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I am an Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria. The goal of my research is to use sedimentary rocks to better understand how the Earth-system responds to changing boundary conditions. The history of life and climate on Earth is intricately tied to the coevolution of the biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere over billions of years. Ancient sediments are the fragmented historical record of these systems, and detailed reconstructions of key moments in the development of our planet offer a critical perspective on the rarity and role of life in our universe. Moreover, the ancient sedimentary record provides a baseline to differentiate naturally occurring change from human caused change and can reveal feedbacks that may become critically important in future climate change. I investigate this sedimentary record by merging modern data science tools and models with geospatial, geochemical, and stratigraphic data collected during detailed field work.
Email: blakedyer[at]uvic.ca | Bluesky: [at]blakedyer.bsky.social | Github: blakedyer
Prior to joining the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Stacey received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 2021. She is broadly interested in understanding how changes in Earth’s climate and environment are translated to the stratigraphic record. Currently, she is studying the sedimentology and stable isotope geochemistry of Paleozoic shallow carbonates in the Canadian Rockies. By integrating detailed field observations with high-resolution geochemical and geospatial data, her research aims to improve reconstructions of ancient seawater chemistry and quantify sources of uncertainty in chemostratigraphic correlation.
Email: sedmonsond[at]uvic.ca | Twitter: [at]StaceyEdmonsond | Github: sedmonsond
Miranda is leveraging machine learning and rich datasets of coastal change in Canada to improve our understanding of coastal dynamics and make more accurate predictions about future risk.
Email: mirandareid021[at]gmail.com
Connor received his BSc from the University of Victoria in 2020 and is now a PhD student in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. His current research involves studying stable isotope geochemistry and stratigraphy of carbonates in the Neoproterozoic (specifically Ediacaran) Miette Group of the Canadian Rockies. Broadly, He is interested in understanding how biogeochemical signals in the carbon isotopic record of marine carbonates are interpreted and how they fit into the early evolution of life.
Kai is investigating the carbon isotopic record of late Cenomanian and early Turonian carbonates in the Pacific ocean basin.
Email: tawilmorsink[at]uvic.ca | Twitter: [at]kaiocene | Github: kai-mo
Kristyn was a double Major in Earth Science and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Her broad research interests include the use of software and models to quantify earth system dynamics and analyze the impacts of changing climate on both regional and global scales. She joined the Earth History group as an NSERC USRA recipient working on a neural network to classify carbonate facies in the Bahamas using a bathymetric map. She also worked on building a statistical model to investigate sea level rise during the last interglacial and identify the source(s) of melt. For her Honours thesis, she used a down-scaled climate model to examine orographic precipitation projections in British Columbia and impacts on outdoor recreation and natural hazards.
Email: kristynlang[at]uvic.ca