Research Interests
Research Interests
I am interested in biogeochemical, hydrogeochemical, and geospatial analysis of aqueous environments.
I am interested in biogeochemical, hydrogeochemical, and geospatial analysis of aqueous environments.
2025 - Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer.
I assist with field work including water sample collection, setting up and running ERI lines, water and sediment chemistry characterization, and mentorship of undergraduate students.
2025 - Using Legacy Cores to Enhance Collaborations between Scientists and Educators.
Link to program page: School of Rock – JOIDES Resolution
2024 - International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 403, Eastern Fram Strait Paleo-Archive.
I apply geochemistry techniques to Arctic sediments to reconstruct bottom-water redox conditions and disentangle glacial meltwater redox conditions during key climate transitions. Additionally, I have funding to support an undergraduate student carrying out a microscopy project with the samples.
Link to Expedition page: iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/eastern_fram_strait_paleo_archive.html
2025 Tephra Microscopy.
Microscopy work of tephras from Scotia Sea samples.
2023 - International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 386, Japan Trench Paleoseismology.
I carried out geochemical analyses and sequential chemical extraction of trench sediments, in addition to mentorship of undergraduate and graduate (M.Sc.) students.
2023 - 2025 Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 175.
Co-mentored M.Sc. student, supervision of Purdie Scholar, and contributed to geochemical analyses.
2023 Tephra Sampling.
I spent one week at the University of Bremen (Germany) identifying and sampling tephra intervals from core sections recovered during R/V Polarstern PS119 Expedition.
2022 - International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 397, Iberian Margin Paleoclimate.
I apply geochemistry techniques to North Atlantic sediments to investigate changes in deep-water ventilation over the last 5 million years, and the supervision of undergraduate student researchers.
Link to Expedition page: https://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/iberian_margin_paleoclimate.html
2022 - Deep-Water Oxygenation Offshore Southern California, Expedition RR2206.
I developed research projects for undergraduate students, carried out geochemistry analyses and supervised undergraduate research students.
2022 - 2023 Investigating the Water Quality of Sanborn Lake in Stillwater, OK using Geochemical Techniques.
Sanborn Lake is an understudied lake within Oklahoma, and to better understand the water quality and geochemical processes occurring, I developed a research project to address these parameters. I supervised an undergraduate student who worked on the project between 2022-2023, where they presented results from the study at the Geological Society of America (GSA) South Central Meeting in 2023.
2022 - 2025 Water Research, Assessment, and Networking Ecosystem (WRANE), Graduate Research Assistant.
My responsibilities as a Graduate Research Assistant included scheduling meetings, engaging with the cohort of teachers and students, assisting with workshops and online materials, assisting with research carried out by the WRANE cohorts, and developing virtual materials.
2021 - 2023 Argentine Basin Project, R/V Meteor M78/2 and R/V Sonne SO2060.
I carried out geochemistry analyses and supervised an undergraduate student researcher.
2021 - 2022 Ohio Air Quality Thriving Earth Exchange Project, American Geophysical Union (AGU).
I carred out GIS and Science Communication, including the development of an ArcGIS StoryMap and associated geospatial analyses for the project.
2021 - East Scotia Sea Project, R/V Polarstern PS119 Expedition.
I carried out geochemistry analyses and developed research projects, co-mentored two M.Sc. students, and supervised undergraduate research students.
2020 - 2021 Kiamichi River Hydrology Study Thriving Earth Exchange Project, American Geophysical Union (AGU).
I served as a Co-Community Lead for the project.
2020 - Water Quality Community Science Initiative, Oklahoma.
I developed and lead a water quality community science project in Oklahoma. This involves visiting waterbodies in Oklahoma and testing for different parameters. The project is funded through an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Voices for Science Microgrant.
Read about it in Chapter 4 of the Geoscience in Action: Advancing Sustainable Development https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000384826 and via an AGU Blog Post: https://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2021/07/26/community-science-as-a-method-of-scicomm-and-scipol/
2019 - 2021 The Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals in the Kiamichi River Basin (KRB), Southeast Oklahoma.
Haygood, L. A. (2021). The Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals in the Kiamichi River Basin (KRB), Southeast Oklahoma (Master Thesis, The University of Tulsa).
My M.Sc. research included summer and winter seasonal sampling. The sampling included collecting samples of surface water, groundwater, sediment, soil, and plant samples. I additionally worked with mussel species collected by the Vaughn Research Group at OU.
2019 - 2021 Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Manager, Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Tulsa.
My responsibilities included maintaining the Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS), preparing and analyzing samples via the IRMS, and maintaining laboratory supplies.
2018 - 2019 Testing an Ion Chromatography Technique to Extract REEs from Carbonates, The University of Tulsa.
Senior Thesis (SP 2019)
Undergraduate Research (FA 2018)
Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (SU 2018)
SU 2017 Determining CO2 Contents in Vesicles of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) Glass via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR), The University of Tulsa.
Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge.