Carole-Lynna Benhamou
B.S. Environmental Science (Geological Sciences), 2024
The University of Texas at Austin
Research
Undergraduate Thesis
Primary productivity following freeze-induced mangrove loss in south Texas
Winter Storm Uri (Feb 2021) caused 99% mortality in a black mangrove-dominated marsh community in south Texas. Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) has since rapidly recolonized large areas of dead mangroves, despite low redox potentials in the soils. I collected field data for various plant, sediment, and environmental parameters. After running lab analyses, I analyzed all the collected data using R and Python, and fit a Generalized Linear Mixed Model to my data.
Thesis
Poster
President's Award for Global Learning
Sustainable Water Development in San Cristóbal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
A team composed of myself and three other students investigated the value chain of the municipal water system in the Galapagos Islands through in-country experiences and global case studies. We summarized our research results in a technical report and short video, while also increasing community awareness and engagement through a community-wide presentation, in Spanish (the native language of the Islands), while in-country.
Report
One Pager
Applied Karst Hydrogeology
A class project where I contributed to field data collection and the development of a technical report for The Nature Conservancy to characterize Caroline Springs, a vital resource to arid west Texas. I analyzed spring flow data from an Acoustic Doppler Profiler and Acoustic Velocity Meter. I also presented a poster, with another classmate, at a Geological Society of America section conference, in Stillwater, OK.
UT Institute for Geophysics
Dr. Ginny Catania Glaciology Lab
In high school, I volunteered in the Catania Glaciology lab, where I helped a graduate student address the long-term recession of glaciers due to climate change beyond seasonal fluctuations. I analyzed land satellite images from the 1970s to the present by developing accurate perimeters of the pictured glaciers in Greenland with Google Earth Engine.
Jon Furhmann