Graduate Students

Current

Alanna Smith

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning

Thesis - in progress: A Walk to the Park: Trail Connectivity in Orick, California

B.A. Global Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paige Krinks

M.S. Geographic Information Science

Thesis - in progress: Hydrogeologic GIS Modeling of East Contra Costa Groundwater Subbasin

B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julian LoGiudici

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning

Thesis - in progress: Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition and Ecological Effects in the Greater Yellowstone Area

USDA Water Resources Intern. Awarded through the Water Resources Experential Learning for USDA Careers, Cal State San Bernardino University.

B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University

Interests: Resource Management, National Park Service, Alpine Lakes and Ecosystems

Awards: Pease Award

 

 

 

 

Lab Alumni

 

Eleanor Morgan

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 05/2024

Thesis: Scorched Legacy: Wildfire impacts on Water Quality in a Montane Valley Creek

B.S. Environmental Science, San Francisco State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas Fetherston

Now Environmental Scientist, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 05/2022

Thesis: Effects of Restoration on Water Quality in a Sierra Nevada Meadow

B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly Krotcova

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 05/2019

Thesis: Tradeoffs of water security and adequate ecological protection during drought, Coastal California

B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University

Awards: Pease Award, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoe Statman-Weil

Now Senior Software Engineer, The Earth Genome

M.S. Geographic Information Science, San Francisco State University, 12/2018

Thesis: Disparaties in Community Water Systems Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.

B.A. Environmental Studies, Carleton College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deseret Weeks

Ph.D. Management of Complex Systems, University of California Merced, 05/2024

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 05/2018

B.A. Geography, University of California Los Angeles

Thesis: Mercury in the Cache Creek Watershed - Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services Impacts and SES Framework Implementation

Select Awards: Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholar, 2017-2018; COAST Graduate Student Research Award, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam Stein

Ph.D. Geography, University of California Berkeley, 2024 

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 12/2016

B.S. Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno

Thesis: An Examination of Water Quality in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project

Select Awards: CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar, 2018; AAG Student Award, Water Resources Specialty Group, 2016; Robert W. Maxwell Memorial Scholarship, 2015.

 

 

 

Ellen Doudna

Now Associate Environmental Planner at Caltrans

M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 12/2016

B.A. Oberlin College

Thesis: Trends in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus of California's Central Valley