Morgan Reed Raven, Ph.D
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EDUCATION:
California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 2016)
Environmental Science and Engineering, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Research supervisors: Alex Sessions (primary thesis advisor) and Jess Adkins
Thesis title: Organic Matter Sulfurization in the Modern Ocean
Stanford University (M.S. 2007)
Geological and Environmental Sciences
Research supervisors: Scott Fendorf (primary thesis advisor) and Dennis Bird
Thesis title: Redox Fluctuations in Cambodian Sediments: Climatic controls and effects on arsenic cycling
Stanford University (B.A.S. 2006)
Geological and Environmental Sciences, Political Science
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant Professor (starting July 2018)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Earth Sciences
Agouron Institute Geobiology Fellow (2016 – 2018)
Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research supervisor: David Fike
Post-doctoral Research Associate (summer 2016)
California Institute of Technology, Dept. of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Research supervisor: Alex Sessions
