RDEM group in Summer 2026 outside USU Old Main Quad (from left to right; Lindsey Broderick, Srisharan Shreedharan, Alejandro Aguilar, Emma McVickers, Kaiya Bensing, Kwabena Poku-Agyemang, Sophia Esquenet)
Principal Investigator
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Srisharan Shreedharan
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
I am an assistant professor of geomechanics and geophysics in the Department of Water, Earth, and Environmental Sciences at Utah State University. My group focuses on the mechanics of earthquakes and faulting in the earth’s crust from an integrative perspective, combining insights from laboratory scale friction experiments, multi-cycle rupture models, geophysical and geological observations, and machine learning.
e-mail | CV | Google Scholar | ORCiD
Graduate Students
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Lindsey Broderick
MS STUDENT (co-advised with Alexis Ault)
I am an MS student investigating the frictional behavior of the Wasatch fault using friction experiments and microstructural analyses.
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Kwabena Poku-Agyemang
PhD STUDENT
e-mail | CV | Google Scholar | ORCiD
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Sophia Esquenet
MS STUDENT (Rodriguez-Padilla group)
Undergrad Researchers
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Sam Huff
Geology undergrad
Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) researcher
e-mail | CV
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Kate Murdock
Geology undergrad
e-mail | CV
Alumni
