Contact Details

Email

r.oien@abdn.ac.uk

Address

The University of Aberdeen School of Geosciences
St. Mary's Building, 101
Old Aberdeen
AB24 3UE
 
 

Biography

Current:

Ph.D. student at University of Aberdeen

Funding by Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society since Fall 2017

Previous:

Masters of Science in Geology          

University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, 2013-2016

Dissertation: Modeling the glaciological inception of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet

Advised by Dr. Alison Anders

Harriet Wallace Outstanding Woman in Geology Award 

BA in Geology and Environmental Studies   

Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 2009-2013

Thesis: Mapping Depth to Bedrock in a Tropical Pre-Montane Wet Forest, Costa Rica

Advised by Dr. Laura Triplett

Chester Johnson Geology Scholarship

Research Interests

Quaternary geology | Glaciology | Palaeoclimates | Glacial Geomorphology

Current Research

Climate at the onset of the Antarctic ice-sheet growth: a detailed analysis of ice-buried glacial cirques

Teaching Responsibilities

Teaching Assistant for GIS, Level 3