DGESL : Former Graduate Students

Department of Geosciences Environmental Studies Laboratory : Former Graduate Students

Here is a list of previous graduate students and their earned degree, current whereabouts, thesis title, and thesis publications.		Mailing Address 1040 E. Fourth St. Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Gould-Simpson Room 208 Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 Telephone Number 1.520.621.8025 Facsimile Number 1.520.621.2672


	Jessica Conroy, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Scientist Georgia Institute of Technology Dissertation Title: History and Dynamics of Climate Variability in the Asian Monsoon Region and Tropical Pacific during the Late Holocene


	Allison Drake, M.S. INSTAAR Stable Isotope Laboratory University of Colorado


	Konrad Hughen, Ph.D. Assistant Scientist of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dissertation Title: Development and Application of Varved Sediment Records for Geochronological and Paleoclimatic Research (Global Climate Change)

Hughen, K., S. Lehman, J. Southon, J. Overpeck, O. Marchal, C. Herring, and J. Turnbull. 2004. 14C activity and global carbon cycle changes over the past 50,000 years. Science 303: 202-207. Hughen, K.A., J.R. Southon, S.J. Lehman, and J.T. Overpeck. 2000. Synchronous radiocarbon and climate shifts during deglaciation. Science 290: 1951-1954. Hughen, K.A., J.T. Overpeck, and R.F. Anderson. 2000. Recent warming in a 500-year palaeotemperature record from varved sediments, Upper Soper Lake, Baffin Island, Canada. The Holocene 10: 9-19. Hughen, K.A., J.T. Overpeck, S.J. Lehman, M. Kashgarian, J. Southon, and L.C. Peterson. 1998. A new 14C calibration data set for the last deglaciation based on marine varves. Radiocarbon 40: 483-494. Hughen, K.A., J.T. Overpeck, S.J. Lehman, M. Kashgarian, L.C. Peterson, and R. Alley. 1998. Deglacial 14C calibration, activity and climate from a marine varve record. Nature 391: 65-68. Hughen, K.A., J.T. Overpeck, L.C. Peterson, and S. Trumbore. 1996. Abrupt deglacial climatic change in the tropical Atlantic. Nature 380: 51-54.


	Mike Kerwin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Geography University of Denver Dissertation Title: Quantifying and Modeling Holocene Climate Variability Based on Modern and Fossil Pollen Records from the Eastern Canadian Arctic and Subarctic

Kerwin, M.W., J.T. Overpeck, R.S. Webb, and K.H. Anderson. 2004. Pollen-based summer temperature reconstructions for the eastern Canadian boreal forest, subarctic, and Arctic. Quaternary Science Reviews 23: 1901-1924. Kerwin, M., J.T. Overpeck, R.S. Webb, A. DeVernal, D.H. Rind, and R.J. Healy. 1999. The role of oceanic forcing in mid-Holocene northern hemisphere climatic change. Paleoceanography 14: 200-210. Others in preparation


	Kathy Likos, M.S. High School Teacher of College Preparatory Chemistry and Integrated Science Tucson, Arizona


	Stephanie McAfee, Ph.D. (jointly advised with Joellen Russell) Climate Change Scientist The Wilderness Society Dissertation Title: Climate Change and Ecosystem Impacts Associated with Shifts in the Mid-latitude Storm Track in the Western United States


	Carrie Morrill, Ph.D. (jointly advised with Julie Cole) Post-doctoral Scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research Dissertation Title: Century-scale Changes in Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation during the Holocene

Morrill, C., J.T. Overpeck, J.E. Cole, K-b Liu, C. Shen, and L. Tang. 2005. Holocene variations in the Asian monsoon inferred from the geochemistry of lake sediments in central Tibet. Quaternary Research (in press). Morrill, C., J.T. Overpeck, and J.E. Cole. 2003. A synthesis of abrupt changes in the Asian summer monsoon since the last deglaciation. The Holocene 13: 465-476. Others in preparation


	Rachael Novak, M.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Washington, DC


	Alex Robertson, M.S. High School Teacher of Science and Math Boulder, Colorado Thesis Title: Simulated and Observed Climate Variability of the Last 500 Years

Robertson, A.D., J.T. Overpeck, D. Rind, E. Mosley-Thompson, G.A. Zielinski, J.L. Lean, D. Koch, J.E. Penner, I. Tegen, and R. Healy. 2001. Hypothesized climate forcing time series for the last 500 years. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: 14,783-14,803.


	Tim Shanahan, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Researcher Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dissertation Title: West African Monsoon Variability from a High-Resolution Paleolimnological Record Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana


	Frank Urban, M.S. (jointly advised with Julie Cole) U.S. Geological Survey Denver, Colorado Thesis Title: Multiple Modes of Tropical Pacific Climate Variability Recorded in the delta-18O of Corals from the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, West Central Pacific

Urban, F.E., J.E. Cole, and J.T. Overpeck. 2000. Influence of mean climate change on variability in a 155-year tropical Pacific coral record. Nature 407: 989-993.


	Sarah White, M.S. Research and Outreach Scientist, SWCCN Website Editor University of Arizona Thesis Title: The Influence of Tropical North Atlantic SST on Precipitation in the Peruvian Amazon over the Past 1,500 years

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