People
The researchers behind the work, at Virginia Tech and University of Kansas.
Principal Investigator
Admin Husic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Admin enjoys soccer, coffee, and documentary films!
He was previously an assistant professor at the University of Kansas (2018 - 2024). He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky (2018).
Lab Mascot
Darcy
Great Pyrenees Mix / Good Girl
Darcy loves to run through snow, be praised, and solve vexing problems related to water resources.
She was adopted from the Lawrence Humane Society and joined our team in January 2021.
Current Group
Arlex Marin Ramirez
Postdoctoral Scholar
Continental-scale modeling of river metabolism and conservation efficacy.
Chuqiang Chen
Doctoral Student
Large-scale streamflow and water quality modeling with deep learning.
Abby Percich
Doctoral Student
Sediment source fingerprinting and machine learning for ungauged basins.
Diver Marin
Doctoral Student
Deep learning models for freshwater salinization.
Yuexuan Gu
Doctoral Student
Physically-informed, AI-driven modeling of water quality.
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Sai Kiran Kuntla · 2026 - 2026
Harmonizing fragmented high-frequency water quality sensor data.
Doctoral Students
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Amirreza Zarnaghsh · 2019 - 2023
High-frequency sensing and transport pathways of solutes and sediment.
Master's Students
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Cayden Lloyd · 2024 - 2026
Sediment fingerprinting of reservoir and river sediment sources. -
Sugam Shrestha · 2024 - 2026
Modeling sediment erosion and connectivity with sensors and machine learning. -
Nishchal Sigdel · 2024 - 2026
Continental-scale suspended sediment prediction with deep learning. -
Aayush Pandit · 2022 - 2024
Deep learning for nitrate export and watershed model benchmarking. -
Zack McVey · 2021 - 2023
Land use impacts on dynamic sediment connectivity. -
Zane Rider · 2021 - 2022
Cyanotoxins and taste-and-odor compounds in benthic algae. -
Alexander Michalek · 2019 - 2021
Sediment erosion-connectivity mapping in urbanizing landscapes.
Undergraduate Students
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Jack Respelliers · 2022 - 2024
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Elizabeth Appel · 2022 - 2024
Racial equity of flood exposure in redlined communities. -
Avery Mohn · 2022 - 2024
Microplastics in stormwater and fluvial sediment. -
Laura VanderMeulen · 2023 - 2024
Meta-analysis of sediment fingerprinting applications. -
Sarah Hogen · 2020 - 2022
Synthesis of water quality model performance. -
Aaron Tuschhoff · 2020 - 2022
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Austin Gardiner · 2021 - 2022
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Abby Percich · 2019 - 2021
Hydrologic modeling along an urbanization gradient. -
Devin Gouger · 2020 - 2021
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Luke Brown · 2019 - 2020
High-frequency water quality sensing platforms. -
Madeline Merckling · 2019 - 2020
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Logan Wilson · 2019 - 2020
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Savannah Smith · 2018 - 2019
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Cheyenne Hillman · 2018 - 2019
Sediment fingerprinting data collection. -
Alexandria Depew · 2018 - 2019
High-frequency water quality sensing platforms.