Marston Research Group
the people behind the research
Landon Marston, PhD, PE
Assistant Professor
Appointments
2024 - Present
Associate Professor
Virginia Tech
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
2020 - 2024
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
2017 - 2020
Assistant Professor
Kansas State University
Civil Engineering Department
2009 - 2013
Hydrologic & Hydraulic Engineer
US Army Corps of Engineers
Louisville District / Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) / International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management
Education
2017
Ph.D in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009
M.Eng. in Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
2008
Master of Business Administration
University of Kentucky
2007
B.S. in Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky
Curriculum vitae
meet the team
Elizabeth Beyer
masters student
Research Interests: water resources management, water systems, environmental sustainability, socio-hydrology
Emme Bina
masters student
B.S. University of Kansas, 2023
Research Interests: water scarcity, water policy, socio-hydrology, environmental sustainability
Musab Waqar
masters student
B.E. NED University of Engineering and Technology, 2021
Research Interests: remote sensing, spatial data analysis, water resource management, hydro-climatology, machine learning
Sameer Dhakal
phd student
B.E. Tribhuvan University, 2021
Research Interests: climate change, socio-hydrology, water resources management, and food-energy-water nexus
Carly Sear
phd student
Megan Schantz
masters student
B.S. Virginia Tech, 2023
Research Interests: snowmelt hydrology, groundwater and surface water irrigation use for agriculture, and water resources management
Md Abu Bakar 'AB' Siddik
phd candidate
M.S. Kansas State University, 2020
B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2016
Research Interests: water footprint assessment, water resources system analysis, environmental sustainability
Gambhir Lamsal
phd candidate
M.S. Kansas State University, 2020
B.E. Tribhuvan University, 2015
Research Interests: food-energy-water nexus, crop modeling, hydrology
Qiuyun 'Cecilia' Yu
phd candidate
M.S. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2014
B.E. China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2013
Research Interests: environmental sustainability; water resources system analysis, management, and optimization
Lillian Kobe
undergraduate researcher
Research Interests: environmental sustainability, systems analysis, sustainable land development
Yunus Naseri
phd candidate
M.S. Virginia Tech, 2020
B.Eng. Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan, 2015
Paul DeBole
masters student
B.S. Virginia Tech, 2024
Research Interests: water scarcity, dam and reservoir management, and water-food nexus
Maria Amaya
postdoctoral associate
Johanna Capone
masters student
Alumni
graduate researchers & postdocs
Kerim Dickson, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020) –> United States Bureau of Reclamation
Gambhir Lamsal, MS (2020) –> PhD student at Virginia Tech
Md Abu Bakar Siddik, MS (2020) –> PhD student at Virginia Tech
Sam Brown, MS (2021) –> HDR, Inc.
Ben Roston, MS (2021) –> PhD student at Virginia Tech
Karsten Zuidema, MS (2022) –> Dewberry
Jackie McCarthy, MS (2022) –> Bowman Consulting
Yufei ‘Zoe’ Ao, PhD (2023) –> Postdoctoral Fellow at Arizona State University (Jay Famiglietti)
Alex Miller, MS (2023) –> Straughan Environmental
Ben Winter, MS (2023) –> Hazen and Sawyer
Will Tysinger, MS (2023) –> Schnabel Engineering
Nolen Anderson, MS (2023) –> Kimley-Horn
Mandy Smith, MS (2023) –> Langan Engineering
Chung-Yi Lin, Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2024) –> Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University (Pat Reed)
undergraduate researchers
Paul DeBole, Johanna Capone, Amanda Smith, Megan Schantz, Raqin Siddique, Jacob Shemer, Sara Lindstrom, Caroline Kersey, Alex Brown, Katherine Sullivan, Sarah Birchard, Bethan Heng, Mariana Cruz, Lucas Nunez, Isabelle Frankel, Miguel Perezz, Ryan Rogowski, Alyssa Wherry, Angie Mitchell, Aubrey Busenitz, Bailey Waters, Raul Vera Parzajuk, Elliot Schrag, Julia Keiter, Sam Brown, Kara Hinshaw, Rebecca Andrus
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