Group Members

Principle Investigator

Dr. Yihang Fang

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022

M.S. in Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016

B.S. in Geology and Geophysics, and Mathematics,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014

Group Members

Dr. Autum Downey

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Earth and Space Science and Astrobiology,

University of Washington, 2026

M.S. in Geology, West Virginia University, 2020

B.S. in Geology, West Virginia University, 2017

Expertise: aqueous geochemistry; geochemical modeling;

environmental mineralogy; geomicrobiology

Graduate Students

Ruthy Rutherford

Graduate researcher

B.S. in Geology, Miami University, 2022

Kylie Sheridan

Graduate researcher

B.A. in Earth and Environmental Geoscience

and Environmental Studies, Washington and Lee University, 2022

Undergraduate Students

Mohammad Capra

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Andrew Custis

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

Undergraduate Students

Erica Anderson, B.S., 2026. Currently in the Environmental Science M.S. Program at Trent University.

Kat Knight, B.S., 2026.

Nathan Valencic, B.S., 2026.

Seeking motivated undergraduate students and graduate students to join the group.