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
