Research Blog

#GSA2019 Here we are! We made it. Got the poster finished and printed out. Shared the flight with the research group and many more Davis...

#Birthday #MicroMill

#GIS #Map #Cave I've been working on our research poster for GSA and took the time to digitize the cave map from California Caverns--just...

#ColumnChemistry #LabWork Here is the set up for running column chemistry to extract Sr ions from our samples. Babs trained me on running...

Here are previous samples from Liz's work. I was given these samples to finish out the column chemistry that Liz had started. From...

One of the first days of sample collection for the South African project. Babs and Isabel trained me on the micromill machine and how to...

#LilburnCave #KingsCanyon #NationalPark Babs had been collecting monthly samples from Lilburn Cave and this time was able to invite me...

#CaliforniaCaverns #sampling Well, we finally got to go back into California Caverns safely. However a large part of the cave was still...

#TYScience2019 As part of her outreach and collaboration within her Ph.D., Babs created and led a panel of renown scientists in various...

#UCDavis #URC My abstract was accepted and I got to present my part of the research at the Undergraduate Research Conference! My...

As we're prepping to collect samples from Lilburn, Babs is preparing Ellie and I for the rock climbing aspect of climbing down into the...

Babs, Ellie, and I were able to get some lab time in with the ICMPS laser ablation machine thanks to Cait/Howie. We ran the new thin...

This week we had a surprise visitor in our research group meeting. Isabel's pupper made an appearance!

Babs got word that California Caverns was experiencing interior flooding due to the excessive rain from the past couple weeks. The owners...

Kim was able to come this time for the monthly sampling event at California Caverns. We had a little trouble collecting one of the...

Went with Babs to California Caverns for the first time! Collected drip water samples and timed the speed of the drips, along with...