Graduates
David Butler, M.S. 1999 (B.S.,
Geology, University of Kentucky)
Thesis topic: Assessment of potential trichloroethene biodegradation
in wetland soils, McCracken County, Kentucky
Post-UK employment: Division of Waste Management, Commonwealth of Kentucky,
1999 - 2000; Smoothstone Systems Inc., 2000 - 2003; Voltaic
Commerce, 2003 - present
Danita Maynard LaSage, Ph.D.
2004 (B.S., Geology, Eastern Kentucky University; M.S., Environmental Quality
Science, University of Alaska-Anchorage)
Dissertation topic: Natural attenuation along a first-order stream
receiving contaminated ground-water discharge
Post-UK employment: Department
of Earth Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2001 - present
Todd McFarland, M.S. 2003 (B.S.,
Chemistry, University of Kentucky)
Thesis topic: Characterizing sediment transport during storm flow
through an Inner Bluegrass karst aquifer
Post-UK employment: Shield Environmental,
2003 - present
Sunil Mehta, Ph.D. 2000 (B.Sc.,
Geology, Chemistry, and Zoology, University of Jodhpur [India]; M.Sc.,
Geology, University of Poona [India]; M.S., Geology, University of Louisiana-Monroe)
Dissertation topic: Investigation of the source of regional salinization
of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High Plains, Texas, U.S.A.
Post-UK employment: Duke Engineering and Services, 2000 - 2002; Framatome
ANP DE&S, 2002 - present
Abhijit Mukherjee, M.S. 2003
(B.Sc., M.Sc., Geology, Calcutta University [India])
Thesis topic: Identification of natural attenuation of trichloroethene
and technetium-99 along Little Bayou Creek, McCracken County, Kentucky
Christofer Sweat, M.S. 2000
(B.S., Geology, University of Kentucky)
Thesis topic: The role of organic carbon in natural attenuation
of a trichloroethene-contaminated aquifer system, Paducah, Kentucky
Post-UK employment: Lexington-Fayette
Urban County Government, Division of Fire & Emergency Services,
1999 - present
Karen Exton Thompson, M.S. 2002
(B.S., Geology, Eastern New Mexico University)
Thesis topic: Ground-water flow in the Ledbetter Creek watershed,
Calloway County, Kentucky
Post-UK employment: Kentucky
Water Resources Research Institute, 2001 - 2002; Shield
Environmental, 2002
- present
Eric Wallin, M.S. 1998 (B.S.,
Geology, Georgia Southern University)
Thesis topic: Ground-water/stream-water interactions in the vicinity
of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, McCracken County, Kentucky
Post-UK employment: GME Consultants Inc., 1998 - 2002; Widseth, Smith,
Nolting, 2003 - 2004; Joyce Engineering,
2004 - present
Current students
Todd Aseltyne, Ph.D. candidate
(B.S., Geology, University of Dayton; M.S., Geology, University of Akron)
Dissertation topic: Interactions of bank storage and solute flux
in a reservoir embayment
Post-UK employment: St. John's Jesuit
High School, Toledo, OH, 2005 - present
Estifanos Haile, Ph.D. aspirant
(B.Sc., Addis Ababa University [Ethiopia]; Licenciate, Hydrogeochemistry,
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskalan [Sweden])
Thesis topic: Chemical evolution and paleorecharge of groundwater
in the lower Wilcox aquifer of the northern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA
Abhijit Mukherjee, Ph.D. candidate
(B.Sc., M.Sc., Geology, Calcutta University [India]; M.S., Geology, University
of Kentucky)
Thesis topic: The role of regional flow and chemical evolution of
deeper groundwater in arsenic contamination of the western Bengal basin,
India
Tom Reed, M.S. candidate (B.S.,
Geology, University of Kentucky)
Thesis topic: Suspended sediment and pathogen transport in two Inner
Bluegrass karst ground-water basins
Post-UK employment: AMEC
Earth and Environmental, 2004 - present
Josh Sexton, M.S. candidate
(B.S., Geology, Radford University)
Thesis topic: Development of a conceptual stratigraphic model of
the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and surrounding area
James Ward, Ph.D candidate (B.S.,
Environmental Geology, M.S. Geology, Sul Ross State University)
Thesis topic: The mobility and viability of fecal indicator microorganisms
within a karst groundwater basin in the Inner Bluegrass region, Kentucky
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