Marina Benson | Sc.B. Geology–Biolog

• A.B. Music; Summer 2022 coastal ecology research at MBL; Summer 2023 Voss Fellowship to continue research; presented at 2024 NE GSA; attended 2022 SBFT; Hope Chatterton Prize; co-chair Brown Opera Productions; vocalist and clarinetist in many groups.

• Thesis: Edgartown Great Pond is Turning Green! The Ecological Impacts of Nitrogen Pollution on Coastal Estuaries (D. Ibarra)

Jonah Bernstein-Schalet | Sc.B. Geology–Biology

• 2022 paleoclimate research with T. Herbert; 2023 Voss Fellowship for research in biogeochemistry of burned areas with D. Ibarra; presented at 2023 AGU and 2024 NE GSA; TA for EEPS 220, head TA for EEPS 230; gear committee head for 2022 SBFT, co-leader of 2023 SBFT; personal trainer.

• Thesis: Linking Stream Chemistry to Soil Biogeochemistry to Investigate the Environmental Legacy of Wildfire in Oregon’s West Cascades (D. Ibarra)

Natalie Chang | A.B. Geology–Biology

• A.B. Modern Culture & Media; Summer 2022 UTRA for paleoclimate research with D. Ibarra; TA for EEPS 10; attended 2022 SBFT; member of Impulse and Mezcla dance groups; script writer for SciToons; video content creator for BDH Post magazine.

Lorenzo Davidson | Sc.B. Geology–Physics/Mathematics

• Spring 2022 UTRA and Summer 2022 RI EPSCoR research with B. Fox-Kemper; co-leader for 2022 SBFT; Summer 2023 whale research as NOAA Hollings Scholar; presented at 2024 Ocean Science Conference; TA for EEPS 240 and 1330; member of Scientists for a Sustainable World; club Frisbee.

• Thesis: The Role of Krill in Blue Whale Habitat Use in the California Current Ecosystem (E. Di Lorenzo)

Evan Donnachie | A.B. Geology–Biology

• A.B. Literary Arts (Honors); Phi Beta Kappa; research with M. Hastings on Providence air quality; Summer 2022 NSF REU research in Alaska; presented at fall 2022 LTER Meeting; Summer 2023 NSF IRES research in Austria and India; presented at 2024 SICB meeting; TA for EEPS 220 and 160; co-president GeoDUG.

Maxwell Ferguson | A.B. Geology–Biology

• Summer 2023 UTRA for paleoclimate research with T. Herbert; TA for EEPS 10; contributed to Brown Science Olympiad; campus tour guide; Problem Solving Fellow; performed in two musicals and short play; pickleball,

• Thesis:  A Foraminiferal Analysis of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the Pliocene and the Driving Forces of δ 18O (T. Herbert)

Aaron Freeman | Sc.B. Geology–Biology

• Summer 2022 UTRA research on South American paleoclimate with J. Russell; presented at 2023 AGU; TA for EEPS 10 and 220; study abroad New Zealand; intramural soccer, volleyball; Old Time String Band.

• Thesis: Temperature and Hydroclimate Variations in the Central Andes Reconstructed Using Sedimentary Organic Biomarkers from Lake Piuray, Peru (J Russell)

Duncan Silbaugh Jurayj* | A.B. Geology–Biology

• Paleoclimate research with T. Herbert; Summer 2022 REU at Washington State University; Summer 2023 research with NASA SARP; presented at 2023 AGU; Summer 2024 UTRA for remote sensing vegetation research with L. Smith.

• *Will complete in Fall 2024.

Patrick McCann | A.B. Geology–Chemistry

• A.B. Computer Science; Summer 2022 UTRA with A. Saal on slab window volcanism; TA for EEPS 230, Chemistry, and CS; attended 2022 SBFT and co-head gear committee for 2023 SBFT; helped with Brown’s Science Olympiad.

Gavin Christopher Miller | A.B. Geological Sciences

• Varsity football; TEAM IPACT leader; Athletic Multicultural Alliance council member; TA for EEPS 10 and 50.  

Isaiah Olds-Campanile | A.B. Geology–Physics/Mathematics

• A.B. Education Studies; Summer 2022 NSF REU at Columbia University; Summer 2023 UTRA with B. Hodgin helping to prepare field course; TA for EEPS 10 and 1250; attended 2022 and 2023 SBFT, co-leader for 2024 SBFT; played in jazz combo.

• Thesis: Unraveling a Complex History of Glacial Advance, Sea-Level Rise, and Glacio-tectonic Deformation on Block Island (B. Hodgin)

Joseph Pate | A.B. Geological Sciences 

• A.B. Computer Science; 2021 UTRA for planetary research with I. Daubar; TA for EEPS 10 and one CS course; intramural soccer, volleyball, and running club; member of Brown Debating Union.

• Lunar Basin Constraints on Global KREEP Distribution (A. Evans)

Emma Perkins** | Sc.B. Geology–Physics/Mathematics

• A.B. Applied Mathematics; Juneau Ice Field program summer 2021; research at NCAR 2022-2023; TA for EEPS 10, 50, 220, 240 and two DATA courses; attended 2022 SBFT; participated in Taekwondo; volunteered with Inspiring Minds. 

• Thesis: Predicting Snow Structures Relevant to Reindeer Husbandry (A. Lynch)

• **Completed in Fall 2023.

Jacqueline Rice | A.B. Geology–Biology

• Sc.B. Environmental Science; TA for one ENVS course.

Parker Simon | A.B. Geological Sciences 

• Sc.B. Computer Science; Spring 2023 study abroad in New Zealand, including paleoclimate research; TA for 3 CS courses; attended 2022 SBFT; co-leader for GeoDUG 2021-2022; treasurer of Climbing Club 2023-2024.

Whitney Vieira Ribeiro | A.B. Geology–Biology

• Summer 2023 REU for fossil gastropod research at Yale; presented results at fall 2023 GSA; research in D. Ibarra lab; TA for EEPS 10; attended 2022 and 2023 SBFT, co-chair of field guide committee 2024; board member Disability Justice at Brown. 

• Thesis: Tracking the Impact of the K/Pg on Pelagic Shark Diversity Using Dermal Denticles (D. Ibarra)

Emily Starr Wagg | A.B. Geology–Chemistry 

• Campus tour guide and tour coordinator; Summer 2022 research on the Gulf of Maine; Spring 2023 study abroad in New Zealand; presented at 2023 GSA; BOLT leader and mentor; TA for EEPS 10, 50, and 240; organized GISP on using fabric art for science communication. 

Pittayuth "Poom" Yoosiri | Sc.B. Geology–Physics/Mathematics

• A.B. Urban Studies; ​​Summer 2022 research on sea ice; presented at 2022 AGU; Summer 2023 research at Univ. Bonn through DAAD RISE Germany program; TA for EEPS 10, 160N, 850, and 1430; co-head field guide committee for 2022 SBFT; Treasurer for Brown Outing Club and Thai Student Association. 

• Thesis: Significant Daytime Warming in the Pampas and Chaco Regions from Agricultural Expansion (J. Lee)

Theodore Bobik*

• Sc.M. – Filling in the Gaps: Paleosols as Regional Recorders of Hydroclimatic Change in Northeast China at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (D. Ibarra)

Sarah Bowers

• Sc.M. –  Imaging The Antarctic Lithosphere with Sp Receiver Functions (K. Fischer)

Vivian Chen

• Sc.M.  – Assessing the Co-burden of Air Quality and Noise Pollution in Providence, RI (M. Hastings)

Xi Chen

• Sc.M.  – Orographic Effect of Rocky Mountains and the Seasonal Contrast (J. Lee)

Allie Coonin

• Sc.M. –  Spatiotemporal Sea-Level Fingerprinting of Meltwater Pulse 1A Reveals Pole-to-Pole Cascade of Ice Loss (H. Lau)

Justin Custado

• Sc.M. – Constraining the Modern Hydrological Balance of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: Insights from Stable Isotopes (¹⁸O and ²H) (D. Ibarra)

Brianna Hoegler

• Sc.M. – Lipid Biomarkers Globally Reveal Synchronous Plio-Pleistocene Global Cooling: Revising the ODP Site 1090 Sea Surface Temperature Record (T. Herbert)

Peter Van Katwyk

• Sc.M. – LSTM Emulators of Sea Level Contribution from the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets (K. Bergen) 

Bradley Lockhart*

• Sc.M. – Modeling Active Layer Thickness Responses for High and Low Resolution CMIP6 Global Climate Models (A. Lynch) 

Maria Luísa Rocha Santos Da Silva

• Sc.M. – Enhancing Sea Ice Concentration Resolution in a Northern Sea Route Strait Using a Generative Adversarial Network (A. Lynch)

Margaret Wilson*

• Sc.M. – Water Cycling in Hydrated Minerals Under Mars-relevant Conditions (R. Milliken)

Desmond Yeo

• Sc.M. – New Stratigraphic Evidence for an Old Crow Tephra Age of 174 ka from Imuruk Lake, Alaska (Y Huang & J. Russell)

*Completed in February 2024.

Danny Anderson

• Subduction and Rift Processes: Their Effects on Mantle Heterogeneities and Magmatism at the Antarctic Peninsula and Surrounding Mid-ocean Ridges (A. Saal)

Darien Florez

• The Physics of Multiphase Magmatic Systems: Compaction-Driven Phase Separation and Eruption Dynamics (C. Huber) 

Matthew Jones

• A New Paradigm for Planetary Evolution? Lunar Structure and Composition Explained by the South Pole–Aitken Impact (A. Evans)

Hannah Krueger

• Exploring Complexities in the Earth’s Upper Mantle and Connecting Approaches to Inclusivity in the Earth Sciences (K. Fischer) 

Laura Lark

• Influence of Compositional Structure on Planetary Geological Evolution (J. Head, C. Huber)

Melissa "Melly" Meyer

• Disentangling Primary and Diagenetic Signals in Remotely Sensed Sedimentary Rock Records: Lessons from Earth and Mars (R. Milliken)

Bryce Mitsunaga

• High- and Low-latitude Forcing of African Hydroclimate and Vegetation Across the Plio-Pleistocene Boundary (T. Herbert & J. Russell)

Fiona Nichols-Fleming

• Geophysical Evolution of the Moon and Asteroid 16 Psyche (A. Evans)