Student Scholars
Current MCL student scholars in alphabetical order.
Christian Cline
Grand Valley State University
Geology Major, Climate Science enthusiast
Email: [email protected]
Student scholar supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Christian joined MCL very recently and has shown interest in radiocarbbon dating of coretops on the ocean floor and building models of theoretical vs. actual sea floor age.
Jacob Dunwoody
Grand Valley State University
Geology Chemistry
Email: [email protected]
Gibson Scholar and researcher supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Jacob is working on a global calibration for both the δ18O and Mg/Ca proxies from shells of multiple planktonic foraminifer species.
Michael Grieb
Grand Valley State University
Integrated Science Secondary Education
Email: [email protected]
CSCE Scholar
Michael is working on taking the Mg/Ca paleothermometer down core in the eastern equatorial Pacific to explore changes in ocean thermal structure over the last 25,000 years.
Abraham Parsons
Grand Valley State University
Geology and Biology double major
McNair Scholar
Email: [email protected]
Student scholar supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Abraham is a new student scholar at MCL. His work will be focused on geochemistry of foram shells with a twist toward their biology.
Hugo Rainey
Grand Valley State University
Geology
Email: [email protected]
Gibson Scholar and researcher supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Hugo is working on developing an aragonite preservation proxy for marine sediments to quantify the buffering capacity of the ocean.