Education
SUNY, Buffalo B.A. 1973 Geology/Biology
SUNY, Buffalo M.A. 1975 Geology/Paleontology
University of Michigan Ph.D. 1978 Geology/Paleontology
Teaching History
1998-Present Professor, with tenure, Department of Geology ,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1990-1998 Professor, with tenure, Department of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Rochester; taught introductory paleontology, advanced
paleontology, historical geology, vertebrate paleontology, paleoecology,
invertebrate zoology, and various graduate seminars and field short courses;
advised about 120 Biology/Geology majors, three Master's and seven Ph.D.
Candidates.
1984-1989 Associate professor, with tenure, Dept. Of Geological Sciences,
University of Rochester; taught courses listed above; advised approximately
100 undergraduates, four M.S. Students, and five Ph.D. Candidates.
1979-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University
of Rochester; advised four M.S. Students and one Ph.D. Candidate.
1978-1979 Instructor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of
Rochester.
Selected Honors (since 1980)
1982 Honorable mention for paper published in Journal of Paleontology
1987 Student Association Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
1990 Charles Schuchert Award (outstanding paleontologist under age 40)
1992 Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America
1992 Edward Peck Curtis Award (University of Rochester) for outstanding
undergraduate teaching
1995 Corresponding Member; IUGS Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy
1997 Honorable Mention for paper in Palaios
2000 Titular Member IUGS Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy
2001 AAPG Outstanding Educator Award
2001 Senckenberg Medal for Outstanding Presentation at 15th Annual Senckenberg
Conference, Frankfurt, Germany
Editorships
1991-1998 Associate Editor Geology
1996-present Associate Editor; Palaeogeography. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
1993-present Associate Editor; Palaios
1998-present Associate Editor; Northeastern Geology
Ph.D. Students
(Primary advisees only)
Lee M. Gray (1984) paleo-stratigraphy; professor of geology and chair;
Dept. of Geology, Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio
Stephen E. Speyer (1986); paleontology; hydrogeologist and consultant
(owns his own firm) Phoenix, Arizona
William M. Goodman (1993): stratigraphy: consulting geologist and stratigrapher;
Haily and Aldridge Geological Consultants, Rochester, NY
Keith B. Miller (1988) paleontology; adjunct professor of paleontology;
Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS.
James D. Eckert (1988) paleontology; independent exploration geologist;
Cobalt, Ontario
Steven T. Lo Duca (1991); paleontology; associate professor of geology;
Eastern Michigan University; Ypsilanti, MI
Karla M. Parsons (1992) paleo-taphonomy; assistant professor of paleontology;
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
David Lehmann (1993); paleo-stratigraphy; associate professor of geology;
Juniata College; Huntingdon, Pa.
Charles Ver Straeten (1995) stratigraphy; chief Silurian-Devonian stratigrapher;
New York State Geological Survey, Albany, NY
Wendy L. Taylor (1997) paleo; invertebrate paleontologist and curator;
Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
David Ray (2001) stratigraphy-paleontology; instructor of geology, Bexhill
College; England
Current PhD Students:
Alexander Bartholomew (pre-candidate 2002) paleontology/stratigraphy
Sean Cornell (PhD candidate) stratigraphy
Michael DeSantis (pre-candidate 2002) paleontology
Austin Hendy (pre-candidate 2002) paleontology
Brian Kirchner (candidate 2002) sedimentology/stratigraphy
Patrick McLaughlin (pre-candidate 2002; University Distinguished Fellow)
stratigraphy
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Courses currently offered:
GEOL 205 Geobiology I: Principles of Earth History; undergraduate
majors core course dealing with general principles and concepts of paleontology,
paleoecology, and evolution, sedimentology, stratigrtaphy and sedimentary
environments (winter term)
GEOL 206 Geobiology II Evolution of the Earth: concepts
of global tectonics, orogensis , eustasy and tectonics; plus a chronological
overview of Earth and life history from origin of the Earth to the present;
an additional 2 credit field-lab course explores topics I n Paleozoic Earth
history with field based projects (spring term)
GEOL 207 Geological Field Excursion: this is a week long
field trip based course generally in New York State, Ontario, or the central
Appalachians; it is intended to illustrate concepts of earth history, stratigraphy,
tectonics and paleontology in exploring the geologic history of an area.
(summer/fall quarters)
GEOL 532 Principles of Stratigraphy. Coverage of general
concepts and principles of stratigraphy; includes litho-, event, and biostratigraphy
plus an introduction to sequence stratigraphy; field based projects (spring
term, alternate years, next taught spring 2004)
GEOL 695 Ancient Marine Environments (Paleoceanography):
physical, chemical, and sedimentological (sedimentation rates, turbidity,
substrate) parameters of marine environments and their interpretation from
the geological record; field based project will examine all aspects of one
or more ancient environments; this is the first of a three part paleoecology
course series, which also includes Paleoautecology and Population Paleoecology
(D. Meyer) and Community and Evolutionary Paleoecology (A. Miller) (fall
term alternate years, fall 2002)
GEOL 522 Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution: principles
of evolution and functional morphology and paleoecology as applied to
the study of vertebrate fossils and a comprehensive overview of the evolution
of vertebrates as evidenced from the fossil record (winter term, alternate
years; next taught winter 2003)
The following graduate seminar courses will be taught in alternating years.
Seminar in Sequence Stratigraphy: graduate class covering
fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy
Facies Models and Sequence Stratigraphy: graduate course
on processes, typical facies, and facies models for non-marine and marine
environments and their sequence stratigraphic context (winter term alternate
years; next taught winter 2004)
Seminar in Sedimentary Geology: (co-taught with T. Algeo,
B. Maynard and P. Potter) graduate seminar dealingvarious current topics
in sedimentology and stratigraphy; topics have included: a) seismites
and synsedimentary deformation; b) sedimentology of mudrochs (shales and
mudstones); c) applications of taphonomy to sedimentary environments and
paleoecology (fall term alternate years; next taught fall 2003) |
 Comparative
Taphonomy and Taphofacies of Modern Siliciclastic and Carbonate Shelf
and Upper Slope Environments
Comparative
Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Paleozoic and Mesozoic Mud Rock Facies
Evolutionary
Ecology and Coordinated Stasis of Devonian Benthic Faunas in the Appalachian
Basin
Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Paleozoic Pelmatozoan
Echinoderms
Comparative
Stratinomy and Paleoecology of Ordovician to Devonian Black and Dark Gray
Shale Facies, Appalachian Basin
Sequence
Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Paleoecology of Middle Paleozoic
(Middle Ordovician to Upper Devonian) Rocks in the Northern Appalachian
Basin
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