Kristen’s Ph.D. research focuses on collecting and understanding emissions from oil and natural gas (ONG) production facilities. She is particularly interested in methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) because of their negative effects on global climate, air quality, and human health.

Ethan’s Ph.D. research focuses on atmospheric models. He has primarily been running and analyzing high-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations over Wyoming to understand differing weather phenomena. More specifically, wildfire changes by the end of the century and extreme wind events over Wyoming.

In a course of her graduate research studies, Sourav is focused on understanding how sequence features contribute to structure and function in desiccation-tolerant intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). To explore this sequence-structure-function relationship, she is working on a Tardigrade-specific desiccation-tolerant protein.

Ryan’s research deals with tardigrades, a.k.a water bears, a.k.a the toughest animals on Earth. He wants to know how they are able to survive crazy conditions such as having almost no water in their bodies, turning into glass-like little balls, and then being thrown into space.

Greg Stark is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming in the Department of Geology & Geophysics. Greg earned his B.S. in Geology from the University of Iowa in 2007, during which he studied magma degassing at Mt. St. Helens as part of his honors thesis.

Currently in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Matt’s research focuses on characterizing the fundamental properties of cool flames produced while burning heptane and solid materials such as high-density polyethylene. Insights into cool flame low-temperature chemistry could lead to reduced engine knock or higher efficiency engines.