Expertise
  • Geomicrobiology of sulfate-reducing microorganisms
  • Biotic and abiotic fractionation of sulfur isotopes in modern and ancient oceans and lakes
  • Influence of wildfire on carbon isotopic excursions during the Cretaceous
  • Fate of complex organic molecules on the surface of Mars
Affiliations

Provost Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
1987 - 1996

Research Geologist, Petroleum Branch
1983 - 1992

Post Doctoral Fellow, United States Geological Survey
1982 - 1983

Provost Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor Emeritus, Integrated Program in the Environment, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Chair, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Geology
Degrees
PhD, Princeton University, Geology, 1982
MS, University of North Carolina, Geology, 1978
MS, University of Illinois, Botany, 1974
BA, University of North Carolina, Botany, 1972
Keywords
natural and physical sciences, mathematics and technology climate change geochemistry sedimentology environmental chemistry petroleum
Honors

Teaching Excellence Award, College of Arts and Sciences (Indiana University Bloomington), 1999

Gill Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences (Indiana University Bloomington), 1997-2001

Outstanding Educator, Association of Women Geoscientists, 1997

Teaching Excellence Award, College of Arts and Sciences (Indiana University Bloomington), 1996

Distinguished Lecturer, American Association Petroleum Geologists, 1990-1991

Matson Award, Outstanding Oral Presentation at National Meeting (American Association Petroleum Geologists), 1987

Best Paper Award, U.S. Geological Survey (Petroleum Geology Branch), 1986

Post Doctoral Fellowship, National Research Council, 1981-1982

Associations
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geochemical Society
Geological Society of America
Ocean Drilling Program
Society for Sedimentary Geology