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John J. Ramirez-Avila, Ph.D., Ing., P.H., M. ASCE
Associate Professor
Environmental & Water Resources
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Sandra L. Ortega-Achury, Ing., MS
Research Associate II
Environmental & Water Resources
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Our research group is composed of enthusiastic undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students from various departments and colleges in Mississippi State University, including Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture (WFA), and Chemical Engineering (CHE). We also collaborate with students from partner universities and mentoring programs such as Hydrology Education and Research Mentorship for Students (AIH HEARS) Program and the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) HumMentor, who actively contribute to our team’s interdisciplinary efforts.
Juan Canas Bruges
Undergraduate Researcher (AIH Mentee)
Michael Cooper
Doctoral Student
Trey Davis
Doctoral Student
Melissa Diaz Delgado
Doctoral Student
Diego Galindo Cruz
Graduate Student - TA
Andres Hatum Ponton
Visiting Doctoral Candidate
Ansley Hehir
Graduate Student
Michael Johnson
Doctoral Student
Matthew Lancaster
Graduate Student
Luis Manuel Simancas Martinez
Undergraduate Researcher (AIH Mentee)
Hillary Maholy Rengifo Montufar
Undergraduate Researcher (AIH Mentee)
Henry Ndugah
Doctoral Student
Tara Ogren
Doctoral Student
Jesus Ortiz Garcia
Graduate Student - TA
Andres Rocha Rincon
Undergraduate Researcher (AIH Mentee)
Moises Roldan
Graduate Student
Laura Sarmiento
Ad Hoc Research Engineer
Steven Stolze
Doctoral Student
Trevor Timberlake
Doctoral Candidate
Coleman Vaughan
Graduate Student - TA
Valeria Andrea Hernandez Zambrano
Undergraduate Researcher (AIH Mentee)
Collaborators
Dr. Eddy J. Langendoen
Research Hydraulic Engineer, Lead Scientist
Watershed Physical Processes Research Unit
USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory
Dr. Tim Schauwecker
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Joby Czarnecki
Associate Research Professor
Geosystems Research Institute
Mr. Cory Gallo, MUD
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Beth Baker
Assistant Extension Professor
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Dr. Martin Locke
Director
USDA-ARS
National Sedimentation Laboratory
Miguel Valenzuela, Ing., MS
Assistant Professor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Edgar Almansa Manrique, Ing. MS
Senior Researcher
Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research (CORPOICA)
Dr. Elisa N. Armijos Cárdenas
Senior Scientific Researcher
Instituto Geofísico del Perú
Dr. Juan Camilo Restrepo
Associate Professor
Universidad del Norte (Colombia)
Dr. Brad Richardson
Research Fish Biologist
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Carlos Alberto Gonzalez Murillo, Ing. MS
Associate Professor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Andres Felipe Hatum Ponton, Ing. MS. PhDc
Professor
Universidad del Magdalena
Ronald Corvera, MS
Director
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Research Center Madre de Dios
Pedro Nascimento Herbay, MS, PhDc
Technical Manager
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Research Center Madre de Dios
Adenka Estela Muñoz Ushñahua, Ing.
Researcher
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Research Center Madre de Dios
Dr. Jorge Espinosa Marin
Professor
Universidad Central del Ecuador
Dr. Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira
Professor
Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)
Alumni
Doctoral
Mohsen Ajdari, Ph.D.
Felipe Fernandez Martinez, Ph.D.
Yi Jiang, Ph.D.
Stanley Keith Martin, Ph.D.
Meena Raju, Ph.D.
Master's
Gary Bell
Kubra Celik
Maryi Chavarro Chaux
George Herring
Edmund Howe
Kathleen Inman
Morgan Johntson
Javier Mendez
Subodh Poudel
Laura Sarmiento Rodriguez
Laura Wilson
Elissa Yeates
Undergraduate
Brayden Flanagan
Hillary Rengifo Montufar
Past Team Members
Katelyn Polk - CEE
Emily Ballheimer - ChE
Harley Wilkinson - CEE
Emily Turner - CEE
Ben Stiller - CEE
Nathan Forbes - CEE
Lauren Smith - CEE
Amanda Bryan - CEE
Steeley Martin - CEE
Monica Pistorius - CEE
Gabrielle Tran - CEE
Emily Farrar - CEE
Kubra Celik - CEE (M.S.)
Luis Laurens - CEE (M.S.)
Yi Jiang - CEE (Ph.D.)
James Steele - CEE
Bruna Goncalves - Brazil
Jennifer Deignan - CEE
Claire Ray - CEE
Diana Linder - CEE
Geneva Catlet- CEE
Germaine Cooley - CEE
Taylor Buie - CEE
Phong Ly - CEE
Iveth Navarro - CEE
Lokeswari Akula - CEE
Shanika Musser - CEE
Sophia Parker - CEE
Cristina Griffith - ABE
Jacob Otts - CEE
Trenton Marable - CEE
James Grafe – CEE
Bradley Richardson
Levi Redd - CEE
Jennifer Hoang - CEE
Bailey Rawls - CEE
Jake Webb - CEE
Bettie Shoemaker - CEE
Allison Arnold - CEE
Katie Ayers - CEE
Eliana Bailey - CEE
Lorena Chavarro Chaux - CEE (M.S.)
Felipe Fernandez - CEE (Ph.D.)
Subodh Poudel - CEE (M.S.)
Brad Thompson
Kari Opppedal - ABE
Laura Sarmiento - CEE (M.S.)
Karime Alonso - CEE
Andrew Stewart - CEE
Kathleen Inman - CEE
Brayden Flanagan - CEE
Clara Chapol - CEE