Katherine Markovich
Class Level: PhD 3rd year
Major: Hydrologic Sciences
Austin, Texas native she was drawn to UC Davis in equal parts by the university and the region. As an undergraduate student in love with research, she encountered UC Davis’ Climate Change, Water, and Society Integrative Graduate Education Research . Read more.

Laura McGowan
Class Level: PhD 3rd year
Major: Atmospheric Science
Why did you select this major?
A curiosity for the science. As an undergraduate I was on a pre-med path but then took some electives that were based on atmospheric science and ever since Read more.

Maziar M. Kandelous
Class Level: Graduating PhD candidate
Major: Soil hydrology and Irrigation
Why did you select this major?
I’ve always been interested in soil-water-plant relations. Given my passion in irrigation and soil physics, I had nowhere to go but to one of the top Hydrology program Read more.

Hannah Waterhouse
Class Level: Graduate Student
Major: Soils and Biogeochemistry
Why did you select this major?
I find most people I run into in the Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group have arrived in this field in a very circuitous route. I’m definitely no exception. Read more.