Diana Lynn Carriker
Biography
Education
Old Dominion University, B.S. (2011)
- Magna Cum Laude
- Major: Biology - Marine Biology Concentration
- Minor: Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science
Current Responsibilities:
Lab Manager for the Palynology Laboratory
Assisting Lab Technician for the Macrofossil and Sediment Processing Laboratory
Assisting Lab Technician for the GeoTek Multi-Sensor Core Logger Facility
Website Content Manager for the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
Science and Products
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-...
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-...
Palynology Laboratory
In this lab, we specialize in extracting pollen palynomorphs from geologic field samples. We also assist our center's scientists with outreach programs to educate students and inform policy makers as to the importance of our science.
Weighing Sediment Samples from the Great Dismal Swamp, 2018
In the sample preperation room, a lab technician weighs sediments samples before placing them in a warming oven to dry.