Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Suzanna Richter

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania
240 S. 33rd Street
Hayden Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316

Tel: 215-681-0498
E-mail: richter2@sas.upenn.edu

Education

Ph.D. 2006, University of Pennsylvania
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Dissertation: Interpreting Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Fossil Wood Cellulose

B.A. 2002, University of Pennsylvania
Major: Geology (minor in Chemistry)
Honors Thesis: Reconstruction of an Arctic Eocene Fossil Forest: a palynological analysis of a non-coaly facies, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic

Teaching and Research Interests

Soil Biogeochemistry
Isotope Biogeochemistry
Soil Carbon Dynamics
Forest Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling
Heavy Metal Dynamics in Forest Soils

Research Collaborations

F.N. Scatena: Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory, Bisley Experiemental Forest, Puerto Rico
H.W. Art: Carbon accumulation in Hopkins Memorial Forest, Williams College
M.A. Scholl, USGS: Linking δ18O in rainfall with cellulose δ18O, Puerto Rico
B.A. LePage, URS Corp.: Canadian Arctic Paleoecology, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic
C.J. Williams, F & M: Reconstructing a Miocene forest, Banks Island, Canadian Arctic