People

Current Group Members

Erich Hester

PhD, Ecology, University of North Carolina
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
AB, Biology, Dartmouth College
Research: Environmental hydraulics and sustainability

Hester CV

Allison Bean

MS student, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Univ of Idaho)
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Research: Stream restoration and baseflows

Abby Knauer

MS student, Civil Engineering
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
Research: Stream restoration and storm flows

Dario Tarifa

MS student, Civil Engineering
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: Stream restoration and baseflows

Group Alums

Morgan Oehler

MS student, Civil Engineering, 2024
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine
Research: Stream restoration and water quality

	W. Seth Lotts PhD, Civil Engineering, 2022 MS, Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri Science and Technology BS, Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy Research: Preferential flow in surface water-groundwater interaction
	Hector Monterroso MS, Civil Engineering, 2021 BS, Universidad de Costa Rica Research: Modeling hyporheic microbial reactions
	Carly Federman MS, Civil Engineering, 2021 BS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech Research: Stream restoration and water quality
	Katherine Santizo PhD, Civil Engineering, 2021 BS, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara Research: Natural attenuation of pollutants in riverbeds

Michael Calfe

MS, Civil Engineering, 2019
BS, Biological Systems Engineering, Clemson University
Research: Stream restoration and water quality

Lauren Eastes

MS, Environmental Engineering, 2018
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Research: Natural attenuation of pollutants in riverbeds

Amiana McEwen

MS, Civil Engineering, 2018
BS, Biological Sciences, University of Portland
Research: Preferential flow in stream and riverbanks

Katie Little

MS, Environmental Engineering, 2018
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Research: Coal mining hydrology

Kristen Brooks

MS, Environmental Engineering 2017
BS, Geological Sciences and Biochemistry, SUNY Buffalo
Research: Stream restoration and water quality

Breeyn Greer

MS, Civil Engineering 2015
BS, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Research: Coal mining hydrology

Benjamin Hammond

MS, Environmental Engineering, 2015
BS, Civil Engineering, McGill University
Research: Effects of stream restoration on water quality
Now at RBA Group

Abenezer Nida

MS, Civil Engineering, 2015
BS, Civil Engineering, Jackson State University
Research: Hyporheic natural attenuation of pollutants (laboratory)

Masud Rana

MS, Civil Engineering, 2015
MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science
BS, Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Research: Effect of stream restoration structures on water quality

Christopher Guth

MS, Civil Engineering, 2014
BS, Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina
Research: Floodplain restoration hydraulics

Katie Young

MS, Civil Engineering, 2013
BS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: Hyporheic natural attenuation of pollutants (numerical modeling) in rivers

Garrett Menichino

PhD, Civil Engineering, 2013
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Virginia
Research: Hyporheic and floodplain connectivity in streams and rivers
Garrett's webpage

David Azinheira

MS, Civil Engineering, 2013
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Research: Stream restoration hydraulics

David Powers

MS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
BS, Civil Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ.
Research Interests: Urban streams

Elizabeth Cranmer

MS, Environmental Engineering, 2011
BS, Geosciences, Franklin and Marshall
Research: Impact of urbanization on hyporheic exchange in streams

Kalen Bauman

MS, Civil Engineering, 2010
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Mason University
Research: Urban heat pulses in streams and ponds

Dylan Honardoust

BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2018
Research: Coal mining hydrology

Amanda Donaldson

NSF-REU Summer 2017, Humboldt State University
Research: Preferential flow in stream and riverbanks

Aubrey McCutchan

NSF-REU Summer 2016, Oklahoma State University
Research: Hyporheic natural attenuation of pollutants

Jacob Schlotterrer

BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2016
Research: Micro hydropower feasibility and ecological impacts

Alejandra Revilla Cisneros

BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
Research: Integrated indicators and frameworks for measuring watershed sustainability

Kenneth Sears

NSF-REU Summer 2013, Rowan University
Research: Floodplain restoration hydraulics in streams

Jingjie Chen

BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2013
Research: Environmental sustainability metrics for watershed water management

Kate Aulenbach

NSF-REU Summer 2012, University of Delaware
Research: Effects of macropores on bank storage in streams

Victoria Sicking	NSF-REU Summer 2011, Tartleton State University Research: Effects of macropores on meander bend hyporheic hydraulics in streams
Lei Jiang	BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010 Research: Urban heat pulses and impact of urbanization on hyporheic exchange in streams
Taylor Priest	BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010 Research: Effects of stream restoration on sediment hydraulic conductivity