Current Geoscience Graduate Students

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NAME	EMAIL	PHONE	OFFICE	ADVISOR	RESEARCH
Januka Attanayake Website!	januka.attanayake@uconn.edu	860-486-9511	BH232	Vernon Cormier	Solid earth geophysics research. Currently carrying out research on the heterogeneity of the solid inner-core. Learning how to process, analyze and interpret seismic data and am interested in correlating it to regional tectonic setting and deep earth structures. Research focus is on identifying upper most Inner Core heterogeneities using seismic waves in the epicentral distance that encompasses PKP(df) and PKiKP phases.
Denise Burchsted	denise.burchsted@uconn.edu	on leave	BH234	Melinda Daniels	Research focused on the physical condition of pre-colonial rivers in order to help set targets for modern river restoration projects.
Yongping Chen	yongping.chen@uconn.edu	860-486-0475	BH238	Lanbo Liu	Research interests in predicting the subsurface structure by analyzing microtremor signals and evaluating the site effect of earthquake hazards in urban areas.
Daniel Ferreira	daniel.ferreira@uconn.edu	860-486-9511	BH232	Allison MacKay	Factors influencing denitrification and the natural attenuation of nitrate contamination of groundwater through anthropogenic nitrogen loading, especially from septic plumes.
Michelle Fitzpatrick	fitzpatrick@phys.uconn.edu	860-486-5035	P407	Vernon Cormier	Geophysics - using seismic imaging techniques to study the small scale features of the core mantle boundary.
Megan McCusker	megan.mccusker@uconn.edu	860-486-9511	BH232	Melinda Daniels
David Hoover	david.hoover@uconn.edu	860-486-9510	BH234	Zoe Cardon	Current research examines the effects of altered precipitation patterns due to climate change on grassland ecosystems.
Kristen Myshrall Website!	kristen.myshrall@uconn.edu	860-486-9510	BH234	Pieter Visscher	Research interests include astrobiology, paleoecology, microbalites (especially thrombolites), modern and ancient microbial communities, as well as the origins and evolution of early life.
Piyumi Obeysekara	piyumi.obeysekara@uconn.edu	860-486-9510	BH234	Eric Schultz	Current research area mainly concentrates on the distribution of freshwater mussels with relation to the fluvial geomorphology in the Eightmile River, Connecticut.
Jennifer Pagach			--	Robert Thorson
Geethika Wijewardena	gangani.wijewardena@uconn.edu	860-486-0475	BH238	Jean Crespi	Research is on brittle deformation of orogenic belts. Currently studying the distribution and characteristics of faults in Taiwan and the extent of fault reactivation during inversion tectonics.
Chandi Witharana	chandi.witharana@uconn.edu	860-486-9511	BH232	Tom Meyer	Main research area is streamlined with the application of Geomatics on storm surge flood modeling and ground water at risk in the coastal cities of Connecticut.
Zhao Zhao				Lanbo Liu