Molly Yanchuk
Masters Student

Molly attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania for her undergrad and graduated in 2017 witha B.S. in GeoEnvironmental Studies, a minor in Women and Gender Studies, and a certificate in GIS. While at Shippensburg University, Molly served as the president of the geographical honor society Gamma Theta Upsilon, and as amember of the Arts & Sciences Student Advisory Board. She also interned with Franklin County Planning Commissionin the summerof 2016. As an intern, she collectedand managed sewage and water resource data to aid in the consolidation of the county’s resources. Molly is currently a Master’s student in the BASAL lab working towards a M.S. in Natural Resources:Environmental Conservation and Sustainability with Russell G. Congalton. Her interests are naturalresourcemanagement, water quality, sustainability, and human-environment geography. She isdeveloping her thesis around the analysis of water quality and riparian zones with unmanned aerialsystem (UAS) imagery. Molly is looking forward to discovering new ways to use UAS.