Funded Graduate Students
Arup Acharjee
Ph.D. Student
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Master of Science, 2021
Office: ELA 355
Email: jmg582@txstate.edu
Research Interests: land use and land cover change detection using GIS
Allison Barrett
Masters Student
Texas Tech University, Bachelor of Science, Natural Resources Management, 2020
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: alb322@txstate.edu
Research Interests: natural resources management, agriculture, land cover change, arid lands, biogeography & GIS
Michael Boyles
Ph.D. Student
Texas Tech University, Master of Arts, 2017
Office: ELA 351
Email: sfc38@txstate.edu
Research Interests: further integration of GIS into archaeology
Alborz Ebadi
Ph.D. Student
Iran University of Science & Technology, Master of Science, 2014
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7976
Email: aea151@txstate.edu
Research Interests: human/cultural/urban geography, political economy, public space
Erin Farina
Masters Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, 2024
Office: ELA 379
Email: enf20@txstate.edu
Research Interests: urban planning, sustainability
Fahmina Ibrahim
Ph.D. Student
Office: ELA 393
Phone: 245.0325
Email: fpk12@txstate.edu
Research Interests: modelling, hazard & risk analysis and climate change
Prabish Khadka Chhetri
Ph.D. Student
Jacksonville State University, Master of Science, 2024
Office: ELA 392
Email: prabesh@txstate.edu
Research Interests: glaciers, glacial lakes
Keenon Lindsey
Ph.D. Student
Stephen F. Austin State University, Bachelor of Science, 2020
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: twi5@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis population geography, sustainable urban development
Easton Moore
Masters Student
University of North Texas, World History, 2022
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: nhe17@txstate.edu
Research Interests: social and economic impacts of car dependency in an urban environment
Garrett Pugh
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, 2024
Office: ELA 388
Email: glp154@txstate.edu
Research Interests: remote sensing
Sirwan Salimi
Ph.D. Student
Tabriz Islamic Art University, Master in Urban Design, 2020
Office: ELA 392
Email: uup12@txstate.edu
Research Interests: urban analysis
MD Tousif Tanzir
Ph.D. Student
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Masters of Science, Agroforestry and Environment, 2021
Office: ELA 395
Phone: 512.245.0327
Email: szw10@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis, remote sensing
Tay Villaseñor
Ph.D. Student
Office: ELA 397
Email: oer18@txstate.edu
Research Interests: border lands, climate change, queer migration
Emmanuel Aklie
Ph.D. Student
Jacksonville State University, Master of Science, 2024
Office: ELA 395
Email: bhy21@txstate.edu
Research Interests: health gis, remote sensing applications
Anupa Bhatta
Ph.D. Student
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Master of Science, 2019
Office: ELA 390
Email: noi19@txstate.edu
Research Interests: urban geography, remote sensing and gis, land use change, climate and sustainability dimensions
Julie Brooks
Masters Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, 2023
Office: ELA 386
Email: jb2245@txstate.edu
Research Interests: anthropogenic shifts in wildfire regimes, energy systems, and climate adaptation
Chikodinaka Ekeanyanwu (Nakky)
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Applied Geography, 2021
Office: ELA 389
Phone: 512.245.1935
Email: cve9@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, applications in geohazard mitigation and construction, GIS programming/development
Gabrielle Goolsby
Masters Student
Texas Tech University, Bachelor of Arts, Geography, 2022
Office: ELA 386
Email: gabrielle.g@txstate.edu
Research Interests: climate change, sustainability, environmental policy, and pollution
Fahad Islam
Masters Student
University of Dhaka, Bachelor of Science, 2022
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: qcy15@txstate.edu
Research Interests: infectious diseases
Joshua Knolla
Ph.D. Student
Fort Hays State University, Master of Geoscience, 2022
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: egv24@txstate.edu
Research Interests: disasters, hazards, and vulnerability
Jinli Liu
Ph.D. Student
Texas Southern University, Master of Science, 2021
Office: ELA 397
Email: j_l848@txstate.edu
Research Interests: emergency evacuation, urban planning
Diane Nunez
Ph.D. Student
Fort Hays State University, Geography, 2023
Office: ELA 390
Phone: 512.245.1939
Email: tuq3@txstate.edu
Research Interests: migration studies, human health
Ethan Reed
Masters Student
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, GIS, 2022
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: wwq10@txstate.edu
Research Interests: historical gis, human geography, place-based GIS
Lily Sellers
Masters Student
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, 2023
Office: ELA 386
Email: lcs117@txstate.edu
Research Interests: black and alternative geographies, austin8 central texas, urban geography
Binay Thapa
Ph.D. Student
Kathmandu University School of Arts, Masters Degree Development Studies, Human and Natural Resources Studies, 2018
Office: ELA 394
Email: bjt83@txstate.edu
Research Interests: climate change, political ecology, climate adaptation, global south, rural futures, climate change misinformation
Pingping Wang
Ph.D. Student
China University of Geosciences, Resources and Environment, 2023
Office: ELA 392
Phone: 512.245.1934
Email: wqu8@txstate.edu
Research Interests: social media geography, giscience
Hilary Ansah
Ph.D. Student
University of North Texas, Master of Science, Geography, 2021
Office: ELA 392
Email: tsm111@txstate.edu
Research Interests: urban development, gis
Bibhuti Bhattarai
Masters Student
Tribhuvan University, Bachelor of Science, Geology, 2021
Office: ELA 386
Email: trr117@txstate.edu
Research interests:
Brock Burford
Masters Student
Baylor University, Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Science, 2023
Office: ELA 379
Email: euo15@txstate.edu
Research Interests: environmental policy, human dimensions of environmental management
Alain Elegbe
Ph.D. Student
University of Maryland, Master of Science, 2017
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7976
Email: oae6@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis, remote sensing
Babak Heidari
Ph.D. Student
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Masters Degree, Remote Sensing and GIS, 2023
Office: ELA 391
Email: rrh108@txstate.edu
Research Interests: remote sensing, giscience, land cover/land use change, environmental studies
Kaya Johnson
Masters Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, Water Resources, 2023
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: kaj159@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis with water resources
Elizabeth Kubacki
Master Student
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, 2024
Office: ELA 379
Email: ekubacki@txsstate.edu
Research Interests: physical geography, protected places
Md Munir Mahmud
Ph.D. Student
Jahangirnagar University, Master of Science, 2017
Office: ELA 362
Email: ndm80@txstate.edu
Research Interests: remote sensing, gis
Prabesh Pandey
Masters Student
Tribhuvan University, Bachelor of Science, 2022
Office:
Email: kdr174@txstate.edu
Research Interests: natural hazard, risk management
Emily Rhodes
Ph.D. Student
University of Oklahoma, Master of Environmental Science, 2022
Office: ELA 397
Phone: 512.245.0329
Email: dvx9@txstate.edu
Research Interests: environmental justice, community-based development
Ro Sigler
Masters Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, 2023
Office: ELA 379
Email: itn4@txstate.edu
Research Interests: environmental physics, remote sensing, environmental hazards, human-environment interaction
Mandy Truman
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2019
Office: ELA 349
Phone: 512.245.8998
Email: m_t448@txstate.edu
Research Interests: culture, black geographies, music geography
Marie White
Ph.D. Student
University of Memphis, Master of Science, Earth Sciences, 2020
Office: ELA 390
Phone: 512.245.1939
Email: fci13@txstate.edu
Research Interests: paleoenvironmental reconstruction, paleoclimate, geoarchaeology, conservation and preservation
Amanda Barney
Masters Student
Office: ELA 386
Email: ab1448@txstate.edu
Research Interests: biogeography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, meteorology
Priyanjali Bose
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, 2023
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, Master of Science, 2018
Office: ELA 393
Email: fns21@txstate.edu
Research interests: drought science, GIS, resilience thinking, climate change & watershed management
Luisa Amato Caye
Ph.D. Student
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Masters,
Office: ELA 390
Email: fpu17@txstate.edu
Research Interests: migration studies, border studies, territorial planning
Ayomide Famewo
Ph.D. Student
University of Ibadan, Master of Science, 2021
Office: ELA 392
Email: mky26@txstate.edu
Research Interests: writing, public speaking, traveling
Nirvana Heidarian
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master Of Science, Geography, 2023
Office: ELA 397
Email: n_h199@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis, feminism, political geography, migrating
Tighernan Juarez Murphy
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, 2020
Office: ELA 395
Phone: 512.245.0327
Email: tgj16@txstate.edu
Research Interests: biogeography, physical geography, environmental geography
Yubin Lee
Ph.D. Student
Kyung Hee University, Master of Science, 2021
Office: ELA 389
Email: yubinlee@txstate.edu
Research Interests: accessibility and mobility, spatio temporal analysis
Adriana Montoya
Masters Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Public Administration, 2024
Office: ELA 386
Email: arm462@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Texas and southwest human-environment relationships, historical geography, sustainability
Jong-Ku Park
Ph.D. Student
Kyung Hee University, Master of Science, 2023
Office: ELA 362
Email: sef128@txstate.edu
Research Interests: energy transition, energy security, community energy, environmental studies
Sadia Ritu
Ph.D. Student
Office: ELA 393
Phone: 512.245.0325
Email: ghw31@txstate.edu
Research Interests: land change science, remote sensing, gis, and urban heat island (UHI)
Heather Swienton
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, GIST, 2018
Office: ELA 399
Phone: 512.245.0341
Email: has41@txstate.edu
Research Interests: cartography, map design, and children's cartography
Bren Vander Weil
Ph.D. Student
University of Nebraska, Bachelor of Science, 2021
Office: ELA 360
Phone: 512.245.3912
Email: pib11@txstate.edu
Research Interests: geographic education, frequency and distribution of climate change education, study abroad programs
Grayson Wylie
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M University, Master of Science, 2019
Office: ELA 398
Phone: 512.245.0340
Email: nqe1@txstate.edu
Research Interests: gis, remote sensing