Rachel Walter is a third year EAS major with a minor in biology and interests in environmental science and oceanography. As part of her undergraduate research, she is working with Dr. Kim Cobb, Dr. Hussein Sayani, and the PAGES CoralHydro2k group to reconstruct tropical hydroclimate over the 20th century using corals. She has presented her work in this group both at a workshop at the 13th International Conference on Paleoceanography and at the EAS Graduate Student Symposium, and she is the recipient of the Rutt Bridges Undergraduate Initiative Award and the President's Undergraduate Research Award. She is also the treasurer of Georgia Tech's earth science fraternity, Sigma Gamma Epsilon. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, playing games with friends, and traveling to new places. She plans to work toward a higher degree in environmental science or oceanography.
