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Texas A&M University
Halbouty Rm 263
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
MS 3115,
College Station, Texas 77843
Dr. Thomas Olszewski
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2000
M.S., Geology, Kansas State University, 1994
B.A., Geology, Franklin and Marshall College, 1990
Research
- evolutionary paleoecology of benthic marine communities;
- sequence stratigraphy of mixed
carbonate-siliciclastic depositional systems (with particular emphasis on epeiric platform of the
Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent and the carbonate platforms of the West Texas Permian
Basin);
- quantitative description and modeling of taphonomic processes in relationship to
stratigraphic resolution and time averaging;
- numerical modeling and statistical analysis of
stratigraphic and paleontological data;
- the relationship between paleoclimatic events and
evolutionary turnover in biotic assemblages
Experience
- 2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow in Geobiology, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana
University-Bloomington.
- 2002-2003 Visiting Scientist, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- 2003-present Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas.
Recent Publications
- Woodard, S.C., Thomas, D.J., Grossman, E.L., Olszewski, T.D., Yancey, T.E., Miller, B.V., and Raymond, A., 2013, Radiogenic isotope composition of Carboniferous seawater from North American epicontinental seas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 370, p., 51-63, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.11.018.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2012, Persistence of high diversity in non-equilibrium ecological communities: implications for modern and fossil ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 279, p. 230-236, doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0936.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2012, Remembrance of things past: modeling the relationship between species’ abundances in living communities and death assemblages. Biology Letters, v. 8, p. 131-134, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0337.
- Tice, M.M., Thornton, D.C.O., Pope, M.C., Olszewski, T.D., and Gong, J., 2011, Archean microbial mat communities. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 39, p. 297-319.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2010, Diversity partitioning using Shannon’s entropy and its relationship to rarefaction. In Paleontological Society Short Course: Quantitative Methods in Paleobiology, Hunt, G. and Alroy, J., eds., The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 16, p. 95-116.
- Fall, L.M., and Olszewski, T.D., 2010, Environmental disruptions influence taxonomic composition of brachiopod paleocommunities in the Middle Permian Bell Canyon Formation (Delaware Basin, West Texas). Palaios, v. 25, p. 247-259.
- Olszewski, T.D. and Erwin, D.H., 2009, Change and stability in Permian brachiopod communities from western Texas. Palaios, v. 24, p. 27-40.
Awards
- 2001 Outstanding Paper in Palaios
- 2004 Outstanding Paper in Palaios
- 2005-06 Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence Montague Scholar
- 2009 Paleontological Society Schuchert Award Winner
Affiliations
- Geological Society of America
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- The Paleontological Society
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Ecological Society of America
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Geophysical Union
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