Christopher Hein
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Christopher Hein
@coastalgeology.bsky.social
Scientist/teacher at VIMS/W&M. Part-time rower. Generally focused on Holocene coastal processes. he/his

Web: www.vims.edu/coastal_geology

Profile photo: Parramore Island, VA [At Altitude Gallery (https://www.ataltitudegallery.com/), with permission]
For 10 years I've been watching waves expose & chew up saltmarsh & lagoon mud along the beaches & shorefaces of the VA Barrier Islands. Thanks to incredible effort by VIMS PhD student MB Barksdale, we've been able to quantify that process & implications for blue carbon.
www.vims.edu/newsandevent...
December 19, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Upping an official IGCP 725 post from the other site:

We are pleased to announce our third installment of the free & fully virtual Geochron January! This time focused on Mining the Historical Record of Coastal Change.
Details: sfu.ca/igcp-725/upc...
Registration: tinyurl.comigcp-gjiii
November 20, 2023 at 8:28 PM
So, how's your weekend going? Gulp. (yes, this is an incredibly cool opportunity for which I'm extremely humbled and honored . . . but also . . . gulp).
September 24, 2023 at 7:53 PM
If I'm here, I'm gonna advertise! My lab is looking for BOTH a Postdoc (Fall/Winter 2023) & PhD student (Fall 2024). Minoritized and candidates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds strongly encouraged to apply.

Details, application portals, & deadlines here: www.vims.edu/research/uni...
September 23, 2023 at 8:34 PM