
Dr. Erin Black (she/her)
Assistant Professor
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2018 Ph.D. Chemical Oceanography MIT/WHOI Joint Program
2008 M.S. Earth Sciences Dartmouth College
2006 B.A. Geology Skidmore College

Mariya Cyriac
Ph.D. Student
2019 M.S. Hydrochemistry Cochin University of Science and Technology
2017 B.S. Chemistry St.Aloysius College Edathua – Mahatma Gandhi University
Research: Uranium in the Arctic Ocean; Radioisotope adsorption to plastics and implications for marine tracer studies.

Karine Holmes
Ph.D. Student
B.S. Geology, Meteorology Minor Iowa State
Research: Applications of radioisotopes for constraining coastal carbon budgets

Sarah Mason
UR undergraduate class of 2025
Schwartz Discover Fellow 2024
Research: Development of carbon analysis methods for environmental samples; Plastics pollution in the critical zone.
Former Lab Members:
Nuo Chen (B.S. ’24) – now pursuing a master’s at UPenn