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Texas A&M University
Halbouty Rm 263
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
MS 3115,
College Station, Texas 77843
Historical Geology: GEOL 106
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
Projects
- National Science Foundation, EAR-0617355, 7/2006-6/2009, $203,312, PI. Coupling ecology
and taphonomy: An integrated model of molluscan death assemblage genesis.
- Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, PRF# 46096-G8, 1/2007-8/2009,
$40,000, PI. Refining sequence stratigraphic interpretations using benthic fossil
communities from the Permian Basin of West Texas.
- National Science Foundation, EAR-0643309, 10/2007-9/2010, $290,801, co-PI. Carboniferous
chemostratigraphy: Do epicontinental seas reflect global ocean conditions?
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.
Publications
- Olszewski, T.D., and Erwin, D.H., 2004, Dynamic response of Permian brachiopod communities to long-term environmental change. NATURE, v. 428, p. 738-741.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2004, A unified mathematical framework for the measurement of richness and evenness within and among multiple communities. OIKOS, v. 104, p. 377-387.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2004, Modeling the influence of taphonomic destruction, reworking, and burial on time-averaging in fossil accumulations. PALAIOS, v. 19, p. 39-50. (2004 Outstanding Paper in PALAIOS)
- DiMichele, W.A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Olszewski, T.D., LaBandeira, C.C., Pandolfi, J.M., Wing, S.L., and Bobe, R., 2004, Long-term stasis in ecological assemblages: Evidence from the fossil record. ANNUAL REVIEWS OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, v. 35, p. 285-322.
- Olszewski, T.D., 2004, Review of The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change by Coe et al., PALAIOS, v. 19, p. 307.
- Complete List of Publications
Awards
- 2001 Outstanding Paper in Palaios
- 2004 Outstanding Paper in Palaios
- 2005-06 Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence Montague Scholar
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