Undergraduate Laboratory Researcher
Current• Assists with paleoenvironmental research of southern Peru and the arid Peruvian Andes• Uses loss on ignition to analyze sediment samples for water, organic, carbon, and silicate content• Operates a SALD-2300 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer to measure sediment diameter• Certified Operator of Olympus Vanta C Series XRF scanner used in high-resolution geochemical analysis