Adiėl A. Klompmaker, M.Sc., PhD Candidate

Department of Geology

Kent State University

221 McGilvrey Hall
Lincoln and Summit Streets
Kent, OH 44242 

U.S.A.


Email: adielklompmaker@gmail.com

Personal website: www.adielklompmaker.com

 

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Special Research Interests

 

- invertebrate paleoecology

- predation in the fossil record

- invertebrate diversity

- invertebrate paleobiogeography

- invertebrate systematics

 

 

Education

 

Geology (PhD)                    Kent State University (U.S.A., Ohio)              2008 - present

Archeology                          Groningen University (The Netherlands)         2007 - 2008            (courses)

Earth Sciences (Master)        Utrecht University (The Netherlands)             2001 - 2006            2006: M.Sc.

 

 

Quarry with Silurian sediments near Woodville (Ohio)

Teaching

 

Kent State University, Summer 2011 Instructor:

    a) Earth Dynamics lecture (1x)

 

Kent State University, Teaching Assistant since 2008:

    a) Environmental Geology lecture (1x)

    b) Earth History lab (4x)

    c) Earth Dynamics lab (2x)

    d) Invertebrate Paleontology lab (2x)

    e) Stratigraphy lab (2x)

    f) Six invited Earth Dynamics lectures, a Stratigraphy lecture, and an Invertebrate Paleontology lecture

 

 

Publications

 

Scientific articles (peer-reviewed):

 

14) Fraaije, R.H.B., A.A. Klompmaker, and P. Artal. 2012. New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 263 (1): 85-92.

13) Schweitzer, C.E., R.M. Feldmann, O.D. Frantescu, and A.A. Klompmaker. 2012. Revision of Etyidae Guinot and Tavares, 2001 (Crustacea: Brachyura). Journal of Paleontology 86 (1): 129-155.

12) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. Drilling and crushing predation on scaphopods from the Miocene of the Netherlands. Lethaia 44: 429-439.

11) Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal, B.W.M. van Bakel, R.H.B. Fraaije and J.W.M. Jagt. 2011. Etyid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from mid-Cretaceous reefal strata of Navarra, northern Spain. Palaeontology 54 (5): 1199-1212.

10) Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal and G. Gulisano. 2011. The Cretaceous crab Rathbunopon: revision, a new species and new localities. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 260 (2): 191-202.

9)  Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal, R.H.B. Fraaije and J.W.M. Jagt. 2011. Revision of the family Gastrodoridae (Crustacea, Decapoda), with description of the first species from the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 85 (2): 226-233.

8)  Klompmaker, A.A. and R.H.B. Fraaije. 2011. The oldest (Middle Triassic, Anisian) lobsters from The Netherlands: taxonomy, taphonomy, paleoenvironment, and paleoecology. Paleontologia Electronica 14 (1) 1A: 15p. PDF

7)  Stöhr, S., J.W.M. Jagt and A.A. Klompmaker. 2011. Ophiura paucilepis, a new species of brittlestar (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130: 113-121. 

6)  Klompmaker, A.A., G.F.W. Herngreen and H.W. Oosterink. 2010. Biostratigraphic correlation, paleoenvironment stress, and subrosion pipe collapse: Dutch Rhaetian shales uncover their secrets. Facies 56 (4): 597-613. PDF

5)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. Taphonomic bias on drill-hole predation intensities and paleoecology of Pliocene mollusks from Langenboom (Mill), The Netherlands. PALAIOS 24 (11): 772-779.

4)  Klompmaker, A.A., N.A. Waljaard and R.H.B. Fraaije. 2009. Ventral bite marks in Mesozoic ammonoids. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280: 245-257.

3)  Fraaije, R.H.B., B.W.M. Bakel, J.W.M. Jagt, A.A. Klompmaker and P. Artal. 2009. A new hermit crab (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Navarra, Northern Spain. Boletķn de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 61 (2): 13-16. PDF

2)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Biostratigraphic correlations of continental, Middle Miocene deposits from Europe. Gea 41 (1): 15-18. PDF

 

 

Abstracts:

 

15) Klompmaker, A.A. and R.H.B. Fraaije. 2011. Animal behavior frozen in time: three Early Jurassic eryonid lobsters in an ammonoid shell. (powerpoint) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43 (5): 310.

14) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. Drill hole predation on fossil serpulid polychaetes, with new data from the Pliocene of the Netherlands. (poster) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43 (5): 86.

13) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. The richest Cretaceous locality in the world? - An update. (poster) 26th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Kent State University - April 1, 2011: 19. PDF

12) Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal, B.W.M. van Bakel, R.M. Feldmann, R.H.B. Fraaije, J.W.M. Jagt and C.E. Schweitzer. 2011. The richest Cretaceous decapod locality in the world? - An update. (poster) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43 (1): 165. PDF poster

11) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. Drillhole predation intensity on scaphopods through time and crushing predation with an example from the Miocene of the Netherlands. (powerpoint) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 (5): 322.

10) Klompmaker, A.A., G.F.W. Herngreen and H.W. Oosterink. 2010. Biostratigraphic correlation, paleoenvironmental stress, and sinkhole collapse: Dutch Rhaetian (uppermost Triassic) shales uncover their secrets. (poster) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 (5): 248. PDF poster

9)  Klompmaker, A.A. and R.H.B. Fraaije. 2010. The oldest (Middle Triassic, Anisian) lobsters from the Netherlands. (poster) 4th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans, Eichstätt, Germany, June 8-10: 21. PDF

8)  Fraaije, R.H.B., B.W.M. van Bakel, J.W.M. Jagt, P. Artal and A.A. Klompmaker. 2010. New data on Mesozoic and ?Cenozoic hermit crabs (Anomura, Paguroidea) from southern and central Europe. (powerpoint) 4th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans, Eichstätt, Germany, June 8-10: 9. PDF

7)  Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal, B.W.M. van Bakel, R.M. Feldmann, R.H.B. Fraaije and C.E. Schweitzer. 2010. Decapod peak diversity in the mid-Cretaceous reefal limestones of Koskobilo (Spain). (powerpoint) 4th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans, Eichstätt, Germany, June 8-10: 20. PDF

6)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. Drilled, slammed, peeled and crushed: marine predators hunted for shells at the Langenboom locality (the Netherlands). (powerpoint) Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University - April 24, 2010: 14. PDF 

5)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. A diversity burst of crabs and squat lobsters around 100 million years ago. (poster) Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University - April 24, 2010: 13. PDF

4)  Feldmann, R.M., A. Frantescu, O.D. Frantescu, A.A. Klompmaker, G. Logan Jr., C.M. Robins and D.A. Waugh. 2010. Lobster-bearing concretion formation in the Bearpaw Shale (Late Cretaceous) of Montana. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 (2): 83.

3)  Klompmaker, A.A., P. Artal, B.W.M. van Bakel, R.M. Feldmann, R.H.B. Fraaije and C.E. Schweitzer. 2010. Koskobilo (Spain) - The richest Cretaceous decapod locality in the world? (poster) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 (2): 84. PDF poster

2)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. Ancient squids as hunters and prey. (powerpoint) Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University - April 4, 2009: 28. PDF

1)  Thuy, B., A.A. Klompmaker and J.W.M. Jagt. 2008. Rhaetian ophiuroids from the Netherlands: a preliminary report. (powerpoint) 4th Workshop of German and Austrian Echinoderm Research, Vienna, October 2008, abstracts: 49-50. PDF

 

 

Popular:

 

74) Akkerman, H., and A.A. Klompmaker. 2012. (translated) Early Jurassic ammonites from Winterswijk. Staringia 13 / Grondboor en Hamer 66 (1): 66-73.

73) Fraaije, R.H.B., P.J. Hoedemaeker, and A.A. Klompmaker. 2012. (translated) Introduction Dutch cephalopods. Staringia 13 / Grondboor en Hamer 66 (1): 8-23.

72) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Scaphopods from Langenboom on the menu. Grondboor en Hamer 65 (6): 159-163.

71) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The Anthropocene, a new geological epoch? Kennislink [Online December 23]

70) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Do we live in a mass-extinction now? Kennislink [Online November 11]

69) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The end Ordovician mass-extinction. Kennislink [Online October 18]

68) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Drill holes in the Miocene bivalve Astarte anus from Langenboom. Afzettingen WTKG 32 (3): 62-63. PDF

67) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) How often can we except ash fall from Iceland? Kennislink [Online September 5]

66) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The end Devonian mass extinction. Kennislink [Online August 18]

65) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Kennislink [Online July 25]

64) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The oldest Dutch fossil lobsters including a new genus. Gea 44 (2): 47-49. PDF

63) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The end-Triassic mass extinction. Kennislink [Online June 9]

62) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Italian scientists prosecuted. Kennislink [Online May 31]

61) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) The Cretaceous-Tertiairy mass extinction. Kennislink [Online May 20]

60) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Japan and the prediction of earthquakes. Kennislink [Online April 15]

59) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. (translated) Mankind exploits, the earth shakes. Natuurwetenschap & Techniek nr.4/2011: 36-41. PDF

58) Andeweg, B. and A.A. Klompmaker. 2011. (translated) Strong earthquake and tsunami threaten Japan. Kennislink [Online March 11]

57) Klompmaker, A.A. 2011. Who did it? Bite marks in Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonites. Deposits 25: 31-34. PDF

56) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Giant fossil rodent discovered. Afzettingen WTKG 31 (4): 85. PDF

55) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Superfast evolution on islands. Kennislink [Online December 31]

54) Klompmaker, A.A. and E. Wijnker 2010. (translated) Langenboom (Mill, Noord-Brabant): a fantastic locality for Plio- and Miocene fossils. Gea 43 (4): 112-118. PDF

53) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Impossible comets. Spits (3-12-2010): 14. PDF

52) Andeweg, B. and A.A. Klompmaker. 2010. (translated) The eruption of the Merapi volcano. Kennislink [Online November 6]

51) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) New, worldwide earth layer discovered? Kennislink [Online October 26]

50) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Ocean acidification fatal for fish? Gea 43 (3): 94-95. PDF

49) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Disease due to mineral dust. Spits (8-10-2010): 16. PDF

48) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Disease due to mineral dust. Kennislink [Online September 30]

47) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) The black, warming danger - the effect of black aerosols on climate. Kennislink [Online July 29]

46) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) The hunt for Mosasaurs. Spits (9-7-2010): 14. PDF

45) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Canyons (can) form superfast. Spits (2-7-2010): 23. PDF

44) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Severe cold in the Younger Dryas. Kennislink [Online June 23]

43) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) World Cup Soccer 2010: weather and  climate. Kennislink [Online May 30]

42) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated from French) Lethal bite marks in Mesozoic ammonites: squids attacked from behind. Fossiles 2: 45-50. PDF

41) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Living fossils! Kennislink [Online May 11]

40) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Megafloods on Alaska. Kennislink [Online May 10]

39) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Homo heidelbergensis oldest Dutchmen? Spits (9-4-2010): 12. PDF

38) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Wadden Sea: subsurface, development, and climate change. Kennislink [Online March 29]

37) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Nile-delta: pumping or drowning? Kennislink [Online March 23]

36) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) Maya-culture dried up. Kennislink [Online February 25]

35) Klompmaker, A.A. 2010. (translated) The catastrophic Mediterranean flood. Spits (22-1-2010): 12. PDF

34) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Posters in earth sciences: draw the attention! Gea 42 (4): 116-118. PDF

33) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Storm or tsunami? Kennislink [Online November 29]

32) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Tsunami modifies landscape. Explore Magazine 36 (6): 10-13. PDF

31) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Meteorite impact: yes or no? Spits (6-11-2009): 16. PDF

30) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Powerpoint in earth sciences: draw the attention! Gea 42 (3): 92-93. PDF

29) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Bite marks on ammonites from the Mesozoic. Gea 42 (3): 83-86. PDF

28) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Search and find a (pre)historic tsunami. Kennislink [Online September 22]

27) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Laughing gas: new danger for the ozone layer. Kennislink [Online September 10]

26) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) The reverse greenhouse effect. Spits (7-8-2009): 10. PDF

25) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Dinosaurs lived on longer. Spits (26-6-2009): 14. PDF

24) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Dinosaurs survived Cretaceous-Tertiary the boundary. Kennislink [Online June 4]

23) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Tsunamis not only caused by earthquakes. Kennislink [Online May 11]

22) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Reefs on the brink of destruction. Spits (13-3-2009): 20. PDF

21) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Giant bird took off with a frog jump. Natuurwetenschap & Techniek nr. 3/2009: 12. PDF

20) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Pathological Ammonites. Grondboor en Hamer 63 (1): 18-24. PDF Reference list

19) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Climate change is a timescale discussion! Kennislink [Online January 13]

18) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Nuclear winter is waiting. Spits (9-1-2009): 1, 10. PDF

17) Klompmaker, A.A. 2009. (translated) Many dangers for coral reefs. Kennislink [Online January 5]

16) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Drillhole predation in molluscs: how not to drill. Gea 41 (4): 118-120. PDF

15) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Coral reefs die because of global warming. Kennislink [Online November 30]

14) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Patterns in tsunamis. Spits (7-11-2008): 17. PDF

13) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) In situ, right? About the meaning of in situ. Afzettingen WTKG 29 (3): 48-49. PDF

12) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Shaped by moving earth plates. Kennislink [Online July 30]

11) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Proves and history of the plate tectonic theory. Kennislink [Online July 15]

10) Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) The whole earth is on the move. Kennislink [Online July 11]

9)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Volcano observation and economy. Kennislink [Online April 3] 

8)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Volcanoes – Direct and indirect effects. Kennislink [Online April 3]

7)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Volcanoes – Cross section, shape/type and location. Kennislink [Online March 28]

6)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2008. (translated) Ice caps are melting? Spits (25-01-2008): 20. PDF

5)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2007. (translated) Supervolcano Yellowstone is rising. Spits (7-12-2007): 12. PDF

4)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2007. (translated) The new dinosaur exposition hall of Oertijdmuseum ' De Groene Poort’ in Boxtel, the Netherlands. Grondboor en Hamer 61 (6): 141. PDF

3)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2007. (translated) Stratigraphy from the uppermost Cretaceous of southern Limburg, the Netherlands. Pa˙enborchiana 47 (2): 18-21. PDF

2)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2007. (translated) Mosasaurs from the Late Cretaceous. Pa˙enborchiana 47 (2): 14-16. PDF

1)  Klompmaker, A.A. 2007-present. >150 news articles on Kennislink and NGV Geonieuws

 

 

In the media:

 

4) 'Shark teeth found stuck on ammonite shell' (Wired.com) April 8th, 2011

3) 'Oldest Dutch fossil lobsters were dwarfs' (translated) February 23rd, 2011 PDF

2) Radio 5 interview in Dutch - Hoe?Zo! - July 16th, 2009 mp3

1) 'Prehistoric squids fought for life and death' (translated) July 15th, 2009 PDF

 

 

Reviewer for:

 

Journal of the Marine Biological Association (GB)

Palaeontologia Electronica (USA/GB)

 

 

Awards

 

2011: Research Achievement Award/Research Excellence - Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University, 1 April 2011

2010: Best Student Poster - Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University, 24 April 2010

2009: Best Student Paper (powerpoint presentation) - Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University, 4 April 2009

 

 

Grants received

 

2011: The Crustacean Society Fellowship, research grant

2011: Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University (USA), international travel grant (for field work)

2011: Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE), Gamma Zeta Chapter, Kent State University (USA), research grant

2010: Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University (USA), research grant

2010: Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University (USA), international travel grant (for visit symposium)

2010: Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE), Gamma Zeta Chapter, Kent State University (USA), research grant

2010: Amoco Alumni Scholarship, Kent State University (USA), research grant

2010: Molengraaff Fonds, TU Delft (the Netherlands), research grant

 

 

Memberships

 

- Geological Society of America (GSA)

- The Paleontological Society

- The Palaeontological Association

- The Crustacean Society

- Sigma Xi, full membership

- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

- Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging (NGV)

- Stichting Geologische Activiteiten (GEA)

- NGV Cephalopod working group

- Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE), Gamma Zeta Chapter (National Geological Honor Society)

- Kent State Geological Society (KSGS)

 

 

Feel free to ask any question you might have to Adiel Klompmaker (adielklompmaker@gmail.com)