I am a Climate Scientist with a focus on Paleoclimatology: the study of climate variations over the last few hundred thousand years. The main goals of my research are to understand why climate has experienced natural shifts in the past in precipitation amount and temperature. My main study areas are the Western United States, Central America, and Mexico, where I use cave deposits and speleoclimatology to understand temperature and rainfall changes over time. These climate science data help us to understand how climate variations have affected human systems and history in the past, and provide lessons for future adaptation to anthropogenic climate change.
Employment
Full Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014-present
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2009-2014
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2003 to 2009
Director, Las Vegas Isotope Science (LVIS) Laboratory, 2006-present
Postdoctoral Research Faculty University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 2002-2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, 2001-2002
Fulbright Fellow to Costa Rica, US Information Agency, 1999
Education
Ph.D., 2001. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
M.S., 1997. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
B.A., 1995. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
H.S. 1991, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
Other sites
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