Principle Investigator
Dr. Ying Cui
Associate Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University Email: [email protected] Phone: 973-655-7273 PhD in Geosciences and Biogeochemistry (2010-2014): Penn State MS in Geosciences (2008-2010): Penn State MS in Paleontology and Stratigraphy (2005-2008): Peking University BE in Gemology and Materials Science (2001-2005): China University of Geoscience (Beijing) |
Lab members
Hermann Bermudez
PhD student (Spring, 2021-present)
Mr Hermann Bermudez is a Colombia Geologist. Hermann has been working on the Gorgonilla Island for years with amazing spherule samples from the K/Pg section. He has authored several publications on the K/Pg extinction event. Hermann is interested in time intervals of abrupt environmental changes, specially the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (66 Ma) and its relationship with the current Climate Change. Prior to starting the PhD program, I funded Paleoexplorer, a research group interested in the geology and Paleontology of Colombia. I´m member of the Scientific Committee of the Gorgona National Park (2015-), Editorial Board, Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (2015-2017), International editor, Paleontología Mexicana (2015-), Referee for the Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2015-), Colombian Geological Survey, and Ministry of Sciencies, Colombia (Minciencias)
PhD student (Spring, 2021-present)
Mr Hermann Bermudez is a Colombia Geologist. Hermann has been working on the Gorgonilla Island for years with amazing spherule samples from the K/Pg section. He has authored several publications on the K/Pg extinction event. Hermann is interested in time intervals of abrupt environmental changes, specially the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (66 Ma) and its relationship with the current Climate Change. Prior to starting the PhD program, I funded Paleoexplorer, a research group interested in the geology and Paleontology of Colombia. I´m member of the Scientific Committee of the Gorgona National Park (2015-), Editorial Board, Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (2015-2017), International editor, Paleontología Mexicana (2015-), Referee for the Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2015-), Colombian Geological Survey, and Ministry of Sciencies, Colombia (Minciencias)
Qingting Wu
PhD student (Fall, 2021-present) B.S. from Ohio State University; MS from California State University at Fresno Qingting (Tina) Wu’s previous research explored the productivity patterns during the Quaternary in the eastern equatorial Pacific using foraminifera. Her current research focuses on the dynamic climate and biogeochemistry of the P-Tr extinction event and Cenozoic using Earth system modeling, as well as the tropical ocean lithium and boron isotopes. She aims to enhance the understanding of paleoclimatology, especially the effect of massive carbon dioxide emission and sequestration on the ecosystem. |
Malaya Nsingi
PhD student (Fall, 2021-present) MS: Applied Geology (Petroleum Geoscience) at the University of the Western Cape Joseph is an incoming PhD student to work on carbon emission and sequestration rate after a large CO2 pulse from the Siberian Traps volcanism. In his Master's, he studied foraminiferal biostratigraphy and depositional environment of the Drilled Early Cretaceous Succession in Durban Basin, east coast, South Africa using well cuttings, conventional cores, seismic data and well logs. In his BS, he did facies analysis of clastic sediment of well Jc-B1 Durban Basin, East Coast of South Africa using well logs and conventional cores in addition to Interactive Petrophysics (IP) to investigate facies variations within the well Jc-B1 of the Offshore Durban Basin. |
Current undergraduate students in the lab:
Emily Cepin (EAES major)
Ben Bratter (EAES major)
Angela Brown (EAES major)
Madison Braswell (EAES major)
Diana Bachiller (Marine Biology)
Aislyn Lapp (EAES major)
Emily Cepin (EAES major)
Ben Bratter (EAES major)
Angela Brown (EAES major)
Madison Braswell (EAES major)
Diana Bachiller (Marine Biology)
Aislyn Lapp (EAES major)
LAB ALUMNI
Maura De Palma
Master's student (2020-present)
Maura graduated with a B.S. in Geosciences and minors in Math and Sustainability from Kean University in May 2020. Previously she worked on projects investigating the chemical and physical properties of NJ Pine Barrens soil and organic fertilizers and rice paddy soil in Wuhan, China. Maura also interned at NOAA's Geophysical Fluids Dynamic Laboratory at Princeton University where she projected ocean acidification rates and their effects on ecosystems. Currently, she is using cGENIE to understand carbon cycle disturbances during the PETM and is exploring black carbon isotopes in sediment samples.
Master's student (2020-present)
Maura graduated with a B.S. in Geosciences and minors in Math and Sustainability from Kean University in May 2020. Previously she worked on projects investigating the chemical and physical properties of NJ Pine Barrens soil and organic fertilizers and rice paddy soil in Wuhan, China. Maura also interned at NOAA's Geophysical Fluids Dynamic Laboratory at Princeton University where she projected ocean acidification rates and their effects on ecosystems. Currently, she is using cGENIE to understand carbon cycle disturbances during the PETM and is exploring black carbon isotopes in sediment samples.
Anthony Gachetti
Undergraduate student (2019-present)
B.S. in Geosciences from Montclair State University
M.S. in Earth Science Education at Montclair State University
Project: Paleoclimate of the eastern Tethys during pre-onset excursion before the PETM
Anthony starts to work in the Cui Lab when he was a freshman. He was the Presidential Scholar at MSU. Anthony also is the awardee of the 2021 Faculty-student summer research ($4,000)
Undergraduate student (2019-present)
B.S. in Geosciences from Montclair State University
M.S. in Earth Science Education at Montclair State University
Project: Paleoclimate of the eastern Tethys during pre-onset excursion before the PETM
Anthony starts to work in the Cui Lab when he was a freshman. He was the Presidential Scholar at MSU. Anthony also is the awardee of the 2021 Faculty-student summer research ($4,000)
MS student: Woohee Kim (2018-2019), Liliana Calderon Convers (2019-2020)
BS students: Antonio Justiniano (2019-2020), Marwan Khater (2019-2020)
Visiting students: Feihong Ye (2019-2020), Yuyang Wu (2019-2020), Yixin Dong (2019-2020)
Visiting professor: Peng Zhu (2019-2020)
BS students: Antonio Justiniano (2019-2020), Marwan Khater (2019-2020)
Visiting students: Feihong Ye (2019-2020), Yuyang Wu (2019-2020), Yixin Dong (2019-2020)
Visiting professor: Peng Zhu (2019-2020)