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JULY 2025 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "A multi-proxy paleotempestological reconstruction from Cabo Rojo, southwestern Puerto Rico" was accepted in Quaternary Science Reviews.
JULY 2025 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "A multi-proxy reconstruction of coastal processes and Lake Erie flood events from Magee Marsh, Northern Ohio" was accepted in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. This paper is authored by Mr. Sean Loeffler, recent ENV graduate and current MS student at the University of Victoria!
JUNE 2025 - A special thank you to OU's Dave Pemberton for writing an article about our research - check it out here.
APRIL 2025 - A warm welcome is given to Evan Oullette for his placement in the very competitive 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Welcome Evan!
MARCH 2025 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript " A 3700-year paleoenvironmental record from Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico: Applying multiple proxies to reconstruct late Holocene extreme events" was accepted in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. This paper is authored by Mr. Ethan Tiong, recent MS graduate!
MARCH 2025 - Dr. Bianchette's fellowship proposal “Improving the Detection of Natural Hazard Deposits in Sediment Cores: An Investigation into Machine Learning Techniques” was funded by Oakland University!
MARCH 2025 - Dr. Bianchette returned from an EXCELLENT week at ITESO in Guadalajara, MX. There, he exchanged ideas with colleagues and led numerous seminars to students and professionals on paleotempestology, extreme events, geospatial science, and field methods.
JANUARY 2025 - Meenu Das has joined the lab as a PhD student - welcome!
JULY 2024 - Congrats to Ethan Tiong for a successful M.S defense today! Job (very) well done!
JULY 2024 - Dr. Bianchette's research proposal "Holocene hurricane reconstructions from Western Mexico: Filling the gap from the under-studied coasts of Jalisco and Nayarit" was recommended for funding by the National Science Foundation!
JULY 2024 - Congrats to Joji, Bela, and Nick for a great summer of research!
APRIL 2024 - Dr. Bianchette and Ethan Tiong each presented research at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Honolulu!
APRIL 2024 - Dr. Bianchette received the Faculty Research Grant for his project "Multi-proxy analysis of lacustrine sediments from the interior of El Salvador: Do they contain evidence of extreme events?"! Ready to get started!
APRIL 2024 - A warm welcome to Nick Skinner, Bela Bivens, and Joji Vazquez for their placement in the very competitive 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Welcome!
AUGUST 2023 - Dr. Bianchette's manuscript "Machine learning based anomaly detection for sedimentological data: Application to a Holocene multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Laguna Boquita, Jalisco, Mexico" was accepted in the journal Marine Geology.
JUNE 2023 - Sean Loeffler received the prestigious Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry by the American Chemical Society!
MAY 2023 - Cade Koppen began working in the lab as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Welcome Cade!
APRIL 2023 - Ethan Tiong received the Provost Graduate Student Research Award for his proposal "A paleotempestological reconstruction of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico: An emphasis on flood signatures from Hurricane Maria." Congrats!
MARCH 2023 - Dr. Bianchette just returned from the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Denver. It was great to present recent research findings and see so many familar faces.
MARCH 2023 - Dr. Bianchette's Faculty Research Grant “Wetland sedimentological reconstructions in Michigan to detect storms and flood events on multi-centennial to - millennial timescales” has been funded by Oakland University!
AUGUST 2022 - Dr. Bianchette, along with collaborators from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the United States Geological Survey, just returned from a successful research investigation in the southern Peruvian Andes and coastal Peru! Lots of work to do...
MAY 2022 - Sean Loeffler began working in the lab as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Welcome Sean!
MARCH 2022 - Dr. Bianchette's manuscript "A 4000-year paleoenvironmental reconstruction and extreme event record from Laguna Nuxco, Guerrero, Mexico" was accepted in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
NOVEMBER 2021 - Dr. Bianchette was awarded the URC Faculty Fellowship for his project "Paleoenvironmental reconstruction from bofedales in the southern Peruvian Andes: a multisite and multiproxy investigation of climate, anthropogenic impacts, and water resources."
OCTOBER 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "Linking backbarrier lacustrine stratigraphy with spatial dynamics of shoreline retreat in a rapidly subsiding region of the Mississippi River Delta" was accepted in the journal Geomorphology.
SEPTEMBER 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "Differentiating hurricane deposits in coastal sedimentary records: two storms, one layer, but different processes" was accepted in the journal Environmental Research Communications.
JULY 2021 - Dr. Bianchette just returned from a successful 10-day fieldwork expedition in Puerto Rico!
JUNE 2021 - Oakland University just published an article about Dr. Bianchette's work - check it out here! OU professor reconstructs past hurricanes to study impact on coastal environments - 2021 - College of Arts and Sciences - News - OU Magazine - Oakland University
JUNE 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "Identifying forcing agents of environmental change and ecological response on the Mississippi River Delta, Southeastern Louisiana" was accepted in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
MAY 2021 - Dr. Bianchette and Ethan had successful research trips at Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh, NW Ohio.
MAY 2021 - Ethan Tiong began working in the lab as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Welcome Ethan!
APRIL 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's co-authored manuscript "Holocene environmental history of a freshwater wetland in southern Louisiana: A sedimentary record of delta development, coastal evolution, and human activities" was accepted in the Journal of Quaternary Science.
MARCH 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's National Science Foundation project "A multi-proxy approach to characterizing hurricane-derived deposits in coastal and inland environments" was officially transferred to Oakland University! Ready to get to work!
FEBRUARY 2021 - Dr. Bianchette's grant proposal entitled “Paleoenvironmental reconstructions from Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh, Northwestern Ohio: Understanding flood and climate histories from the wetland margins of Lake Erie” has been funded by Oakland University (Faculty Research Grant).
AUGUST 2020 - Dr. Bianchette begins at Oakland University!
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