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Dr. Andrew B. Gray

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Principle Investigator

Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology

212 Science Laboratories 1

[email protected]



Postdoctoral Scholars


Dr. Oluniyi Fadare

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Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Focus: Environmental chemistry of microplastics and associated                                    contaminants

SL1 203

Contact:  
[email protected] 




Graduate Student Researchers


Clare Murphy-Hagan

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PhD Student

Research Focus: Trash and microplastic pollution fate and transport

2208 Geology


cmurp025@ucr.edu




Hannah Hapich

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PhD Student

Research Focus: Trash and microplastics taxonomy, microplastics fate and                                    transport

2208 Geology


[email protected]




Haley Johnson

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PhD Student

Research Focus: Microplastics in urban stormwater

2208 Geology


[email protected] ​




John Perna

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PhD Student

Research Focus: Microplastics in watersheds and coastal sedimentary                                            systems

203 Science Laboratories 1


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Undergraduate Research Assistants


Jackie Gonzalez

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UGRA

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Research Focus: Microplastic pollution in Newport Bay, California




Julianna Gutierrez

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UGRA

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Research Focus: Microplastic pollution and sediment characterization



Anjulee Rusnack

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UGRA

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Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Neha Nandakumar

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UGRA

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Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Jush Cagan

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Melanie Topchyan

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Alden Reategui

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Josue Ballesteros

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Ivy Wells

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Sachi Bhanji

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Jael Ochoa

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Melanie Quintana

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Marguerite Bancroft

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Emilia Silverman

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Yan Yan Lin

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UGRA

Research Focus: microplastic pollution extraction and characterization




Graduate Alumni


Samiksha Singh, PhD

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Research Scientist

PhD 2024

​Research Focus: Trash and microplastic pollution fate and transport

Current Affiliation: 


Contact: [email protected]




Ben Newcomb, MSc

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PhD Student

MSc 2023

Research Focus: Wildfire and dynamic soil properties

Current Affiliation:  Texas Tech, Hirmas Lab

Contact:  
[email protected]  




Win Cowger, PhD

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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

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Assistant Professor

PhD 2021

​Research Focus:  Geomorphology, Post-wildfire sediment transfer


Current Affiliation:  California State University, Monterey Bay

Contact:  
[email protected]




Nathan Jumps, MSc

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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

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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.

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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


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Bani Badwal, BSc

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Research Focus: Microplastics

203 Science Laboratories 1


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Alyssa Fundal, BSc

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Research Focus:  Microplastics

203 Science Laboratories 1


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Hinako Nogi, BSc

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Environmental Scientist

Research Focus: Microplastic pollution

Current Affiliation:  CalRecycle







Brandon Fong, BSc

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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

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Karina Rios, BSc

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Research Focus: wildfire impacts on soil hydrology






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
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