Research Website for Katherine N. Marenco
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern
California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
(213) 740-5818
fax: (213)
740-8801
kanichol@usc.edu
Education
Ph.D., expected 2008, Geological Sciences
University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Thesis: Bioturbation in Cambrian siliciclastic shelf
strata: paleoecological, paleoenvironmental, and temporal patterns
Advisor: David J. Bottjer
M.S.,
2006, Geological Sciences
University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA
Thesis: Lower Cambrian trace fossils of the White-Inyo
Mountains, eastern California: engineering an ecological revolution,
144p.
Advisor: David J. Bottjer
B.A., 2003,
Geology
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Summa cum laude, With
Honors in Geology, Minor in Music
Thesis: Paleoecology of a cryptic
shell-encrusting community: observations from "upside-down" encrusters in
internal molds (Upper Jurassic of Southern England), 62p.
Advisor: Mark
A. Wilson
Peer-reviewed Publications
In Prep
Marenco, K.N., and Wilson, M.A. In prep. Palaeoecology of a cryptic shell-encrusting community: observations from 'upside-down' skeletozoans in internal moulds (Upper Jurassic of southern England).
Published
Marenco, K.N., and Bottjer, D.J. 2008. The importance
of Planolites in the Cambrian substrate revolution. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 258, n. 3, p. 189-199.
Marenco, K.N.,
and Bottjer, D.J. 2007. Ecosystem engineering in the fossil record: early
examples from the Cambrian Period. in Cuddington, K., Byers, J.E.,
Wilson, W.G., and Hastings, A., (eds.), Ecosystem Engineers: Plants to
Protists, Elsevier Inc., Burlington, MA, p. 163-184.
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.
Conference Abstracts
Marenco, K.N. and Bottjer, D.J., 2007. Quantitative analysis of bedding plane
bioturbation: new insights from the Upper Cambrian of Wisconsin.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p.
207.
Marenco, K.N. and Bottjer, D.J., 2006. Quantifying horizontal
bioturbation in Lower Cambrian rocks using image analysis. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, n. 7, p.
475.
Marenco, K.N. and Bottjer, D.J., 2006. Lower Cambrian
trace fossils of eastern California: engineering an ecological revolution.
Second International Paleontological Congress, Beijing,
China.
Nicholson, K.A. and Bottjer, D.J., 2005. Lower
Cambrian trace fossils of eastern California: engineering an ecological
revolution. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37,
n. 7, p. 486.
Nicholson, K.A. and Bottjer, D.J., 2005.
Bioturbation in Lower Cambrian siliciclastics: investigating an early
record of metazoan substrate engineering. Second International Symposium
on the Cambrian System, Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, v. 22
(supplement), p. 122-123.
Nicholson, K.A. and Bottjer, D.J.,
2005. Lower Cambrian trace fossils of eastern California: an early record
of substrate engineering. North American Paleontological Convention,
Paleobios, v. 25, supplement to n. 2, p. 90.
Nicholson, K.A.
and Bottjer, D.J., 2004. Ecosystem engineers during the Cambrian
Explosion: trace fossil record from the Lower Cambrian of eastern
California. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36,
n. 5, p. 522.
Bailey, J., Corsetti, F.A., Bottjer, D., and
Nicholson, K., 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,
n. 5, p. 522.
Nicholson, K. and Bottjer, D., 2004.
Investigating mat-busters from the Early Cambrian. California
Paleontological Conference, Paleobios, v. 24, supplement to n. 1, p.
6.
Nicholson, K.A. and Wilson, M.A., 2003. Paleoecology of
an Upper Jurassic cryptic community inhabiting empty mollusk shells
(Portland Limestone of southern England). Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 6, p. 420.
Wilson, M.A.,
Nicholson, K.A., and Palmer, T.J., 2003. Studying the
naturally-exposed attachment surfaces of fossil encrusters (skeletozoans):
a simple acetate peel technique reveals growth histories and surface
paleoecology. Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 3, p. 85.
Nicholson, K.A.
and Wilson, M.A., 2002. Paleoecology of an ancient shell-encrusting
community: observations from "upside-down" encrusters in external and
internal molds (Upper Jurassic of southern England). Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, n. 6, p. 357.
Honors, Awards, and Grants
University of Southern California
Provost's Fellowship - 2003-2004
Keck Fellowship - 2003
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Travel Grant - 2003
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Travel Grant - 2004
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research - 2004
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant - 2004
The Paleontological Society Stephen J. Gould Grant - 2004
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Graduate Student Research Award - 2004
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Travel Grant (2) - 2005
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Graduate Student Research Award - 2005
Evolving Earth Foundation Student Grant - 2005
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Teaching Assistant Award - Fall 2005
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Travel Grant (2) - 2006
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Graduate Student Research Award - 2006
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant - 2006
International Association of Sedimentologists Student Research Grant -
2007
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Travel Grant - 2007
USC Dept. of Earth Sciences Teaching Assistant Award - Spring 2007
The College of Wooster
National Merit Scholarship - 1999-2003
College Scholar Award - 1999-2003
Dean's List - 1999-2003
Henry J. Copeland Grant for Independent Study - 2002
Karl Ver Steeg Prize in Geology and Geography - 2002
Phi Beta Kappa - 2003
Robert W. McDowell Prize in Geology - 2003
Northern Ohio Geological Society John F. Hall Senior Award - 2003
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, GEOL 108 "Crises
of a Planet," Fall 2005 and Summer 2006
Teaching Assistant, University
of Southern California, GEOL 105 "Planet Earth," Spring and Fall
2006
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, GEOL
107 "Oceanography," Spring 2007
Employment
Editorial Assistant, Wooster, the alumni magazine of the College of Wooster - 2000-2003
Additional Field and Laboratory Experience
Invertebrate zoology course at Friday Harbor Laboratories (University
of Washington), Friday Harbor, WA - Summer 2004
Albion College
Geology Field Camp in Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota - Summer
2003
Fieldwork for Senior Independent Study thesis project, Isle of
Portland, Dorset, southern England - June 2002
Study Abroad
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, Fall 2001
Professional Affiliations
The Paleontological Society
The Palaeontological
Association
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
International
Association of Sedimentologists
Geological Society of America
Last Updated 02/12/2008