Dr. Andrew B. Gray
Principle Investigator |
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Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Oluniyi Fadare
Postdoctoral Scholar |
Research Focus: Environmental chemistry of microplastics and associated contaminants
SL1 203 Contact: [email protected] |
Graduate Student Researchers
Clare Murphy-Hagan
PhD Student |
Research Focus: Trash and microplastic pollution fate and transport
2208 Geology cmurp025@ucr.edu |
Hannah Hapich
PhD Student |
Research Focus: Trash and microplastics taxonomy, microplastics fate and transport
2208 Geology [email protected] |
Haley Johnson
PhD Student |
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John Perna
PhD Student |
Research Focus: Microplastics in watersheds and coastal sedimentary systems
203 Science Laboratories 1 |
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Jackie Gonzalez
UGRA |
Research Focus: Microplastic pollution in Newport Bay, California
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Julianna Gutierrez
UGRA |
Research Focus: Microplastic pollution and sediment characterization
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Anjulee Rusnack
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Neha Nandakumar
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Jush Cagan
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Melanie Topchyan
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Alden Reategui
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Josue Ballesteros
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Ivy Wells
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Sachi Bhanji
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Jael Ochoa
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Melanie Quintana
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Marguerite Bancroft
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Emilia Silverman
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Yan Yan Lin
UGRA |
Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization
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Graduate Alumni
Samiksha Singh, PhD
Research Scientist |
PhD 2024
Research Focus: Trash and microplastic pollution fate and transport Current Affiliation: Contact: [email protected] |
Ben Newcomb, MSc
PhD Student |
MSc 2023
Research Focus: Wildfire and dynamic soil properties Current Affiliation: Texas Tech, Hirmas Lab Contact: [email protected] |
Win Cowger, PhD
Director of Research |
PhD 2021
Research Focus: Trash and microplastics fate and transport, spectroscopy, data science Current Affiliation: The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research Contact: [email protected] |
James Guilinger, PhD
Assistant Professor |
PhD 2021
Research Focus: Geomorphology, Post-wildfire sediment transfer Current Affiliation: California State University, Monterey Bay Contact: [email protected] |
Nathan Jumps, MSc
Hydrologic Technician |
MSc 2021
Research Focus: Watershed-scale fluvial suspended sediment dynamics Current Affiliation: USGS California Water Science Center Contact: [email protected] |
Julianna McDonnell, MSc
Environmental Scientist |
MSc 2019
Research Focus: Coastal sediment dynamics and biogeochemistry Master's Thesis: Characterization of Late Holocene Sediment Deposition in the Barrier Estuary of a Small, Mountainous Coastal Watershed (2019) Current Affiliation: World Traveler |
Robert Leeper, MSc.
Consultant |
Co-advised; Major adviser: Nic Barth (UCR)
Research Focus: Post-fire sediment transfer processes and Earthquakes Current Affiliation: Independent environmental and geotechnical consultant |
Undergraduate Alumni
Thyra Tran, BSc
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Research Focus: Microplastics
203 Science Laboratories 1 |
Bani Badwal, BSc
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Research Focus: Microplastics
203 Science Laboratories 1 |
Alyssa Fundal, BSc
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Research Focus: Microplastics
203 Science Laboratories 1 |
Hinako Nogi, BSc
Environmental Scientist |
Research Focus: Microplastic pollution
Current Affiliation: CalRecycle |
Brandon Fong, BSc
Graduate Student Researcher |
Research Focus: Hillslope sediment dynamics
Current Affiliation: DiBiase Lab, Penn State Department of Geosciences Contact: [email protected] |
Shannon Tarby, BSc
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Research Focus: Microplastic fate and transport
Current Affiliation: Holland Lab, CSU Long Beach, Biological Sciences |
Karina Rios, BSc
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Research Focus: wildfire impacts on soil hydrology
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Holly Chin 2022-2024
Isaiah Galvez 2023
Thai Le 2021-2023
Valeria Gonzalez 2022
Italivi Mora 2022
Chulze Mora 2022
Lakshanya Ramadhenu 2022
Sarah Williams 2022
Jerry Cheng 2022
Taylor Cho 2021-2022
Cindy Grieb 2021-2022
Brittney Kuhn 2021-2022
Jacqueline Santiago 2019-2020
Kristen Briseno 2018-2019
Rachel Cavanaugh 2018-2019
Christopher Cabanas 2017-2019
Trevor Lok 2018
Stanlee Brownlee 2018
Melissa Chou 2018
Lisa Dong 2018
Alice Fan 2018
Andhika Hammond 2018
Ryan Khoury 2018
Salvador Olguin 2018
Carson Brown 2017-2018
Manuel Flores 2017-2018
Noelani Leal 2017-2018
Cecilia Lopez 2017-2018
Vicente Melgarejo 2017-2018
Krista Mitchell 2017-2018
Li-Chen Pan 2017-2018
Luka Baljkas 2017-2018
Syed Qasim 2017-2018
Anika Atwal 2017
Clarissa Berrospe 2017
Mohamed Eisa 2017
Neha Khushalani 2017
Justin MacMillan 2017
Daniel Nguyen 2017
Javier Perez-Corona 2017
Nathan Jumps 2015 – 2017