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Dr. Emily Eidam, PI<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Associate professor<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

I’m a sedimentologist \/ marine geologist with background in Civil Engineering (BS, UAA), Geology (BS, UAA), and Oceanography (MS and PhD, UW). I grew up in Eagle River, Alaska (near Anchorage) in a landscape sculpted by glaciers and interesting sedimentary processes. I enjoy working in “process sedimentology” because it combines elements of fluid dynamics, sedimentology, and oceanography and allows us to explore how sediments move through a system over human timescales, and how they ultimately contribute to the geologic record. This work synthesizes data from diverse tools (e.g., oceanographic sensors, isotope geochronology, remote sensing) and helps us better predict where sediment is going and under what conditions\u2014with relevance to models of coastal evolution, nutrient and contaminant transport, and geologic resource formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Wood, Lab Manager<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Senior Faculty Research Assistant II<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Jeff supervises lab and field work in the Coastal Seds Lab, including isotope analyses and instrument deployments in remote locations. Jeff has a wealth of experience from the Ocean Observatories Initiative and Ruggiero Lab at OSU, including work with large mooring deployments, beach and dune surveys, and bathymetric mapping from small craft.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Mackenzie Jewell<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Postdoctoral Scholar<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

MacKenzie is a postdoctoral scholar who earned PhD and MS degrees in Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences from Oregon State University, and a BS in Physics from Western Washington University. MacKenzie specializes in the study of sea ice dynamics and air-ice-ocean interactions, aiming to improve understanding of the drivers and impacts of changing sea ice cover in the polar regions. As a member of the Coastal Freeze<\/a> project, she integrates field observations, numerical modeling, and remote sensing to investigate the process of sediment entrainment in sea ice along the northern coast of Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Hannah Glover<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Research Scientist, OSU Civil & Construction Engineering<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Hannah is a research scientist based in Civil & Construction Engineering and CEOAS. She earned her MS and PhD degrees in Oceanography from the University of Washington and studies sediment transport, DAS systems, marine mapping, and diverse other topics.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Emily An, MS student<\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Ocean, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences Program<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Emily is working on suspended sediment distribution in ice fjords of western Greenland as a part of the TERMINUS<\/a> project. She has a B.S. in Marine Sciences and minors in Geology and Wildlife Ecology & Conservation from UF. Her undergraduate research used strontium isotopes from glacial and deglacial stream waters of southwest Greenland to track the progression of sediment and rock weathering with ice sheet retreat. Between her degree programs she worked on biodynamic farms, assisted on an Arctic research cruise, and instructed field conservation ecology courses on Maui. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Eden Krolopp, MS student<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Ocean, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences Program<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Eden has experience in hydrologic data collection and analysis. She completed a BS in Geology and Environmental Policy from the University of Puget Sound and a Graduate Certificate in River-Coastal Science and Engineering from Tulane University.  As part of the Eidam Lab, she works with the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER team studying coastal sediment dynamics in Northern Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Maya Moran<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Honors thesis student<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Maya is majoring in Oceanography and has experience working with sensors through the Ocean Observing Initiative as well as experience working on fishing vessels in Alaska in the summers. Maya participated in the 2025 NSF Coastal Freeze research survey on R\/V Sikuliaq and is studying suspended sediment properties in Arctic coastal environments and new sea ice for her honors thesis project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistants<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  • Abby Simmons<\/strong>, Oceanography major – Abby is assisting with sediment and isotope analyses for the ONR Tidal Flat Geotechnical Investigations project and participated in field work at Cedar Key, FL in 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • JD Freivogel<\/strong>, Nuclear Science major – JD is assisting us with sediment sample and isotope processing for the ONR Tidal Flat Geotechnical Investigations project<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Moises Acosta<\/strong>, Environmental Sciences major – Moises is an intern through the URSA program who is assisting with coastal sediment sample processing and gamma analyses of Pb-210 and Th-234 profiles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Xoxa Bell<\/strong>, Oceanography major – Xoxa is assisting with sediment sample and isotope processing for the ONR Tidal Flat Geotechnical Investigations project <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nicolette Eusebi,<\/strong> Geology major – Nicolette is assisting with sediment sample and isotope processing for the ONR Tidal Flat Geotechnical Investigations project <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Lab Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Dr. Molly Keogh, Postdoctoral Fellow (OSU)<\/strong> – (2023-2025) Molly studied distributions of Pb-210 surface activities and Pb-210-derived sedimentation rates in Arctic and Antarctic shelf settings. She leveraged existing datasets as well as the wealth of cores archived at the OSU-MGR. Molly advanced to a position with OSU Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sean Finney, MS student (OSU)<\/strong> – (2024-2026) Sean worked on a professional masters in Geography and Geospatial Science. He leveraged USGS data records to study multidecadal patterns of sediment export from Oregon coastal streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Grace Meyer, Lab Manager (OSU)<\/strong> – (2023-2024) Grace supervised Pb-210 and related sediment analyses, worked on ongoing openOBS development, wrote SOPs for the lab group, and also worked part-time in Dr. Jenn Fehrenbacher’s foram lab. Grace advanced to a federal analyst position in fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adrian Heath, MSc 2024 (OSU)<\/strong> – Adrian analyzed short gravity cores and multibeam data from the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf and found that the inner shelf is erosional and the middle shelf is non-depositional over multidecadal timescales, in spite of seasonal mid-shelf depositional patterns. Thesis: Sedimentation and Erosion on an Arctic Continental Shelf: Harrison Bay and Colville River Delta, Alaska<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Caroline Cooper, MSc 2023 (UNC)<\/strong> – Caroline worked to develop a depth-averaged profile model of arctic delta development in Delft3D. Post-graduation she advanced to an environmental compliance position with the State of South Carolina. Thesis: Modeling the effects of sea ice on arctic delta evolution: A case study on the Colville River Delta, AK<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tyler Souza, MSc 2022 (UNC) – <\/strong>Tyler collected and analyzed a suite of sediment cores from the Coos Bay Estuary (Oregon) and used Pb-210 isotope profiles to quantify sediment accumulation rates. Post-graduation he advanced to a coastal staff scientist position with Geosyntec Consultants in North Carolina. Thesis<\/em>: A century of disturbance: How anthropogenic modification has affected sediment accumulation patterns in the Coos Estuary in the last 100 years<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    John Malito, MSc 2021 (UNC) – <\/strong>John evaluated the sediment-transport dynamics of arctic continental shelves in Delft3D in order to test the sensitivity to a more energetic wave climate. Post-graduation he advanced to a coastal research scientist position with the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. Thesis: Evolution of arctic continental shelves: Modelling morphodynamic feedbacks to climate-driven increases in sea states<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Undergraduate research assistants and REUs<\/strong> (OSU and UNC) – Riley Smith, Anika Lechner Armitage, Abigail Gaddis (REU, ’24), Michael Clark (REU, ’24), Ashleigh Wojcik, Leo Marchyok, Savana Stallsmith, Lillian Cooper, David Go, Daniela Zarate, McKenzie McLean, Owen White, Bayaar Sayed, Rachael Rankin, Carly Richardson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Caroline, Emily, and Adrian on the R\/V Ukpik in the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean, northern Alaska) \u2014 September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Beach mooring deployments in Kaktovik (Photo by Lloyd Pikok, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dr. Emily Eidam, PI Associate professor I’m a sedimentologist \/ marine geologist with background in Civil Engineering (BS, UAA), Geology (BS, UAA), and Oceanography (MS and PhD, UW). I grew up in Eagle River, Alaska (near Anchorage) in a landscape sculpted by glaciers and interesting sedimentary processes. I enjoy working in “process sedimentology” because it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12642,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coastalseds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}