Graduate Students
Ryan Lent
Ryan is a graduate student pursuing an MS in Geology. He completed his bachelor's in Natural Resource Conservation Management in the spring of 2025 at Western Carolina University. During his undergraduate studies, he explored the effects of legacy sedimentation resulting from various streambank restoration methods. For his Masters research, Ryan will investigate the impacts of stream drying on downstream water resources. When he is not studying these processes, you can find him running up the steepest trails in the Wasatch or riding his bike down them!
Undergraduate Students
Camryn Carr
Camryn is an undergraduate majoring in Environmental Science with an Geoscience Emphasis and is broadly interested in water quality. Her current research looks to better understand solute loading patterns in two high mountain watersheds. Additionally, she is investigating the Paradox Formation and its negative effects on groundwater salinity. She is excited to build on her early field experiences through hands-on work this summer. She enjoys being outside as much as possible, reading, creating, and cuddling with her dog!
Tyler is pursuing his PhD in Geology. He completed his undergraduate and M.S. degrees at the University of Utah, and has supported hydrology research at the USGS Utah Water Science Center, the Utah Water Research Laboratory in Logan, and the Utah National Guard. His master's research used environmental tracers and groundwater age dating to characterize recharge pathways and susceptibility of a basin-fill aquifer in northern Utah. His PhD research applies these methods to headwater catchments in the Wasatch and Sierra Nevada ranges, examining how climate change may affect western US water resources across varied groundwater storage settings.