18 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY Spotlight on Graduate Students Lauren Haygood PhD Student Lauren Haygood is a second year PhD student advised by Dr. Natascha Riedinger. Lauren’s research involves investigating deep-water ventilation changes in the Atlantic Ocean through geochemical analyses of sediment cores recovered from both the Scotia Sea and Iberian Margin. Lauren is a shore-based scientist for the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 397, where she is collaborating with an international group of scientists to investigate millennial-scale climate variability of the Iberian Margin. In addition to her research, Lauren is currently the president of the Geology Graduate Student Association (GGSA), Vice President of the Graduate and Professional Student Government Association (GPSGA), and leads a water quality community science initiative within Oklahoma. Lauren was selected as a Local Science Partner of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) January 2022, and was most recently listed as the science policy expert at the AGU Fall Meeting 2022. Lauren is also a member of the AGU Early Career Executive Committee of Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology. Additionally, Lauren volunteers with GISCorps and AGU Thriving Earth Exchange, where she contributes to geospatial analysis projects. Lauren is in her second year as a STEM PenPal with Letters to a Prescientist, in her first year of being a STEM mentor for undergraduates through the Geosciences Education and Mentorship Support (GEMS) program, and mentors undergraduates working on various geochemistry and geospatial analysis projects at OSU. Lauren is currently in her third year of participating in Skype A Scientist, where she zooms with classrooms all over the world. Josh Keltz MS Student Josh Keltz is a second year MS student working in the Structural Geology and Tectonics Group under the supervision of Dr. Laó-Dávila. Josh obtained his BS degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a Graduate Research Assistant using Geodetic and remote sensing applications to monitor the foundation of dams in Oklahoma. He conducted a summer internship at a copper mine in Arizona with Freeport-McMoRan. Josh is scheduled to graduate this Spring semester.
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