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University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Advisor: Dr. Jamie McFarlin
August 2023-present
Studying paleoclimatology through the analysis of lipid biomarkers in high-latitude lakes. Analyzing branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) and δ2H of plant waxes from lake sediments as paleo temperature and precipitation proxies. Currently focusing on the comparison of the Younger-Dryas Holocene transition to present day warming conditions in both Arctic regions and the northeastern United States.
Past Research:
SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, New York
Department of Geological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Jacalyn Wittmer-Malinowski
May 2021-May 2023
Honors Thesis: A study of anthropogenic impact on the sedimentation of Conesus Lake, a western New York Finger Lake
Studied the anthropogenic impact of Conesus Lake since European colonization through the analysis of lake sediment cores. Analyzed the X-ray Fluorescence, magnetic susceptibility, loss on ignition, and diatoms from the sediment cores.
Kaitlyn in lab with a sediment core taken from Conesus Lake
University of Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Institute for Geography and Geology
DAAD RISE Award
June 2022-August 2022
Analyzed sediment cores and sediment surface samples from the southern basin of Schweriner See.
Kaitlyn in the field with sediment cores from Schweriner See, Germany
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