Digital Varves

Personnel

Staff

Jack Ridge, Principal Investigator, Director of the Project

Professor, Department of Geology, Tufts University
BS (1977), MS (1983) Lehigh University
PhD (1985) Syracuse University
Glacial and Quaternary Geology (varve chronology, paleomagnetism of varves)

Jacob Benner, Website, Paleontology

Senior Lecturer, Department of Geology, Tufts University
BS (1997) Cornell College, MS (2002) University of Utah
Paleoecology and Ichnology (paleontology of varves)

Student Investigators

2009

Jeremy Wei, BS, Geology (2011) Tufts University
Deep core drilling, Preparation and Varve Measurement

Laura Carter BS, Geology (2011) Tufts University
Deep core drilling, Preparation and Varve Measurement

Chris Smith, BS, Geology (2012) Tufts University
Deep core drilling, Preparation and Varve Measurement

2008

Jody Dean (from Baltimore, Maryland) BS, Geology (2009) Tufts University
Core Preparation and Varve Measurement

Robert Bayless (from Denver, Colorado) BS, Mechanical Engineering (2009) Tufts University
Core Drilling and Preparation

2007

Catherine Beck (from Brookline, New Hampshire) BS (2008) Tufts University
Core Analysis, Westmoreland, NH

Emily Voytek (from Oakland, California) BS (2008) Tufts University
Core Analysis, Perry Hill basin, Charlestown, NH

Field Assistants 2006-Present