- Hannah Carrollsheher
- Postdoctoral Fellow
Hannah M. Carroll (she/her) is an UPLIFT postdoctoral fellow co-mentored by Aradhna Tripati and Nathan Kraft. She received her PhD from Iowa State University with co-majors in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and Environmental Science (ENVS). Her dissertation research focused on the application of big data techniques to late Quaternary paleoecology. She has specifically focused on plant communities at regional to sub-continental scales and how they have interacted with climate over geologic time. She graduated with honors, being awarded the Graduate Research Excellence Award for her dissertation research, as well as the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award for her role in leading the Environmental Science Undergraduate Learning Community at Iowa State University.
Hannah received her BS in Environmental Science from University of Washington-Tacoma. Her senior thesis focused on evaluating the realism of in situ mesocosms used for rearing larval marine invertebrates. After graduation from UW-Tacoma, she worked as a research technician for the Washington Department of Natural Resources Nearshore Habitat Program studying seagrass ecology and conservation in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. She then worked in environmental consulting and private industry before enrolling in her graduate program at Iowa State University.
Hannah’s research at UCLA is focused on the application of cutting-edge big data techniques to the calibration of paleoclimate signals and development of plant functional ecology as a new paleoclimate tool. Hannah is passionate about undergraduate science education, and her teaching interests center around evidence-based inclusive teaching methods aimed at promoting equity and inclusion in STEM, particularly in the geosciences.