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Allyson Boggess

Laboratory Manager, Coastal Geology Lab

Email: [[v|aaboggess]]
Phone: (804) 684-7775
Office: Andrews Hall 225
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Lab: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/coastal_geology/, Coastal Geology Lab}}
ORCID: {{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-7471, 0000-0003-4848-7471}}

Education

B.S., Geology & Modern Foreign Language (Spanish), James Madison University, 2017

Summary

I run the Sedimentology & Gamma Lab Cost Center, handling requests for sediment samples and laboratory analyses from collaborators and external customers. I also support day-to-day operations in the Sediment Lab in Andrews Hall and in the field on data collection campaigns.