We welcome Dr. Jess Hillman to the School of Earth Sciences! Dr. Hillman is working with Drs. Cook and Sawyer on methane hydrates. Dr. Hillman earned her PhD from the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ where she worked on seafloor depressions off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island to explore potential links to methane transport processes between the seafloor and ocean. Dr. Hillman brings key experience in a wide range of geophysical techniques including multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, 2D and 3D seismic, boomer seismic and water column imaging to understand geomorphology and sediment transport processes at a range of scales.