I am a current Earth Science Master\u2019s student in the Biochemistry of Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BBERG) supervised by Dr. Sue Ziegler. My work will hopefully contribute to a deeper understanding of how climate change is impacting soil processes in these boreal regions. I am focused on utilizing stable isotope techniques to better understand soil organic C and N cycling. Specifically, I am interested in compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids in C and N.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Before my Master\u2019s, I completed an honors Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Earth & Climate Science and Biochemistry at Bates College, Maine, USA. My senior thesis, supervised by Dr. Beverly Johnson, was a 2-year-long project that reconstructed trophic level and ocean current changes over the past 5,000 years using paleo cod bones from the Gulf of Maine. This was done by analyzing \u03b415<\/sup>NAA\u00a0<\/sub>on samples from indigenous shell heaps.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, I am also interested in blue carbon sequestration, specifically in salt marshes. I was involved in Dr. Beverly Johnson\u2019s lab as a research assistant, working on carbon sequestration in Maine\u2019s salt marshes using different field sampling techniques and lab analysis (where I first became interested in stable isotopes!).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Don\u2019t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or are curious about anything! You can contact me at\u00a0slturtle@mun.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am a current Earth Science Master\u2019s student in the Biochemistry of Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BBERG) supervised by Dr. Sue Ziegler. My work will hopefully contribute to a deeper understanding of how climate change is impacting soil processes in these boreal regions. I am focused on utilizing stable isotope… Read more“Sam Turtle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2730,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions\/2731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esd.mun.ca\/wordpress\/sziegler\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}