Devon Burr (Associate Professor)
Research Interests: Planetary geomorphology
Email: dburr1@utk.edu
Current Graduate Students:
Keenan Golder (PhD Student)
Research Interests: Flood lava emplacement, magma source, and lava flow modeling on Mars, Earth, and Mercury
Email: kgolder@vols.utk.edu
Anthony Maue (PhD Student)
Research Interests: Fluvial activity on Titan, sedimentological processes, spatial analysis
Email: amaue@vols.utk.edu
Past Students:
Samantha Peel, PhD (2020) – Email
“Geomorphic Investigations of Crater-Interior Features on Mars”
Cole Nypaver, MS (2019) – Email, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, LinkedIn
“Deriving lifetimes of lunar ejecta constituents: A model for lunar erosion and regolith overturns”
Currently: Pursuing a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences at University of Tennessee
Rose Borden, MS (2018) – Email, Web page, Twitter
“Mapping and Analysis of Wrinkle Ridges in the Aeolis Dorsa Region, Mars: Implications for Stress Fields and Geologic Substrates”
Currently: Pursuing an MS in Information Science at University of Tennessee
Ariana Boyd, MS (2018) – Email, Web page, LinkedIn
“Sand Deposit Mapping and Aeolian Morphologies as Clues for Identifying Origins of Dark Sand in Aeolis Dorsa, Mars”
Currently: Law student at Vanderbilt University (class of 2021)
Emily Nield, MS (2018) – Email, Web page, LinkedIn
“A Wind Tunnel Study of the Effect of Density Ratio on Saltation Threshold”
Currently: Pursuing an MBA at the Schulich School of Business at York University
Richard Cartwright, PhD (2017) – Email, NASA page, SETI page
“Surface Modification of Icy Satellites: Space Weathering of the Large Moons of Uranus and Alluvial Fan Formation on Saturn’s Moon Titan”
Currently: Research Scientist at NASA Ames / The SETI Institute
Robert Jacobsen, PhD (2016) – Email, Web page, Google Scholar
“Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, and Paleohydrology of the Aeolis Dorsa region, Mars, with Insights from Modern and Ancient Terrestrial Analogs”
Currently: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Lecturer, and Outreach Coordinator for the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium
Chloe Beddingfield, PhD (2015) – Email, NASA page
“Investigations into the Tectonics of Uranian and Saturnian Icy Satellites”
Currently: Research Scientist at NASA Ames / The SETI Institute
Ashley Dameron, MS (2015) – Email, LinkedIn
“Europan Double Ridge Morphology as a Test for Hypothesized Models of Formation”
Currently: Environmental Specialist II at Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
Matthew Chojnacki, PhD (2013) – Email, LPL page, LinkedIn
“Martian Dune Fields: Aeolian Activity, Morphology, Sediment Pathways, and Provenance”
Currently: Associate Staff Scientist at Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, U. of Arizona
Sarah Drummond, MS (2012) – Email, LinkedIn
“Structural Control of Fluvial Network Morphology on Titan”
Currently: Adjunct Faculty at Pellissippi State Community College
Andrea Hughes, MS (2012) – LinkedIn
“An Evaluation of the History of Aqueous Activity on Mars through a Survey of Select Hypothesized Martian Deltas and Paleolakes via the Analysis of Mineralogy, Morphology, and Thermophysical Properties”
Currently: PhD student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University