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My research interests are broadly related to geo- and environmental chemistry, landscape evolution, and intersections between ecological, geological, and anthropological systems. I began working with the Beutel Lab in fall 2019. I am primarily working on a research project exploring environmental...

I am originally from Mexico City, Mexico where I received my BS in Geological Engineering from the National Autonomous University of México doing undergraduate research on the origin and geochemistry of Jurassic igneous rocks in Puebla, Mexico. Currently, my interests are related to environmental...

Dr. Marc Beutel is an associate professor of environmental engineering in the School of Engineering at UC Merced, where he started in July 2015. Before this, he was in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Washington State University. Dr. Beutel earned a B.S. in civil and...

Originally from Reno, Nevada, I received my BS in Environmental Science. Both my studies and fieldwork have emphasized aquatic ecology, limnology and stream/fish habitat monitoring. I moved to San Francisco for a few years and worked for an environmental consulting firm and decided to apply to UC...

Lanka DeSilva earned a BS in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering from University of Alabama and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Washington State University under Dr. Beutel. Lanka’s graduate research focused on measuring wet and dry atmospheric deposition of mercury in rural...

Piper Marshall is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii and earned a B.S. in Civil and Environmental from Washington State University where she was a member of the university’s track team. She stayed at Washington State and earned a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Washington State University under...

Hello! I’m Jaycee Martinez and before I became a Bobcat, I was a banana slug at UC Santa Cruz. I majored in Biology with an emphasis in biochemistry, but my trajectory was never crystal clear. I researched in several different subject areas including an optical physics lab, biochemical protein lab...

Dr. Duvil has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Boston's Suffolk University and M.S. degrees in Applied Geosciences from University of Pennsylvania and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Ricardi investigated the dynamics of nitrate control on mercury cycling in surface...

Originally from the New York Metropolitan Area, I completed my BS in Environmental Biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (along with a minor in Environmental Writing and Rhetoric). I am currently pursuing my MS in Environmental Systems at UC Merced, focusing on...