Datta Group 2023
Datta Group 2021–2022
Datta Group 2020
Datta Group 2017–2019
Datta Group 2010–2012
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Subarna Chatterjee
2021–2022
visiting postdoc
Harshad Kulkarni
2019–2022
Lecturer I: 2022–2023
currently Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Pousali Pathak
2023–2024
Research: Understanding the source, water-rock interactions, redox state, and biogeochemistry of major and trace elements (organic and inorganic contaminants) in the surface and sub-surface aquatic systems with the application of traditional and non-traditional stable isotopes (C, O, H, S, N, Mo) and radio-isotope (Sr)
Sara Vero
2015–2016
currently Lecturer at South East Technological University, Belfast
Former Doctoral Students
Kuzipa Kapayi
2021–2024
Research: Geochemistry of Heavy Metals in Groundwater Environments
Numa Sosa
Nov–Dec 2016
visiting student from Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Former Master's Students
Ian Andree
2015–2017
Research: Hydrological and Geochemical Characterization of Shallow Aquifer Water Following a Nearby Deep CO2 Injection in Wellington, Kansas
Colleen Barbe
2014–2017
Research: Geochemistry in the Critical Zone: Limestone-Shale and Kimberlite Weathering in the Flint Hills, Kansas
Robinson Barker
2012–2014
Research: Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of the Arbuckle Aquifer: Studying Mineral Reactions and its Implications for CO2 Sequestration
Shovon Barua
2013–2015
Research: Effect on Groundwater Quality from Proximal Surface Water Bodies and Effect on Arsenic Distribution in Bangladesh: Geochemical Controls
Anurupa Basak
2005–2007
Michelle Berube
2015–2017
Research: Geochemical Controls on Arsenic Release into Groundwaters from Sediments: In Relation to the Natural Reactive Barrier
Brent Campbell
2013–2015
Research: Geochemical Investigation and Quantification of Potential CO2 Storage within the Arbuckle Aquifer, Kansas
Mathew Crawford
2009–2010
Research: Selenium Geochemistry of the Green River Valley, Utah
Angie De La Cruz
2022
Research: Characteristics of Sediment Organic Matter and Extent of Water-Rock Reaction in Hydrothermal Systems of Independence Basin, Mexico
O.C. Eke
2011–2013
Research: Surface Water and Sediment Geochemistry in Understanding Mobility of Nitrates in Mesic Kansas Grassland
Joshua Ford
2018–2020
Research: Geochemical Analyses of Basaltic Lava Cave Environments: Terrestrial Analogs for Environments on Mars and Other Planetary Bodies
Karina Galinskaya
2016–2018
Research: Geospatial Analysis of Risk Components for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Kansas: Geologic and Anthropogenic Factors
Rachel (Katie) Garth
2015–2016
Research: Tungsten Biogeochemistry in Fallon, Nevada
Jamie Harrington
2014–2015
Research: Tungsten Biogeochemistry in Fallon, Nevada
Elizabeth Heathman
2022–2024
Research: Effects on Fire on Cave Organic Matter
Chad Hobson
2013–2015
Research: Exploring Tungsten in the Environment: Geochemical Study of an Emerging Contaminant
Md Golam Kibria
2012–2014
Research: Hydrogeochemistry and Microbial Geochemistry of Different Depth Aquifer Sediments from Matlab Bangladesh: Relation to Arsenic Contamination in Groundwaters
Sankar Manalilkada Sasidharan
2013–2015
Research: Geochemical Significance of Arsenic and Manganese Toxicity in Groundwaters from Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India
Andrew Neal
2010–2012
Research: Hydrogeochemical and Mineralogical Evaluation of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India
Erik Patton
2016–2017
Research: Modeling Vadose Zone Wells and Infiltration Basins to Compare Recharge Efficiency in Unconfined Aquifers
Katrina Poling
2019–2022
Research: Microbial Geochemistry as Applied to Desalination Processes
Mathew Rankin
2011–2012
Research: Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Occurrence of Arsenic in Kansas
Debjani Sarkar
2005–2006
Forest Shepherd
2016–2018
Research: Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in the Independence Basin Aquifer System of Guanajuato, Mexico
Pradipta Sur
2005–2006
Tyler Vaughn
2016–2019
Research: Mapping Flood Extent and Understanding Mechanisms of Surface Inundation in Areas of Impermeable Soils Using the ANUGA HydrodynamiModel: A Study from Fredonia, Kansas
Former Undergraduate Students
Chrissy Armstrong
summer 2021
Trenton Bortz
2016–2017
Pedro Caldana
summer 2014
exchange student
Sophia Ford
2011–2013
Guiherme Hoerlle
summer 2012
Brazil exchange student
Logan Kelly
2011–2012
Carole Lakrout
2021–2022
Brooks Ryan
2015–2016
Trevor Spencer
2015–2016
Samuel Stone
2014–2016
Amanda Towry
2020–2022
Mike Vega
2013–2016
Former High School Students
Zack Bolen
2016–2017
Junction City High School
Cooper Yerby
2015–2016
Olathe North High School
