Congratulations Spring 2023 Earth Sciences Graduates!
Congratulations to our Spring 2023 graduates!
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Congratulations to our undergraduates who have finished bachelor's degrees in the past year. Their names are included below, along with the titles of their senior theses where applicable:
McKenzie Bertsch
SU22
Earth Sciences, BS
Honors in the Arts and Sciences
SENIOR THESIS: Marine barite content during recovery from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) and long-term effects in the post Eocene Epoch
Francesca Beuger
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Honors in the Arts and Sciences
SENIOR THESIS: Validation and Accuracy Assessment of Six Years of Continuous SMB Observations at Summit Camp, Greenland From Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing
Jacob Bolton
AU22
Earth Sciences, BS
SENIOR THESIS: Canopy structure affects ecosystem-scale water use efficiency under varying radiation conditions
Dane Bryant
AU22
Earth Sciences, BS
SENIOR THESIS: Textural Evidence of Multiple Generations Of Sulfides in the Marcellus Formation (Middle Devonian), West Virginia
Garrett Byers
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Hydrogeology certificate
Lucas Carter
AU22
Earth Sciences, BS
Lithofacies and Neodymium Isotope Stratigraphy of the Knox Unconformity in the Central Appalachian Basin
Evan Cohen
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Natural History Museum Curation certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Quantifying Strain in Mudcracks Using 3D Model Photogrammetry from Baker Quarry; Baker, WV
Ian Gilles
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Honors Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Honors in the Arts and Sciences
Hydrogeology certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Groundwater Models to Support Rural Water Development in Tanzania’s Internal Drainage Basin (Kiteto and Simanjiro Districts)
Jacob Haines
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Natural History Museum Curation certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Synopsis of Radiocarbon Dates of Mastodon (Mammut americanum), Stag Moose (Cervalces scotti), and Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) in North America and Implications for the Quaternary Land Mammal Extinction
Katherine Iler
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Engineering Science minor
SENIOR THESIS: The Effects of Temperature on Changes in Snow Specific Surface Area
Ian Justice
SP23
Evolution & Ecology and Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Natural History Museum Curation certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Utilizing Coral Reef Subfossil Assemblages to Assess Stability and Change in Belizean Reef Communities Over the Past 800 Years
Jacob Krier
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Petroleum Geology certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Geochemical Comparison of Eruptive Material From Hekla And Hengill Volcanoes, Iceland
Lauren McIntosh
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Environmental Science minor
SENIOR THESIS: Sustainable Agroforestry for Climate - Stressed Farming Communities in the Sahel
Davina Seaton
AU22
Earth Sciences
Andrew Sever
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Research Distinction in Earth Sciences
Natural History Museum Curation certificate
SENIOR THESIS: Anatomical Reassessment of a Ground Sloth Skeleton (Megalonyx Jeffersonii) from Holmes County, Ohio
Zoë Watson
SP23
Earth Sciences, BS
Marine Science certificate
SENIOR THESIS: The Relationship Between Chlorophyll A and Algal Cell Density in Scleractinian Corals
GRADUATE STUDENTS
We salute the graduate students who have finished their theses this semester! They are named below, along with their thesis titles.
Mariana Berger
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. E. Griffith
Thesis title: Controls on Calcium Isotopes in a Cold Seep Crust from the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope
Michael Braunagel
Earth Science PhD
Advisor: Dr. A. Griffith
Dissertation title: Emplacement of the Gigantic-Scale Sevier Gravity Slide Facilitated by Thermal Pressurization of Basal Zone Fluids
René Castillo
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. Durand
Dissertation title: Discovering Drought: Emerging Remote Sensing Approaches
Christopher Conwell
Earth Science PhD
Advisor: Dr. Saltzman
Dissertation title: Paleoenvironmental and diagenetic significance of paired isotope records in Middle–Late Ordovician marine limestones
Lauren Decker
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. A. Sawyer
Thesis title: Investigation of Subsurface Phosphorus Transport from Farm Field to Stream in a Tile Drained Landscape
Peter Haber
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. Saltzman
Thesis title: Application of calcium isotopes to understand the role of diagenesis in carbon isotope trends in ancient shallow water carbonates from the Early Mississippian
Benjamin Jones
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. Cook
Thesis title: Natural Gas Hydrate Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
Kaitlyn Meyer
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. Durand
Thesis title: Snow Specific Surface Area: Finding the True Margins of Error of the Ice Cube
Alexa Regnier
Earth Science MS
Advisor: Dr. E. Griffith
Thesis title: Impact of the Miocene Carbonate Crash (13-8 Ma) on Bulk Carbonate δ44/40Ca in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific