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James M. Russell
Curriculum Vitae 2004

PersonalDetails

Full Name James Michael Russell
Mailing Address: Limnological Research Center University of Minnesota
310 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Telephone 016126260401
Fax 016126253819
E-mail russ0154@umn.edu

Education

BA. Earth and Environmental Science, Wesleyan University, 1998. GPA = 3.96.
PhD, Ecology. University of Minnesota, 2004t. Minor in Quaternary Paleoecology. The Holocene Paleolimnology and Paleoclimatology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo.

Research Experiences

2004-current Research Associate, Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota. High resolution analyses of the Holocene paleoclimatology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo.
2004 Paleoclimatology Mentor. The Nyanza Project, University of Arizona. Piston coring and seismic analysis of the Kalya horst, central Lake Tanganyika.

Teaching Experiences

2004 Paleoclimatology Mentor, The Nyanza Project. Supervised undergraduate research on 6-week training course in tropical lake studies.
Spring 2002 Teaching Assistant. EEB/GEO 4601, Limnology. University of Minnesota.
1998 Teaching Assistant, Wesleyan University. Bio 349 Evolution.

Informal Teaching and Service Activities

2003 Mentor. Co-advise undergraduate senior project with Dr. Kristina Beuning at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, on late Holocene sediments from Lake George, Uganda.
2001-2003 Student Committee Member. Quaternary Paleoecology Seminar Series, U of MN. Committee Chair, 2002-2003.
2002 Facilitator. Facilitated and lectured graduate seminar in lake sediment description and classification.

Fellowships and Awards

NSF Graduate Fellowship Award $18000/yr 2001-2004
EEB Dept. Summer Research Fellowship $600 2002
RTG Summer Fellowship Award $4000 2001
University of Minnesota Graduate Fellow $15000 2000

Grants and Honors

Grants
NSF-ATM # 0314832. "A high-resolution record of Holocene climate variability from Lake Edward, central Africa" Thomas C. Johnson, P.I.. $190856 2003-205
UMN RTG Research Award: Late Holocene arid events in the west African tropics. $1500. 2002
UMN RTG Research Award: The Late Holocene History of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana $1500 2001
UMN RTG Resarch Travel Award: Foreign Study with F. Gasse, CEREGE, France $4000 2000
RTG Diatom Workshop: Introduction to Diatom Taxonomy for the Paleoecology Community, UMN $5000 2000
Honors
John and Mary Sease Environmental Science student of the year, Wesleyan University $0 1998
Junior Phi Beta Kappa $0 1997

 

Five Recent Publications (link)

- Beuning, K.R.M., Russell, J.M., 2004.Vegetation and Sedimentation in the Lake Edward Basin, Uganda-Congo during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Journal of Paleolimnology 32: 1-18.
- J. M. Russell, Johnson, T.C., Talbot, M.R., 2003. A 725 yr cycle in the climate of central Africa during the Late Holocene. Geology 31 (8): 677-680.
- J. M. Russell, Talbot, M.R., Haskell, 2003. Mid Holocene climate change in Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Quaternary Research 60: 133-141.
- J. M. Russell, Johnson, T.C., Kelts, K.R., Laerdal, T., Talbot, M.R., 2003. An 11,000-year Lithostratigraphic and Paleohydrologic Record from Equatorial Africa: Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 193: 25-49.
- DW Schnurrenberger, JM Russell, KR Kelts, 2003. Classification of lacustrine sediments based on sedimentary components. Journal of Paleolimnology 29: 141-154.

Five Recent Abstracts (National and International Meetings): (link)

- "Lake Edward, East Africa: Carbonates, the Silica Cycle, and Late Holocene Century-scale Drought." James M. Russell, Thomas C. Johnson. Geologic Society of America oral presentation, Seattle, Nov. 2003.
- "Super-ENSO cycles in African Lake and Indian Ocean late-Holocene Paleorecords." James M. Russell, Thomas C. Johnson, Michael R. Talbot. International Association of Limnogeology Congress, Tucson, AZ, April 2003.
- "Cyclic variability in moisture balance during the last 5,000 years in central equatorial Africa." J. M. Russell, Johnson, T.C. American Geophysical Union oral presentation Fall 2002.
-"The Mid- to Late Holocene Histor of Lake Edward, Uganda, and its Implications for Hydrologic Change in the African Tropics." James M. Russell and Thomas C. Johnson. American Geophysical Union oral presentation, Dec. 2001.
-"An 11,000-year record of effective moisture balance from Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo." James M. Russell, T. C. Johnson, K.R. Kelts. Poster presentation at PAGES PEP III Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2001.

Professional Memberships

Geologic Society of America

American Geophysical Union

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society for Limnology and Oceanography