Ph.D., Oceanography, 1995.
Oregon
State University, Corvallis OR, Major: Marine Geology.
Thesis:
Planktic Foraminifers of the California Current at 42oN: Last Glacial Maximum and
Present.
Advisor:
Dr. Alan C. Mix.
B.S., with honors, 1988.
Brown
University, Providence RI, Major: Aquatic Biology.
Honors
thesis: An Ecological Model of Stable Isotope Variation and Size
Distribution
in Northern
Indian Ocean Populations of G. bulloides.
Advisor: Dr.
Warren
Prell.
Honors and Awards
· Outstanding Teaching Award, KSU Student Disability Services/Ability Unlimited, 2005
· Promoted to full member, Sigma XI, 2003
· Nominee, KSU College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Council Distinguished Teacher Award, 2003
· American Geophysical Union Editors’ Citation: Excellence in Refereeing for Paleoceanography, 1998.
National/International Invited Talks
17th Biennial Meeting, American Quaternary Association, Anchorage Alaska, Quaternary Marine Productivity Variations off Baja California, 2002.
Fourth International Congress of Paleoceanographers (ICP-VI), Lisbon, Portugal, Non-invasive sediment monitoring methods: Current and future tools for high-resolution climate studies, 1998.
Mentoring Experience
KSU Graduate Students
· Beth Hart, NSF funded GK-12, Ph.D. student
· Nishanthi Wijekoon, NOAA funded NERR, Ph.D. student
· Yvette Vlack NSF funded GK-12, M.S. student
· Akindele Balogun, Department funded M.S. student and GSA fellowship awardee
· Matthew Wilsbacher, NSF funded, M.S. student
KSU Undergraduate Students
· Lyanne Yurco, KSU Geology Honors undergraduate
· Allie Sherwood, KSU Geology Honors undergraduate
· Kathleen Wilson, WRRI REU Student
· Drew Feucht, WRRI REU Student (co-mentor with Munro-Stasiuk)
· Sarah Reagan, WRRI REU Student (co-mentor with Witter)
· Chris Stefano, KSU Geology undergraduate
· Nathan Saraceno, Laboratory research volunteer
· Christopher Wargo, Honors Independent Study, Spring Term
· Christopher Mauser, Independent Study, Fall Term
Mentoring Experience, Prior Institutions
· Co-Mentor to Jeff DelViscio (Wesleyan), Senior Undergraduate Honors thesis: Decadal-
scale climate variability in the Northeast Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone: Evidence
from carbonate and organic carbon records, 2001.
· L-DEO Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Co-mentor to Jeff DelViscio
(Wesleyan) Centennial to Decadal Variability in Soledad Basin sediments,
Baja California, 2001.
· Co-mentor to Post-doctoral Fellow Dr. Richard Zeebe (L-DEO), 1999-2000.
· L-DEO Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Co-mentor to Adam
Goss (Wesleyan). Elemental ratios of North Atlantic sediments as a climate proxy, 1999.
· Co-mentor to Ben Raker (Wesleyan)
Senior Undergraduate Honors thesis: True colors of climate change: Spectral
Reflectance analysis and the Southern Ocean paleoenvironment during the Mid-
Pleistocene Revolution, 1998-1999.
· Co-Mentor to Jai Ranganathan (Wesleyan)
Senior Undergraduate Honors thesis: Optical methods for determining calcium
carbonate Concentrations within Ocean Drilling Program sediment cores, 1996-1997.
Informal Education Experience
· Consultant to NSF Geodiversity Education Grant, Connecting with the River: Geoscience
Research and Education for Hartford, CT (PI’s S. O’Conell, J. J. Morrison, J. Osbourn),
2001-2003.
· Scientific Partner, Signals of Spring (http://www.signalsofspring.com), 2000-2004.
· Leadership team member, Earth2Class (http://www.earth2class.org), 2000-2001.
Distance learning based, continuing education program, serving middle and high school
Earth Science teachers in the Northeastern United States.
· Co-Organizer, Project STEF (Science Teachers Ensure the Future) Workshop, 2000
NSF funded teacher enhancement and mentoring workshop designed to improve the
quality and quantity of earth science teachers in New York Metro Area.
· Saturday Workshops for Educators, CO2 Studies and climate changes, 1999.
Lectured on climate and climate change as part of a K-12 teacher training program
conducted in cooperation with: Westchester Section of STANYS, Eastern Section of the
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and the American Meteorological
Society Maury Project Peer trainers program (In conjunction with Dr. Michael Passow,
White Plains Middle School).
· L-DEO Open House, CO2: Where does it comes from? Where does it go?, 1998.
Demonstration for K-12 students and parents monitoring effects of photosynthesis,
respiration and fossil fuel combustion on [CO2] in an enclosed space using a nondispersive
IR CO2 sensor (In conjunction with Drs. Lex van Geen and Kim Kastens).
· L-DEO Open House, Core-Lab Exhibit: Planktic Foraminifers!, 1996, 1997.
Interactive presentation on taxonomy and ecology of planktic foraminifers for K-12
students and parents. (In conjunction with Rusty Lotti, L-DEO Corelab Curator).
Invited Meeting and Workshop Participation (16 total)
· Member, COREWALL Steering Committee, and participant, JOI sponsored
COREWALL Planning Meeting, 2006.
· Co-Convener, Session T1, Monitoring Environmental Properties of Large Lakes,
North Central Section GSA 40th Annual meeting, 20-21 April 2006, University
of Akron, Akron, Ohio.
· Co-Convener, Session T23, Undergraduate Research Poster Session, North Central
Section GSA 40th Annual meeting, 20-21 April 2006, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
· Participant, Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Data Services
Workshop, 2004.
· Speaker, “Constuctivist Activities in Large Class Settings”, Transforming University
Teaching in Mathematics and Science NEOCEx Conference, KSU, April 28, 2004.
· Participant, NSF-ATM/IMAGES workshop on Image analysis, Sediments and
Paleoenvironments, Conveners: P. Francus, R. Bradley, and J. Thurow, University of
Massachuetts, Amherst, 2001.
· Participant, NSF workshop on Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
(CETP), March, 2001.
· Co-Chair, IMAGES Western Pacific Margins (WEPAMA) Workshop on Paleoceanography
of western Pacific marginal basins, (Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.), Feb, 2001.
· Participant, “Experiments in Active Learning”, Keck Foundation Undergraduate Teaching
Workshop focusing on data rich teaching strategies, Aug., 2000.
· Section leader, CORE/MATE Workshop on Future Trends for Marine Technicians and
Technology in the Academic Workplace, Seattle, Washington, September, 1999.
· Co-Convener, Stable Isotopes and Trace Substances: Their Use in Oceanography and
Climate Research on Various Time Scales (IUGG 99), Birmingham UK, July, 1999.
· Co-Secretary, IMAGES Western Pacific Margins (WEPAMA) Working Group, (Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, R.O.C.), International working group formulated by IMAGES to evaluate and
implement giant piston coring sites and objectives for the Marion Dufrense in the
Western Pacific, January 27-28, 1999.
· Session Rapporteur, Climate Forcing on Short Timescales (External & Internal
Mechanisms), Session 07 of the Conference on Multiple Platform Exploration
(COMPLEX, Vancouver, BC), May, 1999.
· Co-Convener, NOAA/CORC Southern Ocean Ventilation Workshop: Assessing Southern
Ocean Ventilation Power at Present and during the Last Glacial Maximum, June, 1998.
· ICTP Conference on Warm World Climates, (Trieste, Italy), Organizer Dr. G. Philander
(Princeton), Presentation (with J. Lynch-Stieglitz; L-DEO): A synthesis of the oceanic
response during the Hypsithermal, 1997.
· Participant, NSF Workshop, Working Group on LGM Oceanic SST, Organizers:
Drs. W. Prell (Brown), A. Mix (OSU), 1997.
Service to the University
· Assistant Director of the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), Kent State University, 2006-present.
· Member, Arts and Sciences Graduate Council, 2006.
· Panel Moderator, 20th Annual Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, 2005.
· Speaker, KSU new faculty orientation program, 2005.
· Geography Department Internal Review Committee, 2005.
· Honors College Advisory and Planning Committee, 2004-
· Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Recruitment in the Sciences Working Group, 2004-
· NEOCEx Advisory Board, 2003-
· Graduate Recruitment Subcommittee of the KSU Enrollment Planning Steering Committee, 2003-
· KSU Undergraduate Research Working Group, 2003-
· Member, Kent State University Department of Education Ad-Hoc Science Education Search Committee, 2003.
· Member, Kent State University Diversity Advisory Committee, 2002-2004.
Service to the Department
· Graduate Coordinator, Department of Geology, 2006.
· Member, Department of Geology, Website and Computer Committee, 2002-
· Chair, Department of Geology, Website and Computer committee, 2002-2005.
· Chair, Department of Geology AQIP committee, 2002.
· Member, Department of Geology Faculty Advisory Committee, 2002-2004, 2006-
· Member, Department of Geology Graduate Studies Committee, 2001-2005.
Service to the Field
· Participant, two NSF ESH Holocene PIs meetings, 2005, 2006
· Panel Member, National Science Foundation, ESH Program, 2005.
· AMQUA Councilor for Marine Geoprocesses, 2004-
· Panel Member, NSF Robert Noyce Scholarship Program, 2004.
· Editorial Review Board, Kluwer Encyclopedia of Paleoclimate, 2003-
· Panel Member, National Science Foundation, ESH Program, 2003.
· Reviewer, ODP MST Legacy Data CD-ROM Format.
· Panel Member, National Science Foundation, STEMTP Program, 2002.
· Member, JOIDES Scientific Measurements Panel (SCIMP) Ad-hoc Working Group on
Core-Log-Seismic Integration, 2000-2001.
· Member, GEOLOGY Editorial Board, 1998-2001.
· Member, JOIDES Scientific Measurements Panel, (SciMP), 1999-2001.
· Member, four JOIDES, Post-cruise US Science Support Review Panels for ODP Legs,
1996-completion of program.
Departmental Seminars (21 total)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Department of Geology, Assessing Total Suspended Particulates in Old Woman Creek using Landsat Multispectral Data, 2006
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, Holocene and Late Pleistocene Climate Change off Baja California, 2004.
College of Wooster, Department of Geology, Climate studies with a non-destructive tool, 2003.
Ohio University, Department of Geological Sciences, Estimating Marine Export Productivity off Baja California during the last 60,000 years: Paleoclimate Implications, 2002.
University of South Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences, Warm, productive, Interstadial events off Baja California, 2003.
Kent State University Department of Geology, Lithostratigraphy of Giant Piston Cores from the Baja Margin - The MONA Expedition, 2002.
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), Sands of time: Climate lessons from the bottom of the sea, 2002.
Cleveland State University, Department of Biological Geological and Environmental Sciences, Quaternary marine production cycles with a millenial beat off Baja California, 2002
University of Akron, Department of Geology, Reflections of the North Atlantic Stadial/Interstadial events as marine organic carbon cycles off Baja California, 2001.
Kent State University, Department of Geology, Millennial scale carbonate and organic carbon cycles in Late Pleistocene sediments off Baja California – Do they reflect production or preservation? 2001.
Georgia State University, Department of Geology, Millennial scale carbonate and organic carbon cycles in Late Pleistocene sediments off Baja California – Do they reflect production or preservation? 2001.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Geology, Millennial scale carbonate and organic carbon cycles in Late Pleistocene sediments off Baja California – Do they reflect production or preservation? 2001.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Environmental reconstruction of the California Current during the Last Glacial Maximum: Constraints from planktic foraminifera and other paleo proxies, 2001.
L-DEO Climate Center Workshop on the NE Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone, Diffuse spectral reflectance signatures from Melville-99 sediment cores off Baja California, 2000.
University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Millennial-scale carbonate variability in North Atlantic deep-sea sediments: Insights from diffuse spectral reflectance measurements, 1999.
University of California at Santa Cruz, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Circulation and productivity in the northern sector of the California Current during the Last Glacial Maximum, 1999.
L-DEO Physical Oceanography and Geochemistry Seminar Series, Diffuse spectral reflectance of North Atlantic sediments: Remote sensing at the formation level reveals sub-Milankovitch scale variability, 1999.
Wesleyan University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Variable climate inferred from reflectance: North Atlantic sediment secrets, 1998.
University of Florida, Department of Geology, Spectral reflectance of North Atlantic drift sediments: High resolution proxy mineralogy measurements from ODP Leg 162, 1997.
Brown University, Geosciences Department, Depth habitats and temperature-dependent carbon isotopic disequilibrium in asymbiotic planktic foraminifera, 1996.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology and Geophysics, Planktonic Foraminifers in the California Current, 1993.
Professional Affiliations
Internal
NEOGEO
Cenozoic Processes Research Group
Large Classes Learning and Teaching Learning Community
External
American Geophysical Union (AGU) The Oceanography Society (TOS)
The Geological Society of America (GSA) Sigma Xi (Scientific research honor society)
American Quaternary Society (AMQUA) National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Northeast Ohio Geological Society (NOGS)