EHS Graduate Student Directory

Master of Science and Ph.D. candidates in Environmental Health Science

Jeffrey Dennis
Degree Objective: M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Previous Training: B.S. University of Georgia
Research: Personal PM2.5 exposures for fire fighters doing prescribed forest burns in the southeastern United States
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher

Carrie Futch
Degree Objective: Ph.D in Ecology
Previous Training: B.A., University of the South (Sewanee)
Research: Enteric viruses as sewage tracers in coral reef environments.
Advisor: Dr. Erin Lipp

Monica Griffith
Degree Objective: M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Previous Training: B.S., University of Georgia
Research: Environmental ecology of enteroviruses in coastal environments.
Advisor: Dr. Erin Lipp

Benjamin Hale
Degree Objective: M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Previous Training: B.S., University of Georgia
Research: Ammonia exposure from broiler houses in rural Georgia
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher

Chase Hall
Degree Objective: M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Previous Training: B.S., Georgia Southern University
Research: Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher

Erin Looney
Degree Objective:  M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Research:  Ecological adaptations of a coral pathogenic strain of Serratia Marcescens.
Advisor:  Dr. Erin Lipp

Suyang Liu
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Previous Training: B.S., Southern Yangtze University
Research: Air Quality
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher

Hongbo Ma
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology
Previous Training: M.S., University of South Carolina
Research: Development of transgenic stains of C. elegans for toxicological testing
Advisor: Dr. Phillip Williams

Gordon Martin
Degree Objective: M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Previous Training:
Research: Storm-mediated transport and loading of Salmonella and Campylobacter to Coastal Plains Streams.
Advisor: Dr. Erin Lipp

Sheppard A. Martin
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Previous Training: B.S. University of Georgia, M.P.H University of Georgia
Research: Inhalation Toxicology of Fuels
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Fisher

Leena Mayalil
Degree Objective:  M.S. in Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Research:  Analysis of environmental cholera toxin genes from non-pathogenic vibrio isolates.
Advisor:  Dr. Erin Lipp

Beth Mote
Degree Objective:  M.S. in Environmental Health Science
Research:  Persistence and growth of the fecal indicator bacteria, enterococci, in natural estuarine plankton communities.
Advisor:  Dr. Erin Lipp

Arena Richardson
Degree Objective: Ph.D.. in Toxicology
Previous Training: B.S., South Carolina State University
Research: Mouse Models for Enterobacter sakazakii Infection in Premature Infants
Advisor: Dr. Mary Alice Smith

Gideon St.Helen
Degree Objective: Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Previous Training: B.S., Livingstone College, Biology
Research: Air Quality
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher

Jeff Turner
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Ecology
Previous Training: B.S., Georgia Tech
Research: Population dynamics of co-occurring Vibrio spp. in the South Atlantic Bight
Advisor: Dr. Erin Lipp

Ethell Vereen, Jr.
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Ecology
Previous Training: B.S., University of Georgia
Research: Watershed scale transport of Campylobacter in the Satilla River Basin Advisor: Dr. Erin Lipp

Denita Williams
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Toxicology
Previous Training: M.S. in Environmental Toxicology
Research: Mechanisms of infection for low dose exposures to L. monocytogenes in pregnant guinea pigs
Advisor: Dr. Mary Alice Smith

Aaron Wilson
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology
Previous Training: BSCHEM, Truman State University
Research: Trace Metal Accumulation in Native and Invasive Bivalve Species of the Altamaha River System: Cross-species Comparison, Spatial Distribution and Biotic Chronology
Advisor: Dr. Marsha Black


Master of Public Health candidates with emphasis in Environmental Health


Mridula Gupta                 mridu@uga.edu
Elizabeth Holcomb          lizbeth7@uga.edu
Paula Joe                        paulasj@uga.edu
Gene Olona                    golona@uga.edu
Robert Willson                rwillson@uga.edu


Doctor of Public Health candidates with emphasis in Environmental Health

Kevin Horton                   khorton@uga.edu