Evan Flynn

Ph.D. Student

Email: [[v|erflynn]]
Phone: (804) 684-7274
Office: Andrews Hall 132
Department: Physical Sciences
Advisor: {{https://www.vims.edu/about/directory/faculty/kuehl_sa.php,Dr. Steve Kuehl}}

Evan is a Ph.D. student at VIMS studying sediment and organic carbon accumulation in the offshore Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Her dissertation research aims to further understand terrestrial organic carbon processing and burial within this globally significant delta system. In her work, she uses a variety of geochemical tools including stable isotope analysis, ²¹⁰Pb geochronology, compound specific radiocarbon analysis (CSRA), and ramped pyrolysis/oxidation (RPO) to determine variations in terrestrial organic carbon perservation on the continental shelf over the Holocene.

Education

B.S., Marine Science, minors in Chemistry & Coastal Management, Eckerd College

M.S., Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; Advisors: Drs. Steven Kuehl & Christopher Hein

Research Interests

Sediment geochronology in continental shelf environments
Sediment and organic carbon transport/processing across the land-ocean margin
Organic carbon preservation on the continental shelf

Publications

Flynn, E.R., Kuehl, S.A., Harris, C.K., Fair, M.J., 2022. Sediment and terrestrial organic carbon budgets for the offshore Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar: Establishing a baseline for future change. Marine Geology 447, 106782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106782