Peyton Cavnar is a master’s student in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources as well as a member of the UVM Community Cosmogenic Facility. Her graduate research focuses on paleoclimatic glacial retreat in the Eastern Canadian landscape, specifically using cosmogenic nuclide analysis to better understand glacier’s influence on landscapes over time. She is especially interested in the connection between paleoclimate and modern anthropogenic climate change as a means to improve current climate action. 

Peyton received her B.S. in environmental sustainability from the University of Oklahoma in May of 2022. She spent five semesters as a student employee at the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, developing her undergraduate research on Indigenous climate change adaptation methods. This project kindled her love of fieldwork, as she actively engaged with Tribal environmental professionals from multiple Native Nations in Oklahoma. 
In addition to climate science and environmentalism, the other love of Peyton’s life is epee fencing. If she is not working or studying, she is training for her next tournament!

Prospective graduate students interested in learning more about research and experiences in the Rubenstein School may contact Peyton.