Cal State Fullerton Paleoclimatology Laboratory

07/21/2021

My PhD advisor, mentor, friend, inspiration, pickup b-ball teammate, and coring buddy passed away this week. RIP Dr. Henry (Hank) T. Mullins. I’d pick you 100% of the time if I had to do it again.

05/29/2021

NSF CAREER Broader Impacts and Evaluation webinar and Q&A
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 3 PM CDT, Zoom register here ---

The webinar will be held from 3-4 PM central daylight time on Tuesday June 8, 2021. A recording will be available to registrants after the event. Automatic captioning with Zoom and/or Google Slides will be used. A Zoom link will be provided when you submit this form. If you don't receive it, or have...

04/29/2021

California State University Fullerton – Geological Sciences Department Presents

The Masters’ Thesis Defense of Jenifer Leidelmeijer; Monday, May 3rd, 2021 at 4:00 PM via Zoom.

Topic: Reconstructing Limnological and Hydrological Change During the Late Glacial to Early Holocene and Tracking the Western United States Precipitation Dipole using Sediments from Barley Lake, CA.

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Matthew Kirby

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https://fullerton.zoom.us/j/89096828791

04/09/2021

Congratulations to Daisy Quiroz. The CSUF Cal State Fullerton Dept. of Geological Sciences BA Outstanding major of the year! Joining us next year for a MS. Proud of you!!

04/09/2021

Congratulations to Jenifer Leidelmeijer! Officially a published scientist!!
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/younger-dryas-to-early-holocene-129-to-81-ka-limnological-and-hydrological-change-at-barley-lake-california-northern-california-coast-range/84BF74B41CCFD1AE03198204C91CE572

03/26/2021

First field work in over a year officially approved by CSUF! Headed to the Carrizo Plain to collect sediment cores from a sag pond on the San Andreas Fault. Thanks to Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) for funding. Here's to getting some mud!!!

02/17/2021

Come hear me talk about how we study past climate to learn about future climate. Plus, I talk about mud.

Register for California’s History of Floods, Fires, Vegetation, and Drought - What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future with Matthew Kirby ’93, PhD

01/06/2021

Warning. This Twit contains obvious self promotion. I am happy to have surpassed my prior highest yearly citations. Small potatoes by comparison to my colleagues, but it still makes me happy. 🤓😀 none of this is possible without you awesome CAL state Fullerton students!!

12/10/2020

We welcome Christian Novich - the lab's 40th BS thesis student (57th overall). Topic? CA past climate - what a surprise!
Cal State Fullerton Dept. of Geological Sciences

12/01/2020

Dr. Darren Larsen Occidental College is speaking Csuf Geology
Dec 2 via Zoom at 4pm PST on "Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Teton Range, Wyoming: patterns and potential drivers." If interested, message me for a Zoom link. Here is his recent paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/47/eabc7661

11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving from the Kirby Lab.

11/18/2020

Meet the Faculty Day TODAY at 4pm in the Department of Geological Sciences. Same seminar Zoom as other seminars. Now is the time to think about your REQUIRED BS thesis and thesis advisor. Cal State Fullerton Dept. of Geological Sciences California State University, Fullerton