Tessa M. Hill, Ph.D.

The Hill Lab

Ongoing Research

Hill Lab 2009
Hill lab Summer 2009! L to R: Tessa Hill, Lisa Jacobs, Shane Downing
(REU student, Allegheny College), Crystal Replogle, Sarah Flores, Chris
Myrvold (missing Sarah Myhre and Sarah White).


Hill lab Summer 2008! L to R: Tessa Hill, Chris Myrvold, Bart Critser, Kari
McLaughlin, Anne Fisher, Sarah Myhre, Sverre Leroy (missing: Sarah Flores).


Hill Lab, Summer 2007 (top row, L to R): Clarity Guerra, Mt. Holyoke
undergraduate; Bart Critser, M.S. student, Christopher Myrvold, M.S. student,
Jessica Bean, Ph.D. student. (bottom row, L to R): Sarah Flores, UCD under-
graduate; Anne Fisher, University of the Pacific undergraduate.

Current students in the Hill Lab:

  • Chris Myrvold, Ph.D. student
  • Sarah Flores, M.S. student
  • Sarah Myhre, Ph.D.
  • Sarah White, M.S. student


From left to right: Steve Macallelo, T. Hill, Karen Chan,
Johnfranco Saraceno at lab graduation party, June 2006.

Former students:

  • Shane Downing, REU student 2009 (Allegheny College)
  • Bart Critser, M.S. Student 2006-2008.
  • Sverre LeRoy, REU student 2008 (Mills College)
  • Kari McLaughlin, REU student 2008 (University of the Pacific)
  • Anne Fisher, REU student 2008 (University of the Pacific)
  • Clarity Guerra, REU student, 2007 (Mt. Holyoke)
  • Stephanie Ho, REU student, 2006 (UC Irvine)
  • Karen Chan, UCD senior thesis student, 2005-2006
  • Steven Macalello, UCD senior thesis student, 2005-2006
  • Johnfranco Saraceno, UCD senior thesis student, 2005-2006


Stephanie Ho, Research Experience for Undergraduates
student, summer 2006: Shallow water foraminifera are fun!

Prospective Graduate Students

I am seeking motivated, creative and hardworking graduate students interested in any of our ongoing research projects or a project of their own design. Students interested in applying for graduate study should contact me personally, and:
  1. go to the UCD Geology Department or the Graduate Group in Ecology websites for application information
  2. learn about ongoing research in the Geology department on Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironments, Paleobiology, and Geochemistry
  3. refer to the following websites for information on graduate fellowships:
    Other good links for graduate students:

Please contact for more information!