People
Principle Investigator
William Leavitt
Assistant Professor of Earth Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
william.d.leavitt@dartmouth.edu
Faculty Profile
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Post-doctoral Scholars
Jeemin Rhim
Dartmouth Society of Fellows post-doctoral fellow
Ph.D., Geobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
Graduate Students
Carolynn (Carrie) Harris
Ph.D. student
B.A., Biology, Bates College
M.S., Marine Science, UT Austin
I am a Ph.D. student studying H-isotope fractionation in archaea. My interests include biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, and polar regions.
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Jiawen Li
Ph.D. student
B.S., Peking University
M.S., University of California, Los Angeles
I am interested in using isotope signatures, especially tools like clumped isotopes, to resolve the provenance of methane gases. My goal is to combine lab incubation and modeling to understand the mechanism of clumped isotope fractionation in methanogenesis and methane oxidation. My research are mainly in the field of biogeochemistry, stable isotope and clumped isotopes.
Laura Blum
M.S. student
B.A., Middlebury College
I'm interested in the way that microbes drive Earth's biogeochemical cycles, and are in turn influenced by their environments. I find questions about life origins as well as the evolution of microbial metabolism fascinating. At Dartmouth I am excited to study the relationships between archaeal lipid cyclization and environmental conditions among thermoacidophiles. In the future, I hope to continue to explore the limits of microbial life in Earth's unique ecosystems.
Josie Benson
M.S. student, co-advised with Sarah Slotznick
Research Staff
Beverly Chiu
Lab Manager & Research Assistant
B.S., Geology, Rutgers University
M.S., Geological Sciences, University of Delaware
Undergraduate Students
Öykü Mete '22
Sr. Thesis Student, Earth Sciences
Lucy Langenberg '22
Sr. Thesis Student, Biology
Rowan Gregoire '23
Honorary Members
