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Jake Vincent Bailey USC Geobiology and Astrobiology Research Group Department of Earth Sciences
Research Interests• Microbial Paleobiology and Paleobiogeochemistry• Isotopic and Molecular Biosignatures • Mass Extinction Events: Causes, Recovery, and Fidelity of Boundary Records • Prokaryotic Influences on Eukaryote Evolution • Organic and Inorganic Chemostratigraphy • Astrobiology Education• B.S. Geology, cum laude and Honors College graduate, University of Arizona, 2003Honors Thesis: Fossil Preservation Following the K/T Acid Rain Event Honors Thesis Advisors: Dr. Andrew S. Cohen and Dr. David A. Kring • Agouron International Geobiology Summer Course, Wrigley Institute 2004 • Microbial Diversity summer course, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole • Ph.D. (expected Summer 2008), Geology and Geobiology, University of Southern California PhD Thesis Advisor: Dr. Frank A. Corsetti Peer-reviewed Publications• Bailey, J.V., Joye, S.B., Kalanetra, K.M., Flood, B.E., Corsetti, F.A., 2007, Evidence of giant sulphur bacteria in Neoproterozoic phosphorites. Nature, v. 445, p. 198-201.• Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., Bottjer, D.J., and Marenco, K.N., 2006, Microbially-Mediated Environmental Influences on Metazoan Colonization of Matground Ecosystems: Evidence from the Lower Cambrian Harkless Formation. Palaios, v. 21, p. 215-226. • Bailey, J.V., Cohen, A.S., and Kring, D.A., 2005, Lacustrine Fossil Preservation in Acidic Environments: Implications of Experimental and Field Studies for the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary Acid Rain Trauma. Palaios, v. 20, p. 376-389.
Awards, Fellowships, and Honors• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2008 • USC Phi Kappa Phi All-University Student Recognition Award for Research, 2007 • Best Talk, 4th Ann. So. California Geobiology Symposium, Caltech, 2007 • Certificate of Exceptional Merit for Grant Proposal, Geological Society of America • USC Dept. of Earth Sciences General Education Teaching Assistant Award • College of Science Overall Outstanding Senior, University of Arizona • Dept. of Geosciences Outstanding Senior, University of Arizona • Invited Speaker, University of Arizona College of Sciences Commencement Ceremony • University of Arizona GeoDaze Symposium Best Research Poster Award
Professional Experience and Employment2004-2005: Organic Geochemistry Intern, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)2003-2004: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California 2000-2003: Science Educational Materials Developer, UA/NASA Space Imagery Center Summer 2002: Lunar and Planetary Institute Research Intern, NASA Johnson Space Center Astromaterials Facility 2000-2001: Research Intern, NASA Arizona Space Grant Consortium 1995-1999: Intelligence Analyst, 82nd Airborne Division, HQ ACE, U.S. Army Grants2005–Geological Society of America Research Grant, $1,800 2004–Raymond Cecil Moore Memorial Research Grant, AAPG, $2000 2003–USC Keck Foundation Grant, $1000 2003–Galileo Circle Award, $500 2002–Orlo Childs Research Grant, $500 2001–A.W. Vorhees Research Grant, $500 2001–UA Dept. of Geosciences Undergraduate Research Grant, $500 2000–Western Alliance for Expanding Student Opportunities Research Grant, $1000 Academic Service• 2005-2006 – Senator, USC Graduate and Professional Student Senate • 2005 – Announcement Coordinator, Program Developer and Session Moderator: 2nd Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Los Angeles, CA • 2004 – Concept and Content Co-developer, USC Geobiology Research Group Website • 2003 – Treasurer, Society of Earth Science Students, Univ. of Arizona • 2003 – Volunteer Coordinator for Key Note Speakers, 3rd International Limnogeology Congress, Tucson, AZ • 2002 – Volunteer Tour Guide and Science Education Demonstrator, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Open House Programs for Educators Abstracts• Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., and Peng, J., 2005, Origin of Organic Matter in Quaternary Stromatolites: A Molecular Isotopic Study from Walker Lake, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7.• Bailey, J.V., and Corsetti, F.A., 2005, Mineralized Microporosity Features in Early Cambrian Iron-rich Oncoids: 2nd Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Los Angeles, CA. • Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., Bottjer, D.J., Nicholson, K.A., 2004, Fossil Assemblages in Lower Cambrian Microbial Matground Sediments and Implications for Early Benthic and Infaunal Ecologies: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, No. 5, p. 522. • Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., and Bottjer, D.J., 2004, Possible Metazoan Trophic Responses to Microbially-Mediated Redox Conditions in Lower Cambrian Siliciclastic Matgrounds: 1st Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Pasadena, CA. • Bailey, J.V., Cohen, A.S., and Kring, D.A., 2003, Experimentally derived constraints on Calcareous Lacustrine Fossil Preservation Following the Chicxulub Acid Trauma, 3rd International Limnogeology Congress, Abstract Volume, Tucson, AZ. • Bailey, J. V., McKay, D. S., and Wentworth, S. J., 2003, Mn carbonates in the martian meteorite Nakhla: possible evidence of brine evaporation: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV, Abstract #2060, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. • Wentworth, S. J., Bailey, J.V., McKay, D. S., Thomas-Keprta, K. L., and Velbel, M., 2002, Distinctive carbonates in five martian meteorites: Search for water on Mars: Abstract: NASA Astrobiology Institute General Meeting, Astrobiology, v. 2, p. 565-566. • Wentworth, S. J., Bailey, J.V., McKay, D. S., and Thomas-Keprta, K. L., 2002, Carbonates on Mars: All martian meteorites are not alike: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Published Educational MaterialsBailey, J.V., and Kring, D.A., 2002, The Environmental Effects of Impact Cratering Educational Poster, published and distributed by the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and NASA Space Imagery Center at the University of Arizona |
