Katherine Allen

Staff Associate

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Geochemistry

121 Comer

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8668

Fax:

(845) 365-8155

katallen@ldeo.columbia.edu

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CV:

KatAllenCV2012.pdf

Fields of interest:

The role of the ocean in past climate changes. Development of marine paleo-proxies. Interactions between the carbon cycle, marine ecosystems, and global temperature.

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

M.Phil.

Columbia University

03/2010

M.A.

Columbia University

02/2009

B.S.

Case Western Reserve University

05/2006

M. Phil.

Cambridge University

2/2008

Honors & Awards:

Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award

Sara Langer Book Prize for Contributions to Student Life

Advisor List:

Bärbel Hönisch

Educational Activities:

Learning Through Ecology and Environmental Field Studies

Selected Publications:

The planktic foraminiferal B/Ca proxy for seawater carbonate chemistry: A critical evaluation, Allen, K. A.; Hoenisch, B. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 345-348, p.203-211, (2012)

Environmental controls on B/Ca in calcite tests of the tropical planktic foraminifer species Globigerinoides sacculifer and Globigerinoides ruber, Allen, K. A.; Hoenisch, B.; Eggins, S. M.; Rosenthal, Y. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 351-352, p.270-280, (2012)

Controls on boron incorporation in cultured tests of the planktic foraminifer Orbulina universa, Allen, K. A.; Hoenisch, B.; Eggins, S. M.; Yu, J.; Spero, H. J., Elderfield, H. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 309, p.291-301, (2011)