Baylee Olds Graduate Student, Department of Geology and Geophysics I am a graduate student at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, under the advisement of Dr. Paul Brooks. My research focuses on the spatial variability of snow accumulation and ablation due to elevation, aspect, and vegetation. The sensitivity of water vapor loss from the snowpack […]
Read MoreIshmael Medina Department of Anthropology I have dedicated my research efforts to reconstructing Utah’s Indigenous maize farming niche and exploring the intricate relationships between farmers and their local ecology. With the guidance and support of my advisor, Dr. Brian Codding, I plan to expand this project to encompass the entirety of the continental U.S. By […]
Read MoreTristalee Mangin Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering Tristalee is pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She is working on two main projects under her advisor, Dr. Kerry Kelly – the SmartAir and Seed2Soil Indoor Air Quality projects. The SmartAir project intends to reduce local vehicle engine idling pollution using a dynamic, real-time display incorporating air […]
Read MorePheej Lauj (Pheng Lor) Graduate student, Environmental Humanities Pheej is an Environmental Humanities graduate student and Mellon Community Engagement Fellow at the University of Utah. For his Mellon fellowship, he partners with OCA Asian American Pacific Islander Advocates Utah to bridge environmental and sustainability resources and relationships to the Utah Asian and Pacific Islander (API+) communities. His […]
Read MoreJa’net Baide PhD student, Department of Anthropology Ja’net Baide is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. Ja’net’s research interests include isotope analysis, skeletal biology, and public health policy. For her dissertation, Ja’net will explore human migration patterns during the Medieval Climatic Anomaly to Little Ice Age and the health outcomes of migrants […]
Read MoreSeth Jackson Graduate, Department of Chemistry Seth is a current 2nd year graduate student at the University of Utah in the chemistry department. He did his undergraduate at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he studied the production of secondary organic aerosols in ozone reactions. He is currently studying conjugated polymers as organic mixed […]
Read MoreMadelyn Purnell Adapting to Change: Evolutionary History of Extremophile Nematodes in the Great Salt Lake Graduate, School of Biological Sciences I am currently a Graduate Student working with Dr. Michael Werner. I am researching past climate change on Great Salt Lake (GSL) and its effect on community structures and gene response in model eukaryotic organisms. […]
Read MoreKaedan O’Brien Researching prehistoric ecosystems and long-term climate change where modern humans originated Graduate, Department of Anthropology Kaedan O-Brien, PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, is using Wilkes Center funding to analyze the carbon, oxygen, and strontium stable isotopes from drilled fossil herbivore tooth enamel from Kenya. These three elements allow us to reconstruct past […]
Read MoreAbby Baka How humans have adapted to earlier changing climates Graduate, Department of Anthropology Abby is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology. Her research explores how humans used stone tools and other subsistence technologies to adapt to the ecological transformations—and associated dietary pressures—of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition on the Colorado Plateau. Her research designs are […]
Read MoreVivian Marcoux Climate Change and Cyanobacteria: What Awaits the Great Salt Lake? College of Science, Biology Department, Honors College I’m researching the growth of cyanobacteria at different levels of salinity to simulate the conditions of living in the Great Salt Lake, and determine the effects of increasing salinity on the local population of microbes. Undergraduate […]
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