Branwen Williams is the George R. Roberts Professor of Integrated Sciences: Environmental Science in the Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College and the Director of the Roberts Environmental Center. Her research seeks to understand the response of our environment to human activities. To do this, she develops and interprets records of environmental variability in our oceans from the topics to the poles. She also works with local communities to help build resilience to climate change. Branwen received her B.Sc. from the University of Guelph, Canada, her M.Sc. from the University of Quebec at Montreal, and her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. She is a National Geographic Explorer, and her research is funded by the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Branwen has published over 40 scientific articles in top journals including the journals Science and Nature Communications and is an Editor with the American Geophysical Union journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. In her free time, Branwen enjoys running in the foothills and camping with her family.
Geeta Karlcut is a research assistant in the Williams Lab. They are a senior at Scripps double majoring in Biology and Politics. For their research and biology thesis, Geeta is looking at processes that change d13C values across different taxa of marine calcifiers. They created this haiku to encapsulate their work: Great calcifiers
Carbon stored in histories
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Resh Mukherjee is a research assistant in Williams Lab at Claremont Mckenna College (CMC). She is a rising Junior at CMC studying Environment, Economics and Politics (EEP) with a sequence in Data Science. This summer she is comparing the output of an ocean circulation model to proxy data in order to identify discrepancies, gain familiarity with modeling techniques and develop research questions.
Jie Yi (Denise) Chen is a research assistant in the Williams Lab in Claremont McKenna College (CMC). She is a sophomore studying Integrated Sciences. She is currently investigating potential reasons for proxy-model offset in coral d13C values.
Haley Duncan is a research assistant in the Williams Lab. She is apart of the class of 2028 and pursuing a degree in the Joint Major of Chemistry & Biology at Harvey Mudd College (HMC) with an Emphasis in Environmental Analysis. Haley works to gather d13C and d14C data to analyze how environmental phenomena off set these values in marine calcifiers.
Williams Lab Research Team
Branwen Williams 