Even more fun

Post date: Jul 26, 2013 5:49:21 PM

My last two weeks at the History of Life internship have been far more enjoyable and interesting that the first few (the first few weeks were fun, the last two have been even more fun). Project work has been challenging, but is definitely a learning experience. Our group is trying to figure out the relationship between ostracod fossils in petroleum causing an increase in biomass in the area. We are doing lots of R programming as well as Excel work.

I enjoyed both of the recent field trips. The art museum was much more fascinating than I envisioned, as the many face masks (pictured here) and paintings made me appreciate the detail that artists use in their work.

Furthermore, the Berkeley Hayward Fault field trip helped me understand how engineer plan building construction in order to be earthquake safe (Memorial stadium, for example, pictured here). We also sorted many ancient fossils, which was different because we had to use our own classification method, not one that already existed. I am already looking forward to the final presentation, which I hope goes very well for our group!