Bella Bennett
Bella is a doctoral student in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, a graduate research fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment, and a member of the NSF/UVM Cosmogenic Community Facility. During her time at UVM, Bella has focused on two major projects: expanding access and inclusion in STEM through the development of an undergraduate research program (AUgR), and measuring rates of landscape change in the tropics using cosmogenic isotopes. Bella greatly enjoys teaching students of all ages about Earth systems. When she's not in the lab, teaching, or working on a manuscript, Bella loves to backcountry ski, hike with her dog Duncan Idaho, and make art.
PhD Candidate, Natural Resources (University of Vermont, in progress)
Research and training in the tropics: quantifying erosion and denudation in Puerto Rico and Cuba; developing a STEM access program for undergraduatesThesis proposal slides download .pptx file
Undergraduate degree
Skidmore College, B.A. Environmental Studies, 2017Related Links
Grad students should be paid for university serviceUVM Student Project Seeks to Diversify STEM
Email Address
Isabella.Bennett@uvm.eduAbstracts
GSA 2023 poster download .pptx fileAGU 2023 poster download .pptx file
Bennett, I. B., Soto-Villanueva, K., Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B., Acosta-Colon, A., Hughes, K. S., Whittaker J. A., (2022) Inventing AUGR: reflections on designing and implementing an authentic undergraduate geoscience research experience. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 25-6. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-381693
Goodwin, J., Rodriguez-Ramos, I., Taylor, B. H., Mercado-Mercado A. P., Kane, M., Bennett, I. B., Perdrial, J., Bierman, P. R., (2022) Evaluating E. coli, dissolved organic carbon, and total dissolved nitrogen within two southeastern Puerto Rico watersheds. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 197-3. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-382818
Kane, M., Rodriguez-Ramos, I., Mercado-Mercado A. P., Taylor, B. H., Goodwin, J., Bennett, I. B., Bierman, P. R., Caffee, M. W., Woodruff, T. E., (2022) Erosion rate analysis of two watersheds in southeastern Puerto Rico using 10Be. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 29-4. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-383033
Taylor, B. H., Kane, M., Mercado-Mercado A. P., Goodwin, J., Rodriguez-Ramos, I., Bennett, I. B., Bierman, P. R., Racela, J., Dethier, D. P., (2022) Cracking the dissolved inorganic materials code: comparing two Puerto Rico rivers across seasons. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 269-13. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-382951
Mercado-Mercado A. P., Rodriguez-Ramos, I., Goodwin, J., Kane, M., Taylor, B. H., Bennett, I. B., Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B., Caffee, M. W., Woodruff, T. E., Racela, J., Dethier, D. P., (2022) Water quality and erosion rates of landscape change in two watersheds, southeastern Puerto Rico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 29-3. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-382542
Bennett, I. B., Bierman, P. R., Halsted, C. T., (2021) A century of urban landslides: the legacy and consequences of altering our landscapes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Abstract 88-14. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021am-371201
Bennett, I. B., (2016) Finding Aotearoa: the role of the Kaharoa eruption in early Polynesian navigation and perception of New Zealand as “the land of the long white cloud”. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract 50-9. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2016am-284698 Research and training in the tropics: quantifying erosion and denudation in Puerto Rico and Cuba; developing a STEM access program for undergraduates