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Texas A&M University

Department of Geology and Geophysics,
MS 3115,
College Station, Texas 77843

Dr. John A. Robbins

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Geology, Southern Methodist University, 2010

Geology, Southern Methodist University, 2007

Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 2004

Research Interests

Stable isotope geochemistry
Paleoclimate reconstruction
Effects of climate change on nearshore shellfish populations
Mosasaur ecology

Professional Experience

2010–present Michel T. Halbouty Post-Doctoral Research Associate
2006–2010 Teaching Assistant, Cosmochemistry; Research Assistant, SMU

Professional Activity

Presented poster at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting 2010, Pittsburgh, PA. Robbins, John A., Polcyn, M. J., Ferguson, K. M., and Jacobs, L. L. 2010. Stable carbon isotope values in mosasaur tooth enamel reflect niche differentiation.
Presented paper at the Society of American Archaeology, 2009, Atlanta, GA. Robbins, John A. Stable isotopes and marine temperatures from CA-SRI-147 (ca. 7300 to 350 CYBP).
Presented poster for Graduate Research Day, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2009. Robbins, John A. 2009. Inferred paleotemperatures and seasonality of human predation from Tecolote Canyon, Southern California, U.S.A.
Presented paper at the Society of California Archaeology, 2007, San Jose, CA. Robbins, John A., Torben C. Rick, Molly E. Palmison.. El Niño Frequencies, Marine Climate Change, and Seasonality inferred from Pismo Clam Shells from Coastal Sand Dunes on Santa Rosa Island, California.
Presented paper at the Second International Mosasaur Conference, 2007, Ft. Hays, KS. Robbins, John A., Kurt M. Ferguson, Michael J. Polcyn, Louis L. Jacobs, Torben C. Rick. Diet and habitat of Mosasaurs inferred from stable carbon isotopes.
Presented poster at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting 2007, Austin, TX. Robbins, John A., Kurt M. Ferguson, Michael J. Polcyn, Louis L. Jacobs, Torben C. Rick, 2007, Life History Patterns of Mosasaurs Inferred from Stable Carbon Isotopes.
Abstract prepared for the Geological Society of America meeting, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Robbins, John A., Rick, Torben C., Ferguson, Kurt M., and Gregory, Robert T. Oxygen Isotopic Analyses of Shellfish from Channel Island Archaeological Middens: Implications for Middle Holocene Climate Variability on Human Subsistence Strategies.
Presented poster at the Society of American Archaeology annual meeting 2006, Puerto Rico. Robbins, John A. 2006. Paleotemperatures and Red Abalones from San Miguel Island: Implications on Human Subsistence Strategies.

Publications

Robbins, John A. 2010. Investigating Holocene climate change on the Northern Channel Islands and Cretaceous mosasaur ecology using stable isotopes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Methodist University.
Robbins, John A. 2007. Stable Isotopes, Marine Paleoclimates, and Human Subsistence on California’s Channel Islands. M.S. Thesis, Southern Methodist University.
Robbins, John A., and Torben C. Rick. 2007. The Analysis of Stable Isotopes from California Coastal Archaeological Sites: Implications for Understanding Human Cultural Developments and Environmental Change, Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 19: 29-33.
Rick, Torben C., Robbins, John A., and Kurt M. Ferguson. 2006. Stable Isotopes from Marine Shells, Ancient Environments, and Human Subsistence on Middle Holocene Santa Rosa Island, California, U.S.A. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 1: 233-254.
Jacobs, L.L., Mateus, O., Polcyn, M.J., Schulp, A.S., Scotese, C.R., Goswami, A., Ferguson, K.M., Robbins, John A., Vineyard, D.P., and Neto, A.B. 2009. Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Geological Society of France 180: 239-247.
Robbins, John A., Ferguson, K.M., Polcyn, M.J., and Jacobs, L.L. 2008. Application of stable carbon isotope analysis to mosasaur ecology. In M.J. Everhart, ed. Proceedings of the second mosasaur meeting, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue Number 3: 123-130.