Baylee MacBeth is a rising third year undergraduate in the Earth & Atmospheric Sciences department. His academic interests include geophysics, geology, and environmental science. He has been working with both Dr. Zhigang Peng and Dr. Andy Newman with Raspberry Shake seismometers through the GTEQ project as the student network manager and by taking research for credit. Through his efforts, he received the 2023-2024 Rutt Bridges award for undergraduate research.
Marcus Morris is a fourth-year Earth and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduate student focused on environmental science. His interests in the field include biogeochemistry, climate science, atmospheric chemistry, and public policy. He is currently working on a research project with Dr. Taillefert on characterizing greenhouse gas fluxes from coastal salt marshes. He is also a member of the greywater subteam of the Kendeda Living Building Science Vertically Integrated Project. In the previous semester, Marcus worked as a lab teaching assistant for Intro to Environmental Science.
Kevin Pinder is a senior studying Earth & Atmospheric Sciences with interests in meteorology. He is currently a National Weather Service Student Volunteer for Peachtree City, Georgia’s Weather Forecasting Office where he receives training in operational meteorology, helps launch weather balloons and performs research on the 2021 flash flooding event in Waverly, Tennessee. His goal is to be a full-time employee for the National Weather Service and provide critical weather warnings to protect people and their property.
Aria Creque is a fourth year Earth and Atmospheric Sciences major, primarily focusing on environmental science, with minors in Spanish and International Affairs. She is currently interested in researching the effects of eutrophication on coastal acidification off Savannah’s coast with the help of Dr. Bolden and Dr. Taillefert. After graduating this spring, she is excited to begin a career in environmental consulting before returning to school for her Masters. She hopes to continue to use her career to study and mitigate the effects of climate change globally in whatever way she can.
Ryan is a fourth-year EAS major with a focus in the solid earth and environmental sciences. He currently conducts research with Dr. Karl Lang’s TECHtonics group, utilizing GIS to study landslides in Puerto Rico. He also works part-time for Dr. Lang in the rock-cutting lab as a mineral separation lab technician. He hopes to pursue an internship this upcoming summer to enhance his experience in the consulting industry.
Chelsea Bekemeier is a senior Earth and Atmospheric Sciences major with a concentration in meteorology. Her research interests include the relationship between climate change and extreme weather events, as well as atmospheric chemistry. She is a recipient of the 2022 Rutt Bridges Award and is currently working with Dr. Huey on the detection of trace species in the Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) enhanced by convection related to the Asian Summer Monsoon anticyclone. Under Dr.
David Clark is a fourth-year EAS undergraduate student interested in oceanography, currently conducting research with Dr. Ito on tracking carbon flux in the Pacific Ocean. He works as a Teaching Assistant in Dr. Wilson’s Intro to Environmental Science class and as a climbing wall attendant at the CRC. This summer, he worked as an intern on the Smart Sea Level Sensors project, installing sensors and helping with K-12 outreach. David is currently a Local Project Coordinator with GT Trailblazers and has volunteered as a Team Leader for GT1000. In the future, he hopes to earn his Ph.D.
Anna Redanz is a Fourth year EAS major with a focus in geophysics graduating this fall. Anna has been doing research under Dr. Naif as a member of the electromagnetic geophysics lab since the fall of 2021. Her research interests include but are not limited to methane hydrate location, subduction zone imaging, and on-land magnetotellurics. She hopes to attend grad school and diversify her current research portfolio which she also worked to do during this past summer.
Caitlin is a fourth-year Earth and Atmospheric Science major with a concentration in meteorology. In previous semesters, she worked as a teaching assistant for the Earth Processes lab under Dr. Grantham. Last spring, she interned with the CNN Weather Team where she wrote weather-related articles for cnn.com, assisted staff meteorologists with research, alerts, and graphics, as well as managed their social media.
Leah Hornsey is a fourth-year concentrating in geophysics within EAS. She has been a member of Dr. Chu’s Glacier Geophysics research group for a year. In Spring 2022, she received the President’s Undergraduate Research Award to study the hydrology of Store Glacier in Greenland using NASA radar data. She also had the opportunity to travel to the Mojave Desert to study the tectonics of southern California through the Geophysical Field Methods class. Throughout her time at Tech, she has been a part of Engineers Without Borders, Christian Campus Fellowship, and WREK Radio.