Christopher J Poulsen

Education:

Ph.D., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

B.A., Geology, Carleton College

Research:

Earth System Hisotry; paleoclimatology and paleoceanography

Specializations and Research Interests

• Earth System History
• Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography
• Interactions within the climate system

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

• Innovative Teaching Award, University of Southern California
• International Paleoceanography Conference VI, Student Poster Award
• Penn State, Muan Fellowship
• Penn State University, First Place Geosciences Graduate Colloquium
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid
• AAPG Grant-in-Aid
• Shell Doctoral Fellowship
• NASA Space Grant Fellowship
• Penn State, First Place Geosciences Graduate Colloquium
• U.S.G.S., N.A.G.T.-U.S.G.S. Internship
• Carleton College, Keck Fellowship

Professional Service

• Coordinator of NCAR Paleo-Working Group project to develop community-organized Cretaceous climate simulations.
• Participant, NSF Workshop on Deep-Time GeoSystems, Washington D.C.
• Co-Chair, Extreme environments of the Precambrian Earth, AGU, Montreal, Canada.
• Co-chair of research session, “Cretaceous Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics”, Cretaceous Climate and Ocean Dynamics, Florissant, CO.