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KELSEY DYEZ
Research Lab Specialist
kdyez@umich.edu
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
2018 – Research Lab Specialist University of Michigan
2017 – 18 Associate Research Scientist LDEO Columbia University
2016 – 17 Postdoctoral Research Scientist LDEO, Columbia University
2014 – 16 Postdoctoral Fellow LDEO, Columbia University
2014 Visiting Faculty Lecturer, Oceans San Francisco State University
2012 – 13 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Autonomous University of Barcelona
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (August 2012) Earth and Planetary Sciences; Field work in Eastern Pacific, North Pacific, California coast, etc.
University of California Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) 2006-2012
Advisors: Christina Ravelo, Paul Koch
Dissertation: Pacific Ocean Pleistocene and Holocene surface temperature variability and implications for climate change
B.A., Geology, magna cum laude; Field work in Italy, Dominican Republic, Southern California, North Pacific
Carleton College (Northfield, MN) 2002-2006
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND SKILLS
- Oceanography, Climatology, past climate change, ENSO variability
- Sedimentology, Stratigraphic Correlation, Geochronology
- Sea-surface temperature reconstructions using stable isotopes (δ18O), molecular biomarkers (lipid ketones), and trace element (Mg, Ca, etc) geochemistry
- Carbon cycle and pCO2 reconstruction via boron isotope (δ11B)
- Data analysis and interpretation using MATLAB, R, GIS-style Ocean Data View, etc.
- Data visualization using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel, etc
AWARDS
2016 Co-PI on Climate and Life Award to host pCO2 conference ($10,000)
2014 EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSF – $174,000)
2012 Departmental Graduate Fellow, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UCSC ($5,000)
2010-2011 Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Schlanger Ocean Drilling Program Fellow ($28,000)
2010 Outstanding Presentation Award, International Conference on Paleoceanography
2009 CDELSI (Center for the Dynamics and Evolution of the Land-Sea Interface) Research Award ($1,500)
2008 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2006-2007 CDELSI Research Fellowship ($15,000)
2006 Duncan Stewart Fellow, Carleton College
TECHNICAL
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- Use, maintenance, and budget for mass spectrometers, plasma spectrometers, clean rooms, lab management
- Quantitative data analysis, interpretation, and visualization
OTHER EXPERIENCE
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- Invited speaker at PAGES Warmer Worlds workshop, Lessons from Paleoclimate for a possible 1.5-2ºC warmer world in the future (April, 2017, Bern, Switzerland)
- Co-organized Cenozoic paleo-CO2 conference (March, 2017, Palisades, NY)
- Chaired American Geophysical Union session: Phanerozoic Temperature and pCO2 at Fall Meeting (2016, San Francisco, CA)
- Attended the Professional Development Workshop for NSF Postdoctoral Researchers and teaching workshop with Steven Pollock (2016, Boulder, CO)
- Teaching for a Diverse Student Body Symposium, 2015
- Presentations for local student Career Days, 2015
- 2014 – 16 Interviewed NYC Earth Science teacher candidates for Math for America fellowships
- 2014 – 16 Columbia University Postdoctoral Society, governance body for postdoctoral scientists
- Contributed content for Columbia University’s Earth Institute blog
- Geoscience Leadership Symposium, Washington DC (2013). Attended this weeklong workshop, met with members of Congress to discuss Earth Science issues, met with NSF staff members to discuss future proposals
- Volunteer work, weekly mentoring for local middle-school students, 2010-present.
- Reviewed 2-3 proposals per year for National Science Foundation, 2013-2014
- Judged Regional High School Science Fair, Santa Cruz County Science Fair, 2012
- American Geophysical Union annual meeting presenter: 2007-2015
- Oceanography cruise aboard RV Knorr 195-5 in eastern Pacific, Spring 2009
- Coordinated interdepartmental acquisition of new instrumentation, New Wave Micromill, Fall 2008
- Submarine paleo-coral sampling aboard HURL (Hawaii Undersea Research Lab), Fall 2006
- Taught environmental science curriculum to local grade-school students, (volunteer) 2003-06.
- Oceanography cruise aboard SSV Robert C. Seamans in north Pacific, Spring 2004