Cantu, Katrina

Graduate Student

Research Interests

  • Paleoenvironments
  • Microfauna
  • Paleoclimate
  • Geochronology
  • Marine Geology
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Underwater Archaeology

Degrees

  • BS Earth Sciences, UC San Diego
  • MS Earth Sciences, UC San Diego/ Scripps

Bio

Katrina Cantu is a PhD student in the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology. Her primary research interest is how humans interact with their changing environment over time and how these interactions can be studied through the collection and analysis of sediment cores. Her methods include identification of microfaunal and macrobotanical remains, isotope analysis, XRF core-scanning, and stratigraphy. Her field work has taken her to Israel's Carmel Coast and Puerto Rico to collect sediment cores and assist in both terrestrial and underwater excavations. Katrina works with SCMA researchers Tom Levy, Dick Norris, and Isabel Rivera-Collazo. She has a BS and MS in Earth Sciences, both completed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. When she isn't playing with mud she enjoys spending time with her 4 children and many pets.