Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Our Ph.D.'s; Where are they now?
| 65- Andrew Pike, 2008, Stream Geomorphology and Aquatic Ecology in a Tropical Montane Landscape |
64- Merrilee Guenther, 2007, Morphology and ontogeny of the postcranial skeleton of the Hadrosauridae, |
63- Kathryn Matthews, 2007, Cadmium in coral skeleton:
Natural variability and in situ calibration |
62- Chad Freed, 2006, Geophysical Investigation and Interpretation of the Magnetic Properties and Signature of 55-gallon cold-roled carbon-steel hazardous-waste drums.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science Department, Widener University |
61- Barbara Gradndstaff, 2006, Giant Fishes From The Bahariya Formation And Comparison Of The Bahariya Fauna With Late Cretaceous Faunas from North America |
60- Suzanna Richter, 2006, Interpreting Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Fossil Wood Cellulose |
59- Doreena Patrick, 2006, Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental variations in Rare Earth Element (REE) composition and crystallography of carbonated hydroxyapatite (biogenic apatite). |
58- Lisa Rodrigues, 2005, Physiology and Biogeochemistry of Bleached and Recovering Corals from Hawaii.
Postdoctoral Fellow,Geography and the Environment, Villanova University |
57- Harris, Jerald, 2004, _Suuwassea emilieae_ (Sauropoda: Flagellicaudata): description and phylogenetic, geologic, and paleobiogeographic implications.
Assistant Professor of Paleontology, Science Department, Dixie State College of UTAH, St. George, UT |
56- Hoek, Joost, 2004, Geobiological Controls on the Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR |
55- Lamanna, Matthew, 2004, Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs and Crocodyliforms from Egypt and Argentina. Assistant curator for vertebrate paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA |
54- Schoenhut, Karimah, 2003, Preservation of Ultrastructural Features in Eocene Metasequoia of Axel Heiberg: Implications on Senescence, Diagenesis, and Paleo-Environmental Conditions.
URS Corp. |
| 53-Tumarkin-Deratzian, Allison, 2003, Bone Surface Textures As Ontogenetic Indicators In Extant And Fossil Archosaurs: Macroscopic And Histological EvaluationBone Surface Textures As Ontogenetic Indicators In Extant And Fossil Archosaurs: Macroscopic And Histological Evaluation. Lecturer, Department of Geology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
52- Smith, Joshua, 2002, An Examination of Dental Morphology and Variation in Theropod Dinosaurs: Implications for the Identification of Shed Teeth |
51- Wibiralske, Anne, 2002, A Comparative Study of soil and vegetation Nutrient Capital between the Pocono Till Barrens and adjacent hardwood forest and between Illinoian and Wisconsinan Till
Assistant Director of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY |
50- Williams, Christopher, 2002, Reconstruction of high-latitude Tertiary floodplain forests from the Canadian arctic.
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA |
49- You, Hailu, 2002, MaZhongshan Dinosaur Assemblage from Late early Cretaceous of Northwestern China.
Assistant Professor, Chinese Academy of Geology |
48- Balsai, Michael, 2001, The Phylogenetic Position of Paleosaniwa and the early Evolution of the Platynotan (Varanoid) Anguimorphs
Part-time lecturer |
47- Joshi, Amishi, 2001, Climate, Nitrogen Mineralization, and Productivity in Contrasting Montane Forests. Environmental analyst, The Volpe Center, U.S. Department of Transportation. |
46- Smith, Jennifer, 2001, Geoarchaeology, Stable-isotope Geochemistry, and Geochronology of Fossil-spring Tufas, Western Desert, Egypt. Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
45- Bordeaux, Yvette, 2000, Testing Biotrubational Amensualism. A Suite of Qualitative and Quntitative Techniques for Evaluating Potential Infaunal-Epifaunal Interactions and their Application to the Lower Devonian of New York State.
Director of Professional Programs in Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. |
44- Cressler, Walter, 1999, Site-Analysis and Floristics of the Late Devonian Red Hill Locality, Pennsylvania, An Archaeopteris-dominated Plant Community and early Tetrapod Site
Associate Professor, Reference Librarian, West Chester University, West Chester, PA |
43- Frizano, Jacqueline, 1999, Nature, Distribution and Biological Significance of Phophorus in Forest Soils from Puerto Rico, Chile and Brazil.
URS Corp. |
42- Hughes, Gary, 1999, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Land-surface Air Temperatures in Geologic and Modern-instrument Records: Identifying Patterns and Formulating Alternative Hypotheses through Spectral Analysis. West/Raytheon Corp |
41- Johnson, Christine, 1999, Post-disturbance Recovery of above-ground Biomass and Nutirents in Tropical, Temperate and Boreal Forests. Natural resources and Environment Advisor for USAID/LAC |
| 40- Saja, David, 1999, Structural and Strain Analysis of the Metasediments in Pacheco Pass, California. Curator and Head of Mineralogy, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. |
39- Daeschler, Edward, 1998, Vertebrate Fauna from the Non-Marine Facies of the Catskill (Late Devonian) in Pennsylvania. Assistant Curator, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.. |
| 38- Wilf, Peter, 1998, Using Fossil Plants to Understand Global Change: Evidence for Paleocene-Eocene Warming in the Greater Green River Basin of Southwestern Wyoming. Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA , U.S.A. |
37- Fonjweng, Godlove, 1997, Weight Loss, Carbon, and Sulfur Dynamics during early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Fresh and Salt Water Marshes along the Delaware River and Bay.
Assistant Dean for Advising, The College At Penn, university of Pennsylvania. |
| 36- Gill, Susan, 1996, Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Diagenetically and Metamorphically Altered Strata: Methods and Interpretations. Education Director, Stroud Water Research Center |
| 35- Macchiaroli, Paola, 1995, Resolving Aspects of Past Glaciations by Dating Exposed Rock Surfaces using 26AL and 10BE Produced in Situ: Wright Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica and the Southeasternomost Ridge of the Applalachian Mountains, Northeast United States |
| 34- Law, Robert, 1994, Two Aspects Of The Paleobiology Of Articulate Brachiopods: Biogeography And Fecundity During Phanerozoic Time. Senior Scientist, de maximis, inc., Clinton, NJ |
| 33- Daniel Zarin, 1993, Mutrient Accumulation During Succession in Subtropical Lower Montane Wet Forests, Puerto Rico. Professor of Tropical Forestry, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 32- M'hamed K. Bokreta, 1992, Energetics of garnets: Computational model of the thermochemical and thermophysical properties. Dean of Kings Court English College House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 31- Dazheng Zhang, 1991, Spatial Patterns of Magma Emplacement and their Relations to Crustal Structures: Statistical and Spatial Methods and Application
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| 30- Melissa C. Rhodes, 1990, Extinction Patterns and Comparative Physiology of Brachiopods and Bivalves |
| 29- William Gallagher, 1990, Biostratigraphy and Paleocology on the Upper Cretaceous- Lower Tertiary Sequence in the New Jersey Coastal Plain. Bureau of Natural History, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ |
| 28- Catherine Forster, 1990, The Cranial Morphology and Systematics of Triceratops, with a Preliminary Analysis of Ceratopsian Phylogeny. Associate Professor, Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| 27- Christopher Johnson, 1989, The Chemical and Physical Properties of a Northern Hardwood Forest Soil: Harvesting Effects, Soil-Tree Relations and Sample Size Determination
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 26- Anthony Fiorillo, 1989, Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous) of South-Central Montana. Curator of paleontology at the Dallas Museum of Natural History and as an adjunct professor of paleontology at Southern Methodist University |
| 25- James Alcock, 1989, Tectonic Units in the Pennsylvania- Delaware Piedmont: Evidence from Regional Metamorphism and Structure. Professor of Environmental Sciences, Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA |
| 24- LeAnn Srogi, 1988, ThePetrogenesis of the Igueous and Metamorphic Rocksin the Wilimington Complex,Pennsylvania Delware Peidmont. Professor, Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA |
23- Sarah Anderson , 1988, Long Term Changes (1930-32 to 1984) in the Acid-Base Status of Forest Soils in the Adirondacks of New York. Adjunct, Department of Earth and Environment Science, University of Pennsylvania |
| 22- Gomaa Omar, 1985, Phanerozoic Tecto-Thermo History of the Nubian Massif, Eastern Desert, Egypt, and its Relationship to the Opening of the Red Sea as Revealed by Fission-Track Studies. Faculty Member and Graduate Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA |
| 21- Andrew Friedland, 1985, Trace Metal Accumulation, Distribution and Fluxes in Forests of the Northeastern United States. Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, U.S.A |
| 20- Christopher Wnuk, 1984, The Paleoecology And Growth Habits Of Arborescent Lycopods From An In Situ Swamp Forest Of Middle Pennsylvanian Age (Bernice Basin, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania) (Taphonomy). Consultant Geologist |
| 19- Robert Turner, 1983, Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in the McDonalds Branch Watershed, New Jersey Pine Barrens. Research Staff, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN |
| 18- Richard Pardi, 1983, The origin of carbonate concretions within glacio-lacustrine and glacio-marine sediments of the northeast United States. Associate Professor, College of Science & Health, Environmental Science Program, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, U.S.A. |
17- Huan-Zhang Lu, 1983, Genisis of Tungsten Ore Deposits in South China. Professor, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
16- Julia Barringer, 1983, Geochemistry and Petrology of Mafic and Intermediate Meta-Igneous Rocks from the Eastern Maryland Piedmont: Structural and Tectonic Inplications.
USGS, Hydrologic Simulation Program, New Jersey District, West Trenton, NJ |
| 15- Mark Scheihing, 1982, Aspects of Land Plant Biostratonomy in Upper Carboniferous Deltas of Euramerica. Philips Alaska |
| 14- David Weishampel, 1981, The Evolution of Ornithopod Jaw Mechanics.
Professor, Department of Functional Anatomy and Evolution, School of Medicine, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. |
| 13- Timothy Lutz, 1979, Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Relations and Geochemistry of the Abu Khruq Complex, Egypt: Implications for Petrogenisis of the Alkaline Rocks of the Eastern Desert, Egypt. Professor, Department od Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA |
| 12- Eric Pasternack, 1978, Thermoluminescence of Ordered and Thermally Disordered Albites. Outsource Petrophysics, Inc. |
| 11- Robert Zimmerman, 1977, The Interpretation of Apatite Fission Track Ages with an Application to the Study of Uplift Since the Cretaceous in Eastern North America. United States Geological Survey
(Deceased) |
| 10- Bruce Bevan, 1977, Detection of Color Boundaries by Means of Chromatic Dispersion. Exploration Geophysicist, c/o GEOSIGHT INC., 356 Waddy Drive, Weems, Virginia 22576 |
| 9- James Heffner, 1976, Precipitation of Metastable Aragonite from Aqueous Solution. United States Department of Energy, SRS. |
| 8- John Friel, 1975, The Stability of Synthetic Armalcolite at High Pressures and at Varying Oxygen Fugacities. Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidate, at the time of his selection assigned at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; semi-finalist in NASA group 9 selection. Currently, Senior Vice President of ISI Real Estate Team |
| 7- Michael K. Stewart, 1974, Stable Isotopes in Raindrops and Lakes: Laboratory and Natural Studies. CSIRO, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| 6- Herman Thomas, 1973, Trace Element Contamination in Tholeiitic Basalts and a Garnet Peridotite as Determined by and Acid Leaching Technique. Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 5- Elizabeth Ralph, 1973, Geophysical Implications of Radiocarbon Measurements. Director, Radiocarbon Lab., University of Pennsylvania. (Deceased). |
| 4- G. Michael Reimer, 1972, Fission Track Geochronology: Method for Tectonic Interpretation of Apatite Studies with Examples from the Central and Southern Alps.
United States Geological Survey |
| 3- Richard Grauch, 1971, Geology of the Sierra Nevada South of Mucuchies. Venezuelan Andes: An Aluminium- Silicate-Bearing Metamorphic Terrain. United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO |
| 2- Allan Ludman, 1969, Geology of Skowhegan Quad, Maine. Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York. |
| 1- Leons Kovisars, 1968, Geology of the Eastern Flank of the La Culata Massif, Venezuelan Andes |
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