Melanie Brewer
  • Graduate Student

Research Interests

My research utilizes stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, clumped isotope thermometry, and trace element chemistry to investigate paleoclimate and paleohydrology reconstruction, and freshwater mussel growth within the Brazos River, TX.

Advisor: Ethan Grossman

Research Focus

  • Stable Isotope Geochemistry
  • Clumped Isotopes
  • Freshwater Mussel Ecology

Educational Background

  • B.S. in Geology, 2019, Texas A&M University

Awards & Honors

  • 1st Place, MS Student Poster, Life on a Dynamic Planet Symposium, TAMU College of Arts & Sciences (2023) 
  • 1st Place, Water Daze Poster Competition, TAMU (2023)
  • 2nd Place, MS Students, Geology and Geophysics Graduate Society Symposium (2023)
  • Conoco Phillips/Heepe Graduate Fellowship, TAMU College of Arts & Sciences (2023-2024)