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Diana Carriker

Diana Carriker is the Lab Manager for the Palynology Laboratory, one of many labs belonging to the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.

Current Responsibilities

  • Lab Manager for the Palynology Laboratory
  • Assisting Lab Technician for the Macrofossil and Sediment Processing Laboratory 
  • Assisting Lab Technician for the GeoTek Facility
  • Website Content Manager for the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Education and Certifications

  • Bachelor of Science (2011) in Biology with a Marine Biology Concentration, Minor in Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (Magna Cum Laude)

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Golden Key Honor Society

  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

  • Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Honors and Awards

  • Dean's List (9 semesters, Fall 2007 - Fall 2011)

  • Governor's Technology Scholarship Recipient (Fall 2007 - Spring 2011)

Science and Products

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Great Dismal Swamp Project image

Wetlands in the Quaternary

Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program
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Wetlands in the Quaternary

Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
Learn More
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A solitary tree trunk stands amongst the devastation of the 2011 fire in Great Dismal Swamp, VA.

Wetlands in the Quaternary Project

Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Change Science Program, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
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Wetlands in the Quaternary Project

Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
Learn More
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A lab technician holds up a pollen slide to a white piece of paper
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A lab technician takes sample weights before drying them in the oven
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A image of the acetolysis set up in a fume hood
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An image of pollen under a microscope
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Scientists look at a pollen grain using an SEM
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Picture of the burned area within the Great Dismal Swamp
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Living up to it's name, this picture shows the interior of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Science and Products

  • Science
    link
    Great Dismal Swamp Project image

    Wetlands in the Quaternary

    Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Research and Development Program
    link

    Wetlands in the Quaternary

    Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
    Learn More
    link
    A solitary tree trunk stands amongst the devastation of the 2011 fire in Great Dismal Swamp, VA.

    Wetlands in the Quaternary Project

    Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Change Science Program, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
    link

    Wetlands in the Quaternary Project

    Wetlands accumulate organic-rich sediment or peat stratigraphically, making them great archives of past environmental change. Wetlands also act as hydrologic buffers on the landscape and are important to global biogeochemical cycling. This project uses wetland archives from a range of environments to better understand how vegetation, hydrology, and hydroclimate has changed on decadal to multi...
    Learn More
  • Multimedia
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    A lab technician holds up a pollen slide to a white piece of paper
    link
    A lab technician takes sample weights before drying them in the oven
    link
    A image of the acetolysis set up in a fume hood
    link
    An image of pollen under a microscope
    link
    Scientists look at a pollen grain using an SEM
    link
    Picture of the burned area within the Great Dismal Swamp
    link
    Living up to it's name, this picture shows the interior of the Great Dismal Swamp
    link

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government