Current MCL student scholars in alphabetical order.

Christian Cline

Grand Valley State University

Geology Major, Climate Science enthusiast

Email: clinechri@mail.gvsu.edu

Student scholar supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Christian joined MCL very recently and has shown interest in radiocarbbon dating of coretops on the ocean floor and building models of theoretical vs. actual sea floor age.

Jacob Dunwoody

Grand Valley State University
Geology Chemistry 
Email: dunwoodj@mail.gvsu.edu

Gibson Scholar and researcher supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Jacob is working on a global calibration for both the δ18O and Mg/Ca proxies from shells of multiple planktonic foraminifer species.

Michael Grieb

Grand Valley State University
Integrated Science Secondary Education
Email: griebm@mail.gvsu.edu

CSCE Scholar

Michael is working on taking the Mg/Ca paleothermometer down core in the eastern equatorial Pacific to explore changes in ocean thermal structure over the last 25,000 years.

Abraham Parsons

Grand Valley State University

Geology and Biology double major

Email: parsoabr@mail.gvsu.edu

Student scholar supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Abraham is a new student scholar at MCL. His work will be focused on geochemistry of foram shells with a twist toward their biology.

Hugo Rainey

Grand Valley State University
Geology
Email: raineash@mail.gvsu.edu

Gibson Scholar and researcher supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Hugo is working on developing an aragonite preservation proxy for marine sediments to quantify the buffering capacity of the ocean.