Al-Ekram Elahee Hridoy

   MS Program 

 Savannah (Annie) Quintana-Eddins

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Human-Environment Relationships, Economic Geography & Development, Environmental Governance,
 Water Management

 Hobbies: Being politically involved, non-profit advocacy, cooking reading about social movements, getting   outdoors, playing with her dogs

 Daniel Beene

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Natural hazards, political ecology, disaster and risk perception
 Vulnerability, water resources, development studies

 Hobbies: Eating, bicycling, eating more

 Dissertation Topic:
 Developing geospatial models to explore what comprises rural space and how living in rural spaces can   reproduce environmental exposure on and off the Navajo Reservation. Modeling through the lens of
 data ethics, data justice, and the production of knowledge

 Cassidy Tawse-Garcia

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Sovereignty Movements, Mutual Aid, Food Justice and Equity

 Hobbies: Packing stellar picnics, cultivating her garden, film photography, any and all dance

 Dissertation Topic:
 Self-reliance movements as a response to the pandemic & their anti-capitalist/indigenous roots

 Dayna Dominguez

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Natural process modeling, GIS uses in emergency response management, remote sensing, epidemiology,   natural resource management

 Hobbies: Trail running, backpacking, reading, gardening, cooking, baking, spending time with her dogs,
 search and rescue

 Dissertation:
 Develop a model that utilizes canine odor detection information with relevant physical and geographical   parameters for large scale searches and clandestine grave scenarios with the goal to develop an application   available to the Search and Rescue community to improve search efficacy and information
 to decrease the time it takes to bring home the lost

 Caleb Garrett

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 The middle Rio Grande ecosystem, UAS for geographic research, remote sensing, cartography

 Hobbies: Hockey, hiking, making music

 Eric Brannen

   PhD Program

 Research Interests: WUI influence on home prices, urban sprawl, economics, GIS, health disparities

 Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, travel, gaming

 Lindsey Rotche

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Climate Change, Snow, Physical Geography, Cartography, GIS, Hazards

 Hobbies: Hiking, Backpacking, Snowboarding, Biking, Climbing

 Roald Kern

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Spatial Analysis, Internet Mapping, Population Response to Events, Remote Sensing

 Hobbies: Photography, Traveling, Swimming in Nature

 Chris Sylvan

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Community Policing, Food Systems, Critical Race Studies, Water Use

 Chris Girlamo

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 GIScience, spatial modeling, public health, accessibility, internet mapping, machine learning

 Hobbies: Bicycling, home-brewing beer, watching old horror movies, making music, hiking

 Kingsley Damoah Oppong

   MS Program

 Research Interests: 
 Feminist geography, geography of race, health geography

 Hobbies: Working on cars, video games (FIFA), table tennis, watching soccer games 

 Joshua Driscol

   MS Program

 Luke Andrews

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Water, Rio Grande, Gila River climate change, cultural landscape

 Hobbies: Dog-related activities, hiking, reading, posing for nature photographs

 Madilynn Nolen

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Resource and environmental management, water rights, food distribution networks

 Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, reading, camping, travelling

 Michael Gurule

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Invasive species, hazard mapping, SUAS (Small Unmanned Aircraft System)

 Hobbies: Cooking, powerlifting, exploring New Mexico with his family

 Blair Mirka

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Low altitude remote sensing, GIS, UAV-TIR wildlife surveying, UAV applications in wilderness, search and rescue

 Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, baking, plants

 Ria Mukerji

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Natural hazards, political ecology, disaster and risk perception, vulnerability, water resources, development   studies

 Hobbies:
 Exploring the outdoors in New Mexico and Albuquerque, breweries, birding,
 Harry Potter, Anaheim Ducks Hockey, LSU Football (Geaux Tigers!)

 Pratistha Sharma

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Climate change issues, GIS, water management, remote sensing area, ecofriendly practices for sustainability

 Hobbies: Trekking and hiking, painting, listening to music and singing, practicing yoga and meditation

 Ramona Malczynski

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Critical physical geography, Latin America, water governance, arid and semi-arid geographies, political ecology

 Hobbies: Soccer, hiking, graphic design

 Rebecca Hobart (she/her)

   MS Program

 Research Interests: 
 Climate change, disability, adaptation, policy, GIS

 Hobbies: Road-trips, concerts, cooking, cats, Taylor Swift

 Rowan Converse

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Wildlife monitoring with UAS, remote sensing of vegetation, GIS, natural resoure management, climate change

 Hobbies: Trail running, snowshoe racing, backpacking, gardening, poetry

 Sami Stroud

   MS Program

 Research Interests: 
 Ethnobotany, political ecology, traditional ecological knowledge, environmental folklore

 Hobbies: Dance, volleyball, creative writing, language exchange

 Sarigai (Rose)

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 GIScience, big data analytics, machine learning

 Hobbies: Watching movies, traveling, walking, languages, music

 Joseph Scala

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 Political ecology, local environment knowledge, environmental equity, anti-colonial movements & methodologies

 Hobbies: Anthropology of music and food, hiking and reading

 Stefany Olivas

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Soil ecosystems, urban agriculture, agroecology, GIS

 Hobbies:
 Gardening, getting outdoors, attending community events, listening to audiobooks, traveling, watching new   movies and shows

 Teddy Woldeyohannes

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 GIS, spatial statistic modeling, epidemiology & public health, human geography, public policy, tribal lands

 Hobbies: Natural hazards, political ecology, disaster & risk perception, vulnerability, water resources,   development studies

 Westin Guthrie

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 GIS, landscape ecology, forest succession, disturbance modeling

 Yahaira Alvarez-Gandía

   MS Program

 Research Interests:
 Natural hazards, mitigation, science communication

 Hobbies: Road-tripping, camping, hiking, snorkeling, sleeping

 Yanhong Huang

   PhD Program

 Research Interests: 
 GIS, spatial data analysis, remote sensing

 Hobbies: Running, swimming, hiking, movies, reading

 Yujian Lu

   PhD Program

 Research Interests:
 GIS application, spatial analysis, population geography, cartography

 Hobbies: Hiking, walking, swimming, watching movies