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Nicole Kinsman Graduate Student Coastal Processes nkinsman@ucsc.eduOffice Hours: E&MS A360 11:30-12:30 Pm Monday. 8-9 am Wednesday. |
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~~~ Curriculum Vitae Eart1 (Oceanography) Eart142 (Engineering Geology) Photos People Coastal Links ~~~
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| Recent News: I passed my oral qualifying exam for my PhD and am now into my research at UCSC full swing. I was recently given the opportunity to talk about some of my work at the CSBPA workshop on June 25th in Pacifica, CA. I am looking forward to following up with many of the people I spoke to there about using the inventory of California Sediment Retention Structures that I have created in a variety of ways. It was also a nice opportunity to promote participation in my Local Knowledge Survey project which I would like to wrap up pretty soon. You can take the survey online here: http://es.ucsc.edu/~nkinsman/survey In other news, I also passed my FAA checkride on June 16th and I am now a fully certified Private Pilot (Single Engine Land). You can see a picture of me post-exam in the Monterey Bay 99s' June Logbook. I took my first passenger (Joe Kurstin) up on June 22 and am eager to fly a lot more in the next few months.  At the end of this week I will be headed back to NY for just a little over a week to see my family and serve as Maid of Honor in my best friend's wedding. I can hardly wait- the weather is going to be hot and humid I hope and all of the wedding activities are going to go off without a hitch. When I return I look forward to teaching EART1, Oceanography, at UCSC the second half of the summer. Later days, Nic Current book: The Selected Works of T.S Spivet - Reif Larsen Current song: Nellie Jean - Hightower Current projects: Reading, Flying, Research, Scallop Cooking & Bridesmaiding. |
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 About
me:I am from a little town called Farmington located in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. The Finger Lakes are one of the most beautiful places in the world, if you've never been there that's okay - we don't want the secret getting out. Currently, I am a Graduate Student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I study coastal processes and am eventually working my way towards a PhD in the Earth and Planetary Sciences. In my free time I enjoy being an active participant in community events. If there is a free local concert, hike, talk or festival of any sort you can probably find me there. I tend to be an early riser. I don't think enough people polka in this world. I also think that life is too short to underuse superlatives in everyday conversation. Other things that float my boat? Geology of any sort, being by the water, frisbee, sewing, sailing, reading, hiking and local history. Above all I enjoy a good project or adventure, regardless of type or duration. |
