Students

Current and former graduate and undergraduate researchers.

Working with students is one of the most rewarding parts of this job. Below are current advisees and alumni, with brief project descriptions. If you are a prospective student interested in spatial analysis of urban systems, please be in touch.

Current graduate students

  • Charles Wildonger – Heavy metal contamination and transport in green stormwater infrastructure.
  • Mac Sanders – Observational analysis of human activity, physical conditions, and social context around GSI sites in Kensington, Philadelphia.
  • Prottoy Roy – Spatiotemporal modeling of nuisance flood risk: a critical review of urban-scale approaches.
  • Emily Myers – Relating air pollution, social vulnerability and health outcomes in 500 US cities.
  • Sarah Scheller – Impacts of gentrification on garden land security.

Current undergraduate students

  • Anna Koisewroski – Honors thesis on redlining and the legacy of environmental degradation in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
  • Sophia Lemmons – Philadelphia Garden Data Collaborative.

Lab alumni · graduate

  • Luis Berrios-Hyden – Spatial distribution of AMF diversity and heavy metal soil concentrations as a function of urban structure in Philadelphia.
  • Lucas Cummings – Air pollution and urban structure in Philadelphia.
  • Kenny Douyon – Land security assessment of community gardens in Philadelphia.
  • George Kowalski – Supermarket use and sociodemographic distribution.
  • Kate Homet – Measuring the impacts of environmental, social, and maintenance variables on green stormwater infrastructure in Philadelphia.
  • Radley Reist – Comparative analysis of urban structure and surface temperature.
  • Charlotte Shade – The use of green infrastructure and its effect on climate resilience in Philadelphia.

Lab alumni · undergraduate

  • Madeline Scolio – Senior thesis, now lead author on multiple peer-reviewed papers including Scolio et al. 2024 (Urban Climate) and Scolio et al. 2025 (Sustainable Cities and Society; Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability).
  • Alec Henderson – Honors thesis on species distribution modeling of American chestnuts in Pennsylvania (Henderson, Santoro, Kremer 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution; Henderson et al. 2023, Forest Ecology and Management).
  • Kate Henderson – Honors thesis on niche modeling of tody birds in the Greater Antilles.
  • Rylie Fryberger – Community garden closures in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Community Gardens Survey.
  • Anna Johnson – Food swamps and obesity in Indianapolis.
  • Gabi Manganello – Flooding impacts of sea level rise on Long Beach Island, NJ.
  • Mary Corrigan – Green space and obesity prevalence in San Diego and Phoenix.
  • Michael Donodeo – Tourist demand for SEPTA stations during the 2026 World Cup.
  • Cameron Lomerson – Remote sensing of air pollution in the Philadelphia metro before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Megan Gaughan – Air pollution along a major urban artery.
  • Olivia Pistella – Park quality and environmental justice.
  • Charlotte Bohra – Air quality in Philadelphia from an environmental justice lens.
  • Kaitlyn Smith – Crime rates and temperature in Philadelphia.
  • Marie Mullen – Wind farm site suitability in Pennsylvania.
  • Brent Jenkins – Surface temperature and air temperature in a peri-urban environment.
  • Halina Takahashi – Urban structure and ecosystem services.
  • Beatriz De Jesus – Sustainability perception assessment.
  • Kirsten Ahn – Local flooding, heat, and health outcomes in Philadelphia.
  • Rebecca McDonough – Air pollution analysis in Philadelphia.
  • Amira Temple – Spatial distribution of the local food system in Philadelphia.
  • Meghan Conway – Social vulnerability and air pollution.
  • Erik Mitz – Urban structure and surface temperature in Philadelphia (Mitz et al. 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science).
  • Ashley Seyfried – Urban form and greenspace distribution: a nationwide spatial-temporal study.
  • Joe Dangler – Morphological impacts of post-tropical cyclone Sandy on Long Beach, NY.
  • Meghan McMahon – Fine-scale analysis of Philadelphia air pollution.
  • Alexandra Henninger – Food production in urban farms.
  • Rachel Walsh – Spatial patterns in organic farming and farm tenure across the USA.
  • Gavin Lewis – Verification and analysis of community gardens in Philadelphia.