Earth Systems History Group

FACULTY

STEVEN CLEMENS, Associate Professor, Research
Geochemistry Building, Room 145
401-863-1964 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Steven_Clemens@brown.edu
I focus on Milankovitch to centennial-scale climate change within the Neogene, with an emphasis on the Indian and Asian monsoon regions.

MEREDITH HASTINGS, Assistant Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 139
401-863-3658 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Meredith_Hastings@brown.edu
My research focuses on the reactive nitrogen cycle, with an emphasis on nitrate deposition. I have a joint appointment with Geology & ECI.

TIM HERBERT, Professor & Chair
Geochemistry Building, Room 139
401-863-1207 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Timothy_Herbert@brown.edu
Understanding how the earth's climatic system, particularly the ocean, adjusts itself to perturbation on various timescales drives most aspects of my research.

YONGSONG HUANG, Associate Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 147
401-863-3822 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Yongsong_Huang@brown.edu
I bring new capabilities for studies of lake and marine sediments in terms of isotopic measurements of organic substances.

WARREN PRELL, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 133
401-863-3221 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Warren_Prell@brown.edu
I use deep-sea sediments to reconstruct and interpret the evolution of Neogene oceans and climates.

JIM RUSSELL, Assistant Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 143
401-863-6330 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
James_Russell@brown.edu
I use late Neogene lake sediments to investigate millennial to decadal-scale climate changes, focusing on tropical Africa and Indonesia.

TOM WEBB, Professor Emeritus
Geochemistry Building, Room 130
401-863-3128 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Thompson_Webb_III@brown.edu
My paleoclimate research focuses on mapping large data sets and the calibration of pollen data in climate terms.

JESSICA WHITESIDE, Assistant Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 125
401-863-3339 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Jessica_Whiteside@brown.edu
I investigate the effects of biological evolution and externally-driven environmental change on ecosystem evolution using Phanerozoic lacustrine sedimentary rocks.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

	ARON BUFFEN Geochemistry Building Room 144 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Meredith Hastings Aron_Buffen@Brown.edu
	CAITLIN CHAZEN Geochemistry Building Room 140 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Advisor: Professor Tim Herbert Caitlin_Chazen@Brown.edu High-resolution paleoceanography of the Peru margin
	GILLIAN GALFORD @ MBL: 508-289-7489 Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Jack Mustard Gillian_Galford@Brown.edu
	LI GAO GeoChemistry Building Room 151 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Yongsong Huang Li_Gao@Brown.edu Organic geochemical applications to paleolimnology and paleoclimate
	ROCIO CABALLERO GILL Geochemistry Building Room 152 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Tim Herbert Rocio_Caballero@Brown.edu
	DANIELLE GROGAN Geochemistry Building Room 153 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Jessica Whiteside Danielle_Grogan@Brown.edu
	BRONWEN KONECKY GeoChemistry Building Room 149 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professors Russell & Whiteside Bronwen_Konecky@Brown.edu
	SHANNON LOOMIS Geochemisty Buidling Room 135 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Jim Russell Shannon_Loomis@Brown.edu
	JONATHAN NICHOLS MacMillan Hall Building Room 108 401-863-9845 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Yongsong Huang Jonathan_Nichols@Brown.edu Compound-specific paleohydrologic reconstructions from North American Peat Bogs: Proxy development and application
	JESSICA RODYSILL Geochemistry Building Room 149 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professors Russell & Whiteside Jessica_Rodysill@Brown.edu
	JEFFREY SALACUP Geochemistry Building Room 151 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Tim Herbert Jeffrey_Salacup@Brown.edu
	SUZANNA THEROUX Geochemistry Building Room 149 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group/MBL Advisor: Professor Yongsong Huang Susanna_Theroux@Brown.edu NA phylogenetics of alkenone-producing haptophytes in lakes
	ELIZABETH THOMAS Geochemistry Building Room 153 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Yongsong Huang Elizabeth_Thomas@Brown.edu
	JESSICA TIERNEY Geochemistry Building Room 152 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Advisor: Professor Jim Russell Jessica_Tierney@Brown.edu Multiproxy reconstructions of decade to millennial-scale variability in the African monsoon during the past 60,000 years BP
	JAIME TONEY Geochemistry Building Room 135 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Advisor: Professor Yongsong Huang Jaime_Toney@Brown.edu Western US drought and temperature during the Holocene: insights from isotopic and lacustrine alkenone reconstructions
	ALEXANDRINA TZANOVA Geochemistry Building Room 144 401-863-2810 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Tim Herbert Alexandrina_Tzanova@Brown.edu
	XI YANG MacMillan Hall Building Room MM 108 401-863-9845 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Advisor: Professor Jack Mustard Xi_Yang@Brown.edu

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POSTDOCS/VISITORS

MARK ALTABET / Brown Adjucnt Prof.
Professor

School for Marine Science and Technology

UMass Dartmouth

and Earth Systems History Group
508-999-8622

Mark_Altabet@Brown.edu
maltabet@umassd.edu

JEFFREY DONNELLY / Brown Adjunt Prof.

Associate Scientist

Geology and Geophysics Department

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

and Earth Systems History Group

Woods Hole, MA
508-289-2994

jdonnelly@whoi.edu

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WILLIAM HUTSON

Senior Research Associate
GeoChemistry Building Room 122
401-863-3142
401-863-2058 Fax
Earth Systems History Group (w/Warren Prell)

DAVID MURRAY

Senior Research Associate
MacMillan Hall Room 114
401-863-3531
401-863-3978 Fax
Earth Systems History Group/Environmental Studies Group

David_Murray@Brown.edu

ROLAND ZECH

Postdoctoral Research Associate
GeoChemistry Building Room 102B
401-863-6830
401-863-2056 Fax
Earth System History (w/Yongsong Huang)

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TECHNICAL & SUPPORT STAFF

	PHIL HOWELL Research Programmer/Analyst GeoChemistry Building Room 137 401-863-3626 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Philip_Howell@Brown.edu
	CARL JOHNSON Organic Geochemistry/Paleobiology Lab Manager GeoChemistry Building, Room 129 401-863-3091 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Carl_Johnson@Brown.edu
	DANA McDONALD Research Assistant GeoChemistry Building Room 138 401-863-3658 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Dana_MacDonald@Brown.edu
	APRIL MARTIN Sr. Research Assistant GeoChemistry Building Room 129 401-863-3091 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group April_Martin@Brown.edu
	DAVID MURRAY Technical Manager Environmental Sciences MacMillan Room 114 401-863-3531 or 3-9528 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Technical Manager for Environmental Sciences David_Murray@Brown.edu
	JOE ORCHARDO Instrumentation and Mass Spec Specialist GeoChemistry Building Room 126 401-863-3316 > 401-863-2058 (fax) Earth Systems History Group Joseph_Orchardo@Brown.edu

LISA SHEEHAN

Senior Academic Secretary
GeoChemistry Room 127
401-863-3196 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Earth Systems History/Grad Admissions Secretary

Lisa_Sheehan@Brown.edu

RAFAEL TAROZO

Research Technician
GeoChemistry Building Room 141
401-863-1698 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Earth Systems History Group

Rafael_Tarozo@Brown.edu

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Alumni of the ESH group at Brown

William D'Andrea, 2008 Postdoc at UMass Amherst
High-resolution records of Holocene temperature, rainfall, and the North Atlantic Oscillation from lacustrine alkenone in western Greenland.

Laura Cleaveland, 2008 Luther College
Evolution of tropical sea surface temperature over the past 3 Ma.

Juzhi Hou 2008, Postdoc at University of Washington
Calibration of hydrogen isotope ratios of aquatic and terrestrial biomarkers, and isotopic reconstruction of Late Pleistocene climate in New England.

Kira Lawrence 2005, Lafayette University
A latitudinal perspective on Plio-Pleistocene marine evolution.

Lorraine Lisiecki, 2005 Boston University
Paleoclimate time series: new alignment and compositing techniques, a 5.3 Myr benthic d18O stack, and analysis of Pliocene-Pleistocene climate transitions.

Zhonghui Liu 2004, Yale University
Pleistocene climate evolution in the Eastern Pacific and implications for the orbital theory of climate change.

Victor Zabielski 2001, University of Minnesota
Characteristics and Influences of Modern Arabian Sea Intermediate Water, and Changes During the Last Glacial Maximum

Vicki S. McKenna 2000, University of Michigan
Globoquadrina truncatulinoidesas an Indicator of Change in the Permanent Thermocline in the Glacial Indian Ocean

Melissa A. Trend Staid 1999, Princeton
Sea-Surface Temperature and Near-Surface Hydrology at the Last Glacial Maximum: A Reconstruction using the Modern Analog Technique

Jeffry S. Oslick 1998, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation
Reconstructing Hydrographic Gradients and the Carbon Isotopic Composition of Surface Waters using Multiple Species of Planktonic Foraminifera

Min-Te Chen 1994
Late Quaternary Paleoceanogrphy of the Equatorial Indo-Pacific: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Marine Micropaleontological Data

Jiajie Chen
Benthic Foraminiferal Isotope Composition: Implications for late Neogene-Quaternary Paleoceanography of the Indian Ocean

Lisa Dubois 1993, San Diego State
Glacial-Holocene Carbonate Preservation History from Equatorial Atlantic Sediment Cores: Paleoceanographic Implications

William Howard 1992, Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment, University of Tasmania
Late Quaternary paleoceanography of the southern ocean

John W. Farrell 1991, Joint Oceanographic Institute
Late Neogene Paleoceanography of the Central Equatorial Pacific: Evidence from Carbonate Preservation and Stable Isotopes

David M. Anderson 1991, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, CO
Foraminifer Evidence of Monsoon Upwelling off Oman During the Late Quaternary

Steven C. Clemens 1990, Brown University
Quaternary Variability of Indian Ocean Monsoon Winds and Climate

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