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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

• Hafiz Issah, Applied Math and Statistics Ph.D. student (previously Mathematics at Virginia Tech), Fall ‘21-present
• Tomas Snyder, Hydrologic Science and Engineering M.S. student, Spring ‘23-present
• Ahmad Tourei, Hydrologic Science and Engineering Ph.D. student (co-advised, previously Geosciences at Virginia Tech), Fall ‘21-present

Undergraduate Students

• Seunghoo Kim, Geophysics B.S. student, Fall ‘22-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
• 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
• 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

Undergraduates

• 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