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Erik Oddsund

Connecticut College Senior, Class of 2022

Erik joined the lab officially the summer of 2021 and is continuing that research now in his senior year.  He is  working on an Honor's Thesis titled Identifying fossil species of the diatom Eunotia to unravel past climages and ancient lake conditions.

       
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Emanuel Eagle

Connecticut College Senior, Class of 2022

Emanuel joined the lab officially the summer of 2019 and is continuing that research now in his senior year.  He is  working on an Honor's Thesis titled Climate Trends in the Northeastern USA from 1960-2018.

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Rick Canavan

Connecticut College Class of 1993

Rick completed an Honor's Thesis that earned him the Oakes and Louise Ames Prize at his graduation in 1993. He received an MS in Soil Science from Cornell University (1996) and a PhD in Biogeochemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is currently working as an environmental consultant.

 

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Ilana April Pendrock

Connecticut College, Class of 2000

Ilana worked in the Laboratory from 1998 to 2000. Her honor's thesis was entitled "The paleolimnological reconstruction of Hamblin Pond, Barnstable, MA., U.S.A."  She received her M.A. in Museum Education from Bank Street College of Education and a degree in Early Childhood Leadership. She teaches science to children in The Science and Nature Program at the American Museum of Natural History. 

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Toby Ahrens

Connecticut College, Class of 1999

Toby worked in the laboratory from 1997 through 1999, and completed an Honor's Thesis which was revised for publication: Trophic conditions and water chemistry of lakes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Lake and Reservoir Management 16(4): 268-280.  Toby received his Ph.D from Stanford's Geological and Environmental Sciences and currently works as a Program Director at FocusMaine, founded to create jobs in Maine.