Elena Robakiewicz, M.Sc.

Doctoral student

 

 

Room S527

Hölderlinstr. 12
72074 Tübingen

Phone: +49 7071 29 74710
 

 

EDUCATION

Doctoral Candidate—PRESENT
Geosciences: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT & Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Master’s Degree—2019
Geosciences: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Fulbright Research Fellow—2016-2017
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Bachelor of Arts—Geology
Geology: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Study Abroad—Spring 2015
Humboldt University/NYU Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Climate Reconstruction; Micropaleontology; Paleolithic Archaeology; Africa

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Trends, Rhythms, and Events in the Earth’s Climate System Participant—Summer 2021
Research Assistant, Leba Cave, Angola—Summer 2019
Research Assistant, Sibudu, South Africa—2017 & 2018
Keck Research Assistant—2016

 

TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE

Student Representative for GSA Limnogeology Division—Spring 2021 to PRESENT
Virtual UConn Geosymposium Organizer—Spring 2021
Graduate Student Senator (Geoscience Representative) —Fall 2020 to PRESENT
Teaching Assistantships
UConn GSCI1000E-The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene (Fall 2021)
UConn GSCI1051-Earth’s Dynamic Environment Lecture, University of Connecticut (Fall 2019-Spring 2021)
UConn GSCI2310E-National Parks Unearthed: Geology and Landscapes through Time (Fall 2019)
UConn GSCI 1052-Earth’s Dynamic Environment Lab, University of Connecticut (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
Oberlin GEOL100-Introduction to Geology Lab Sections, Oberlin College (Spring 2016)
Private Tutoring for UConn Student-Athlete Success Program
Courses tutored include: GSCI1000E The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene; GSCI 1050 Earth's Dynamic Environment; GSCI/GEOG1070 Natural Disasters and Environmental Change; and GSCI/GEOG2310E Creating and Sustaining National Parks.

 

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

UConn Geosciences Graduate Student Teaching Award
Session Chair for “An Early Involvement of K9–16 Students in Geoscience-Related Research: Potential Tool for Recruitment and Retention,” GSA Connect, 2020.
Explorer’s Club-Mamont Scholar Grant
UConn Geosciences Graduate Student Service Award
GSA Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund recipient
European Geophysical Union Membership
Outstanding Scholar Fellowship, University of Connecticut
Fulbright Research Scholarship, Germany
Sigma Xi Membership
Keck Scholarship, Keck Consortium
Geological Society of America Membership

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Robakiewicz, E., de Matos, D., Stone, J.R., Junginger, A. 2021. “Hydrochemistry and Diatom Assemblages on the Humpata Plateau, Southwesternangola” Geosciences 11, 359. doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11090359
Matos, D., Francisco, R., Fernandes, J., Robakiewicz, E., Barros, B. 2021. “A Paisagem cársica Do Sudoeste De Angola Primeira Abordagem Aopatrimónio subterrâneo Da Formação Leba” Revista Angolana De Geociências 2 (1):127-43
Robakiewicz, E., deMatos, D., Stone, J., Junginger, S., “Modern Diatom Communities on the Humpata Plateau in Southwestern Angola” Geological Society of America Conference, 29 October 2020, Connect Online. Poster Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E., Beamer, D., Boemmels, J., Brisson, S., Dow, S., Vanderleest, R.” Earth Science Fair at the University of Connecticut: Hands-On Earth Education and Community Outreach” Geological Society of America Conference, 27 October 2020, Connect Online. Poster Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E., Bergner, A., Mingram, J., Trauth, M., Junginger, A. “25,000 Years of Moisture Variability based on Diatom Conductivity Reconstruction at Lake Nakuru, Central Kenya Rift” Geological Society of America Conference, 25 September 2019, Phoenix, Arizona. Oral Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E., Junginger, A., Bergner, A.G.N., Mingram, J., Trauth, M.H. “Paleolimnological changes during the past 25,000 years of Lake Nakuru, Kenya” European Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, 10 April 2019, Vienna, Austria. Poster Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E., Bergner, A.G.N., Mingram, J., Trauth, M.H., Junginger, A. “Paleolimnological changes over 25,000 years at Lake Nakuru (Kenya) using Diatoms as a Proxy” International Diatom Symposium, 26 Jun. 2018, Berlin, Germany.
Junginger, A., Robakiewicz, E., Bergner, A.G.N., Mingram, J., Trauth, M.H. “Paleolimnological changes during the past 25,000 years of Lake Nakuru, Kenya” IPA-IAL, 18 Jun. 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Poster Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E. “Reconstructing Climate Using Pliocene Diatom Abundance,” Oberlin College Senior Symposium, 29 Apr. 2016, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Oral Presentation. O’Connell, S., Cullen, K., Flores, C., Robakiewicz, E., Snow Kaufman, Z. “Pliocene Paleoproductivity and Ice Dynamics in the Weddell Sea: ODP Sites 693- 695,” Keck Symposium 2016, 22 Apr. 2016, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Group Oral Presentation.
Cullen, K., Robakiewicz, E., Snow Kaufman, Z. “Pliocene Paleoproductivity and Ice Dynamics in the Weddell Sea: ODP Sites 693-695,” GSA Symposium 2015, 3 Nov. 2015, Baltimore, MD. Group Poster Presentation.
Robakiewicz, E. “Pliocene Diatom Abundance as Proxy for Temperature in the Weddell Sea: ODP Site 697,” Keck Geology Consortium. Spring 2016. Published abstract