Education            

Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1986.

M.S. Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1982.

 B.A. with Honours in Geology, Oxford University, England, 1980.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Florida International University, State University of Florida at Miami, 1987-1990.

Assistant Professor, Geological and Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990-1993.

Associate Professor, Geological and Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993-1996.

Joseph Sloane Associate Professor of Geological and Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997-1998.

Joseph Sloane Professor of Geological and Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998-2002.

Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998-2002.

Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-.

Head, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-2011, 2017-18.

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney AUSTRALIA, 2011-2012.

Honorary Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney AUSTRALIA, 2011-2015.

Other Positions    

Shipboard biostratigrapher, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 122 (Indian Ocean, 1988), Leg 143 (Pacific Ocean, 1993), Leg 165 (Caribbean Sea, 1995), Expedition 364 (Chicxulub, 2016).  Co-chief scientist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 (Pacific, 2001).

Awards             

University College, Oxford, Open Scholarship, 1979.

Hettelman Junior Faculty Research Prize, UNC-CH, 1995.

Fulbright Senior Scholarship, University of New South Wales, 2011-12.

Wilson Service Award, PSU, 2015.

G. Montgomery and Marion Mitchell Award for Innovative Teaching, PSU, 2017.

George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, PSU, 2020.