People

Roger Bryant

My primary interest is the coupled evolution of life and environmental conditions through the last several billion years of Earth’s history.

I was an Earth Science undergrad at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, from 2010-2014. I then did my PhD in geochemistry with David Fike (EPS, WashU, USA) – find my thesis here. From 2019-2022, I was a postdoctoral scholar in geochemistry with Clara Blättler (UChicago, USA). In January 2023, I started as an Assistant Professor in EAPS at Purdue University.

Isabelle Rein

Isabelle is a third-year PhD student interested in using geochemistry to answer questions about major events in Earth’s past. She has a B.S. in Geology and Environmental Geosciences from Lafayette College and a M.S. in Geology from Washington State University. Isabelle’s research focuses on understanding environmental changes and kill mechanisms that drove past mass extinctions using geochemical proxies and geochronology. Outside of the lab Isabelle enjoys reading, hiking, buying too many plants, and spoiling her pets (Percy the dog and Clancy the cat)! 🙂

Emily Apel

Emily is a fifth-year PhD student in EAPS starting work with Roger Bryant in Fall 2023. Emily received her B.S. in Chemistry from Arizona State University in 2020. She is broadly interested in studying paleoclimate/paleoceanography, marine chemistry, and applying what we can learn from Earth’s past to the future climate. With Dr. Bryant, she will be working on research related to ocean acidificiation at various points in Earth’s history for her PhD. Outside research, Emily is a mom to two cats and a dog, and on weekends she enjoys climbing with friends and practicing her pottery skills.