April Abbott

Biography

2005-2009 B.Sc. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York: Geoscience and Asian Studies 2009-2011 M.S. University of Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota: Geological Sciences 2013-2014 Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching, Oregon State University Graduate School, Oregon 2011-2015 Ph.D. Oregon State University College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Oregon: Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Science 2016-Present Lecturer in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University

Research Interest

         I’m interested in the interaction between marine sediment and the overlying water column in the modern ocean and the implications of this interaction on paleoclimate proxies (Check out my paper in Geology and the GEOTRACES science highlight here).  My current project includes examining the diagenetic mechanism(s) behind the release of rare earth elements from the sediments in the North Pacific Ocean (blog post here and paper in EPSL).