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![Chen Shu](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/shu-chen.jpg)
Chen Shu
EGIS Lab Manager and Research Assistant for Geography & Environmental Resources Department, SIU
![Tara L. Giri](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/tara.jpg)
Tara L. Giri
Geography & Environmental Resources Program
Research Interests: Floodplain management, flood-loss modeling, and geomorphic change assessment
Christel Johnson
Research Assistant - Geography & Environmental Resources Program
Research Interests: Fate and transport of environmental contaminants, multimedia environmental modeling, human health exposure, and environmental policy
![Sowmya Koduru](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/sowmya-koduru.jpg)
Sowmya Koduru
Research Assistant - Plant Soil and Agricultural Systems (PSAS)
Research Interests: nutrient management in corn, enhanced efficiency fertilizers, long-term sustainability and global environmental stewardship
![Joseph Krienert](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/krienert.jpg)
Joseph Krienert
Research Assistant, Hydrogeology, SIU
![Amina Naliaka](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/naliaka.jpg)
Amina Naliaka
Research Assistant, Geography, SIU
![Wesley Petty](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/wes-petty.jpg)
Wesley Petty
ERP GIS/Remote Sensing Lab Manager
![Sadiat Rasaq-Balogun](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/saidat-rasaq-balogun.jpg)
Sadiat Rasaq-Balogun
Teaching and Research Assistant Geography & Environmental Resources Program
Research Interests: climate modeling, climate variability, change, and weather and especially heat extremes
![Saroj Thapa](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/thapa.jpg)
Saroj Thapa
![Di Wu](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/di-wu.jpg)
Di Wu
Research Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
![Xiaoyu Xu](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/xiaoyu-xu.jpg)
Xiaoyu Xu
Research Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
![Yao Xue](../_common/images/grad-students/erp/yao-xue.jpg)
Yao Xue
Teaching Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
Grant Awards
Amina Naliaka
Amount awarded: $14,820
Read about Amina's research