People | Current and Former Lab Members

Graduate Students

Current

  • 2018- Hailey Reichelson, PhD student (principal advisor)
  • 2017 Vera Lawson, PhD student (principal advisor)
  • 2016- Hagar Hauzer, PhD student The Hebrew University (co-advisor)

Former

  • 2012-18 Weimin Si, (PhD student co-advisor; currently postdoc Brown Uni.). Thesis title: “Evolution and paleobiology of Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera and coccolithophores”
  • 2009-14 Julie Kalansky, PhD student (principal advisor; currently Program/Project Manager, California-Nevada Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes) Thesis title: “Internal and forced variability of the equatorial Pacific Ocean and ITF during the Holocene”
  • 2007-14 Tali Babila, PhD student (principal advisor; currently postdoc Southampton Uni. UK). Thesis title: “Boron/calcium in planktonic foraminifera: proxy development and application to the Paleocene-Eocene boundary”
  • 2010-12 Katherine Esswein, MSc (principal advisor; lab manager Lamont Doherty Earth Institute). Thesis title: “Patterns of climate variability in the western equatorial Pacific during the Common Era”
  • 2002-08 Sindia Sosdian, PhD student (principal advisor; currently Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK), Thesis title: “Climate transitions across the Cenozoic: insights from elemental ratios in benthic foraminifera and marine gastropods”
  • 2004-08 Kate Jordan, MSc student (principal advisor; currently at educator Liberty Science Museum). Thesis title: “Evaluating carbonate saturation effects on magnesium calcium core top calibration in benthic foraminifera”
  • 2006-07 Kuo-Fang Huang(Visiting PhD student; currently associate Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica Taiwan)
  • 2005-07 Emily Clinch, MSc student (principal advisor; now high school teacher NYC) Thesis title: “Scientific Literacy and Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University”

Post-Doctoral Advisees

Current

  • 2016 Samantha Bova (Brown U.)
  • 2016 Xiaoli Zhou (Syracuse U.)

Former

    • 2015-16 Patrick Grunert (Professor University of Cologne Germany)
    • 2014-16 Paola Moffa-Sanchez (Assist Professor Durham University, UK)
    • 2011-15 Stella Woodard (Researcher, SUNY Brockport; Founder of Global Aquatic Research)
    • 2013-14 Morgan Schaller (Assistant Professor at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute)
    • 2010-13 Audrey Morley (Lecturer, National University Ireland, Galway, Ireland)
    • 2010-14 Tali Mass (Assoc. professor; Haifa University, Israel)
    • 2010-11 Wenge Jiang (researcher McGill University Canada)
    • 2008-10 Allison Farnzese (Assistant prof. Hostos Community College NY)
    • 2006-07 Bridget Wade (Professor, University College of London, UK)
    • 2002-04 Thibault de Garidel-Thoron (Research scientist, CEREGE, France)
    • 2002-05 Dyke Andreasen (Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz)
    • 2001-04 Bas Vandeschootbrugge (Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
    • 2001-04 Caroline Lear (Professor, Cardiff University, UK)
    • 2001-04 Trevor Bailey (Curator, Cardiff Geological Museum, UK