Spotlight Series
Welcome to the Earth and Environmental Sciences spotlight series! Our goal with this series is to showcase the personality and background of our department, both to current and prospective University of Rochester students, faculty, and staff.
Udo Fehn
Professor Emeritus
July 2025
Sydney Louden (she/her)
Graduate Student
June 2025
Alice Chau (she/her)
Postdoctoral Associate
April 2025
Jesse Dugan (he/him)
Graduate Student
February 2025
Mingjian Shi (he/him)
Graduate Student
January 2025
Aparajeo Chattopadhyay
Scientist
December 2024
Kim Cone
Postdoctoral Associate
November 2024
Mariya Cyriac
PhD Candidate
January 2024
Karen Berger
Associate Professor of Instruction
December 2023
Fernando David Cúñez
Postdoctoral Associate
November 2023
Katie Kase
Administrative Assistant
October 2023
Xin Tie
PhD Candidate
September 2023
Madeline Every
PhD Candidate
August 2023
Josh Bridges
Postdoctoral Associate
July 2023
Nic Litza
PhD Candidate
June 2023
Ziqi Zhang
PhD Candidate
May 2023
Wriju Chowdhury
Staff Scientist/ Postdoc
April 2023
Sumana Roy
PhD Candidate
March 2023
Shengyu Wang
PhD Candidate
February 2023
Dustin Trail
Associate Professor
January 2023
Sarah Harter
PhD Candidate
December 2022
Katherine Gregory
PhD Candidate
November 2022
Steve Carr
PhD Candidate
October 2022
Matt Loman
PhD Candidate
September 2022
Rachel Glade
Assistant Professor
August 2022
Rory Cottrell
Scientist
July 2022
JohnPaul Sleiman
PhD Candidate
June 2022
Tinghong Zhou
PhD Candidate
May 2022
John Kessler
Department Chair and Professor
April 2022