Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Simon Engelhart
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania
240 S. 33rd Street
Hayden Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316
Tel. (215) 573-8372
Fax: (215) 215-898-5724
E-mail: simoneng@sas.upenn.edu
Education
2005 - Present: PhD Student University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004 - 2005: MSc Geography by Research, University of Durham, UK
2001 - 2004: BSc Honours in Geography, University of Durham, UK
Professional Experience
06/2007 - Project Leader, Earthwatch.
06/2008 - Co-PI, Earthwatch
06/2006 - 08/2006: Sea-level project leader, Operation Wallacea, UK
04/2005 - 12/2005: Sea-level project UK supervisor, Operation Wallacea,
UK
09/2004 - 05/2005: Postgraduate Demonstrator, University of Durham,
UK
06/2004 - 08/2004: Sea-level project leader, Operation Wallacea,
UK
Awards and Grants
The Application of Microfossils and Geochemical
Analysis to Interpreting Late Holocene Relative Sea-Level Change in the Edwin B. Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey;
Paleontology Summer Stipend, University of Pennsylvania ($1200) Late Holocene Relative Sea Level in Virginia;
Geological Society of America ($600)
Is Sea Level Rising? Co-PI; Earthwatch
($12,367); June 1 2008 - May 30th 2009.
Wetland response to natural and anthropogenic
forcing, Gwydir Wetlands, Australia; PI; Department of Environment and Conservation, NewSouth Wales ($17,680) December 1 2007 – November 30 2008.
Environmental Change of the Gwydir Wetlands, New South Wales, Australia; Paleontology Summer Stipend, University of Pennysylvania ($2000).
Relative Sea-Level Change in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia; Paleontology Summer Stipend, University of Pennsylvania ($2000)
William Penn Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2007 - 2009
Thouron Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2007
Stellar Fellow, University of Pennsylvania 2007
Synergistic Activities
Summer 2003: Operation Wallacea Volunteer, Indonesia
PADI (Advanced Open Water) Scuba Diver
15 Handicap Golfer
Dissertations
Engelhart, S.E., 2004. Relative sea-level change in the Indo-Pacific:
A comparative study of microfossil, stratigraphic and geomorphological
evidence in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia.
Engelhart, S.E., 2005. Contemporary pollen distributions of a mangrove
environment, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for sea-level
reconstructions.
Graduate Advisors
Dr. Ben Horton (University of Pennsylvania).
Professor Dick Peltier (Univeristy of Toronto) |


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