Geosciences Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
Katharine A. Cartwright
Associate Professor
Richard H. Lindemann
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., State University of New York College at Oneonta
M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
At Skidmore since 1976
Dana Science Center 176
518-580-5196
rlindema@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Lindemann’s current research is on the systematics of Middle Devonian dacryoconarids, a group of enigmatic and extinct zooplankters, and the nature of biospheric responses to episodes of abrupt global change. Professor Lindemann teaches in the “soft rock” realm of Earth system history, including advanced topics in evolutionary paleobiology and the interpretation of ancient environments.
Selected Publications
Lindemann, R. H., 2006, The historic significance of a petrified cabbage patch at Greenfield, New York. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 28(2):101-109.
Lindemann, R. H. and E. L. Yochelson, 2005, C. D. Walcott and the Hoyt Limestone: An historic encounter at Saratoga Springs, New York. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 27(3): 177-186.
Lindemann, R. H., 2002, Dacryoconarid bioevents of the Onondaga Formation and the Marcellus Subgroup, Cherry Valley, New York. in James McLelland and Paul Karabinos (eds.), New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference and New York State Geological Association Fieldtrip Guidebook. P. B7.1-7.17.
Lindemann, R. H., and D. A. Melycher, 1997. Tentaculites (Tentaculitoidea) from the Manlius Limestone (Lower Devonian) at Schoharie, New York. Journal of Paleontology, 71(3):360-368.
Lindemann, R. H., and E. L. Yochelson, 1994, Redescription of Styliolina [INCERTAE SEDIS] – Styliolina fissurella (Hall) and the type species S. nucleata (Karpinsky). in Ed Landing (ed.) Studies in Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Donald W. Fisher. New York State Museum Bulletin 481:149-160.
Lindemann, R. H., and E. L. Yochelson, 1992, Viriatellina (Dacryoconarida) from the Middle Devonian Ludlowville Formation at Alden, New York. Journal of Paleontolology, 66(2):193-199.
Assistant Professors
Kyle K. Nichols
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.S., University of Washington
M.S., Ph.D., 2002, University of Vermont
At Skidmore since 2002
Dana Science Center 182
518-580-5194
knichols@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Nichols’ research field sites range from Saratoga County to places as far away as the Grand Canyon, the Mojave Desert, Panama, and Namibia. As a geomorphologist he is interested in rates of landscape change and long-term rates of sediment transport. In addition to traditional field methods he incorporates a new technique, cosmogenic isotopes, in many of his research projects. Professor Nichols collaborates with several undergraduate students per year on research projects. Over the past four years, over ten students have presented their research at regional and national conferences. Professor Nichols’ research is published in many well-respected peer-reviewed journals, several have undergraduates as co-authors.
Selected Publications
(*Indicates undergraduate co-authors)
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R., *Foniri, W.R., Gillespie, A.R., Caffee, M., and Finkel, R. (2006). Dates and rates of arid region geomorphic processes from analysis of cosmogenic nuclides. GSA Today: v. 16, n. 8, p. 4-11.
Matmon, A., and Nichols, K.K. (2006). Isotopic insights into smoothening of abandoned fan surfaces, southern California. Quaternary Research: v. 66, p. 109-118.
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R., Eppes, M.C., Caffee, M.W., Finkel, R., and Larsen, J. (2005). Late Quaternary history of the Chemehuevi Mountain piedmont, Mojave Desert, deciphered using 10Be and 26Al. American Journal of Science: v. 305, p. 345-368.
*Persico, L.P., Nichols, K.K., and Bierman, P.R. (2005). Tracking Painted Pebbles: Rates of Sediment Movement on Four Mojave Desert Piedmont Surfaces. Water Resources Research: v. 41, n. 7, W07003, doi: 10.1029/2005WR003990
Bierman, P.R., and Nichols, K.K. (2004). Rock to sediment, Slope to sea with 10-Be, Rates of landscape change. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences: v 32, 215-255.
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R. *Persico, L., *Bosley, A., *Melillo, P.R., and *Kurfis, J. (2003). Quantifying urban land use and runoff changes through service-learning hydrology projects. Journal of Geoscience Education: v. 51, n.4, 365-372.
Audeliz Matias
Visiting Assistant Professor;
Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence (CSMP) Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.S., M.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Ph.D., 2005, Northwestern University
At Skidmore since 2005
Dana Science Center 178
518-580-5192
amatias@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Matias’ recent research has focused on assessing the morphology of impact craters on Mars as possible climatic indicators. Her work on the nature of craters displaying an anomalous deposit on their rims and the surface processes modifying them was presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference last March. Before that Professor Matias worked constructing geologic maps for craters Venus, as a result she was able to constrain the relative age of two tectonic areas on the planet. In addition, during her first year she collaborated with one of our senior students on an independent study, organized lectures sponsored by the Association for Women Geoscientists and the NSF-Ridge 200 Program.
Selected Publications
Matias, A, and D. M. Jurdy, Impact craters as indicators of tectonic and volcanic activity in the Beta-Atla-Themis region, Venus, in Foulger, G.R., Natland, J.H., Presnall, D.C., and Anderson, D.L., eds., Plates, plumes and Paradigms: Geological Society of America Special Paper 388, p.825-839, 2005.
Jansma, P., G. Mattioli, A. Matias, and D. Harding, SLICER laser altimetry in the eastern Caribbean, Surveys in Geophysics, 22, p.561-579, 2001.
Matias, A., G. Mattioli, P. Jansma, and D. Harding, Analyzing altimetry: kinematic and static GPS surveys enhance Puerto Rican DEMs, GPS World, v.11 (7), p.38, 2000.
Lecturer
Katharine A. Cartwright
Lecturer in Geosciences;
Chair, Geosciences Department
B.A., The College of Charleston
M.S., Syracuse University
At Skidmore since 1995
Dana Science Center 180
518-580-5193
kcartwri@skidmore.edu
Research
Kathy’s research field sites include the coastal plain of South Carolina and Europe. Paleontological research on the coastal plain of South Carolina focused on the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Oligocene as well as antecedent topographical controls on sediment transport and deposition on barrier islands. Field research in Italy and Switzerland focused on environmental changes associated with the mass extinction event at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Her primary interest is on the physical processes that force spatial and temporal variability in climate and oceans through time.
Selected Publications
Cartwright, K.A., 1995. Environmental changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Portovenere, Italy. Master’s thesis, 74 pgs.
Cartwright, K.A., Newton, C.R., and Bice, D.M., 1993. Event stratigraphy of the end-Triassic mass extinction: a paradigmatic marine section at Portovenere, Italy. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 25(6), A-333.
Zullo, V.A., Katuna, M.P., and Herridge, K. (Cartwright), 1992. Scalpellomorph and balanomorph barnacles (cirripedia) from the Upper Oligocene Ashley Formation, Charleston County, South Carolina. South Carolina Geology, 34 (1&2), 57-67.
Teaching Associate
Ank Meuwissen
Teaching Associate in Geosciences
M.S., Utrecht University
At Skidmore since 2007
Dana Science Center 174
518-580-8362
ameuwis@skidmore.edu
Support Staff
Eleanor Hutchins
Administrative Assistant
Dana Science Center 172
518-580-5190
ehutchins@skidmore.edu
Department Chair
Katharine A. Cartwright
Associate Professor
Richard H. Lindemann
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., State University of New York College at Oneonta
M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
At Skidmore since 1976
Dana Science Center 176
518-580-5196
rlindema@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Lindemann’s current research is on the systematics of Middle Devonian dacryoconarids, a group of enigmatic and extinct zooplankters, and the nature of biospheric responses to episodes of abrupt global change. Professor Lindemann teaches in the “soft rock” realm of Earth system history, including advanced topics in evolutionary paleobiology and the interpretation of ancient environments.
Selected Publications
Lindemann, R. H., 2006, The historic significance of a petrified cabbage patch at Greenfield, New York. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 28(2):101-109.
Lindemann, R. H. and E. L. Yochelson, 2005, C. D. Walcott and the Hoyt Limestone: An historic encounter at Saratoga Springs, New York. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 27(3): 177-186.
Lindemann, R. H., 2002, Dacryoconarid bioevents of the Onondaga Formation and the Marcellus Subgroup, Cherry Valley, New York. in James McLelland and Paul Karabinos (eds.), New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference and New York State Geological Association Fieldtrip Guidebook. P. B7.1-7.17.
Lindemann, R. H., and D. A. Melycher, 1997. Tentaculites (Tentaculitoidea) from the Manlius Limestone (Lower Devonian) at Schoharie, New York. Journal of Paleontology, 71(3):360-368.
Lindemann, R. H., and E. L. Yochelson, 1994, Redescription of Styliolina [INCERTAE SEDIS] – Styliolina fissurella (Hall) and the type species S. nucleata (Karpinsky). in Ed Landing (ed.) Studies in Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Donald W. Fisher. New York State Museum Bulletin 481:149-160.
Lindemann, R. H., and E. L. Yochelson, 1992, Viriatellina (Dacryoconarida) from the Middle Devonian Ludlowville Formation at Alden, New York. Journal of Paleontolology, 66(2):193-199.
Assistant Professors
Kyle K. Nichols
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.S., University of Washington
M.S., Ph.D., 2002, University of Vermont
At Skidmore since 2002
Dana Science Center 182
518-580-5194
knichols@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Nichols’ research field sites range from Saratoga County to places as far away as the Grand Canyon, the Mojave Desert, Panama, and Namibia. As a geomorphologist he is interested in rates of landscape change and long-term rates of sediment transport. In addition to traditional field methods he incorporates a new technique, cosmogenic isotopes, in many of his research projects. Professor Nichols collaborates with several undergraduate students per year on research projects. Over the past four years, over ten students have presented their research at regional and national conferences. Professor Nichols’ research is published in many well-respected peer-reviewed journals, several have undergraduates as co-authors.
Selected Publications
(*Indicates undergraduate co-authors)
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R., *Foniri, W.R., Gillespie, A.R., Caffee, M., and Finkel, R. (2006). Dates and rates of arid region geomorphic processes from analysis of cosmogenic nuclides. GSA Today: v. 16, n. 8, p. 4-11.
Matmon, A., and Nichols, K.K. (2006). Isotopic insights into smoothening of abandoned fan surfaces, southern California. Quaternary Research: v. 66, p. 109-118.
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R., Eppes, M.C., Caffee, M.W., Finkel, R., and Larsen, J. (2005). Late Quaternary history of the Chemehuevi Mountain piedmont, Mojave Desert, deciphered using 10Be and 26Al. American Journal of Science: v. 305, p. 345-368.
*Persico, L.P., Nichols, K.K., and Bierman, P.R. (2005). Tracking Painted Pebbles: Rates of Sediment Movement on Four Mojave Desert Piedmont Surfaces. Water Resources Research: v. 41, n. 7, W07003, doi: 10.1029/2005WR003990
Bierman, P.R., and Nichols, K.K. (2004). Rock to sediment, Slope to sea with 10-Be, Rates of landscape change. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences: v 32, 215-255.
Nichols, K.K., Bierman, P.R. *Persico, L., *Bosley, A., *Melillo, P.R., and *Kurfis, J. (2003). Quantifying urban land use and runoff changes through service-learning hydrology projects. Journal of Geoscience Education: v. 51, n.4, 365-372.
Audeliz Matias
Visiting Assistant Professor;
Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence (CSMP) Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.S., M.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Ph.D., 2005, Northwestern University
At Skidmore since 2005
Dana Science Center 178
518-580-5192
amatias@skidmore.edu
Research
Professor Matias’ recent research has focused on assessing the morphology of impact craters on Mars as possible climatic indicators. Her work on the nature of craters displaying an anomalous deposit on their rims and the surface processes modifying them was presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference last March. Before that Professor Matias worked constructing geologic maps for craters Venus, as a result she was able to constrain the relative age of two tectonic areas on the planet. In addition, during her first year she collaborated with one of our senior students on an independent study, organized lectures sponsored by the Association for Women Geoscientists and the NSF-Ridge 200 Program.
Selected Publications
Matias, A, and D. M. Jurdy, Impact craters as indicators of tectonic and volcanic activity in the Beta-Atla-Themis region, Venus, in Foulger, G.R., Natland, J.H., Presnall, D.C., and Anderson, D.L., eds., Plates, plumes and Paradigms: Geological Society of America Special Paper 388, p.825-839, 2005.
Jansma, P., G. Mattioli, A. Matias, and D. Harding, SLICER laser altimetry in the eastern Caribbean, Surveys in Geophysics, 22, p.561-579, 2001.
Matias, A., G. Mattioli, P. Jansma, and D. Harding, Analyzing altimetry: kinematic and static GPS surveys enhance Puerto Rican DEMs, GPS World, v.11 (7), p.38, 2000.
Lecturer
Katharine A. Cartwright
Lecturer in Geosciences;
Chair, Geosciences Department
B.A., The College of Charleston
M.S., Syracuse University
At Skidmore since 1995
Dana Science Center 180
518-580-5193
kcartwri@skidmore.edu
Research
Kathy’s research field sites include the coastal plain of South Carolina and Europe. Paleontological research on the coastal plain of South Carolina focused on the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Oligocene as well as antecedent topographical controls on sediment transport and deposition on barrier islands. Field research in Italy and Switzerland focused on environmental changes associated with the mass extinction event at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Her primary interest is on the physical processes that force spatial and temporal variability in climate and oceans through time.
Selected Publications
Cartwright, K.A., 1995. Environmental changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Portovenere, Italy. Master’s thesis, 74 pgs.
Cartwright, K.A., Newton, C.R., and Bice, D.M., 1993. Event stratigraphy of the end-Triassic mass extinction: a paradigmatic marine section at Portovenere, Italy. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 25(6), A-333.
Zullo, V.A., Katuna, M.P., and Herridge, K. (Cartwright), 1992. Scalpellomorph and balanomorph barnacles (cirripedia) from the Upper Oligocene Ashley Formation, Charleston County, South Carolina. South Carolina Geology, 34 (1&2), 57-67.
Teaching Associate
Ank Meuwissen
Teaching Associate in Geosciences
M.S., Utrecht University
At Skidmore since 2007
Dana Science Center 174
518-580-8362
ameuwis@skidmore.edu
Support Staff
Eleanor Hutchins
Administrative Assistant
Dana Science Center 172
518-580-5190
ehutchins@skidmore.edu
