{"id":8,"date":"2012-03-05T02:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T07:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/facultyviscoustemplate\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:51:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\"><span style=\"color: #ffff99\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/home\/loverskey-ivb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1238 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-815x1024.png 815w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-768x965.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-1222x1536.png 1222w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2022\/06\/LoversKey-IVB-1629x2048.png 1629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #db7a39;font-size: revert\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff\"><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\">Associate Professor \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Undergraduate Advisor \u2013 Geology<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #db7a39;font-size: revert\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #77a4d1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in <\/span><\/strong><strong>Geology (Estonia)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\">Post-Doctoral (2001-2003)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\"><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\">PhD, Geology (2001)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\"><em><span style=\"color: #999999\">Boston University<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\">BA, Geology,\u00a0<em>Magna Cum Laude <\/em>(1994)\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\"><em><span style=\"color: #999999\">Boston University<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\">Dipl Program, Marine Geology (1989-1991) <\/span><span style=\"color: #bdb38c\"><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Odesa University, Ukraine<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1474\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/coastal\/files\/2026\/03\/IVB-World-Research-Map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1252\" height=\"554\" 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