Ceara Purcell
Ph.D. Student
Year entered program: 2021
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Corinne Myers, Ph.D.
Interests: Sedimentology/Stratigraphy/Paleoclimate/PaleontologyCeara Purcell's scientific research focuses on using the fossil record to explore paleoecology and the impacts of changing environments through Earth's history, specifically analyzing niche occupation as it changes through space and time. She also has a general interest in understanding how geological systems develop and has helped co-author a paper on gold and silver incorporation in the Ann-Mason copper porphyry deposit.
Purcell published a paper on her master's research investigating changes to brachiopod niche occupation related to major abiotic and biotic shifts through the Late Ordovician. She is currently working with her mentor, Assistant Professor Corinne Myers, in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences on questions related to the paleoecology and paleogeography of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Corinne Myers, Ph.D.
Interests: Sedimentology/Stratigraphy/Paleoclimate/Paleontology
Bio
Purcell published a paper on her master's research investigating changes to brachiopod niche occupation related to major abiotic and biotic shifts through the Late Ordovician. She is currently working with her mentor, Assistant Professor Corinne Myers, in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences on questions related to the paleoecology and paleogeography of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.
