Jeremy Gabriel

My time as a Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar was a very rewarding experience, giving me the chance to be part of a great initiative to promote international collaboration in STEM research. It was particularly meaningful to return to Israel to work with Dr. Beverly Goodman, whom I first worked with on a field season at Caesarea as an undergraduate student at McMaster University. This time, our research focused on the changes in Nile runoff during the mid-to-late-Holocene epoch using high-resolution (0.5 mm) elemental data, combined with other physical and biological proxies collected from deep marine sediments of the Levant Basin. In addition to the research opportunities, there were several social events organized by the Zuckerman program to promote community and friendship among the Zuckerman scholars, both postdocs and faculty. My favorite event was the “Esprit de Corps” trip where we visited Ben Gurion University, the Ashalim solar power station, and had a traditional lunch in the Negev desert (with some sandboarding down the dunes). Following the completion of my postdoc, I returned to Canada where I am applying to full-time positions at Canadian universities. Even though my postdoc position has ended, I am still working on research grants with Dr. Goodman to maintain the academic collaboration between McMaster University and the University of Haifa.