Mentoring through research

In my time as a graduate student I have been fortunate to work with several undergraduate researchers, mentoring them through their own projects. Many of their projects stem from the wealth of samples we have gathered for our Toarcian study, but each have done their own portion of this broader study:

Kayla Mccabe (spring 2019-Present)

Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy across the Early Jurassic, Talkeetna Terrane, AK. Kayla has been analyzing the organic carbon contents and isotopes from an Early Jurassic sedimentary succession of the Talkeetna Terrane of Alaska. These samples were collected summer 2017 during our first field outing to Alaska. As her project is still in the early stages we have yet to generate results from this section, so stay tuned.

Kayla is now a graduate student at Virginia Tech, getting her MSc with Dr. Ben Gill (Fall 2021).

Brianna Miranda (spring 2019-Fall 2020)

Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy across the Early Jurassic, North Slope, AK. Brianna has been analyzing the organic carbon contents and isotopes of three Early Jurassic sedimentary cores from the North Slope of Alaska. As her project is still in the early stages we have yet to generate results from these sections, so stay tuned.

Brianna is now a graduate student at Rice University, getting her PhD with Dr. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin (Fall 2021).

Jordan pritchard (spring 2018-Fall 2020)

Investigating the development of anoxia within the European epicontinental seaway during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. For this project, Jordan compared Pliensbachian to Toarcian samples from three European Basins (the Cleveland Basin, SW German Basin, and Paris Basin). In order to compare the development of anoxia Jordan analyzed the highly reactive iron, and pyrite iron contents of the samples. The samples for this project were provided by Drs. Karl Föllmi, Wolfgang Ruebsam, and João Trabucho-Alexandre.

Jordan is now a high school science teacher (Fall 2021).

Dalton anderson (Spring 2018)

Examining the record of anoxia across multiple basins spanning the Early Jurassic. For this project, Dalton compared Pliensbachian to Toarcian samples from British Columbia (Whiteaves Bay and Yakoun River) and Argentina (Chacay Melehue). In order to compare the development of anoxia Dalton analyzed the total iron, highly reactive iron, and pyrite iron contents of the samples. The samples for this project were provided by Drs. Aisha Al-Suwaidi and Andrew Caruthers.