Christine Hallman
Ph.D. Student, Geography & Regional Development (Global Change minor)
PhD, expected 2009, Geography, University of Arizona
MS, 2001, Geosciences, University of Arizona
MS, 1997, Geography, Murray State University, KY
BS, 1995, Geology & Geography, Murray State University, KY
Phone: (520) 621-5391
FAX: (520) 621-2889
E-mail: hallman@ltrr.arizona.edu0
104A West Stadium
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
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Research
I have a BS in geology & geography and a MS in geography with an emphasis on remote sensing and GIS from Murray State University in Murray, KY. My thesis at Murray State concerned predicting potential groundwater pollution in a karst region utilizing DRASTIC and GIS. In December 2001, I finished a Masters in Geosciences involving frost-ring formation in high elevation pines (Bristlecone and Foxtail) at The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. The compilation of frost-ring chronologies based on a severity scale was derived in hopes of finding a regional climatic pattern resulting from major volcanic eruptions. I was an Adjunct Professor for Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ 2002-2006 where I taught intro geology, historical geology, physical geography, world geography, & cultural geography. Each new semester brought new students to enlighten in how dynamic the Earth is and how scientists investigate the Earth. I also worked in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the UofA continually searching for frost rings and their links to atmospheric circulation, creating new lab pamphlets, and inventorying BCP specimens (some of which have not seen the light of day in over 30 years). As of fall 2006, I returned to school as a PhD student majoring in Geography with a minor in Global Change. My research involves the influence of phenology, aspect, and elevation on bristlecone pine ring widths, especially in recent times.
Project Involvement
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
- Global Change PhD Minor Program
- Archiving of bristlecone pine collection in LTRR
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