Miguel Rincon
Technician

Miguel has extensive geochemistry and laboratory management experience and shares his time between the Stott and Feakins labs.

Michael Cheetham
Graduate Student
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*awarded Martin Van Couvering Award by Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation to attend the Western Region SPE and the Cordilleran Section GSA, Anaheim, CA May 2010.

Hannah Liddy
Graduate Student

Started in July 2011

Paulina Pinedo
Graduate Student

rotation August 2011-October 2011

Undergraduate Earth Science Students' Research:

Alexa Sieracki
Earth Sciences and Chemistry (Double Major) Undergraduate

Interests in Organic Geochemistry, Geochemistry, Vulcanology and Energy.

Awarded competitive WiSE undergraduate research fellowship Summer 2011. Organic Geochemistry based research on the African project.

Awarded SOAR Grant in 2010/11 for research project: microtephra analysis of marine sediments in DSDP Site 231 below 4Ma.

Non-Major Research Experiences:

Jacob Leonard
Undergraduate

Lab internship assisting with sample processing for the DSDP Site 231 project.

Kyle McAhlaney
Undergraduate Chemistry Major

Lab internship assisting with sample processing for the DSDP Site 231 project.

Lab Alumni:

Jack Seeley
Earth Sciences Undergraduate

Interests in Vulcanology & Planetary Science

Awarded SOAR Grant in 2010/11 for research project: microtephra analysis of marine sediments in DSDP Site 231 below 4Ma.

PGGURP Intern at Brown University in Summer 2011.

Graduated from USC May 2012.

Susan Oh
Earth Sciences Undergraduate

Avidly reading about geoforensics techniques and applications whilst learning organic geochemistry lab skills.

Graduated from USC May 2012.

Megan McDonald
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate

Field assistant at Zaca and assisting with Zaca Lake organic geochemistry.

Assists with laboratory and field engineering projects.

Intern at URI in oceanographic research in Summer 2011.

Graduated from USC May 2012.

Zhilin (Jeff) Zhang
Petroleum Engineering Masters

Organic Geochemstry internship working on preparation and analytical methods assisting with the Zaca Lake, ANDRILL and DSDP Site 231 projects.

Graduated from USC Summer 2012.

Now working for Baker-Hughes, Bakersfield as a Petroleum Engineer.

Vincent Nguyen
Biology Undergraduate

Lab internship assisting with sample processing for the DSDP Site 231 project.

Kristan Culbert
Earth Sciences Undergraduate Graduated from USC December 2011.

Field assistant at Carpinteria Salt Marsh and assisting with Zaca sample preparation.

Lesley Petrie
Earth Sciences Undergraduate

Field assistant during sediment coring at Zaca Lake. Directed research on hydrogen isotope systematics of modern vegetation around Zaca Lake.
*Awarded ESRAP research fellowship Summer 2009
*Awarded competitive WiSE undergraduate research fellowship Fall 2009
*Honorable mention in Undergraduate Research Symposium, USC Spring 2010
*Senior Thesis completed Dec 2010.
*Currently working on curation of the Snowmastodon Project at the Denver Natural History Museum, CO after working on the dig.

Isabel Romero
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sept 2009-Aug 2010

Romero, I.C. and Feakins, S.J. (2011) Spatial gradients in plant leaf wax D/H across a coastal salt marsh in southern California. Organic Geochemistry, 42, 618-629 doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.04.001.

Site: UCNRS Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, California.

Now postdoctoral researcher in David Hollander's Lab at USF.