Through Collaboratory participation, our alumni have learned technical and professional skills to become the next generation of water leaders. Learn more about our alumni below.
Graduate Water Collaboratory Alumni
Name |
Degree Earned |
Year |
Tyler Rohan |
Ph.D. |
2023 |
Becca Matecha |
Ph.D. |
2023 |
Kelly Hyde |
Ph.D. |
2022 |
Júlio Ramos Caineta |
Ph.D. |
2022 |
Marja Copeland |
Ph.D. |
2022 |
Becky Forgrave |
Ph.D. |
2022 |
Becky Tisherman |
Ph.D. |
2022 |
Lisa Stabryla |
Ph.D. |
2021 |
Ben Hedin |
Ph.D. |
2021 |
Angela Mullins |
Ph.D. |
2020 |
Sarah Cook |
Masters |
2019 |
Angela H. Chung |
Masters |
2019 |
Undergraduate Water Collaboratory Alumni
Name |
Project |
Year |
Sumana Murugan |
Churchill Valley Greenway: A Part of the Chalfant Run Watershed |
2023 |
Emelia Sargent |
Pittsburgh's Three Rivers and Their Tributaries |
2023 |
Andrew Clarke |
Acid Mine Drainage and the Chalfant Run/Thompson Run Watershed |
2022 |
Sumana Murugan |
Analysis of Water Quality at Fern Hollow Creek during construction of Fern Hollow Bridge from June 2022 to August 2022 |
2022 |
Aaron Carr |
River Color and Quality Changes in the Greater Pittsburgh Region |
2021 |
Justin Fekete |
Recommendations for Pittsburgh City Council: On Affordable Housing & Floodwater Mitigation Strategies |
2021 |
Taylor Laing |
Spatial Analysis of Nutrient Waste Discharged at Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) |
2021 |
Clara Weibel |
(Counter) Narratives of Extraction in SW PA: challenging portrayals of the region through mapping and storytelling |
2020 |
Amanda Zelnis |
Water and Sewer Affordability: An Insight into Water Equity in Allegheny County |
2020 |
Katelyn Meyer |
Using fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) to analyze how the chemical makeup of Nine Mile Run |
2020 |
Mayssa Gregoire |
Identifying Tap Water Sampling Sizes that Improve Assessment of Lead in Public Water Systems |
2020 |
Kaylie Jones |
Baseline Water Quality Assessment of Girty's Run |
2019 |
Michelle Kim |
Water Quality in Areas Impacted by Surface Mining in Allegheny County |
2019 |
Kayla Maurer |
Streets Run Watershed Property Acquisition Report |
2018 |
Aidan Conway |
Streets Run Watershed and the Effects of Urbanization, Abandoned Mine Drainage, and Nitrogen Eutrophication on Water Quality |
2018 |