Geology Department Postgraduate Web Pages
Name: Erica Terese Krueger
Contact Details
Email: kruegere@tcd.ie
Title of Project
Cold-water corals: Assessing the impacts of multiple stressors and developing novel geochemical proxies for environmental change
Name of supervisors
Dr Quentin Crowley
Postgraduate research summary
Erica is a PhD student with a research interest in deep sea cold-water corals. Her research includes biomineralisation and crystallographic ordering of various coral species, anthropogenic stressors and climate change impacts, and developing novel geochemical proxies for seawater temperature. A Florida native, Erica holds a BSc (cum laude) in marine science with a minor in geology and an MSc in environmental science. Her undergraduate research focused on the geology of Estero Bay, FL, and its influence on Calusa cultural development, while her graduate thesis concentrated on the analysis of upper ocean response from major hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean Sea through the use of satellite imagery. Erica currently serves as the postgraduate representative on the School of Natural Sciences Executive Committee.
Project Start Date
September 2019
Funding
iCRAG