Our Team

John Ramirez-Avila

John J. Ramirez-Avila, Ph.D., Ing., P.H., M. ASCE
Associate Professor

Environmental & Water Resources
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Sandra Ortega-Achury

Sandra L. Ortega-Achury, Ing., MS
Research Associate II

Environmental & Water Resources
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Our research group is integrated by enthusiastic undergraduate and master and doctoral graduate students from multiple departments and colleges, including Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture (WFA), and Chemical Engineering (CHE).

Katie Ayers

Katie Ayers
Undergraduate Researcher

Elaina Bailey

Elaina Bailey
Undergraduate Researcher

Lorena Chavarro Chaux

Lorena Chavarro Chaux
Graduate Research Assistant

Felipe Fernandez

Felipe Fernandez

Ansley Hehir

Ansley Hehir
Graduate Research Assistant

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson
Doctoral Researcher

Tara Ogren

Tara Ogren
Doctoral Researcher

Kari Oppedal

Kari Oppedal
Undergraduate Researcher

Subodh Poudel

Subodh Poudel

Moises Roldan

Moises Roldan

Laura Sarmiento

Laura Sarmiento

Brad Thompson

Brad Thompson
Graduate Researcher

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. Larry Oldham
Plan and Soils Sciences Department - Extension
Mississippi State University

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

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 (MS)
Luis Laurens - CEE (MS)
Yi Jiang - CEE (PhD)
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