Kira Trillium Lawrence
Lafayette College, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences,
102 Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042
lawrenck@lafayette.edu
Phone #: 610-330-5194
EDUCATION
Brown University,
Providence, RI
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Ph.D., Geological
Sciences (May 2006)
Thesis
Title: Charaterizing the Plio-Pleistocene Evolution of Sea Surface Conditions
Using the
Alkenone Organic Proxy
Advisor:
Dr. Timothy Herbert, Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
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M.Sc. Geological
Sciences (May 2003)
Thesis: No Significant Late Quaternary Sea Surface Warming in the Western Coral Sea:Implications for the Growth of the Australian Great Barrier Reef
University of California -
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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M.S. Earth Sciences
(August 2001)
Dartmouth College, Hanover,
NH
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A.B. Earth Sciences,
Summa Cum Laude (June 1996)
Honors Thesis: An Analysis of Factors Influencing
Pixel Brightness Values in Satellite Imagery
Lafayette College,
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
á Assistant Professor (2006–present)
á Courses Taught: Geology 115 – EarthÕs Climate: Past, Present, and Future; Geology 205 – Oceanography; VAST290 Seminar – Climate Change: The Facts, The Issue and The Long-Term View; Geology 315 – Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
Brown University, Department
of Geological Sciences
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Teaching & Research
Assistant (2001–2006)
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Lab Instructor: Earth
System History; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Estuarine Oceanography
University of California -
Santa Cruz, Earth Sciences Department
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Teaching & Research
Assistant (1999–2001)
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Lab Instructor:
Geomorphology; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
The Woods Hole Research
Center, Woods Hole, MA
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Research Assistant
(1997–1999)
Worcester Academy, Worcester,
MA
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Faculty Member, Athletic
Coach (1996–1997)
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Courses Taught: Earth
Science; Pre-Algebra
US Geologic Survey, Reston,
VA
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NAGT Intern (Summer
1996)
Dartmouth College, Earth
Sciences Department
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Undergraduate Teaching
and Research Assistant (1995–1996)
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Lab Assistant:
Introduction to Earth Sciences
Dartmouth College, Physics
Department
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Undergraduate Curriculum
Assistant (1993–1994)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Paleoclimatology and
Paleoceanography, Earth Systems History, Influence of Milankovitch Cycles on
Late Cenozoic Climate, Glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere, Alkenone
Paleothermometry, Past Ocean Productivity.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Finalist for the
Lafayette College Student Government Superior Teaching Award (2006-2007)
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Sigma Xi Outstanding
Graduate Student Award (Spring 2006)
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Brown University
Dissertation Fellowship (Spring 2006)
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Brown University
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching–awarded annually to two
Brown Graduate Students (2005)
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Brown University
Sheridan Center for Teaching in Higher Education Academic Teaching Certificate
(2005)
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Gretchen L. Blechschmidt
Award–awarded annually by GSA to one female student pursuing a research
project in biostratigraphy and/or paleoceanography (2004)
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Geological Society of
America Outstanding Student Research Award (2004)
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National Science
Foundation Fellow (2000-2003)
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UC Santa Cruz Earth
Science Department Outstanding TA Award (1999-2000)
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Honorable Mention
National Science Foundation Fellowship (1999)
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Dartmouth College
Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (1996)
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Dartmouth College
Department of Earth Sciences High Honors (1996)
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New Hampshire NASA Space
Grant Fellow (1996)
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Dartmouth WomenÕs
Basketball Larry Levitt Leadership Award (1994, 1996)
RESEARCH GRANTS
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National Science
Foundation OCE-0623310 (October 2006 – October 2009) ÒHigh Latitude
Temperature and Biological Responses to Plio-Pleistocene Global ChangeÓ ($96,660).
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Geological Society of
America Research Grant (2004) Grant#: 7725-04 ÒEvolution of Pliocene
Atlantic Meridional Temperature Gradients.Ó $2500
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Evolving Earth
Foundation Student Research Grant (2003) ÒThe Pliocene Climate Transition: A
North Atlantic Perspective.Ó $3000
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Geological Society of
America Research Grant (2003) Grant#: 7447-03 Ò Evolution of Sea Surface
Temperatures in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the Pliocene Climate
Transition.Ó $2500
Lawrence, K.T., Herbert, T.D., Brown, C.M., Raymo, M.E. and A.M.
Haywood (in prep for submission to Paleoceanography). High Amplitude Variations in North Atlantic Sea
Surface Temperature during the Early Pliocene Warm Period.
Caissie, B.E.,
Brigham-Grette, J., Lawrence, K.T.
and T.D. Herbert. (in prep for submission to Paleoceanography). Deglaciation to Holocene Sea Surface Conditions at
Umnak Plateau, Bearing Sea as Inferred by Diatom, Alkenone and Stable Isotope
Records.
Ruggieri, E., Herbert, T.D., Lawrence,
K.T. and C.E. Lawrence (submitted
to Paleoceanography November 2007)
The Change Point Method for Detecting Regime Shifts in Paleoclimatic Time
Series: Application to Plio-Pleistocene.
Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, P.S. Dekens, and A.C. Ravelo. 2007. The Application of Alkenone Paleothermometry to the
Study of Plio-Pleistocene Climate. In
Williams, M., Haywood, A.M., Gregory F.J. and D.N. Schmidt (eds) ÒDeep
Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models
and Biological Proxies.Ó The Micropalaeontological Society Special
Publications. The Geological Society, London, 539-562.
Ravelo, A.C., K. Billups,
P.S. Dekens, T.D. Herbert, & K.T. Lawrence. 2007.
Onto the Ice Ages: Proxy Evidence for the onset of Northern Hemisphere
Glaciation. In Williams, M.,
Haywood, A.M., Gregory F.J. and D.N. Schmidt (eds) ÒDeep Time
Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and
Biological Proxies.Ó The Micropalaeontological Society
Special Publications. The Geological Society, London, 563-573.
Lawrence, K.T.,, Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2006. Evolution of the
Eastern Tropical Pacific Through Plio-Pleistocene Glaciation. Science, 312:79-83.
Lawrence, K.T., and T.D. Herbert. 2005. Late Quaternary Sea Surface
Temperatures in the Western Coral Sea: Implications for the Growth of the
Australian Great Barrier Reef. Geology, 33: 677-680.
Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan, and J.O. Sewall.
2003.Terrestrial climatic response to precessional orbital forcing in the
Eocene. In Wing,
S.L., Gingerich, P.D., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E. ed., GSA Special Paper
369: Causes
and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the Early Paleogene 65-77.
Houghton, R.A., K.T. Lawrence, J.L. Hackler, and S. Brown. 2001. The spatial
distribution of forest biomass in the Brazilian Amazon: a comparison of
estimates. Global Change Biology, 7: 731-746.
Houghton, R.A., J.L. Hackler,
and K.T. Lawrence. 2000. Changes
in terrestrial carbon storage in the United States. 2: The role of fire and
fire management. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 9:145-170.
Houghton, R.A., D.L. Skole,
C.A. Nobre, J.L. Hackler, K.T. Lawrence, and W.H. Chomentowski. 2000. Annual fluxes of carbon from
deforestation and regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon. Nature, 403:301-304.
Houghton, R.A., J.L. Hackler, and K.T. Lawrence. 1999. The US carbon budget: contributions from
land-use change. Science,
285:574-578.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Lawrence, K.T., Cleaveland, LC, Mulligan, AB, and T.D. Herbert.
2007, INVITED - Zonal and Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Orbital
Variability During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition. Eos, Transactions,
American Geophysical Union, 88 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract
PP51E-02.
Herbert, T.D., Cleaveland,
LC, Liu, Z. and K.T. Lawrence.
2007. Synchronization of Glacial-Interglacial SST changes in the Tropical
Oceans: Evidence for Amplification of Cliamte Sensitivity by Carbon Dioxide
Over the Past 2.7Ma. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88 (52),
Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U51B-07.
Lawrence, K.T. December 2007. Into the Icehouse: Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Sea Surface
Perspective. Invited talk Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla,
California.
Lawrence, K.T. September 2007. Into the Icehouse: What Ocean Algae
Tell Us About the Glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere. Invited talk,
Department of Biology Bioconnections Series, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Lawrence, K.T. May 2007. North Atlantic Sea Surface Conditions
During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition: High Variability, Dramatic Cooling, and
Crashing Productivity. Invited talk Geochemistry Group, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ.
Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, and Z. Liu. 2006. INVITED - Evolution of
the Eastern Tropical Pacific Through Plio-Pleistocene Glaciation. Eos,
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract PP12A-02.
Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, C.M. Brown, M.E. Raymo, and A.M.
Haywood. 2006. North Atlantic Sea Surface Conditions During the
Plio-Pleistocene Transition: High Variability, Dramatic Cooling, and Crashing
Productivity. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall
Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP31A-1721.
Cassie, B.E., J.
Brigham-Grette, K.T. Lawrence, and M.S. Cook. 2006. Rising Temperatures, Shrinking
Ice: The Deglaciation in the Bering Sea Based on Diatoms, Alkenones, and Oxygen
Isotopes. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 36th
International Arctic Workshop, Programs and Abstracts, p.44-46.
M.M. Robinson, H.J. Dowsett,
G.S. Dwyer, and K.T. Lawrence.
2006. Mid-Pliocene Sea Surface Temperature Estimation Using Multiple Proxies. Eos,
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract PP12A-02.
Cassie, B.E., J.
Brigham-Grette, K.T. Lawrence, and M.S. Cook. 2006. Rising Temperatures, Shrinking
Ice: The Deglaciation in the Bering Sea Based on Diatoms, Alkenones, and Oxygen
Isotopes. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 36th
International Arctic Workshop, Programs and Abstracts, p.44-46.
Lawrence, K.T., L.C.
Cleaveland, A.B. Mulligan, and T.D. Herbert. 2005. Plio-Pleistocene Ocean
Productivity: A Story of Interbasin Symmetry. Eos, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, 86 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP34B-06.
Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, L.C. Cleaveland, T.D. Herbert and M.E.
Raymo. 2005. A Spatial Perspective on Plio-Pleistocene Ocean Cooling. GSA
Earth System Processes 2, Conference Volume, Abstract 50-4.
Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, T.D. Herbert, and M.E. Raymo. 2005. High and
Low Latitude Linkages During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition. Northeast GSA
Abstracts with Programs 37 (1). Abstract 82159.
Lawrence K.T., Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2004. High Latitude and
Tropical Climates Linked Prior to the Onset of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation:
Evidence From the Eastern Tropical Pacific Eos, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, 85 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP23A-1397.
Lawrence K.T. , Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2004. High Latitude and
Tropical Climates Linked Before the Onset of Northern Hemisphere
Glaciation. Presented at a meeting
on ÒThe Pliocene ParadoxÓ, GFDL, Forrestal Campus, Princeton University.
Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2003. A Tropical Climate
Puzzle: Plio-Pleistocene Obliquity-Dominated Temperature and Productivity
Records From the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. Eos, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, 84 (46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U12B-04.
Lawrence, K.T. and T.D. Herbert. 2003. Evolution of Eastern
Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures During The Pliocene Climate
Transition. GSA Abstracts with
Programs Volume 35 (6).
Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan and J.O. Sewall. 2001. Eocene Terrestrial
Climatic Response to Precessional Orbital Forcing: Implications for
Interpretation of the Geological Record. Climate and Biota of the Early
Paleogene Abstract Volume 1: 56.
Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan, and J.O. Sewall. 2000. Terrestrial
Climatic Response to Topographic and Orbital Forcing in the Eocene. Eos,
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (48), Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract OS11C-03.
Lawrence, K.T. 1998.
The Warming of the Earth – A BeginnerÕs Guide to Understanding the Issue
of Global Warming. http://www.whrc.org/globalwarming/warmingearth.htm
ACADEMIC SERVICE
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Co Chair American
Geophysical Union Session ÒThe Pliocene Warm Interval: A Test Bed for Future
WarmingÓ AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA.
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Member Lafayette College
Faculty Committee on Athletics (2007-2008)
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Referee for: Marine
Geology, The Micropalaeontological Society, The National Science Foundation,
National Environmental Research Council (UK)
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Lafayette College
Geology Department Graduate School Advisor
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Organizer of Brown
University Geological Sciences Graduate Professional Development Seminars
(2004-2006)
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Reader for Brown
University Undergraduate Honors Theses
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Graduate Student
Representative to Brown University Geological Sciences faculty meetings
(2003-05)
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Organizer of Brown
University Earth System History Lunch Seminar Series (Spring 2002)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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Geological Society of
America (2001- Present)
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American Geophysical
Union (1999 - Present)
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Sigma Xi Scientific
Research Society (1996 - Present)