Dartmouth JSEP Graduate Mentors

Emma Rogers (she/her) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and PhD candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences (EARS) at Dartmouth. Emma studies planetary geology with a focus in planetary surface processes and analogs. This is her first year as a JSEP mentor. 

Emma Rogers is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences (EARS) at Dartmouth. She is advised by and works with Marisa Palucis’ Planetary Geomorphology group. Her work generally focuses on reconstructing the transport history of basaltic rocks on Mars to provide insight into the prevailing climate at the time of transport and deposition. To do this, she is analyzing the evolution of clast shape and size on alluvial fan systems at Mars analog environments, including Hawai’i, the Mojave Desert, the Atacama Desert, and Iceland. These locations provide comparable lithologies to Mars and a range of climates that can be compared for Martian paleoclimate interpretation. She also uses experimental data to analyze how basalt rounds over increasing transport distances in a rotating drum. This project will advance the state of knowledge regarding basaltic grain transport and breakdown, providing key insights into deciphering the past fluvial conditions and climate on Mars. In addition to her experience studying the impacts of paleoclimate and fluvial transport on Mars and on Earth-based analogs, Emma has spent a great deal of time cultivating other creative hobbies such as hiking, reading, knitting, watercolor painting, embroidery, woodworking, and any other crafty pastime that comes her way!

Mayra Flores Munoz (she/her) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor, a PhD student in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society (EEES) program at Dartmouth College, and a research associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Ethnography Kaleidos in the University of Cuenca. Mayra studies water conflicts and politics in the Andean Region. 

Mayra Flores Munoz is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and third year PhD student in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society (EEES) program at Dartmouth College. Before coming to Dartmouth, Mayra earned a B.S. in Sociocultural Anthropology in the Pontifical Catholic University and a MS. in Social and Environmental Studies in the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, both in Ecuador. Mayra is interested in better understanding the intersection of indigenous and environmental politics amid the assetization of water, carbon, and minerals in a high-altitude ecosystem in the Andean Region named páramos. Her research explores how knowledge about the potential disruptions of the páramos—including alterations in the hydrological cycle, changes in land cover due to glacier recession, and the loss of biodiversity— influences environmental markets and policies, conservation strategies, and social mobilization. Outside of her academic pursuits, Mayra enjoys swimming, biking, and watching animated films.

Mansa Krishna (she/her) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences (EARS) at Dartmouth College. Mansa studies glaciology, with a focus on numerical modeling and machine learning methods applied to ice sheet and glacier dynamics. 

Mansa Krishna is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and third year PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College. She is part of the “Ice-Future” Research Group, advised by Professor Mathieu Morlighem. Her work involves trying to better constrain ice sheet geometry or subglacial (bed) topography, which is a fundamental control in ice dynamics. Ice-penetrating radar has been used over the years to retrieve measurements of the bed topography, but these measurements are too sparse in their spatial coverage, with greater sampling along radar flight tracks than in between them. Poor constraints on the bed topography can yield large uncertainties in ice sheet model projections, thus affecting sea level rise estimates. To that end, Mansa is combining the physical principles in glaciology with machine learning methods to infer the subglacial bed topography from observable ice sheet features, like the surface ice velocities, the surface elevation, and mass balance information. When she’s taking a break from staring at figures of ice sheets and the depths of a computer terminal, Mansa loves to read (fiction novels), keep up with her favorite TV shows (e.g., Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and likes spending time in the kitchen experimenting with recipes.

Quin Shingai (she/her) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a fourth year PhD candidate in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society (EEES) graduate program at Dartmouth College. Quin studies land-water interactions with an emphasis on terrestrial loading into lakes.

Quin Shingai is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a fourth year PhD candidate at Dartmouth College in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society (EEES) graduate program. Before coming to Dartmouth, she earned a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science and an M.S. in Environmental Science at Iowa State University. Broadly Quin is interested in how climatic events such as extreme precipitation and floods, effect loading across terrestrial-aquatic interfaces and how this influences resilience in the recipient ecosystem. Her current research includes coupling new technologies (robots, hooray!) with traditional limnological sampling techniques to track tributary plume dispersion in lake surface waters and investigating effects of salinization from road salt runoff on species of green algae and cyanobacteria in controlled laboratory experiments. When not out on the water or in the lab, Quin enjoys hiking, running, putting new things on toast, and hanging out with friends. 

Chenyang Su (she/her) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a fourth year PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution, Environment and Society (EEES) at Dartmouth College. She studies biodiversity and spatial patterns of plants and arthropods in agricultural landscapes.  

Chenyang Su (Crispy) is a JSEP Graduate Mentor and a fourth year PhD candidate at Dartmouth College in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment and Society (EEES) graduate program. Before Dartmouth, she earned a BA in Organismal Biology and Ecology at Colorado College, and a MS in Conservation Ecology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on spatial patterns of plants and arthropods in diverse agricultural landscapes, from urban community gardens in Boston to rice fields to the Dominican Republic. She is interested in the effect of managed spatial heterogeneity and plant diversity on associated biodiversity in agriculture, and to examine the roles of sustainable agriculture.