Previous lab members that have recently moved on, include:
Francesca Governali is a member of the Class of 2018 at Dartmouth College where she pursued a major in Earth Science modified with Biology and an International Studies minor. Her hope is to mix these three courses of study and travel while studying the natural world. So far, this interest has taken her to research projects in Massachusetts, Tasmania, Greenland and California. During her time at Dartmouth, she was a leader in the Outing Club. She enjoys spending time outside hiking, biking, kayaking, and skiing.
Ruth Heindel is a postdoctoral research fellow working with the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER and the Boulder Creak CZO. She recently finished her PhD at Dartmouth College, where she worked with Dr. Ross Virginia studying wind-driven soil erosion in Greenland and phosphorus cycling in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Before graduate school, Ruth worked as a middle and high school teacher, where she developed a passion for communicating science. In college, Ruth studied abroad at the University Centre in Svalbard, spent a summer as an REU student at Toolik Lake in Alaska, skied across the Juneau Icefield with the Juneau Icefield Research Program, and volunteered at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre.
Julia Bradley-Cook is a former PhD candidate in Dartmouth’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program researching soil organic carbon in the Arctic. Her dissertation research focused on environmental constraints on the temperature sensitivity of soil carbon mineralization in western Greenland. Her broader interests include: ecosystem ecology, carbon cycling, decomposition, spatial scaling, environmental change, science policy, and climate change communication. Her three-minute research video won the 2012 NSF IGERT Video and Poster Competition. She received a BA in biology from Grinnell College. Before attending graduate school, she worked at the Gobebeb Center and the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, and at Climate Central, a climate change science media organization. She hails from New York City (read Julia’s blog post on finding the Arctic in New York City) and spends her free time enjoying the outdoors and doing anything that involves live music or Ben & Jerry’s—or, preferably, both.
Phoebe Racine is a member of the class of 2014 at Dartmouth College. She is a double major in Environmental Studies and Anthropology, though her specific area of interest is in global fisheries and sustainable seafood. On campus, she was actively involved with Native Americans at Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Native American Program, and her sorority, Kappa Delta Epsilon. In her spare time, Phoebe likes to go exploring, read a good book, and practice cooking.
Leehi Yona is member of the Class of 2016 at Dartmouth College. She is passionate about the interconnectedness of climate science, policy, social justice and the role of youth in these issues. Her interests have taken her to a Northern Forum youth conference in Yukon Territory, Canada and the Rio+20 and COP18 United Nations climate conferences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Doha, Qatar, where she spoke on an Arctic Council panel as a youth representative. A recipient of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec’s Youth Medal, Leehi was recently named one of Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25. She loves to paint Impressionist art, make pottery, and drink tea.
Wanda Czerwinski is a member of the class of 2017 at Dartmouth College, where she hopes to pursue a double major in English and Biology. During her junior and senior years of high school, Wanda competed on a five-member Envirothon team where she learned about the interconnectedness of natural resource areas and the roles humans play in effectively managing these resources. At Dartmouth, she is learning that she is passionate about the humanities and environmental policy, and she has also managed to reconfirm her suspicion that she wants nothing to do with math. She greatly appreciates the fact that she is able to attend a college where it is possible to see hundreds of stars at night. In her free time—of which she has none—Wanda enjoys badgering her pen pals to write her back, running, and reclining on soft surfaces for extended periods of time.