Grant and Research Cruises Experience for Joseph D. Ortiz

Research and Education Grants (Total funds raised: $2,995,643 from 1990 to present)

Awards at KSU ($2,037,835 from 2001 to present )-

·         Kent State University Scholarships for Broadening Participation in Sciences, NSF Grant, J. Maletic (KSU CS), J. Ortiz (KSU Geology), R. Selinger (KSU LCI), S. Lee (KSU Chemistry), John Portman (KSU Physics), $499,896; 2006.

·         Collaborative Research: Investigating Holocene paleoclimate in the western Arctic Ocean using high-resolution Alaskan Margin records, Collaborative NSF Grant with D. Darby (ODU), S. Brachfield (Montclair State), L. Polyak (Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ.), $62,699; 2006-.

·         Collaborative research: Understanding the distribution and stable-isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera in the western Arctic Ocean, Collaborative NSF Grant with L. Polyak (BPRC), $35,097; 2005-.

·         Track 1, GK-12 Inquiry-based Approaches to Earth System Science, NSF Grant, M. Munro-Stasiuk (KSU), J. Ortiz (KSU), D. Witter (KSU), R. Dinko (Stark County Educational Services Center), S. Sheridan (KSU), and N. BakerCazan (SCECC), $1,244,131; 2004-.

·         Calibration of Remotely-Sensed Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Western Basin of Lake Erie (Case II Waters), Ohio Sea Grant Ship time grant for six day cruises on Lake Erie, J. Ortiz, M. Munro-Stasiuk, and D. Witter, (monetary value $3,872), 2004.

·         Supplemental Award for: Collaborative Research: A high resolution record of productivity and/or ventilation of the northeast Pacific from Soledad Basin, Baja California, NSF Grant, J. Ortiz, $14,927, 2003-2004.

·         Collaborative Research: A high resolution record of productivity and/or ventilation of the northeast Pacific from Soledad Basin, Baja California, Collaborative NSF Grant with A, van Geen (LDEO), T. Marchitto (LDEO), and Y. Zheng (Queens), $135,991, 3 years, 2002-.

·         Paleoclimate change research off Baja California, Kent State University Farris Family Innovation Fund for Early Achievement Grant, J. Ortiz, $25,500 total for three years 2002-

·         Course development: Teaching aids for a new course, Light Isotope Geology, Kent State University Teaching Council Summer Teaching Development Grant, J. Ortiz, $6,500, 2002

·         Educational Consultant to: Collaborative Research: Connecting with the River: Geoscience Research and Education for Hartford, CT, NSF Geodiversity Grant to S. O’Connell, J. Morrison, and J. Osborn, $9,222, 2001-2003.

Prior Awards ($957,808 from 1990 to 2001)-

·         Collaborative Research: The Cross-Rock Collaborative--Science Teachers for the New Millennium, NSF Grant with Dr. K. Kastens and Dr. P. Solomon, $114,966; 2000-2001.

·         Subtropical Signatures of Holocene Climate Variability, NSF grant, P. deMenocal and J. Ortiz, 3 years, $246,241, 1999-2001.

·         Experimental Determination of Equilibrium and Kinetic Fractionation of Boron, Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes during Carbonate Precipitation, NSF grant, J. Ortiz, A. Sanyal and W. Broecker, 3 years, $347,061; 1998-2001.

·         Participation and Post-cruise Science Support: Participation on a Scientific Cruise of the JOIDES Resolution and Post-Cruise Processing of Split Core Analysis Track (SCAT) Records Obtained from ODP Leg 177 sediments, ODP JOI/USSSP grants for ODP Leg 177, J. Ortiz, $35,962, 1998-1999.

·         Metabolic Rate and Ca-ATPase in Benthic Foraminifera, Lamont-Doherty Climate Center Grant, J. Ortiz, $1,900; 1998.

·         Diffuse Spectral Reflectance Measurements of Southern Ocean Sediments Recovered during a 1995 Cruise aboard R/V Thompson, Lamont-Doherty Climate Center Grant, J. Ortiz, $6,000; 1997.

·         Spectral Reflectance of North Atlantic Drift Sediments: Developing High Resolution Proxies for Percent Carbonate and Sediment Mineralogy (ODP Leg 162), ODP JOI/USSSP Post-cruise Science Support grant J. Ortiz and W. Broecker, $14,500; 1996.

·         Testing Models of Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Disequilibrium in Planktic Foraminifers, NSF grant, A. Mix and J. Ortiz, $125,178; 1994-1996.

·         Comparison of CZCS, AVHRR, and Sediment Trap Flux in the California Current, NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship, J. Ortiz, Mentor, Dr. M. Abbott, $66,000; 1990-1993.

Research Cruises (Ten total)

·         HOTRAX Leg 1, HLY0501, (Point Barrow, Alaska-Point Barrow, Alaska), USCGC Icebreaker Healy, June, 2005.

·         IMAGES MONA Expedition, Leg 2 (San Diego-Panama City), Marion Dufresnes, June 7- June 25, 2002

·         ODP Leg 177, Southern Ocean Paleoceanography, R/V Joides Resolution  (SEDCO/BP471), Sedimentologist and Operator, OSU Split Core Analysis Track (SCAT), December –February, 1997.

·         ODP Leg 162, North Atlantic Arctic Gateways II, R/V Joides Resolution (SEDCO/BP 471), Sedimentologist and Operator, OSU SCAT, July - September, 1995.

·         Four Multitracers Project cruises (W9009A, NH9003A, W8909A, and W8809A) on R/V Wecoma and R/V New Horizon, Assisted in MOCNESS sampling and operation, sediment trap deployment and recovery, gravity and box coring operations, Two-week cruises during September, 1988, 1989, 1990, and March 1990.

·         Two Day cruises (NH5 time series) on R/V Sacajawea, 37’ coastal oceanography research vessel at Oregon State University. Assisted in horizontal plankton tows with Puget Sound net, Niskin bottle sampling, and CTD deployment, 1991-1992.