Sharon L. Kanfoush

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Sharon L. Kanfoush
Associate Professor

(315) 792-3134

Sharon L. Kanfoush

Associate Professor and Chair,
Department of Geology
Utica College
Utica, New York 13502

Rm 170, Gordon Science Center
(315) 792-3134

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Coring Adirondack lakes.

EDUCATION:

PhD. 2002 Geology
University of Florida

M.S. 1995 Multidisciplinary Studies in Earth Sciences
State University of New York College at Buffalo

B.S. 1990 Geology/Marine Science (Magna cum laude)
Southampton College of Long Island University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Application of sedimentological and paleontological proxies to a broad spectrum of geologic problems; including paleoclimatology, paleoceanography and paleolimnology. Assessment of environmental change, both natural and human-induced from a local to a global scale. Geomorphology and surficial processes, particularly of coastal and glacial environments. Geoscience education for science majors & non-majors, public outreach, and curriculum development.

Dissertation: "Millennial-Scale Variability in Late Pleistocene Ice-Rafting to the South Atlantic Ocean" (2002), Advisor: David A. Hodell

Master's Thesis: "Recent Diatom Succession in Lake Erie Sediments" (1995) Advisors: Jill K. Singer, Brian R. Shero.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Note:

1 = at Utica College
2 = at the University of Florida
3 = at SUNY College at Buffalo

ENV 201: Intro. to Environmental Issues ¹
GOL 115: Elementary Oceanography ¹
GOL 225: Physical Geology ¹
GOL 226: Historical Geology ¹
GOL 405/505: Earth System Science ¹
GOL 410: Geoscience Seminar and Current Topics ¹
GOL 415: Stratigraphy and Sedimentation ¹
GOL 390: Independent Study (Paleolimnology) ¹
GOL 600: Paleoenvironmental Science & Reconstruction ¹

OCE 2005: Introduction to Oceanography ²
GLY 1000: Exploring the Geological Sciences ²
GES 223: Environmental Earth Science ³
SCI 231: Pollution, the Environment & Society ³

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED:

2008 Environmental Audit of Utica College. Tessa Malcarne (UC Geoscience Minor)
2007 Morphological Variation in Stephanodiscus niagarae in Lake Erie Sediments in Response to Historical Nutrient Loading . Adriane Spytko (UC Biology)
2005 Morphology of Ice-Rafted Debris in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean Across Termination V. Mike Washburn (UC Biology)
2005 Examination of PCB Affinity with Sediment Grain Size and Organic Matter. Amanda Whittemore (UC Chemistry, with T. Provost and C. Pulliam)
2004 Occurrence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, New York. Jenny Lounsbury & Elizabeth Hyer (UC Chemistry, with T. Provost and C. Pulliam)
2003-04 Origin of Fine Sediments at South Atlantic Site 1094 and Paleoclimatic Implications. Gillian Chapman (Geology major at Hamilton College; co-advisor with Gene Domack)

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED (*=in progress)

:

2006* Spatial and Temporal Variability in Diatom Assemblages in a Connected Chain of Lakes and Implications for Paleolimnologic Reconstruction; Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, Northern New York. Patricia Metzger (UC MS in Liberal Studies) [SLK; Chair]
2006* Spatial and Temporal Variability in Sediment Characteristics in a Connected Chain of Lakes and Implications for Paleolimnologic Reconstruction; Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, Northern New York. Anthony Spado (UC MS in Liberal Studies) [SLK; Chair]
2005* Sedimentary Record of Paleoflood Events in the Utica Marsh, New York. Tammy Hughes (UC MS in Liberal Studies) [SLK; Chair]
2005 The Effect of Aerobic Exercise, Social Environment, and Enriched Environment on Motor Learningin the Ischemic Rat. D. Burke, C. Caset, G. Craven, T. Houmes, K. Vrooman and S. Weber (UC MS in Physical Therapy) [SLK; Reader]

FIELD & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1999	St. Johns River Water Mgmnt District; State of Florida	Summer Intern; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technician & Hydrologist - utilized GPS for in-field mapping & modification of GIS coverages to monitor agricultural and municipal water use
1997 -1998	Ocean Drilling Program JOIDES Resolution (470')	Shipboard Scientist (Sedimentologist), Leg 177, South Africa to Chile (2-month cruise) - conducted sediment core description & sampling, coordinated and wrote Site 1094 lithostratigraphic summary
1989	Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography R/V Bluefin (74')	Undergraduate Research Assistant - assisted in seismic stratigraphic study of the Georgia Continental Shelf & topographic surveying & water sampling of wetlands & tidal creeks
1988 -1990	Southampton College of LIU R/V Paumanok(44'), R/V Shinnecock(35')	Undergraduate Student - performed water & bottom sediment sampling, CTD data collection in Shinnecock and Peconic Bays, Long Island
1988	Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Columbia University	Summer Intern - editted a computer database enabling global tectonic reconstructions, studied the tectonic history of the Indonesian region

From 1990-1995, I was employed in the environmental testing industry performing radon & asbestos hazard evaluation and soil & water testing for toxic volatile organic compounds utilizing gas chromatography.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT - AWARDS:

Sabbatical; "Paleolimnological Assessment of Biological Response of an Adirondack Lake to Climate Change Since the Little Ice Age", Utica College (2008)
New York State Department of Conservation and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute subcontract; "Identification and Quantification of Diatoms within Sediment Cores from Brooktrout and other Adirondack Lakes to Assess Acidification and Possible Recovery" (2006-08)
NSF Grant; "Origin, Timing, and Significance of Ice-Rafted Detritus [IRD] Events in the Southern Ocean During the Last Ice Age", OCE-MG&G (2004-05)
Summer Fellowship; "Paleolimnological Assessment of Historical Changes in Water Quality & Trophic Conditions in Fulton Chain of Lakes, Adirondack Mountains, NY", Utica College (2003)
Faculty Leadership Fund Recipient, Utica College of Syracuse University (2000-present almost annually)
Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2000)
Dean's Fund Small Research Grant Recipient, Utica College of Syracuse University (2000)
Ernst Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida (1999)
Geological Society of America Competitive Grant for Graduate Student Research (1999)
Graduate Research Assistantship in Geological Sciences, University of Florida (1999 - 2000)
Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Program Funding Recipient (1998)
Grinter Fellowship for Graduate Studies, University of Florida (1996 - 1999)
Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Geological Sciences, University of Florida (1996 - 1999)
Long Island University Scholar's Full-Tuition Award (1986-1990)
Valedictorian, Class of 1986, Sauquoit Valley Central High, Sauquoit, New York
Empire Girl's State Invited Participant & Elected Senator, Siena College (1985)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY & SERVICE:

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member, Geological Society of America (since 1988)
Member, American Geophysical Union (since 1997)
Member, National Association for Geoscience Teaching (since 1999)
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2003)

LISTSERVES & INFORMAL ORGANIZATIONS

Paleolimnology Listserve (since 2004)

Past Global Changes (PAGES) Program (since 2002)

Diatom Listserve (since 2005)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Hamilton College (2000), Utica College Nexis (2001), Colgate University (2003), University of Pittsburgh (2004), University at Buffalo (2004), UC Center for Excellence in Education (2005), UC All-College Period (2006); SUNY College at Oswego (2007)

2008-present Elected Member, Executive Council, Utica College.
2008 (July) Invited Panelist on the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Phase I Exploratory Projects Program.
2005-2007 Elected Member, Curriculum Committee, Utica College.
2005 (July) Invited Panelist on the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Exploratory Projects Program.
2004-present Coordinator, Nexus Seminar Series, Utica College.
2003-present, Invited Member, Editorial Board for the journal Geo-Marine Letters.
2003-2005 Elected Member and Secretary, Curriculum Committee, Utica College.
2003 (July) Invited Panelist on the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Educational Materials Development (EMD) Track.
2003 Invited Panelist on the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Adaptation and Implementation (A&I) Track.
2001-2003 Elected Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Utica College.
2001-2002 Chair, Environmental Studies Committee, Utica College.
2001-2002 Invited Member, Committee on Graduate Liberal Studies, Utica College.

Search Committees: Physics (2001-02), Mathematics (2002-03), Biology (2003-04), Librarian (2005), and Geophysics (2006-07)

2000-present Outside manuscript reviewer: Quaternary Research, Marine Geology, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, Geo-Marine Letters and selected edited compilations.

Curriculum Development Initiatives:

Major in Geoscience: Developed & proposed a major comprising a B.S. degree option designed to prepare students to work in applied earth & environmental science or pursue graduate studies in earth & environmental science and a B.A. degree option designed to prepare students to teach secondary earth science or that affords students greater breadth and flexibility to taylor the degree to their own interests and intended career pathway (Passed in Fall 2007).
Minor in Geoscience: Developed & proposed a minor that will allow students to strengthen their background in science and broaden their post-graduate options as well as enable education students to acquire some of the coursework required for teaching certification in Earth Science (Passed in Spring 2002).

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Invited Speaker, The Kirkland Bird Club (Scheduled for November 2008).
Judge, Annual Utica College Regional Science Fair (2001, 2003-05, 2007).
Invited Speaker, The Scandanavian Club of the Mohawk Valley (2005).
Judge, Donovan Middle School Science Fair (2005).
Hosted Middle & HS Girls Geology Career Exploration for the UC Women's Fund
Hosted highschool "Shadows" for the Oneida County School & Business Alliance (2001, 2002).
Invited to lead Boy Scout Troop #9 on fieldtrip to the Clinton Hematite Iron Ore Mine (2002).
Served as mentor for the achievement of the Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge in Geology (2001).

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers

NAGT

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT - PUBLICATIONS:

In Preparation:

Kanfoush, S.L., Paleolimnological assessment of the biological response of an Adirondack lake to climate change since the Little Ice Age. .

Refereed Journals:

Hodell, D.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Venz, K.A., Charles, C.D. and F.J. Sierro, 2003. The mid-Brunhes transition in ODP sites 1089 and 1090 (subantarctic South Atlantic). In: Marine Isotope Stage 11: An Extreme Interglacial? AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Droxler, A.W., Poore, R.Z., Burckle, L.D. and Osterman, L.E. (Eds).

Shemesh, A., Hodell, D.A., Crosta, X., Kanfoush, S.L., Charles, C. and T. Guilderson, 2002. Sequence of events during the last deglaciation in Southern Ocean sediments and Antarctic ice cores. Paleoceanography 17(4): 1056-1063.

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A., Charles, C.D., Janecek, T.R. and F.R. Rack, 2001. Comparison of ice-rafted debris and physical properties in ODP Site 1094 (South Atlantic) with the Vostok Ice Core over the last four climatic cycles. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, ODP Leg 177 Special Issue, 182(3-4): 329-349.

Hodell, D.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Shemesh, A., Crosta, X., Charles, C. and T. Guilderson, 2001. Abrupt cooling of Antarctic surface waters and sea ice expansion in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean at ~5500 cal yr B.P. Quaternary Research 56(2): 191-198.

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A. and T.R. Guilderson, 2000. Reply to Comment by P.U. Clark and N.G. Pisias on "Millennial-scale instability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glaciation". Science, 290: 51-52.

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A., Charles, C.D., T.P. Guilderson, Mortyn, P.G. and U.S. Ninnemann, 2000. Millennial-scale instability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glaciation. Science, 288: 1815-1819.

Hodell, D.A., Brenner, M., Kanfoush, S.L., Curtis, J., Stoner, J.S., Xuelliang, S., Yuan, W. and T.J. Whitmore, 1999. Paleoclimate of southwest China for the past 45 kyrs inferred from lake sediment records. Quaternary Research, 52 (3): 369-380.

Reports:

Shipboard Scientific Party (Hodell, D.A., Gersonde, R., Blum, P., Andersson, C., Billups, K., Channell, J.E.T., Charles, C., Diekmann, B., Filippelli, G., Flores, J.-A., Hewitt, T., Howard, W., Ikehara, M., Janecek, T., Kanfoush, S.L., Kemp, A., King, S., Kleiven, H., Kuhn, G., Marino, M., Ninnemann, U., O'Connell, S., Ortiz, J., Stoner, J., Sugiyama, K., Warnke, D. and Zielinski, U.), 1999. Leg 177 summary: Southern Ocean paleoceanography, in: Gersonde, R., Hodell, D.A., Blum, P. et al., Proc. ODP, Initial Reports, 177, College Station
(Ocean Drilling Program), 1-67.

Hodell, D.A., Gersonde, R., Blum, P., Andersson, C., Billups, K., Channell, J.E.T., Charles, C., Diekmann, B., Filippelli, G., Flores, J.-A., Hewitt, T., Howard, W., Ikehara, M., Janecek, T., Kanfoush, S.L., Kemp, A., King, S., Kleiven, H., Kuhn, G., Marino, M., Ninnemann, U., O'Connell, S., Ortiz, J., Stoner, J., Sugiyama, K., Warnke, D. and Zielinski, U., 1998. Southern Ocean paleoceanography; preliminary results from Leg 177. JOIDES Journal; volume 24.

Ortiz, J.D., Harris, S.E., Mix, A.C., and the Leg 177 Shipboard Scientific Party (Hodell, D.A., Gersonde, R., Blum, P., Andersson, C., Billups, K., Channell, J.E.T., Charles, C., Diekmann, B., Filippelli, G., Flores, J.-A., Hewitt, T., Howard, W., Ikehara, M., Janecek, T., Kanfoush, S.L., Kemp, A., King, S., Kleiven, H., Kuhn, G., Marino, M., Ninnemann, U., O'Connell, S., Ortiz, J., Stoner, J., Sugiyama, K., Warnke, D. and Zielinski, U.), 1998. SCAT Reflectance: Shedding light on sediment mineralogy. JOI/USSAC Newsletter, 11 (2): 14-15.

Pettigrew, T.L., Holloway, G.L., Gersonde, R., Hodell, D.A., Blum, P., Andersson, C., Billups, K., Channell, J.E.T., Charles, C., Diekmann, B., Filippelli, G., Flores, J.-A., Hewitt, T., Howard, W., Ikehara, M., Janecek, T., Kanfoush, S.L., Kemp, A., King, S., Kleiven, H., Kuhn, G., Marino, M., Ninnemann, U., O'Connell, S., Ortiz, J., Stoner, J., Sugiyama, K., Warnke, D. and Zielinski, U., 1998. Hammer drill; an overview and post Leg 177
update. JOIDES Journal; volume 24.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT - ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS:

(Student-authors marked with an asterisk)

Kanfoush, S.L., 2008. Preliminary examination of lake biological response to climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, Fourth Lake of the Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, northern New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 40, no. 2. Northeast Regional Meeting, Buffalo, NY (Invited Abstract, Oral Presentation)

Kanfoush, S.L., 2006. Comparison of Downcore Variations in Charcoal with Climate and Anthropogenic Disturbances, Fourth Lake of the Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, northern New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 7: p. 487. National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Abstract, Poster Presentation)

Kanfoush, S.L., 2006. Near Extinction then Adaptive Radiation of Geoscience at a Small Comprehensive College, Utica College, Utica, New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 7: p. 566. National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Abstract, Poster Presentation)

Whittemore*, A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T. and C. Pullium, 2006. Examination of polychlorinated biphenyl affinity with sediment grain size and organic matter. American Chemical Society Abstracts with Programs, Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY. (Abstract, Poster Presentation by A. Whittemore)

Hyer*, E.A., Lounsbury*, J.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T.L. and C.R. Pullium, 2006. Downcore occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, central New York. American Chemical Society Abstracts with Programs, Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY. (Abstract, Poster Presentation by E. Hyer)

Kanfoush, S.L. and M.W. Washburn*, 2006. Preliminary study of morphology of ice-rafted debris in the southeast Atlantic across Termination V. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 2: p. 14. Regional Meeting, Harrisburg, PA (Abstract, Poster Presentation)

Lounsbury*, J.A., Hyer*, E.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T.L. and C.R. Pullium, 2006. Downcore occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, central New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 2: p. 80. Regional Meeting, Harrisburg, PA (Abstract, Poster Presentation by E. Hyer)

Kanfoush, S.L., 2005. A 350-year record of multidecadal variation by lake sediment characteristics, Fulton Chain of Lakes, southern Adirondack Mountains, New York. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 86, no. 47: GC13B-1239. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Abstract, Poster Presentation).

Nielsen, S.H.H., Hodell, D.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Kamenov, G. and M. Perfit, 2005. Provenance of ice-rafted detritus layers near the Antarctic polar front in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 86, no. 47: PP41A-0621. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Abstract, Poster Presentation).

Anderson, R.F., Burckle, L.H., Guilderson, T., Hodell, D.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Nielsen, S.H.H. and M.H. Perfit, 2005. Origin, timing and significance of millennial-scale ice-rafted detritus events in the Southern Ocean during the last ice age. Workshop on Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean: A Synthesis of Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling. Boulder, Colorado. (Oral Presentation by R.F. Anderson).

Nielsen, S.H.H., Koc, N., Crosta, X., Hodell, D.A. and S. Kanfoush, 2004. Ice-rafted detritus, diatoms and the climate of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during the last 15,000 years. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 85, no. 47: PP51E-1363. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Oral Presentation by S.H.H. Nielsen).

Chapman*, G.E., Kanfoush, S.L. and E. Domack, 2004. Fine sediment in ODP Site 1094 (South Atlantic): Eolian versus hemipelagic determination. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 36, no. 2: 154. Regional Meeting, Washington, D.C. (Abstract, Poster Presentation by G. Chapman)

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A., Charles, C.D., Stoner, J.S., Channell, J.E.T. and P.G. Mortyn, 2003. Correlation of ice-rafted detritus in South Atlantic sediments with polar ice: Implications for interhemispheric millennial climate change during the last glacial period. Submitted to the National Meeting of the Geological Society of America, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 586. Annual Meeting, Seattle. (Abstract and Poster Presentation).

Kanfoush, S.L., 2003. Teaching the relevance of geology to non-science undergraduates through the use of major-specific projects: preliminary results. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs vol. 35, no. 3, p. 83. Northeast Regional Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Abstract and Poster Presentation).

G. Filippelli, J. Latimer, S. Kanfoush, D. Hodell, K. Billups, J. Flores, F. Sierro, 2002. Nutrient cycling and carbon burial in the Southern Ocean during the Oligocene and early Miocene. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 83, no. 47, p. F932. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Abstract, Oral Presentation by G. Filippelli).

Kanfoush, S.L. and D.A. Hodell, 2001. Relationship of millennial Antarctic ice discharge events with environmental and climate proxies, Workshop on Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: A Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective. Hamilton, New York. (Invited Abstract and Poster Presentation).

Kanfoush, S.L. and D.A. Hodell, 2001. Correlations between South Atlantic sediments and Antarctic ice: Relationship of millennial Antarctic ice discharge events with regional climate. Heinrich Events Miniconference, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York. (Invited Abstract and Oral Presentation).

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A., Charles, C.D., Janecek, T.R. and F.R. Rack, 2000. Comparison of ice-rafted debris and physical properties in ODP Site 1094 (South Atlantic) with the Vostok Ice Core over the last three climatic cycles. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 81, no. 48, p. F729. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Abstract & Oral Presentation). AGU Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding Student Paper.

Shemesh, A., Hodell, D., Crosta, X. and S. Kanfoush, 2000. Glacial-to-interglacial reconstruction of Southern Ocean surface waters: A coupled micropaleontological and geochemical approach. Southern Ocean - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Symposium. Brest, France. (Invited Abstract and Oral Presentation by A. Shemesh).

Crosta, X., Shemesh, A., Hodell, D. and Kanfoush, S.L., 2000. Sea ice extent and its potential impact on glacial-to-interglacial CO2 changes. International Symposium on Sea Ice and Its Interractions with the Ocean, Atmosphere and Biosphere, International Glaciological Society, Fairbanks, Alaska. (Poster Presentation by X. Crosta).

Kanfoush, S.L., Hodell, D.A., Charles, C.D. and T.P. Guilderson, 1999. Millennial-scale variability in the delivery of ice-rafted detritus to the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during the past 67-kyr. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 80, no. 17, p. S198. Spring Meeting, Boston. (Abstract & Oral Presentation)

Latimer, J.C., Filipelli, G.M., Hodell, D.A., Kanfoush, S.L. and ODP Leg 177 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1999. Sediment geochemistry and dust sources from the South Atlantic Ocean. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 80, no. 17, p. S198. Spring Meeting, Boston. (Abstract, Oral Presentation by J.C. Latimer)

Kanfoush, S.L. and D.A. Hodell, 1998. Eolian flux to Lake Qilu Hu, China: a 45-kyr record of changing intensity of the Asian Monsoon. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 30, no. 7. Annual Meeting, Toronto. (Abstract & Poster Presentation)

Kanfoush, S.L. and D.A. Hodell, 1997. Millennial-scale variability in the deposition of ice-rafted debris in the Southern Ocean. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 78, no. 46, p. F373. Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Abstract & Poster Presentation)

Kanfoush, S.L., 1996. Recent diatom succession in Lake Erie sediments, in: Symposium on Great Lakes Geological and Environmental Issues. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 3, Northeast Regional Meeting (Invited Abstract & Oral Presentation)

Kanfoush, S.L., Shero, B.R., Singer, J.K. and S. Vermette, 1995. Recent diatom succession in Lake Erie sediments; preliminary results. International Association for Great Lakes Research Program and Abstracts, 38th Conference. (Abstract & Oral Presentation)

PRESENT COLLABORATORS:

Terri L. Provost – Department of Biology, Utica College, Utica NY
Curtis R. Pulliam – Department of Chemistry, Utica College, Utica NY

PAST COLLABORATORS:

David A. Hodell and Simon H.H. Nielsen – University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Thomas P. Guilderson – Lawrence Livermore National Lab and U.C. Santa Cruz CA
Joseph S. Stoner – Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
Christopher D. Charles, Graham Mortyn*, and Ulysses Ninnemann* – (*formerly at) the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego CA
Jennifer Latimer and Gabriel Filippelli – Indiana U./Purdue U. at Indianapolis IN
Jill K. Singer – State University of New York College at Buffalo NY

FUNDING:

2006	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ($1,800) For identification and quanitification of diatoms within a core from Brooktrout and other Lakes to assess acidification and possible recovery.
2004	National Science Foundation; OCE Marine Geology & Geophysics ($43,787) Part of a multi-institutional collaboration (> $690,000 total) to assess the mechanisms, source areas and implications of millennial ice-rafting events in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. My role in the study will consist predominantly of stereoscopic examination and quantification of coarse lithics; other researchers will focus on oxygen isotopic and other geochemical analyses. * With colleagues at University of Florida, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California Santa Cruz.
2003	Utica College Summer Research Fellowship ($2,500) To collect & analyze sediment cores from Adirondack lakes to assess cultural eutrophication & acidification; this pilot study (still in progress) served as the basis to complete a proposal to NSF.
2000...	Faculty Leadership Fund, Utica College ($100-700 annually) Competitively-awarded travel funds to attend and present research at professional conferences.
2000	Dean's Fund Small Research Grant, Utica College ($200) Ice-Rafted Debris in South Atlantic Sediments of Marine Isotopic Stage 11: A Potential Analogue for Antarctic Ice Sheet Response to Modern Global Warming.
1999	Geological Society of America Competitive Grant for Graduate Student Research ($2,000) To obtain radiocarbon dates on South Atlantic sediment cores.
1998	Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Program ($22,557) Late Pleistocene Accumulation of IRD in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean.

PERSONAL EXTRAS...





	"Hmmm... if only I could find a way to spend more time fishing..."