{"id":36,"date":"2020-02-18T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T01:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:10:21","slug":"officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cags\/officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are interested in getting involved with CAGS, please reach out to cags_officers@lists.oregonstate.edu! There are always opportunities to get involved.

Below are the 2025-2026 Officers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Bennett Van Horn
Position:<\/strong> President
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: Geology, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 3rd
Advisor:<\/strong> Adam Kent and Frank Tepley
Project:<\/strong> Ascertaining Crustal and Subduction-Derived Influences on Aleutian Volcanic Isotopic Compositions
A Fact:<\/strong> I played alto saxophone and bassoon through high school and undergraduate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Sarah Beethe
Position:<\/strong> Vice President and Treasurer
Pronouns:<\/strong> She\/Her
Program<\/strong>: Geology, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 5th
Advisor:<\/strong> Anthony Koppers
Project:<\/strong> Using 40Ar\/39Ar geochronology to understand volcano-tectonic relationships in submarine environments
A Fact:<\/strong> I unconsciously stick my tongue out when I’m trying to concentrate on something<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong>
Position:<\/strong> Professional Development Chair
Pronouns:<\/strong>
Program<\/strong>:
Year:<\/strong>
Advisor:<\/strong>
Project:<\/strong>
A Fact:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Joshua Blockstein
Position:<\/strong> Awards Chair
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: ESGP, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 3rd
Advisor:<\/strong> Jenna Tilt
Project:<\/strong> Assessing disaster resilience among Oregon Latinx coastal communities using a community capitals framework
A Fact: <\/strong>Humans have climbed 8,849 meters (summit of Mt Everest) without the assistance of a vehicle, but have only dived 332.25 meters deep without a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Anna Hughes
Position:<\/strong> Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Chair
Pronouns:<\/strong> She\/Her
Program<\/strong>: OEAS – OEB, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 5th
Advisor:<\/strong> Clare Reimers
Project:<\/strong> Regional Class Research Vessel Project
A Fact:<\/strong> I have an identical twin!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Kelsey Lank
Position:<\/strong> Social Outreach Chair
Pronouns:<\/strong> She\/Her
Program<\/strong>: Marine Resource Management, MS
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Tracy Crews
Project:<\/strong> Evaluating the efficacy of informal science in addressing community knowledge gaps surrounding marine renewable energy
A Fact:<\/strong> I know the word for “banana” in Indonesian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Jace Bell
Position:<\/strong> Social Outreach Chair
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: MRM, MS
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Steve Dundas
Project:<\/strong> Economic impacts of sea level rise on housing markets
A Fact:<\/strong> I can hold a conversation in Indonesian about the difference between bananas in the U.S. and Indonesia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Joe Clevenger
Position:<\/strong> Geology Discipline Representative
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: Geology and Geophysics, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Brian Tattitch and John Dilles
Project:<\/strong> Understanding water-rock reactions in intrusion related magmatic-hydrothermal systems and how they effect the mobility and speciation of critical elements.
A Fact:<\/strong> I am a reformed carbonate sedimentologist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Hannah Steele
Position:<\/strong> Geography Representative
Pronouns:<\/strong> She\/They
Program<\/strong>: Geography, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 4th
Advisor:<\/strong> Mark Raleigh
Project:<\/strong> My research explores novel methodologies to improve measurement and modeling of snowpack and water resources in the western United States.
A Fact:<\/strong> This summer I learned how to use plants to create natural fabric dyes! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Dylan Heppell
Position:<\/strong> Marine Resource Management (MRM) Representative
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: MRM, M.S.
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Mark Lomeli
Project:<\/strong> Bycatch reduction through collaborative conservation engineering in two U.S. West Coast fisheries
A Fact:<\/strong> I am an avid fisherman here on the Oregon Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong>
Position:<\/strong> Marine Geology & Geophysics (MG&G) Representative
Pronouns:<\/strong>
Program<\/strong>:
Year:<\/strong>
Advisor:<\/strong>
Project:<\/strong>
A Fact:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Juan Gerardo Gutierrez Bravo
Position:<\/strong> Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry (OEB) Representative
Pronouns:<\/strong> He\/Him
Program<\/strong>: OEAS \u2013 OEB, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Lorenzo Ciannelli 
Project:<\/strong> Pink shrimp larval ecology
A Fact:<\/strong> I like running<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Name:<\/strong> Eliza Lerman\u2002
Position:<\/strong> Physics of Oceans and the Atmosphere (POA) Discipline Representative Pronouns<\/strong>: She\/Her
Program<\/strong>: POA, PhD
Year:<\/strong> 2nd
Advisor:<\/strong> Melanie Fewings and Jim Lerczak
Project:<\/strong> Temperature variability in the Columbia river estuary
A Fact:<\/strong> One phrase I like to live by is “you never regret a swim” – and so far, I haven’t! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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