Student Scholars

Current MCL student scholars in alphabetical order.

Jacob Dunwoody standing in front of a rock formation

Jacob Dunwoody

Grand Valley State University
Geology Chemistry 
Email: [email protected]

Gibson Scholar

Jacob is working on a global calibration for both the δ18O and Mg/Ca proxies from shells of multiple planktonic foraminifer species.


Micheal Grieb smiling at the camera

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.


John Jachalke

Grand Valley State University
Earth Science
Email: [email protected]

Gibson Scholar

John is working on taking the δ18O proxy down core to explore changes in surface ocean hydrography and sea level over thousands of years.


Hugo Rainey

Grand Valley State University
Geology
Email: [email protected]

Gibson Scholar

Hugo is working on developing an aragonite preservation proxy for marine sediments to quantify the buffering capacity of the ocean.



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