Alumni

While at the University of New Hampshire, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila knew graduate school was in his future, but it wasn’t until he participated in Stanford Earth’s Summer Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering Program (SURGE) that he could envision himself at a place like Stanford. 

Many ocean dwellers are much larger than their terrestrial relatives. But why? Research by William Gearty, PhD ‘19, has identified that in many cases, the larger the mammal, the more likely they can survive in frigid water. The same goes for many ancient reptiles, despite being cold-blooded.