Principal Investigator
Dr. Lauren Simkins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia. She graduated with a BS from Oklahoma State (2009), a PhD from the University of California Santa Barbara (2014), and was a post-doc at Rice University prior to arriving at the University of Virginia in 2018. Lauren uses the geological record to inform contemporary glacial processes and marine-based ice sheet behavior. Lauren is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Curriculum vitae | Google Scholar | Twitter
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Graduate Researchers
Cesar Garcia is PhD student, LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Scholar, and Dean's Doctoral Fellowship Scholar. His project focuses on the causes of spatially variable seafloor radiocarbon ages on the Antarctic continental shelf. He holds a BS in Geology from Indiana University Northwest (2019) and has expertise in beach sediments and microplastics.
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Allison Lepp is a PhD student working on the Thwaites Glacier Offshore Research (THOR) project, part of the US-UK International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. She holds a MS degree in Earth and Environmental Science from Montclair State University (2018) and a BS degree in Geology with a concentration in Environmental Geology from Georgia State University (2014).
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Marion McKenzie is a PhD student studying the glacial and sea level history of the Puget Lowlands in Washington State using LiDAR, outcrops, coastal sediment cores, and geochronology. She has a BS from Gettysburg College (2019) and comes to UVA with experience working on subglacial bedforms and Arctic permafrost degradation.
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Santiago Munevar Garcia is a PhD student studying the sensitivity of ice streams to subglacial topography by integrating geological observations and numerical models. He has a BS in Geography and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (2018) and has research experience with fluvial hydrology and modelling.
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