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Phone: (979) 218-6084 Advisor: Bridget Wade This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it b.wade@leeds.ac.uk co-chair Thomas Yancey This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it co-chair Shari Hilding-KronforstPh.D CandidateMaster Geoscience Texas A&M University Dec. 2007
BSc Chemistry, Earth Science, & Biology University of Wisconsin 2000 Research InterestsMy research interests involve the use of geochemical signals present in microfossils found in deep sea sediments to answer questions about the timing and magnitude of past marine productivity, temperature, and ice volume changes. ProjectsBiostratigraphic and environmental conditions at Blake Nose North Western Atlantic Ocean ODP Leg 171B Site 1051A. The middle to late Eocene is a critical transition period from Eocene greenhouse to Oligocene icehouse conditions. Understanding climate dynamics during this period is essential to identifying what drives climate change. Currently, there are few, lower resolution Pacific or Southern Ocean records for this interval. My doctoral research involves examining and identifying the planktonic foraminifera assemblage; analyzing environmental changes in stable oxygen, carbon and trace element signatures of the microfossils, resulting in a high resolution biostratigraphic and climatic record for the period 41-44 million years ago. SST analysis of subtropical North Pacific – use oxygen isotopic compositions of planktonic foraminfera (Globigerinoides ruber) together with the magnesium/calcium ratios. The oxygen isotopic compositions provide a proxy of North American/global climate and the magnesium/calcium ratios provide proxies of regional subtropical North Pacific temperature. These proxies indicate the glacial-interglacial difference of sea surface temperature in the North Pacific and the relative timing of changes in these proxies will allow the regional and global climate to be investigated. Norman Landfill - Analysis and comparison of the relationship between POM and microbial activities between contaminated and uncontaminated sites. Using peepers and two cores from an uncontaminated site in the slough 75 samples are being analyzed using capillary electrophoresis to test for cations, anions, and organic acid concentrations. Also quantified were iron and sulfide concentrations as well as alkalinity. Two sediment cores were obtained and samples were processed every centimeter down core for specific POM categories. Experience
Recent Papers/Posters/PresentationsPapers Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Lifestyles of the hantkeninids (Eocene planktonic foraminifera), were they photosymbiotic? in prep Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Vicissitudes of the Eocene, Refining Middle Eocene Planktonic Biostratigraphy in prep Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., Kayzar, T.K., Williams, R., Vazquez, M. and Jim V.J. An Environmental Analysis of Depleted Uranium Concentration and Composition in Plants, Soils and Surface Waters at Site 300 in prep. Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., Kayzar, T.K., Williams, R., and Vazquez, M. Biologic Implications of Depleted Uranium Concentration and Composition in Plants at Site 300 in prep. Presentations 2004-Present Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Biomagnetochronology of middle Eocene planktonic foraminifera oral Geological Society of America (GSA), Charlotte, October 2012 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Refining early to middle Eocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy AAPG National Conference, Long Beach, April 2012 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Refining (early to middle) Eocene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy Oral 1st place Student Research Week (SRW), College Station, TX March 2012 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Lifestyles of the Hantkeninids Oral Geological Society of America Minneapolis, October 2011 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Vicissitudes of the middle Eocene, refining planktonic biostratigraphy Climate of the Early Paleogene (CBEP) Oral. Salzburg June 2011 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Vicissitudes of the middle Eocene, refining planktonic biostratigraphy AAPG National Conference Houston, April 2011 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Lifestyles of the Hantkeninids Oral Student Research Week TAMU College Station, March 2011 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. Middle Eocene 41-44 Ma Biostratigraphic and Environmental Condiations at Blake Nose Western North Atlantic ODP Leg 171B AAPG National Conference New Orleans, April 2010 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. What can Western North Atlantic Biostratigraphic and Environmental Conditions tell us about the Mid Eocene? Sigma Xi National Conference Houston, Texas November, 2009 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. A Closer Look at Mid Eocene 42-43.8 Ma Biostratigraphic and Environmental Conditions at Blake Nose Western North Atlantic ODP Leg 171B Site 1051 IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets INVEST Bremen, Germany September, 2009 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Wade, B.S. A Closer Look at Mid Eocene Biostratigraphic and Environmental Conditions at Blake Nose ODP Leg 171B Site 1051 CIOPPINO Conference Urbino, Italy July, 2009 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L. A Multiple Proxy Approach to Subtropical North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Analysis: Implications for Climate Change. North American Micropaleontological Society and Society for Sedimentary Geology NAMS/SEPM Microfossils II National Meeting Houston, Texas March, 2009 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L. What can Subtropical North Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures tell us about Climate Change through MIS 1-7. Student Research Week (SRW) TAMU College Station, Texas March, 2009 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L. A Multiple Proxy Approach to Subtropical North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Analysis: Implications for Climate Change. Student Research Week (SRW) TAMU College Station, Texas March, 2008 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L. Sea Surface Temperature Analysis: Implications for climate change based on a multiple proxy approach. Student Research Week (SRW) TAMU College Station, Texas March, 2007 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L. Slowey, N.C. Sea Surface Temperature Analysis: Implications for climate change based on a multiple proxy approach. American Geophysical Union AGU San Francisco, California December 2006 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Schielack, J. Is there a correlation between teaching experience and the level of inquiry used in the classroom? American Geophysical Union AGU San Francisco, California December 2006 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., Metoyer, S., and Schielack, J. -Identifying Leadership Development as a Critical Component of the ITS Transportable Model: Impacts of ITS on and by Science and Science Education Graduate Assistants. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting San Francisco, California April, 2006 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Schielack, J. Integrating Authentic Scientific Research into Learning Environments. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting San Francisco, California April, 2006 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., Knight, S., and Stuessy, C. An Inquiry-Based Professional Learning Model in Science Education National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Meeting San Francisco, California April, 2006 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Miller, S.L. Transforming the Science Ph.D. experience. Educational Research Exchange (ERE) Annual Meeting TAMU College Station, Texas January, 2005 Hilding-Kronforst, S.L., and Stuessy, C. How do Classroom Practitioners Integrate Authentic Science Laboratory Experiences into Their Science Teaching? School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA) Annual Meeting Dallas, Texas November, 2005 Hilding-Kronforst, S. L., Olszewski, T., Firth, J.V., and Tracy, K. Teaching Biostratigraphy Using Real Cores and IODP Data: The use of Information Technology on Spatial Visualization Skills, Motivation and Transfer of Undergraduate Science Majors, American Geophysical Union (AGU) San Francisco, California December, 2004 Hilding-Kronforst, S. L., Olszewski, T., Firth, J.V., and Tracy, K. Using real cores and IODP data to test for planktonic extinction at the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary Geological Society of America (GSA) South-Central Meeting College Station, Texas March 2004 Awards
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