Team
dr. Kennedy O. Doro
Associate Professor & Lead Principal Investigator
UToledo Hydro- and Environmental Geophysics Lab (UToledo HEG-Lab)
Department of Environmental Science
The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Ph.D. University of Tuebingen, Germany
- M.Sc. University of Tuebingen, Germany
- B.Sc. Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
Efemena D. Emmanuel
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), Environmental Sciences
Efemena holds a B.S. degree in Physics and an M.S degree in Applied Geophysics from Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. He completed a second M.S degree in Geology at the University of Toledo, Ohio in 2022. He is currently a Ph.D. student where his research focuses on investigating electrical signatures of wetlands' soils as proxies to characterize their physical and biochemical properties.
Email: efemenadestiny.emmanuel@rockets.utoledo.edu
Hannah LaPoint
Field Research Technician and M.S Student
Hannah holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Toledo, Ohio with experience in hydrogeology. She joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in October 2021 as a field research technician where she currently supports our wetlands characterization and monitoring and other related research.
Email: Hannah.Lapoint@utoledo.edu
Obinna Urom
Graduate Student (M.S), Geology
Obinna holds a bachelors degree in Geology (Geophysics option) from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria where he graduated with a first-class degree in 2018. He joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in May 2022 where he is currently working towards a master's degree in Geology with his research focus on "Time-lapse geophysical imaging of infiltration."
Email: obinna.urom@rockets.utoledo.edu
Ogunsola, Olawale Quadri
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), Environmental Sciences
Olawale holds a B.S. degree in in Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He also completed the Joint Erasmus Mundus M.S program in Groundwater and Global Change at IHE, Netherland, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. He is currently a Ph.D. student where his research focuses on assessing subsurface hydrological response to flooding along terrestial and aquatic interfaces.
Email: olawole.ogunsola@rockets.utoledo.edu
Yalley Obed Kweku
Graduate Student (M.S), Geology
Obed holds a bachelors degree in Geological Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana where he graduated with a first-class degree in 2020. He joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in August 2023 where he is currently working towards a master's degree in Geology with his research focus on "characterizing subsurface flow in wetlands."
Email: obed.yalley@rockets.utoledo.edu
Valentina Ita
Graduate Student (M.S.), Geology
Valentina holds a bachelor's degree in Geology from Afe Babalola University in Nigeria, where she graduated with a second-class (honors) upper-division degree in 2019. She worked as a Consultant Geologist with AquaEarth Consulting, Nigeria for over 3 years before joining us at the UToledo HEG-Lab in August 2023. Her research is focused on assessing "potential interaction between the carbonate aquifer and an overlying sandy aquifer within the Oak Openings Region of Northwestern Ohio".
Email: valentina.ita@rockets.utoledo.edu
Prince Atiti
Graduate Student (M.S.), Geology
Prince holds a bachelor's degree in Geology from Delta State University, Abraka in Nigeria, where he graduated with a first-class honors degree in 2022. He joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in August 2023 where he is currently working towards a master's degree in Geology with his research focus on integrating geophysical data with numerical models to investigate groundwater flow processes.
Email: prince.atiti@rockets.utoledo.edu
Lab Alumni:
Dr. Solomon I. Ehosioke
Postdoctoral Associate: October 2021 - April 2024
Email: Solomon.Ehosioke@UToledo.Edu
Eugene Otchere
M.S. Geology, Summer 2023
Thesis: Assessing stratigraphic variation and subsurface flow in restored wetlands using combined hydrological and geophysical methods
Last Known Affiliation:
Email: eugene.otchere@rockets.utoledo.edu
Moses Adebayo
M.S. Geology, Summer 2023
Thesis: Hydrogeophysical monitoring and modeling of subsurface hydrologic response to ecosystem-scale coastal flooding.
Last Known Affiliation:
Email: moses.adebayo@rockets.utoledo.edu
Akinwale Ogunkoya
M. S. Geology, Fall 2022
Thesis: A hydrogeophysical investigation of groundwater flow in a highly heterogeneous aquifer system in Northwest, Ohio
Last Known Affiliation: Senior Staff Scientist, Geosyntec Consultants, Florida, USA
Email: akinwaleoluwadamilare.ogunkoya@rockets.utoledo.edu
Efemena D. Emmanuel
M. S. Geology, Fall 2022
Thesis: Predicting wetland soil properties distribution using electromagnetic induction (EMI) and Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) methods
Last known affiliation: Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Ohio
Email: efemenadestiny.emmanuel@rockets.utoledo.edu
Amar Kolapkar
B. S. Geology, Fall 2021
Undergraduate honor's thesis: Environmental applications of self-potential geophysical technique for characterizing wetland soils.
Last known affiliation: Environmental Scientist, Intrinsyx Environmental
Email: amar.kolapkar@utoledo.edu
Anna Becker
B. S. Geology, Spring 2021
Undergraduate honor's thesis: Locating drainage tiles and delineating subsurface heterogeneities within wetland soils using geophysical techniques.
Evangelos Grammenidis
Field Research Technician
Evan holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science with a specialization in Ecosystem Restoration from The Ohio State University. He joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in May 2023 where he currently supports our geophysical and hydrological investigations for assessing wetlands' functions in Ohio.
Email: evangelos.grammenidis@utoledo.edu
Matthew Smigelski
Field Research Technician
Matt holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies with two minors in Park Management and Business from Kent State University. He joined the UToledo HEG-Lab in May 2023, where he currently supports our geophysical and hydrological studies along the Western Lake Erie Basin.
Email: matthew.smigelski@utoledo.edu