John Kemper graduated with a Bachelor of Science with honors in Geology from the University of Maryland in May 2013. His undergraduate research focused on sediment transport and the effect of urbanization and land use changes on stream channel morphology. John’s research interests include the effects of sediment supply and grain size on sediment transport dynamics and channel morphology, rainfall-runoff relationships and flood forecasting, and sediment transport and channel morphology in general. He plans to begin work toward a graduate degree in hydrology in the near future. He is originally from Philadelphia, PA.

Clinton Koch graduated in May 2013 from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology and a minor geospatial technologies. As part of his undergraduate studies, Clint participated in research studying the acoustic velocities and magnetic susceptibilities of several thousand feet of core from the former Homestake Gold Mine located in Lead, SD. Following his internship at AGI, Clinton will be pursuing a Master of Geoscience at the University of Arizona with an emphasis in geophysics. His interests include crustal structure, seismology, tectonics, and energy production. He is originally from Brookfield, WI.

Kimberley graduated with honors from Wellesley College in May 2011 with a B.A. degree in Geosciences and Medieval/Renaissance Studies.  As an undergraduate, she conducted research through Wellesley and the Cape Cod National Seashore examining the effects of extensive vegetative dieback on the dynamics of sediment transport, deposition, and carbon sequestration within a salt marsh system. The results were presented at the 2009 Geological Society of America’s annual meeting.  After graduation, she interned at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History with the Cities Under the Sea Geoarchaeology Program. She conducted research on the development of a new method for assessing sediment compaction and subsequent sea-level rise along the northern third of the Nile Delta and co-authored the resulting paper in the Journal of Coastal Research.  Her future goals center on working at the intersection of seismology, geohazards, and disaster management and policy. Kimberley is from Vail, Colorado.