Sophie Butler Lehmann
sophie.b.lehmann [at] gmail [dot] com
Research interests
Evaluation of paleoclimate, paleovegetation and landscape using a multiproxy approach (e.g., isotopes, sediments, paleosols, mapping, lake sediments). Terrestrial response to global climate change. Development and application of methods in isotopic geochemistry to address questions about Earth history, including but not limited to conventional stable isotopes, clumped isotopes, triple oxygen isotopes and utilizing radiogenic isotopes for addressing questions of dating.
Education
Professional experience
Grants, honors, and rewards
Invited talks
Field experience
Laboratory experience
Service
Teaching and mentoring experience
Johns Hopkins University, sediment description and preparation, protocol development, 2013 - 2015
Miami University of Ohio, sample preparation, gastropod mineral composition and SEM imaging, 2009
Teaching Assistant in courses (format is given as Course, the Professor, Date)
Guided Tour of the Solar System, Bruce Marsh, Spring 2013
Energy Resources in the Modern World, Linda Hinnov, Fall 2012, 2013 and 2014
Introduction to Geology, Lecture Course, Brian Currie, 2009 - 2010
Geomorphology and Hydrology, Johannes Koch, 2008
sophie.b.lehmann [at] gmail [dot] com
Research interests
Evaluation of paleoclimate, paleovegetation and landscape using a multiproxy approach (e.g., isotopes, sediments, paleosols, mapping, lake sediments). Terrestrial response to global climate change. Development and application of methods in isotopic geochemistry to address questions about Earth history, including but not limited to conventional stable isotopes, clumped isotopes, triple oxygen isotopes and utilizing radiogenic isotopes for addressing questions of dating.
Education
- Ph. D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, September 2016
- M. S., Geology, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford Ohio, 2012
- B. A., Geology, magna cum laude, The College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio, 2008
- Study abroad, Geological Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, 2006 - 2007
Professional experience
- Postdoctoral Associate with Dr. Mark Abbott, 2016 - present
- Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, 2011 - 2016
- Research and Teaching Assistant, 2008 - 2011
- Student Advisor, Wiles Wooster Tree-Ring Lab, 2007 - 2008
- Teaching Assistant, 2007 - 2008
Grants, honors, and rewards
- 35th International Geological Congress Students and Early Career Scientists GSA Travel Grant, $3,500, 2016
- Palmer Field Fund, Johns Hopkins University, $4,500, field and lab work in South Africa, 2014
- Palmer Field Fund, Johns Hopkins University, $2,000, fieldtrip in Patagonia, 2014
- Palmer Field Fund, Johns Hopkins University, $3,000, fieldwork in South Africa, 2012
- NASA Graduate Fellowship, Sulfate soils and life on Earth and Mars, $90,000, 2011 (declined)
- Phi Kappa Phi, Miami University of Ohio Chapter, 2010
- Geological Society of America Graduate Grant, $2,690, 2010
- Miami University of Ohio, Graduate Student Association, $500, 2009
- Geological Society of America, Travel Grant, $600 each year, 2009 & 2010
- College of Wooster, Ohio: Geology Departmental Honors & Independent Study Honors, 2008
- College of Wooster Copland Fund, Independent Study, $2,000, National History Museum, London, 2008
- The Robert W. McDowell Prize in Geology, The College of Wooster, 2008
- College of Wooster Copland Fund, Independent Study, $2,000, fieldwork in Negev Desert, Israel, 2007
- The Karl Ver Steeg Prize in Geology and Geography, The College of Wooster, 2007
- Patricia E. Blosser Scholarship, The College of Wooster, 2005 - 2008
- Edward S. Foster Scholarship, The College of Wooster, 2004 - 2008
Invited talks
- Fossil teeth, lake sediment, and expanding the paleoclimate toolkit, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Nov. 16th 2017
Influences on the triple oxygen isotopic composition of carbonates in the terrestrial setting, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Emily Elliott Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Group, April 2017
Climatic and environmental context of human evolution in South Africa using isotopes in fossil teeth, The College of Wooster, Department of Geology, April 13th 2017
Studies of carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopes in tooth enamel: evaluating paleoenvironmental change in South Africa and expanding the paleoclimate tool kit, University of Cape Town, Department of Archaeological Science, September 7th 2016
Field experience
- Pacific Northwest, North America, 2017 - present
Lake sediment coring, water sample collection, weather station maintenance, lake level logger recovery and deployment, graduate student supervision and mentoring - Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012 - 2016, Mapping, stratigraphy, and sample collection for isotopic analysis for Pleistocene paleoecology and various dating techniques
- Montana, Wind River and Absaroka ranges, 2010, Miami University of Ohio Field Camp
- Tarapacá Pediplain, northern Atacama Desert, Chile, 2008 and 2009, Landscape mapping of relict and buried landscapes, and collection of Neogene paleosol samples for elemental and isotopic geochemistry, petrography and detrital zircon dating
- Negev Desert, Israel, 2007, Stratigraphic mapping and fossil collection for Jurassic shallow marine community ecological and paleontological analysis
- Assynt, Scotland, and Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2006 and 2007, University of Oxford field camp
- Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, 2006, Field collection of subfossil trees for Holocene paleoclimatology and dendrochronology
- Northeast and Southwest Ohio, 2006 - 2008, State-wide sampling of Oaks from historical structures and old-growth forests for dendrochronological and paleoprecipitation studies
- Northern Kentucky, 2006, Outcrop collection for paleontological studies of shallow marine systems
Laboratory experience
- Abbott and Werne, University of Pittsburgh, 2016 - present
- Levin & Passey Stable Isotope Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 2011 - 2016
- Inductively-Coupled Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) Facilities, University of Cape Town, 2014
- Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research (SIRFER), University of Utah, 2013
- Rech Geochemistry Laboratory, Miami University of Ohio, 2008 - 2011
- Zoology Microscopy Laboratory, Miami University of Ohio, 2008 - 2011
- LaserChron Center, University of Arizona, 2009 & 2010
- Wiles Tree-Ring Laboratory, The College of Wooster, 2005 - 2008
Service
- University of Pittsburgh, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, Geology and Environmental Sciences
Postdoctoral representative, development of committee goals and department diversity statement, engaging with faculty, staff, and students to address issues of diversity
- University of Pittsburgh, Climate and Global Change Research Center (2017 - present)
climatecenter.pitt.edu
Group Manager, program development, work with undergraduate students to produce short articles about local and global climate-related topics
- Primary Convener and Session Chair, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, 2018
Session Title: Terrestrial Hydroclimate Variability in the Americas: Causes and Impacts based on Proxies and Models - Session Co-Chair, Annual Geological Society of America meeting, 2015
Session Title: African environments across space and through time: integrating modern and ancient climate data for insights into terrestrial ecosystem dynamics.
- Reviewer 2017 - present
Journal of Human Evolution (1)
Quaternary Science Reviews (1)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2)
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2)
Croft, D.; Simpson, S.W.; Su, D. (eds.) “Latest Methods in Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities” Springer (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series), Cham, Switzerland. (1)
- Department Representative in Graduate Organization, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011 - 2016
- Department Representative in Graduate Organization, Miami University of Ohio, 2008 - 2010
Teaching and mentoring experience
- Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences. Madison, Wisconsin, Summer 2015
- Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, 2014-2015
- Student mentor for undergraduates
Johns Hopkins University, sediment description and preparation, protocol development, 2013 - 2015
Miami University of Ohio, sample preparation, gastropod mineral composition and SEM imaging, 2009
- The College of Wooster, Ohio, 2005 - 2008
Teaching Assistant in courses (format is given as Course, the Professor, Date)
- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Guided Tour of the Solar System, Bruce Marsh, Spring 2013
Energy Resources in the Modern World, Linda Hinnov, Fall 2012, 2013 and 2014
- Miami University of Ohio, Department of Geology
Introduction to Geology, Lecture Course, Brian Currie, 2009 - 2010
- College of Wooster, Ohio, Department of Geology
Geomorphology and Hydrology, Johannes Koch, 2008