view southwest from Tingri, Tibet
Our group includes researchers (faculty, post doctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates) whose common interests converge on the role of biogeochemical cycles in modulating ocean-climate interactions through Earth history. Research projects span depositional environments from terrestrial to marine and time periods from Proterozoic to modern. Methodologies in use by group members include radiogenic and stable isotopic techniques, bulk elemental signatures, geochemical modeling, sedimentologic and stratigraphic methods, paleobiology, and high resolution geochronology (integrating orbital time scales with radioisotope age determinations). A partial list of publications by members of the group provides a more detailed picture of our activities and interests.
FACULTY
Neal Blair Isotope biogeochemistry
Matthew Hurtgen Stratigraphy and isotope biogeochemistry
Andrew Jacobson Aqueous and isotope biogeochemistry
Abraham Lerman Theoretical geochemistry and biogeochemistry
Brad Sageman Stratigraphy, paleobiology, and biogeochemistry
Francesca Smith Isotope paleoecology and paleoclimatology
POST DOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Joel Moore Advisor - Jacobson
Jong-Sik Ryu Advisor - Jacobson
Zhaofeng Zhang Advisor - Jacobson
GRADUATE STUDENTS
INCOMING FALL 2008:
Allie Baczynski Advisor-Smith
Rosemary Bush Advisor- Smith
Maya Gomes Advisor- Hurtgen
Jeremy Gouldey Advisor- Hurtgen
Recent Graduates
Joniell Borges, Ph.D. ‘08, Advisor-Sageman; currently at Chevron Inc.
Robert Locklair, Ph.D.’07, Advisor- Sageman; currently at Chevron Inc.
Lingling Wu, Ph.D.’07, Advisor-Huh/Jacobson; currently post doc at U of Wisconsin
Stephen Meyers, Ph.D. ‘03, Advisor-Sageman, currently Asst. Prof., UNC-Chapel Hill
Jiri Laurin, Fulbright Scholar ‘01, Advisor-Sageman; currently at Czech Academy of Science
UNDERGRADUATES
Sarah Bosshart, Advisor-Smith; Isotope ecology of modern plant groups, Chicago Botanic Garden
Latisha Brengman, Advisor-Hurtgen; Iron and Sulfur geochemistry of Neoproterozoic sediments
from Svalbard, Norway
Recent Graduates
Colin Carney, B.A., Advisor: Sageman; Honors thesis: Phosphorous systematics of the Late
Devonian Kellwasser events.
Joe Hoover, B.A., Advisor-Hurtgen; Honors Thesis: Sulfur cycling in modern lacustrine systems
Eric Kramer, B.A., Advisor-Jacobson; Geochemistry of permafrost soils from arctic Alaska, pt. 1
Nicki Kravas, B.A., Advisor-Jacobson; Geochemistry of permafrost soils from arctic Alaska, pt. 2
Will Defliese, B.A., Advisor-Hurtgen; Honors thesis: Oxidation of the Early to Middle Neoproterozoic
Ocean
RESEARCH STAFF
Petra Pancoskova - Research Assistant: mass spectrometer technician/database specialist
Thesis: Paleobotany and stomatal index-based pCO2 reconstructions of Cenomanian-Turonian floras of SW Utah
Advisors: Sageman and McElwain
Jason Flaum
Thesis: The Role of Changes in Nutrient Cycling during Oceanic Anoxic Events: Evidence from the Cenomanian-Turonian
Advisors - Sageman and Lerman
Thesis: Iron and Sulfur geochemistry of the Cenomanian-Turonian Ocean Anoxic Event II
Advisors - Hurtgen and Sageman
Young Ji Joo
Thesis: TBD
Advisors - Jacobson and Lerman
