A storm rolling in over the Amazon River on the last day of river surveys near Tefé, Brazil.
Summer and Fall 2026 News and Recap
In summer 2026, Cora Jones participated in a 10 week research internship with BGC Engineering. BGC Engineering is an international consulting firm that provides professional services in applied earth sciences. Cora gained experience in the GIS, Remote Sensing, and Hazards departments both in the office working with real world data and in the field. We…
Welcome to new members!
We would like to welcome two new members to the BDRG at VT Geoscience! Aleen Pertuz-Paz joins us as a PhD Student interested in sediment dynamics, geomorphic processes, and the interactions between flow, sediment transport, and landscape evolution. Before joining Virginia Tech, she completed an M.S. in Ocean, Coastal, and Earth Sciences at The University…
Daniel Alvarez (MS) Graduated!
Daniel Alvarez successfully defended his masters thesis titled ‘Quantifying the Spatial Variability of Bedform Morphology and Bedload Fluxes within Sand-Bedded River Bends’ on April 6th, 2025. Daniel heads to Texas A&M University to pursue a PhD with Dr. Andrew Moodie in the Department of Geography. If you would like to learn more about Daniel’s Masters…
Started as Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech
On August 2023, I started a position as an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences. As a PI, I will be leading the Bedform Dynamics Lab with broad interests in surface processes, bedform dynamics, and process sedimentology in a range of environments including fluvial, aeolian and lacustrine. Continue to follow along…
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