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MCS Survey of the Blake Plateau

Nov 8, 2023 | Sabrina Reichert, PhD 2027

Description of MCS fieldwork: With the guidance of my advisors Harm Van Avendonk and Nathan Bangs, I have been analyzing marine seismic reflection data from the Blake Plateau and Carolina Trough regions, proximal to the Florida/Georgia/Carolinas coast. Our work draws from a combination of existing data (from International Ocean Drilling…

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A Day in the Life of an Interior Alaskan Geologist: Fieldwork as an Endurance Sport

Oct 24, 2023 | Isabella Muller, Phd 2026

Anyone who knows me would describe me as extreme. I live a life full of adventure, and, for me, it doesn’t get much more adventurous than the Alaskan interior. Upon the completion of my master’s degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, it was only fitting that I became an…

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Geoscientist Highlights

Oct 16, 2023 | Lucia Bellino, PhD 2027

Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth! We are celebrating by highlighting some incredible Hispanic geoscientists and providing related resources. To begin, we want to shine the spotlight on planetary geologist, Dr. Adriana Ocampo. Dr. Adriana Ocampo Dr. Adriana Ocampo was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1955, and then moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr….

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Experiences at Quadrennial Conferences

Aug 31, 2023 | Sinjini Sinha, Phd 2024

Scientific conferences are exciting occasions to be at and are certainly a crucial part of grad school life. Conferences give us the platform to share our research with our scientific communities, and beyond. Often the big conferences like the Geological Society of America (GSA), the American Geophysical Union (AGU) or…

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Jackson School Graduates: Where are They Now? Where Could You Go?

Jul 6, 2023 | Scarlette Hsia, PhD 2024 & Jana Abdullatif, MS 2023

So where do JSG graduates end up in the career web?  To unearth the career trajectories of JSG graduates, I started with Courtney Vletas, the Associate Director of Alumni Engagement. Every year, this office sends out a survey to recent post-graduates in an effort to consolidate the whereabouts of JSG…

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