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NIRVANA Alumni

The NIRVANA Lab was established by Sune Nielsen in 2011, with Tristan Horner joining as co-Principal Investigator in 2016. In 2024, Tristan became the sole Principal Investigator when Sune moved to CRPG. In the list below, lab alumni exclusively supervised or sponsored by Tristan are denoted by [TJH], those by Sune by [SGN], and those jointly advised by both by [TJH, SGN].

Former Visiting Professionals

  • [TJH] Tarun Dalai. Mary Sears Guest Investigator (2019). Visiting from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.
  • [SGN] Haifeng Fan. Guest Investigator (2017–2018). Visiting from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang.

Former Postdoctoral Researchers

  • [SGN] David Bekaert. Postdoctoral Scholar (2020–2021). On to: Junior Professor Chair, CRPG.
  • [TJH] Peter Crockford. Postdoctoral Scholar (2021–2023). On to: Assistant Professor, Carleton University.
  • [TJH] Ann Dunlea. Postdoctoral Investigator (2018–2019). On to: Assistant Scientist, WHOI.
  • [TJH, SGN] Dalton Hardisty. Postdoctoral Scholar (2016–2018). On to: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.
  • [SGN] Kuo-Fang 'Denner' Huang. Postdoctoral Investigator (2011–2013). On to: Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica.
  • [TJH] Elizabeth King-Doonan. USGS Postdoctoral Scholar (2018–2019). On to Environmental Chemistry Program Manager, Army Research Office.
  • [TJH] Emilie Le Roy. CMER Postdoctoral Scholar (2019–2021) then Postdoctoral Investigator (2021). On to: Project Officer, GEOTRACES International Project Office.
  • [SGN] Chadlin Ostrander. Summer Student Fellow (2015), Guest Student (2016), Postdoctoral Scholar (2020–2021), and Postdoctoral Investigator (2021–2023). On to: Assistant Professor, University of Utah.
  • [SGN] Jeremy Owens. AGI Postdoctoral Fellow (2013–2015). On to: Assistant Professor, Florida State University.
  • [TJH] Montserrat 'Muntsa' Roca-Martí. OTZ Postdoctoral Investigator (2018–2020). On to: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University.
  • [SGN] Danielle Santiago Ramos. Postdoctoral Scholar (2019–2020) then Postdoctoral Investigator (2020–2021). On to: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University.
  • [SGN] Indra Sen. Postdoctoral Investigator (2012–2013). On to: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
  • [SGN] Yi Wang. Postdoctoral Scholar (2020–2022), Postdoctoral Investigator (2022–2023), and Research Associate III (2023–2024). On to: Assistant Professor, Tulane University.

Former Graduate Students

  • [TJH, SGN] Christopher Kinsley. MIT–WHOI Joint Program Student (2014–2015). On to: Ph.D. Candidate, MIT–WHOI Joint Program.
  • [TJH] Jule Middleton. MIT–WHOI Joint Program Student (2017–2022). On to: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California Santa Barbara.
  • [SGN] Adam Sarafian. MIT–WHOI Joint Program Student (2012–2017). On to: Research And Development Scientist, Corning Incorporated.
  • [SGN] Yunchao Shu. Guest Student (2017) and Guest Investigator (2018). On to: Research Associate, University of Science and Technology of China.
  • [TJH, SGN] Logan Tegler. Summer Student Fellow (2017) and MIT–WHOI Joint Program Student (2018–2023). On to: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Former Undergraduate Students

  • [TJH] Evren Arif. Summer Student Fellow (2024). On to: Senior Year, Tufts University.
  • [SGN] David Davis. Partnership Education Student (2017) and Summer Student Fellow (2018). On to: Senior Year, Georgia State University.
  • [TJH] Ben Geyman. Summer Student Fellow (2016) and Guest Student (2017). On to: Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University.
  • [TJH] Öykü Mete. Summer Student Fellow (2021). On to: Senior Year, Dartmouth College.
  • [TJH] Evan Paris. Summer Student Fellow (2020). On to: Senior Year, Vassar College.
  • [TJH, SGN] Helena Pryer. Guest Student (2015) and Guest Investigator (2016). On to: Ph.D. Candidate, University of Bristol.