Environmental Science Students

	Madelyn Mette (Maddie) 253 Science I Ames, IA 50011 tel: 515.294.4477 mmette@iastate.edu

Degree Sought:  PhD

Home Department:  Geological & Atmospheric Sciences

Faculty Advisor:  Alan Wanamaker

Research Interest/Thesis Project
My project involves using Arctica islandica shell-growth chronologies and annually resolved oxygen isotope records to reconstruct marine environmental variables in the arctic, specifically in response to the North Atlantic Oscillation / Arctic Oscillation dynamics across the northern hemisphere Little Ice Age / Medieval Warm Period/Modern Climate transitions.

Awards, Presentations, Publications

• 2012 HHMI ISU Graduate Fellowship
• 2012 ISU Carl Vondra Scholarship

• Mette, Madelyn. 2010. Chemostratigraphy and Magnetic Susceptibility of the Upper Ordovician Daravgai and Gashuunovoo Formations, Gobi-Altai Terrane, Shine Jinst Area, Southern Mongolia (field work, Macalester College Undergraduate Honors Thesis, and research presentation, Keck Geology Consortium, 2009-2010)

Why did I choose to study Environmental Science?
I am fascinated by how we study our relationship with the earth and interested in improving our understanding of the world around us.  I chose Environmental Science because with so much still to be discovered in our field, an interdisciplinary approach is the best way to get the whole picture into focus.

EnSci Graduate Program Office

Charles R. Sauer
Program Coordinator
109 Bessey Hall (office)
253 Bessey Hall (campus mail box)
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa  50011-1020  USA

voice:  515.294.6518
fax:  515.294.1337
e-mail:  enscigradoffice@iastate.edu