Hi I'm Olii, I'm from the UK and moved to the US for my PhD. I did my undergrad and M.Sc. at the University of Oxford, where I focused on understanding specific drivers of mercury variability in sediments. Here at PSU, I'm following on with that work and relating sedimentary mercury variations to volcanic emissions in the geological past. 

I am interested in how the surface of earth reacts to environmental change on timescales resolvable in the rock record, and what drives those changes.  

Hello! I’m John Reams, a senior at Penn State University, where I’m pursuing a B.Sc. in Geoscience. My passion lies in studying geological events from the past that have significantly influenced global conditions. Looking ahead, I aim to delve deeper into physical modeling and also earn a minor in Geophysics.

As I wrap up my final requirements this year, I’ve been focusing on an exciting research project under the mentorship of Isabel Fendley. I’m investigating aerosol dispersion from the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which has been an incredible learning experience. This project involves gathering historical data, modeling the dispersion of aerosols, and analyzing the results to quantify the eruption's global effects. I am looking forward to finishing my research with Isabel and what avenues it will lead me to in the future. 

Hello! My name is Camilla Baumer. I completed my undergraduate degree in geography at Penn State and am now a PhD student in volcanology at Rutgers University. During my time at Penn State, I focused on using mercury in high-latitude sediment records as a proxy for Deccan Traps volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Building upon this work, my PhD focuses on how LIPs interact with global climate. My interests are fueled by understanding how volatiles are mobilized, stored, and released in volcanic systems, and how emissions drive environmental and climatic change over geological time. 

My name is Parker Diskin, I am a first-year student at Penn State. My major is geobiology, and I am specifically interested in how geology has helped document the Earth’s timeline. My project focuses on a group of drill samples from South Africa and the data they can provide about the Cretaceous-Paleogene Impact and the environment at the time of impact. 

Hi I’m Muaz! I currently work as a Catastrophe Analyst at Moody's, where I investigate the financial impacts of natural disasters globally.

For my M.Sc. project at Oxford, I explored the use of thermal desorption to investigate mercury host phase behaviour, to better understand its use as a proxy for ancient volcanism. The findings were published in 'Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.'