Faculty

Dr. Ann Pearson

Chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Murray and Martha Ross Professor of Environmental Sciences

Ann Pearson's research focuses on applications of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen isotope geochemistry and molecular biology to biogeochemistry,...

Staff

Susan Jane Carter

Laboratory Manager

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Milena Perez

Administrative Coordinator

Geomuseum 411

aperez02@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 384-9005

Postdoctoral Researchers

Jerome Blewett

Agouron Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Geobiology

I am a biogeochemist studying the interactions between microbial life and the environment. In particular, I...

Graduate Students

Ana Camila Gonzalez-Nayeck

6th Year Ph.D Student

Ana’s PhD research deals with the carbon isotopic composition of organic compounds in microbial mats. Microbial mats were likely more prevalent in the...

gonzalezvaldes@g.harvard.edu

Katherine Keller

4th Year Ph.D Student

Katherine received her BA in Environmental Chemistry from Columbia University in 2014. Since then, she has worked at the US Geological Survey on...

Undergraduate Students

Raisha Rahman

Harvard College Class of 2023

Raisha Rahman is a junior at Harvard College pursuing a joint degree in Chemistry and Earth & Planetary Sciences. In the Pearson lab, she... Read more about Raisha Rahman

Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Harvard College Class of 2022

Kemi Ashing-Giwa is a senior concentrating in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology with a secondary in Astrophysics...

Pearson Lab

Laboratory for Molecular Biogeochemistry and Organic Geochemistry

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