Teaching

This course introduces the field of micropaleontology, with particular emphasis on foraminifera. Lectures discuss various organisms encompassed under the field and the applications of each to biostratigraphy and environmental studies. The second half of the class is then spent working on individualized research projects in the lab for hands-on experience with foraminifera identification and quantification, and their practical applications to environmental research.

Writing and communicating your work is a central aspect of academic life. This course covers the general subject of academic study dissemination and guide the class participants through a series of writing and communication activities that will provide the opportunity to develop useful and necessary skills including how to write a formal abstract, preparing and presenting posters, conference talks, speed talks, understanding the peer-review process, academic papers, and writing proposals.

This practical course introduces all aspects of marine research, from project formulation and planning to data acquisition during a two day research cruise to analysis in the laboratory and final reporting of the results and their interpretations. First-hand experience with multibeam and sub-bottom mapping, ADCP, CTD, and piston and box coring is provided onboard the research vessel, while topics such as granulometry, geochemistry, micropaleontology, and seismic data processing and interpretation are covered afterwards.

This course brings students through training for qualification as basic scientific divers within the AAUS system (certified to do scientific work to 12 m). The primary training will give the students the ability to perform elementary scientific field tasks.

This intensive ten day course serves as a crash course to marine sedimentology and marine sediment core collection and analysis. This class includes a combination of expert lectures, and hands-on field and labwork on the shore of the Red Sea. Topics covered include granulometry, micropaleontology, and geochemistry with the ultimate aim of understanding how the seafloor records the environment around it.