Current

Bryant Pahl

E-mail:  bpahl@uci.edu

Bryant (B.S. in Earth Science from UC Santa Barbara) is researching past hydroclimate variability of Mexico utilizing stable isotope and trace element variations in a last interglacial stalagmite from northeast Mexico.

Lab Alumni

Elizabeth W. Patterson (Ph.D. awarded August 2023)

Current position:  Postdoctoral Researcher at William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

E-mail:  pattersone11@wpunj.edu  Website

Elizabeth (M.S. in geoscience from the University of Arizona; B.S. in geology from Bates College) researched past hydroclimate variability of Southeast Asia over the last 45,000 years with climate model output and speleothem records (oxygen and carbon isotopes, trace elements, calcium isotopes) from central Vietnam.

Kevin Wright (Ph.D. awarded October 2021)

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Kevin (B.A. in Anthropology from UC Berkeley; Post-Baccalaureate in geology from CSU Bakersfield) researched past variations in Northeast Mexican hydroclimate utilizing stable isotope and trace element variations in speleothems.

Jessica K. Wang (Ph.D. awarded January 2020)

Current position: Teaching Faculty in Meteorology at Bellevue College

E-mail: jessica.k.wang@bellevuecollege.edu   Website

Jessica (B.S. in meteorology at Texas A&M University) researched Southeast Asian monsoon history over the last 2,000 years utilizing stable isotope variations in speleothems from Laos.

Christopher T. Wood (Ph.D. awarded December 2019)

Current position: Senior Mass Spectrometer Technician at Earth and Environmental Science Laboratories in Wellington, New Zealand

E-mail:  c.wood@gns.cri.nz   Website 

Chris (B.A. in geology from UNC Wilmington) researched Southeast Asian monsoon history over the last 37,000 years utilizing trace element variations in speleothems from Laos.