Background:
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| LSAMP-Bridge to the Doctorate cohort VI. |
As I have not updated this blog since I was a Master's student at the University of New Mexico (Image above taken in 2008) working with Professor Laura Crossey on the biogeochemistry of the Tierra Amarilla Anticline in northern New Mexico, I thought it was a good idea to catch up on my background. As a biogeochemist, I have used and become an expert in a variety of different imaging and spectroscopy tools.
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| (from left to right) Brandi Cron, Professor Brandy Toner, Robert Atticus Kamermans and Aubrey Dunshee taking a photo break with Robert Atticus Kameramans at BL 12.3.2 at the Advanced Light Source. |
As
a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota (image above taken in
2017), I gained expertise characterizing abiotic and biotic mineral
precipitates in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, using Scanning Transmission
X-ray Microscopy, X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) and
X-ray diffraction.
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| Pennsylvania
State University geosciences professor Julie Cosmidis and postdoctoral
fellow Brandi Kamermans prepare to change out samples on the SM
beamline. Photo is from the Canadian Light Source. |
Most recently, I have been using Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, Raman, and Scanning Electron Microscopy at the Pennsylvania State University Material Characterization Laboratory to characterize both elemental sulfur and organics produced by Sulfuricurvum kujiense, in an effort to distinguish chemical versus microbial induced mineral production.
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