: Advancement of Multidimensional, Multiscalar, and Participatory Methods of Measurement in the Global South |
| 2018 | Kaitlyn Spangler | M.S. | Christie | When He Comes Home, then He Can Decide: Male Out-Migration, the Feminization of Agriculture, and Integrated Pest Management in the Nepali Mid-Hills |
| 2018 | Logan Stevens | M.S. | Kolivras | Future Lyme Disease Risk in the Southeastern United States Based on Projected Land Cover |
| 2018 | Ruoyu Zhang | M.S. | Shao | An Evaluation of a Data-Driven Approach to Regional Scale Surface Runoff Modelling |
| 2017 | David Fox | M.S. | Baird | Settlement Patterns and their Potential Implications for Livelihoods among Maasai Pastoralists in Northern Tanzania |
| 2017 | Taylor Meade | M.S. | Campbell | Analyzing Spatial Locations of the Common Agricultural Policy’s Subsidy Areas in Romania with Landsat Imagery |
| 2017 | Julia Sherry | M.S. | Juran | Perceptions of Water Services and Innovations to Improve Water Services in Tanzania |
| 2017 | Andy Skeen | M.S. | Shao | Estimating Impervious Surface Cover in Flathead County, Montana |
| 2017 | Jessica Suggs | M.S. | Ellis | Long-Term Changes in Synoptic-Scale Air Mass Persistence across the United States |
| 2016 | Tammy E. Parece | Ph.D. | Campbell | Geospatial Analysis to Site Urban Agricultur |
| 2016 | Jie Ren | Ph.D. | Campbell | Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Changing Agricultural Land Uses with the Midwestern Corn Belt, 2001-2015 |
| 2016 | J.T. Bandzuh | M.S. | Juran and Kolivras | Perceptions of Measures to Control Aedes Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Costa Rica |
| 2016 | Austin Cooner | M.S. | Shao | Detection of Urban Damage Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms: Revisiting the 2010 Haiti Earthquake |
| 2016 | Mario Garza | M.S. | Resler | Biophysical and Climate Analysis of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Infestations in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, 1962-2014 |
| 2016 | Michael Marston | M.S. | Ellis | Analysis of Extreme Reversals in Seasonal and Annual Precipitation Anomalies across the United States, 1895-2014 |
| 2016 | Camille Martineau | M.S. | Oliver | Still Last on the List: Examining Patterns of Economic Distress in Appalachia |
| 2016 | Amanda Michaels | M.S. | Resler | Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem |
| 2016 | Trevor White | M.S. | Carstensen | Dual-Doppler Derived Vorticity as a Predictor of Hail Size in Severe Thunderstorms |
| 2015 | Ashley Athey | M.S. | Ellis | Verification of Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates over Complex Terrain: A Ground Truth Analysis for Nepal |
| 2015 | Leyang Feng | M.S. | Shao | Sensitivity Analysis of Hot/Cold Pixel Selection in SEBAL Model for ET Estimation |
| 2015 | Lauren Freelander | M.S. | Kolivras and Hill | Socio-Demographic and Environmental Influences on the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in North Carolina |
| 2015 | Leslie Harwood | M.S. | Carstensen | Identifying Environments in which Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Application Alerts were Affected by the Surrounding Topography |
| 2015 | Bailey Kyle | M.S. | Oliver | The Road to Rio: Infrastructure, Image, New Media, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 2015 | Ashley Lewis | M.S. | Baird | Human-Wildlife Conflict and Mobile Phone Use among Maasai Pastoralists near Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania |
| 2015 | Rachael Lubitz | M.S. | Kennedy | A Late Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Coastal Lake in Northeastern Dominican Republic |
| 2015 | Daniel Moore | M.S. | Carstensen | Zone-Based Multiple Regression Models to Visualize GPS Locations in a Network Camera Image |
| 2015 | Brandon Wheeler | M.S. | Shao | Evaluating Time-Series Smoothing Algorithms for Multi-Temporal Land Cover Classification |
| 2015 | Suwen Zhao | M.S. | Shao and Campbell | Simulating Urban Growth for Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area by Coupling SLEUTH Model and Population Projection |
| 2014 | David Kramar | Ph.D. | Carstensen | Evaluation, Assessment, and Determination of Risk to High Trophic Level Piscivores in the Mid-Atlantic: A Spatial and Comparative Case Study of Mercury in Virginia and New England Bald Eagle Populations |
| 2014 | Ayanda Masilela | M.S. | Kolivras | Discerning Neighborhood Characteristics as Contributing Factors to Infant Mortality in Rural Northern Plains Communities |
| 2014 | Paul Miller | M.S. | Ellis | The Utility of Total Lightning in Diagnosing Single-Cell Thunderstorm Severity in the Central Appalachian Mountains Region |
| 2014 | Jayashree Surendrababu | M.S. | Kolivras | Modeling the Impact of Projected Land Cover on Lyme Disease Emergence |
| 2014 | Haitao Wang | M.S. | Kennedy and Shao | Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Zhongwei, an Arid City of Northwest China |