Lamontagne Lab Members
Principal Investigator, Jonathan Lamontagne
Jonathan Lamontagne received his MS and PhD in environmental water resources systems analysis from Cornell University in 2014 and 2015, respectively. His graduate studies focused on flood frequency analysis and the incorporation of uncertainty in hydropower systems planning. Following his graduate studies, Lamontagne worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, studying uncertainty and robustness issues for models of the integrated human-climate system. He joined the Tufts Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2017.
Graduate Students
Benjamin Manoli
Ben is a third year PhD candidate. His interests include renewable energy and climate change mitigation. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Connecticut.
Isaac Thompson
Isaac is a third year PhD student. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and worked as a post-bachelors research assistant at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. He is interested in studying the interplay between water, energy, and food systems.
David Koval
David is a second year PhD Student. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Tufts University in 2024. He’s interested in stochastic hydrology and risk-based decision making.
Undergraduate Students
Ella Erskine
Ella is a fourth-year undergraduate studying geological science and environmental science. She is interested in hydrologic modeling and fluvial impacts on infrastructure resilience.
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars
| Name | Research Focus | Year | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gi Joo Kim | Uncertainty exploration in multi-sector systems | 2023-2025 | Research Scientist, Bywater Institute at Tulane University |
| Franklyn Kanyako | Environmental decision-making under uncertainty | 2021-2023 | Research Area Specialist on Negative Emissions Technologies, University of Michigan SEAS |
PhD and Masters
| Name | RESEARCH FOCUS | Degree Earned | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Knox | Sea level rise adaptation and cooperative governance regimes | PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (2026) | Postdoc, RWTH Aachen |
| Jacob Wessel | Deep uncertainty in energy systems modeling | PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (2025) | Postdoc, Princeton University |
| Abigail Birnbaum | Risk and uncertainty in water resources | PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (2024) | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Ghazal Shabestanipour | Stochastic watershed modeling and statistical hydrology | PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (2024) | Cedars-Sinai |
| Flannery Dolan | Economic impacts of water and land scarcity | PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (2022) | Associate Engineer, RAND Corporation |
| Gregory Coyle | Probabilistic programming and data-driven modeling | MEng, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (2021) | Water Analytics Engineer, Brown and Caldwell |
| Caitline Barber | Hydrologic statistics | MS Civil and Environmental Engineering (2020) |
Undergraduate
| Name | RESEARCH FOCUS | Degree Earned | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Alcorn (Cataldo scholar 2023-2024) | Climate impacted food and energy prices | BS Civil Engineering (2024) | Master’s student at UNC Chapel Hill |
| Mitch Browne (Cataldo scholar 2022-2023) | Sea level rise | BS Civil Engineering (2023) | |
| Plearn Aroonchote | Reservoir operations | BS Environmental Engineering (2021) | |
| Mateo Gomez (Cataldo scholar 2020-2021) | Multisector drivers of water scarcity | BS Environmental Engineering (2021) | PhD student at UC Berkeley |
| Myisha Majumder | Integrated assessment modeling | BS Civil Engineering/Quantitative Economics (2021) | |
| Sean Murphy (Cataldo scholar 2019-2020) | Battery optimization | BS Civil Engineering (2020) | Design Engineer, Nexamp |
| Jonas Procton (Cataldo scholar 2018-2019) | Offshore wind development impacts on energy grid | BS Civil Engineering (2019) | Design Engineer, Horsley Witten Group |