I typically prefer to advise graduate students who are interested in developing research on questions related to paleoenvironmental reconstructions particularly using tree-rings. My collaborative work with the CoRPS research group here at UA also provides several opportunities for research on multiproxy reconstructions using tree-rings and fluvial and marine sediments.

At this time, I am not actively recruiting graduate student(s), but am happy to hear from students with a strong background in tree-ring research and interest in continuing to pursue similar research.

Some potential projects include:

• Developing long tree-ring chronologies from buried subfossil bald cypress along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. We currently have an NSF-funded project to develop these chronologies.
• Building drought and streamflow reconstructions in the southeastern US, particularly Florida
• Developing proxy records of hurricane landfall along the Gulf Coast, as well as records of inland flooding
• A pilot project to study AR-induced flooding on the US West Coast
• Using tree rings to study fluvial flooding for rivers in the SE US

Students with a strong quantitative background and an interest in any of the above topics (or similar) should contact me before applying to the UA Geography PhD program. Please email me at therrell@ua.edu with the subject line “PhD student” and include your CV and some idea of research projects you may be interested in pursuing.