Current lab members

James Wray

PI: James Wray

Associate Professor, Georgia Tech


Ph.D., Cornell University, 2010

A.B., Princeton University, 2006

Curriculum Vitae







Emmy Hughes

Emily (Emmy) Hughes

Ph.D. student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Georgia Tech


B.S., Wesleyan University, 2020











Grace Fanson

(co-advised w/ Frances Rivera-Hernández) Research Technician, Georgia Tech


B.S., Georgia Tech, 2022

Grace’s website








Colin Burnett

Colin Burnett

Undergraduate, Georgia Tech











Past lab members

Cindy Young

Cindy Young

Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech


Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2014

Now a Civil Servant at NASA Langley Research Center

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Kennda Lynch

Kennda Lynch

(co-advised w/ Frank Rosenzweig) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Tech


Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, 2015

Now a Staff Scientist at the Lunar & Planetary Institute

Kennda's website







Luju Ojha

Lujendra (Luju) Ojha

Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2016


B.S., University of Arizona, 2012

Now an Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University

Previously a Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow, then Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University

Luju's website




Mary Beth Wilhelm

Mary Beth Wilhelm

Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2017


B.A., Cornell University, 2012

Now a Civil Servant at NASA Ames Research Center

Mary Beth's website








George McDonald

George McDonald

Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2018


B.A., Cornell University, 2014

Now a Postdoc at Rutgers University

George's Google Scholar page








Gabe Eggers

Gabriel (Gabe) Eggers

Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2021


A.B., Princeton University, 2013

Now a Postdoc at the Lunar & Planetary Institute

Gabe's website






Angela Dapremont

Angela Dapremont

Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2021


B.S., College of Charleston, 2014

Now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Angela’s website







Alex Sessa

Alexander (Alex) Sessa

M.S., Georgia Tech, 2017


B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 2014








Sheridan Ackiss

Sheridan Ackiss

B.S., Georgia Tech, 2012


Now a Senior Technical Consultant at Esri Inc.

Previously a NASA Earth & Space Science Fellow / Ph.D. student at Purdue University (w/ Briony Horgan); then Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Idaho (w/ Erika Rader); then Remote Sensing Scientist/Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation

Sheridan's story

S. J. Ralston

S.J. Ralston

B.S., Georgia Tech, 2014


Now a Mars Research Scientist at Jacobs/NASA Johnson Space Center

Previously a M.S. student at the University of Nevada (w/ Libby Hausrath)

S.J.’s LinkedIn profile




Jiawei Li

Jiawei Li

B.S., Georgia Tech, 2015


Now a Project Engineer at DeSimone Consulting

Jiawei’s LinkedIn profile









Sergio Parra

Sergio Parra

B.S., Georgia Tech, 2018


Now a Ph.D. student at Caltech

Sergio’s LinkedIn profile











Lauren Kimbrough

Lauren Kimbrough

B.S., Georgia Tech, 2020


Now a M.S. student at Georgia Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Lauren’s LinkedIn profile











Maci Harrell

Maci Harrell

Undergraduate, Georgia Tech


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Sara Cuevas

Sara Cuevas Quiñones

(co-advised w/ Frances Rivera-Hernández) Undergraduate, Purdue University and 2021 Georgia Tech REU Student


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Sarah Hansen

Sarah Hansen

Research Technician


B.S., Georgia Tech, 2011










Future lab members

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Unfortunately I now receive too many inquiries from prospective group members to answer every one individually. If you are a prospective graduate student, please see this page for more information about our program and when/how to apply. While our admissions are very competitive, there is always a place here for truly outstanding students!