Jessica Hankins

  • Sr. Professional Research Assistant
  • Raman Microspectroscopy and Geomicrobiology Lab Manager
  • GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Address

Office: Benson 435
Faculty Contact:Alexis Templeton

Research Interests

Primary Research Focus: My expertise lies in understanding anthropogenic perturbations to the marine carbon cycle (i.e., ocean acidification) and the resultant mineralogical/crystallographic changes that occur in calcareous organisms' tests and skeletons (most predominantly changes occurring in stony coral skeletons).

General Areas of Interest: Raman spectroscopy; Calcium carbonate geochemistry; Chemical oceanography; Ocean acidification; Biomineralization; Geochronology

Background

  • M.S., Oceanography, Hawaii Pacific University, 2023
  • B.A., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2018