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The Martin Group meets weekly for collaboration, discussion, and to learn from each other. Some members of the group work with industry-supported consortia, including CASERM and CWP.
Current Group Members
Postdoctoral Researchers / Research Associates
- Dr. Shihao Yuan, Geophysics research associate, Dec. ‘22-present
Graduate Students
- Georgia Brooks, Applied Math and Statistics M.S. student, Spring ‘24-present
- Hafiz Issah, Applied Math and Statistics Ph.D. student (previously Mathematics at Virginia Tech), Fall ‘21-present
- Nikhil Punithan, Geophysics M.S. student, Fall ‘23-present
- Tomas Snyder, Hydrologic Science and Engineering M.S. student, Spring ‘23-present
- Yida Song, Geophysics Ph.D. student, Fall ‘23-present
- Ahmad Tourei, Hydrologic Science and Engineering Ph.D. student (co-advised, previously Geosciences at Virginia Tech), Fall ‘21-present
Undergraduate Students
- Cash Cherry, Geophysics B.S. and AMS M.S. (combined undergrad/grad program), Fall ‘23 - present
- Pablo Chang Huang, Geophysics B.S. student, Summer ‘23 - present
- Mia Jungman, Geophysics B.S. student, Spring ‘23 - present
Alumni of the Group and Thesis Links
Postdoctoral Researchers / Research Associates
- Dr. Frantisek Stanek, Geophysics postdoctoral researcher, Mar.-Nov. ‘22
Graduate Student Researchers
- Sarah Morgan, Mathematics M.S. student (Virginia Tech, primary advisor), Fall ‘20- Spring ‘22, link to thesis, next position: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
- Brandon Pearl, Computer Science M.Eng. student (Virginia Tech, GRA in Martin group during non-thesis masters), Summer ‘21-Spring ‘22
- Joseph Kump, Mathematics M.S. Student (Virginia Tech, primary advisor), Summer ‘19-Summer ‘21, link to thesis, next position: Ph.D. student in CSEM at UT-Austin’s Oden Institute
- Julius Grimm, Applied Geophysics M.S. student (IDEA League at ETH Zurich, co-advised), Fall ‘20-Summer ‘21, link to thesis, next position: Ph.D. student in ISTerre at Universite Grenoble Alpes
- Jon Cooper, Mathematics M.S. Student (Virginia Tech, GRA in Martin group while doing thesis with M. Chung and S. Gugercin), Jan. ‘20-Dec. ‘20, next position: National Security Agency
Undergraduates
- Seunghoo Kim, Geophysics major (Mines), Fall ‘22 - Spring ‘23, next position: Geophysics Ph.D. student at Stanford University
- Samantha Paulus, CMDA and Nanoscience major (Virginia Tech), Spring ‘21- Spring ‘22, next positions: pathway systems engineer at Northrop Grumman and Computer Science M.Eng. student at Virginia Tech
- Tony Artis, CMDA major (Virginia Tech), Spring ‘20- Spring ‘22, next position: Innovative Reasoning, LLC
- Firaol Woldemariam, CMDA major (Virginia Tech), Spring ‘21-Fall ‘21, next position: software developer at Capital One
- Anu Trivedi, Mathematics major (Virginia Tech), Fall ‘19-Spring ‘21, next position: Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech
- Sarah Morgan, Mathematics major (Virginia Tech), Fall ‘19-Spring ‘20, next position: Mathematics M.S. student at Virginia Tech
- Srikanth Jakkampudi, Mathematics and CMDA major (Virginia Tech), Fall ‘19-Spring ‘20, next position: member of technical staff at Expedition Technology, Inc.
- Tarun Nadipalli, CMDA major (Virginia Tech), Spring ‘19