FGG Members
LISA DAVIS, Associate Professor
Ph.D. (2005), University of Tennessee
I am a fluvial geomorphologist. My research interests are focused on erosion and deposition in rivers throughout the Holocene and what these processes can reveal about floods, flow regime shifts, human impacts, and the role of organisms in determining fluvial geomorphology. A longterm research goal is to apply this information towards explaining geomorphic complexity of rivers. I have conducted research on the erosional/depositional geomorphology of numerous rivers throughout the southeastern U.S., including the Tennessee River (AL and TN), the Hatchie River (TN), the Cahaba River (AL), and the Sipsey River (AL), as well as many smaller rivers in the Piedmont of the southern U.S., and international fieldwork in the United Kingdom, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Bolivia. I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Earth System Sciences (click here for more details).
Ph.D. (2005), University of Tennessee
I am a fluvial geomorphologist. My research interests are focused on erosion and deposition in rivers throughout the Holocene and what these processes can reveal about floods, flow regime shifts, human impacts, and the role of organisms in determining fluvial geomorphology. A longterm research goal is to apply this information towards explaining geomorphic complexity of rivers. I have conducted research on the erosional/depositional geomorphology of numerous rivers throughout the southeastern U.S., including the Tennessee River (AL and TN), the Hatchie River (TN), the Cahaba River (AL), and the Sipsey River (AL), as well as many smaller rivers in the Piedmont of the southern U.S., and international fieldwork in the United Kingdom, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Bolivia. I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Earth System Sciences (click here for more details).
RAY LOMBARDI, PH.D. Student
B.S., Environmental Science, Longwood University
M.S. (2017), Geography, University of Alabama
Ray's research interests include: paleoflood hydrology, soils, watershed management, and human-environment interactions. Her dissertation research is focusing on extending the flood chronology of the Tennessee River, examining geomorphic controls of flood deposit preservation, and regional paleoflood analyses. Ray's research is currently being funded by Electric Power Research Institute as a part of a multi-institution collaboration working in the Tennessee River (click here for more details). This project combines her passions for river systems, watershed management, and field work.
B.S., Environmental Science, Longwood University
M.S. (2017), Geography, University of Alabama
Ray's research interests include: paleoflood hydrology, soils, watershed management, and human-environment interactions. Her dissertation research is focusing on extending the flood chronology of the Tennessee River, examining geomorphic controls of flood deposit preservation, and regional paleoflood analyses. Ray's research is currently being funded by Electric Power Research Institute as a part of a multi-institution collaboration working in the Tennessee River (click here for more details). This project combines her passions for river systems, watershed management, and field work.
GREG SHAFER, Masters Student
B.S. (2018), Geology, West Virginia University
B.S. (2018), Wildlife and Fisheries Science, West Virginia University
Greg began his master's studies in Geography in Fall 2018. His master's research is focused on quantifying the role that freshwater mussels have in altering sediment dynamics and reach morphology as part of the ecogeomorphology project ongoing with the Atkinson Lab in the Sipsey River (click here for more details).
B.S. (2018), Geology, West Virginia University
B.S. (2018), Wildlife and Fisheries Science, West Virginia University
Greg began his master's studies in Geography in Fall 2018. His master's research is focused on quantifying the role that freshwater mussels have in altering sediment dynamics and reach morphology as part of the ecogeomorphology project ongoing with the Atkinson Lab in the Sipsey River (click here for more details).
JONI CORBIN, Masters Student
B.S., Civil Engineering, minor in Environmental, University of Alabama
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Alabama
Joni began her master's study in Geography in Fall 2018. Since graduating from UA, Joni has been a teacher in the Tuscaloosa City Schools (Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy, Project Lead the Way). Joni is very interested in planetary studies. She's joined our group to learn more about fluvial geomorphology, earth system science, and applying paleoflood hydrology to planetary studies. She is conducting a paleoflood hydrology study in Buck's Pocket State Park to learn more about how paleoflood hydrology can be used to extend instrument records of floods and better understand extreme floods in river basins with short streamflow records.
B.S., Civil Engineering, minor in Environmental, University of Alabama
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Alabama
Joni began her master's study in Geography in Fall 2018. Since graduating from UA, Joni has been a teacher in the Tuscaloosa City Schools (Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy, Project Lead the Way). Joni is very interested in planetary studies. She's joined our group to learn more about fluvial geomorphology, earth system science, and applying paleoflood hydrology to planetary studies. She is conducting a paleoflood hydrology study in Buck's Pocket State Park to learn more about how paleoflood hydrology can be used to extend instrument records of floods and better understand extreme floods in river basins with short streamflow records.