Emily’s project is entitled, “Mapping the effects of drought on human evolution and East African ecosystems during the late Pleistocene using triple oxygen isotopes and bulk geochemistry in paleosols”
WAY TO GO EMILY!!!!!
Emily’s project is entitled, “Mapping the effects of drought on human evolution and East African ecosystems during the late Pleistocene using triple oxygen isotopes and bulk geochemistry in paleosols”
WAY TO GO EMILY!!!!!
Shuning’s 17O leaf water study from Mpala Kenya is now published in EPSL. Congratulations Shuning! This makes a nice contribution to the growing datasets of 17O variation in continental waters.
Emily Beverly has joined the group as a postdoctoral fellow. She’ll be working on triple oxygen isotopes in soils and paleosols.
As of last week, there are now two newly minted PhDs from the Hopkins stable isotope group: Dr. Sophie Lehmann and Dr. Huanting Hu.
The combination of their PhD theses represents a huge advance in our understanding of triple oxygen isotope distributions in animals, among other things (e.g. South African paleoclimate and pCO2 in the Cretaceous!).
Sophie Lehmann
Thesis Title: “Studies of Carbon, Oxygen and Strontium Isotopes in Tooth Enamel: Evaluating Paleoenvironmental Change in South Africa and Expanding the Paleoclimate Tool Kit”
advisor: Naomi Levin
next stop: postdoc at University of Pittsburgh
Huanting Hu
Thesis Title: “Triple Oxygen Isotopes of Biominerals: A New Proxy for Reconstructing Paleoaridity, Paleoecophysiology and Paleocarbon-Cycling”
advisor: Ben Passey
next stop: postdoc at Rice University
Nice work Sophie and Huanting!
We’re in the process of getting set up at UM after closing shop at JHU in May. Stay tuned for updates as lab group grows and the lab itself becomes operational again.