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Dr. Ron Counts

Person: Associate Director, Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute, Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering

Dr. Counts was appointed Associate Director of the MMRI in October of 2018. Before coming to the MMRI, he was a Research Geologist in the Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center at the USGS for 4 years, and prior to that he spent 12 years at the Kentucky Geological Survey as a field...

Kassandra Laguna

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Person: MS Student, SuPER Lab Manager, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Kassandra Laguna is an MS student and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Mississippi. She began at the University in the fall semester of 2024 after receiving two Bachelors of Arts in Marine Geology and Animal Studies at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was there that she...

Anisha Dahal

Person: PhD

Dr. Sasan Nouranian

Person: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Director for Research

Dr. Nouranian received his M.S. in Polymer Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran) in 2007 and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Mississippi State University (United States) in 2011. He is currently Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Mississippi (UM)...

Dr. Hunain Alkhateb

Person: Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Associate Director for Graphene Core Testing Facility

Wendy Pfrenger

Person: Director of Pre-College Programs, The University of Mississippi

Wendy Pfrenger (she/her) began her higher education career as a writing center coordinator and composition instructor, but her work in both urban and rural regional campus settings fostered an interest in place-based pedagogy, multiplex literacies, and college access. She earned her M.A. in English...

Arjun Bhandari

Person: PhD Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Greetings, I'm Arjun Bhandari from western Nepal. I have experience as a project geologist with several organizations in Nepal. I am currently pursuing my PhD degree at The University of Mississippi. My research involves investigating the processes of surface water infiltration and recharge of the...

Dr. Joseph D. Wellman

Person: SHADE Lab Director

Dr. Wellman is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and the Director of Experimental Training in the psychology department at the University of Mississippi. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maine and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Culture, Emotion, and Race at Wesleyan...

Dr. Ahmed Al-Ostaz

Person: Professor of Civil Engineering, Director

Dr. Al-Ostaz received his M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia) in 1991 and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Mechanics from Michigan State University (United States) in 1996. He is currently Professor and Brevard Family Chair of Civil...