Jenica Andersen |
Research Interests: I am interested in near-surface geophysics, largely for environmental applications. I will be using Ground Penetrating Radar to image the shallow-subsurface and study sediment and mercury contaminant movement behind and around dams. |
Margaret Baber |
Research Interests: I am interested in studying trends in the characteristics of long-term historical records in proxy data to reconstruct past climate events. At Dartmouth, I will focus on employing cosmogenic dating techniques to constrain dates of glacial response to climate changes. Life Interests: Running, Writing, Traveling, Sustainable Activism, Agriculture, Cooking Why Dartmouth? I chose Dartmouth because of its interdisciplinary approach to research. Dartmouth faculty and students are passionate about discovery and innovation but also realize the importance of teaching and spreading knowledge about their work. |
Samuel Beal* |
Research Interests: I am in interested in how analytical chemistry can be used to assess environmental risks like heavy metal contamination and to answer environmental questions as in paleoclimatology. Life Interests: I enjoy downhill skiing, mountain biking, eating, movies, and reading. Why Dartmouth? The Earth Sciences department is welcoming; the professors are available and helpful; and the laboratories are state of the art (multiple mass spectrometers!). |
Jennifer Bailard |
Research Interests: I am interested in the biogeochemistry of arid Life Interests: Running, swimming, and hiking across desert terrain. Amateur Why Dartmouth? The Earth Sciences program has great faculty, fellow |
Lee Corbett* |
Research Interests: Generally speaking, my research interests lie in high-latitude quaternary paleoclimate. At Dartmouth, I will be applying multiple methods in northwestern Greenland (cosmogenic dating, lake sediment cores, ice cores, and radiocarbon dating of fossilized organic material) to investigate fluctuations in the size of the Greenland Ice Sheet over the past ~10,000 years. I am chiefly interested in past periods of warm climate, and how rapidly and extensively the ice sheet may have retreated. Life Interests: I enjoy an eclectic variety of athletic pursuits including downhill skiing, hiking, and water polo. I also love to cook and to spend time in my homeland of Vermont. Why Dartmouth? I was immediately attracted to Dartmouth because of the small department, healthy balance between teaching and research, and great population of faculty, staff, and students. I couldn't imagine leaving New England, and have always enjoyed spending time in the Upper Valley. |
John Gartner* |
Research Interests : I am a fluvial geomorphologist, with a bent for investigating the interactions between geomorphology, hydrology and ecology. For my PhD dissertation, I am researching the effects of dams and managed rivers on sediment transport, floodplain processes and riparian habitat. Life Interests : I like exploring the northeast with my wife, Julia, and I enjoy just about any outdoor sport, like climbing, skiing, biking and hiking. Why Dartmouth?: Dartmouth provides access to pursue whatever interest you have in earth science and its cognate fields. Join us! |
Alexandra Giese* |
Research Interests: Broadly speaking, I am interested in glaciology and climate science. I find the ice dynamics and stability (past, present, and future) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet particularly fascinating and am involved in a project examining the deglaciation history of the Ross Sea. After exploring climate-related issues in the NGO world for two years, I remain interested in effective science communication and cross-discipline approaches to addressing environmental problems. |
Research Interests: My research interests stem from my love of polar environments. Specifically, I am interested in the intersection of physical and biological processes, especially in their interaction in controlling landscape evolution in areas dominated by glacial activity. I am also dedicated to science education and communication, and I hope to share my research with many audiences throughout my time at Dartmouth. |
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Hehe Jiang |
Research interests: I'm interested in the sedimentary records within geological history, especially events took place in tectonic active areas. I hope to better understand how tectonics, climate, biological processes and local variations influence the sedimentary processes as a whole. I also want to learn some quantitative methods for depicting a more detailed geological history. Life interests: Classical music, cello, history, traveling Why Dartmouth? As a "liberal arts college", Dartmouth does not focuses on some narrow specialties, but embraces a wide range of knowledge. The faculty here are open-minded and encourage us to acquire a breadth of knowledge rather than just one single branch. Besides, the community here is small, but more friendly. |
Alex Lauder |
Research Interests: I'm interested in studying climate and am currently involved in investigating the link between sea ice and precipitation using stable isotopes. I am very interested in the social impact of my work and hope my efforts will improve understanding of climate systems and positively influence policy makers. Life Interests: |
Ben Kopec* |
Research Interests: I am interested in stable isotope geochemistry to observe changes in hydrological and climatologic processes particularly in the arctic environment. Interests: Snowboarding, hiking, biking, fly fishing, kayaking (pretty much anything to do with the outdoors), hockey, baseball, and all kinds of live music. Why Dartmouth? The Earth Sciences department is a great group of students and faculty alike. It is a small department where the faculty are very supportive of student research which provides incredible opportunities. Also the outdoor activities are endless! |
Laura Levy* |
Research Intrests: I research past climate change in Greenland by studying how glaciers have fluctuated since the last glacial maximum by using surface exposure dating and lake core records. I'm also interested in science communication and enjoy participating in events where I can share my science with others. Life Interests: Horseback riding, backpacking/hiking, baking vegan treats, crossword puzzles and hanging out with my dog. |
Blaine Morriss |
Research Interests: I hope to better understand how superglacial lakes |
Research Interests: I am interested in isotope geochemistry and how it can be used to understand barite distribution in the Marcellus Shale. Life Interests: Singing, running, and baking cookies and cakes. Why Dartmouth?: The small department size, great research opportunities, and location. |
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Thomas Overly* |
Research Interests: Polar Geography; Glaciology; Remote Sensing/GIS; I'm interested in interaction between scientists and Arctic residents to produce a richer understanding of the impacts of climate change.
Life interests: climbing, skiing, photography, cooking, thinking geographically. Why Dartmouth?: The opportunity to study the Polar regions geographically. Physcial geography in Bob Hawley's Glaciology Lab and cultural geography at The Institute of Arctic Studies. |
Annie Putman |
Research interests: I'm interested in using isotopes as tracers in climate change studies. In previous, this was applied to various analyses of secondary organic aerosol. In the coming year I will be applying this to hydrogen and oxygen isotopes to understand measured precipitation in the artic. Life Interests: My interests include cooking, local food, outdoor adventures like hiking, running, climbing, camping, nordic skiing and swimming and my quiet time hobby is watercolor. I love to read for pleasure, entertain guests at dinner parties and play card games. Also, I like to travel and hope to plan some awesome global trips this year. Why Dartmouth? The combination of top-notch faculty and research facilities and the opportunity for outdoor adventure, especially winter sports, drew me to the EARS program at Dartmouth. I look forward to a fun and productive masters! |
Justin Richardson* |
Research Interests: My research focuses on the biogeochemistry of metals in forest soils and how human activities have perturbed these systems. The metals I am most interested in are mercury, lead, and cadmium. |
Research Interests: I am interested in geochemistry, mainly isotopes and metals and their industrial/environmental applications. While at Dartmouth I will be studying micrometeorites from Antarctica to determine details about their bulk chemistry and provenance. Life Interests: I am generally interested in the outdoors, though I also enjoy spending time at home and reading. Why Dartmouth?: I chose Dartmouth because it is a great school in a beautiful place. The department was very welcoming and housed excellent facilities in my research area of interest with which I will be able to build a solid foundation for my chosen career. |
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Derek Smith* |
Research Interests : I am interested in how biology and geochemistry are coupled through an exploration of unique aquatic environments incorporating key chemical and biological pathways including oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis in an attempt to address the question of how organic matter undergoes diagenesis through an examination of biomarkers and their predecessor compounds. Other research interests include early Earth conditions, origins of life, astrobiology, and abiotic vs biotic synthesis. Life Interests : I have nine different aquaria with animals ranging from a red volitan lionfish, pirranhas to azureus poison dart frogs. I live 45 minutes away from campus in a log cabin surrounded by meadows and woods. I am currently engaged and will be getting married on July 4, 2009. Why Dartmouth?: I came to Dartmouth because of James Scott and our amazing facilities. The department is small, friendly, and is a fantastic place to learn and grow. |
Justin Stroup* |
Research Interests: My focus is using glacial and lacustrine records to Life Interests: I am passionate about almost anything that has to do with Why Dartmouth? There are tremendous new opportunities for climate change
research and great facilities. In addition, the faculty and graduate |
Kristin Schild* |
Research Interests: My research interests lie in understanding the ice dynamics of outlet glaciers in greenland, alaska and antarctica through in situ measurements and satellite remote sensing. My Masters work focused on determining the environmental controls for terminus change of 5 major outlet glacier in Greenland. My PhD work will focus on understanding the subglacial hydrology of one of those glaciers, Jakobshavn Isbrae. Life Interests: I enjoy traveling, being outdoors, ice/rock climbing, kayaking and listening to any type of live music. Why Dartmouth? the faculty are fantastic and the research is cutting edge, not to mention the graduate environment is fun and supportive. |
John Underwood |
Research Interests: I am interested mainly in hydrology and understanding the fate of contaminants in fluvial systems. Life Interests: I like traveling, playing squash, card games, and any type of trivia. Why Dartmouth? The small size of the department while still being in a world-class academic institution is a great combination. The professors, students and staff here are friendly and welcoming. |
James Voorhis |
Research Interests: In the past I've researched models of foreshock occurrence along the San Andreas fault and studied the mineralogy of the Cannon mountain cliff, in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. At Dartmouth, I study the mechanisms of redox reactions occurring at mineral surfaces. Life Interests: Climbing things - especially *big* rocks and frozen waterfalls! Why Dartmouth?: I came to Dartmouth Earth Science because of three things - the community in the Earth Science department, the interesting set of research foci that community cultivates, and the vast outdoor playground right out the back door. |
Gifford Wong* |
Research Interests: I'm a "townie-turned-beaker" with an interest in glaciology and paleoclimatology. I hope to someday inform those that make policy to create more-informed policy; I hope to investigate the role of glaciers within the climate change conversation. My last bit of research dealt with ice core chemistry as it related to "frost flowers" in the Southern Ocean. Life Interests: Outdoor pursuits, eating, sports, service and education. Why Dartmouth?: Why not? Dartmouth offered a surprisingly complex blend of new and
old, reputation and potential, research and extracurricular ... it was |
Jie Yang* |
Research interest:I am interested in environmental analysis which can be applied to solving the problems of contamination, especially heavy metal contamination. Life interest: Traveling, swimming and photographing. Why Dartmouth: The faculty and fellow students are very nice and the labs are great. And the collaboration of earth sciences and environmental analysis attracts me. |
