Emily Nigro

I am a first-year PhD student interested in reconstructing large-scale climate and environmental changes and their impacts on life throughout Earth's history. From Berea, Kentucky, I graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Environmental Science in June 2023, where my research focused on bivalve morphology and evolution and "forever chemicals" (PFAS). I also worked on Arctic meteorology at the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado as a participant in SOARS. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, playing the carillon (an instrument of bells!), rocking out in the trumpet section of LSJUMB, hiking, and doing NYT mini crosswords.