ALLISON M. FRANZESE
Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences Department
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College
500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: (718) 518-4230
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., (Geological Sciences with distinction), Columbia University, Dept. of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, USA
Thesis Title: Paleoceanography of the Agulhas Current and Retroflection determined
by radiogenic isotopes in sediments
Advisor: Sidney R. Hemming
2008
B.S., Geology and Chemistry (with Honors), State University of New York (SUNY) at
Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
2001
Appointments
Assistant Professor
Natural Sciences Department, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
2014 -present
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014 -present
Columbia Science Fellow and Lecturer in Discipline
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 – 2014
Part-time lecturer
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
New Brunswick, NJ
2011
Postdoctoral Fellow/Scholar
Supervisor: Yair Rosenthal
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
New Brunswick, NJ
2008 – 2011
Honors and Awards
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences)
2008
Outstanding Student Paper (AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting)
2006
Graduate Research Fellowship Award (National Science Foundation)
2003
Grants
Current
International Ocean Discovery Program
Proposal 702-Full2
IODP Expedition 361, South African Climates scheduled for January 2016
Southern African Climates, Agulhas Warm Water Transports and Retroflection, and
Interocean exchanges – SAFARI
Role: co-Principal Investigator
2016
LDEO Climate Center
Grant Number UR008011-61 $9392
Did the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind Belt Shift Northwards during the LGM?
Role: Principal Investigator
2013 – 2016
Completed
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LDEO Climate Center
Grant Number UR007001
$8420
Paleo-hydrography south of Africa: Assessing the role of the Subtropical Front in
regulating Agulhas Leakage at the Last Glacial Termination
Role: Principal Investigator
LDEO Climate Center
Grant Number 680397
$4120
Radiocarbon dating for stratigraphic control of marine sediment cores used to study
changes in the Agulhas Retroflection
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
LDEO Climate Center
Grant Number 680229 $6360
Setup for flux fusions for Hf-isotopic and 230Thxs measurements in marine sediments
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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2011 – 2013
2005 – 2007
2004 – 2006
Educational Activities
Teaching Activities
“Environmental Science I” (Hostos Community College), Lecture instructor, laboratory
instructor and course manager
2014 – 2015
“General Chemistry I” (Hostos Community College), Lecture instructor
2014 – 2015
“General Chemistry II” (Hostos Community College), Laboratory instructor
2015
“Introduction to General Chemistry” (Hostos Community College), Lecture instructor,
laboratory instructor
2015
“Frontiers of Science” (Columbia University), Seminar instructor and course developer
2011 – 2014
“Introductory Geology I: Planet Earth” (Rutgers, The State University of NJ), Instructor
2011
“Introduction to Earth Sciences II” (Columbia University), Laboratory instructor
2003
“Sedimentary Geology” (Columbia University), Teaching assistant
2003
Advising, Mentoring & Supervision:
Engineering Dual Degree Program, Hostos Community College, Academic Advisor
2015
Alexandra Skrivanek, Lamont Summer Intern Program, Research supervisor
Now a graduate student in the Dept. of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida
2012
Eddie Whitehead, Rutgers work-study program, Laboratory supervisor
2008
Stephanie Pahler, Senior Thesis Program, Advisor
2005 – 2006
Stephanie Pahler, Earth Intern Program, Research advisor
2005
Sean Culkin, Lamont Summer Intern Program, Research supervisor
Now a Senior Hydrogeologist at AMEC, one of the world’s leading engineering, project
management and consultancy companies
2004
Professional Development
ELEVATE (The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Graduate School of
Education, University of Pennsylvania) https://www2.gse.upenn.edu/cmsi/ELEVATE
2015
The 2nd Annual CUNY Games Festival (The CUNY Graduate Center)
http://gamesfest2015.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
2015
C3IRG Workshop: Case Studies in Pedagogical Research Design (John Jay College of
Criminal Justice) http://www.cuny.edu/research/faculty-resources/internal-funding-
2015
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programs/community-college-grant/PedagogyWorkshop2015-1.html
A Teaching Methods and Strategies Workshop (Teleconference, The Center for
Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE))
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2yJo86gouKdeC16SGNmcnRHUWs/view
2015
Winter PLTL Institute: A New Approach for PLTL in Chemistry (The City College of
New York) https://sites.google.com/site/quickpltl/
2015
Scientists Teaching Science Online Summer Course (New York Academy of Sciences)
2014
Workshop on Biostratigraphic Micropaleontology (Exxon/Mobil)
2010
Thermo Scientific ELEMENT Software Course (Thermo Scientific)
2008
7th International SF-ICP-MS Conference and associated workshops
2008
nd
GEOTRACES Intercalibration Cruise, 2 Leg (PIs: Greg Cutter and Rob Sherrell)
2008
Transforming the Professoriate: Preparing Women for Academic Careers in Science and
Engineering (Advance VT, Virginia Tech)
http://www.advance.vt.edu/2006_Conference/conf.html
2006
Fifth GERM (Geochemical Earth Reference Model) Workshop
http://earthref.org/events/GERM/2006/index.html
2006
Workshop on Past Ocean Circulation (SCOR/IMAGES)
http://shadow.eas.gatech.edu/~jean/PACE/PACE_Workshop.htm
2005
U-series Geochemistry Workshop (Geochemical Society)
2003
Peer-reviewed Publications
Katz, M.M., B.S. Cramer, A.M. Franzese, B. Honisch, K.G. Miller, Y. Rosenthal and J.D. Wright,
“Traditional and emerging geochemical proxies in foraminifera.” Journal of Foraminiferal Research 40
(2010) 165-192
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming and S.L. Goldstein, “Use of strontium isotopes in detrital sediments to
constrain the glacial position of the Agulhas Retroflection.” Paleoceanography 24 (2009) PA2217
doi:10.1029/2008PA001706
Siddall M., R.F. Anderson, G. Winckler, G.M. Henderson, L.I. Bradtmiller, D. McGee, A. Franzese,
T.F. Stocker, S.A. Müller, “Modeling the particle flux effect on distribution of 230Th in the equatorial
Pacific.” Paleoceanography 23 (2008) PA2208 doi:10.1029/2007PA001556
Hemming, S.R., T. van de Flierdt, S.L. Goldstein, A.M. Franzese, M. Roy. G. Gastineau and G.
Landrot, “Strontium isotope tracing of terrigenous sediment dispersal in the Antarctic Circumpolar
Current: Implications for constraining frontal positions.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 8
(2007) Q06N13 doi:10.1029/2006GC001441
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein and R.F. Anderson, “Reduced Agulhas Leakage at the
LGM inferred from an integrated provenance and flux study.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 250
(2006) 72-88. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.002
Presentations & Abstracts
Invited Presentations
“Use of strontium isotopes in detrital sediments to constrain the glacial position of the
Agulhas Retroflection”, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting
2010
“Paleoceanography of the Agulhas Current and Retroflection determined by radiogenic
isotopes in sediments”, Stony Brook University Department of Geosciences
2008
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“Reduced Agulhas Leakage at the LGM inferred from an integrated provenance and
flux study”, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University
2007
“Reduced Agulhas Leakage at the LGM inferred from an integrated provenance and
flux study”, Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics
2007
“Glacial – interglacial changes in the provenance and flux of sediment to the Cape
Basin, South Atlantic: Implications for Indian-Atlantic Ocean exchange”, Stony Brook
University Department of Geosciences
2005
“Sedimentary Clues to Past Ocean Circulation”, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Summer Intern Lecture Series
2003 – 2005
National/International Meetings
*Indicates oral presentation, ** Indicates undergraduate student author
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, The Northern Extent of the Southern
Hemisphere Westerly Wind Belt since the Last Glacial Maximum Tracked via Sediment
Provenance, AGU Fall Meeting
2015
Franzese, A.M. and S.L. Goldstein, Assessing the role of the Subtropical Front in
regulating Agulhas Leakage at the Last Glacial Termination, AGU Chapman
Conference on The Agulhas System (agu-cc12as)
2012
*Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, Use of strontium isotopes in detrital
sediments to constrain the glacial position of the Agulhas Retroflection, AGU Ocean
Sciences Meeting (Invited)
2010
*Rosenthal, Y, A.M. Franzese, M. Feigenson, Fidelity of Nd as a water mass proxy in
foraminifera and authigenic oxides, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting
2010
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, Strontium isotopes in detrital
sediments constrain the glacial position of the Agulhas Retroflection, 18th Annual V.M.
Goldschmidt Conference (Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta 72 (12): A282)
2008
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson, Reduced Agulhas
Leakage in the Last Glacial Maximum Inferred From Integrated Provenance and Flux of
Terrigenous Sediment, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting
2006
Hemming, S.R., S.L. Goldstein, T. van de Flierdt, A.M. Franzese, M. Roy, G. Gastine,
G. Landrot, Northward shift in LGM frontal boundaries implied by Sr isotope
provenance studies in the circum-Antarctic region, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting
2006
*Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson, Glacial – interglacial
changes in the provenance and flux of sediment to the Cape Basin, South Atlantic:
Implications for Indian-Atlantic Ocean exchange, AGU Fall Meeting
2005
**Pahler, S., A. Franzese, S. Hemming, Sediment Provenance in the Equatorial
Atlantic and its Implications on Paleocirculation, AGU Fall Meeting
2005
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson, W.S. Broecker,
Glacial – Interglacial Changes in the Provenance and Flux of Sediment to the Cape
Basin, South Atlantic: Implications for Indian-Atlantic Ocean Exchange, Fall AGU
2004
Hemming, S.R., S.L. Goldstein, A.M. Piotrowski, A.M. Franzese, W.S. Broecker,
W.B. Curry, Glacial Nd Isotope Composition of Equatorial Atlantic Bottom Water,
AGU Fall Meeting
2004
**Culkin, S., A.M. Franzese, Distinguishing between provenance changes and sorting
effects on the Rb-Sr Systematics in Glacial and Holocene South Atlantic Sediments,
2004
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AGU Fall Meeting
Franzese, A.M., W.S. Broecker, S.R. Hemming, R.F. Anderson, Carbonate
Sedimentation on the Mid Atlantic Ridge Since the Last Glacial Maximum, 8th
International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP8)
2004
Hemming, S.R., S.L. Goldstein, A.M. Franzese, G. Gastine, G. Landrot, M. Roy, T.
van de Flierdt, Holocene-Last Glacial Maximum Survey of Terrigenous Provenance in
the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, 8th International Conference on Paleoceanography
(ICP8)
2004
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson, W.S. Broecker,
Radiogenic isotopes as tracers of sediment provenance and flux: Paleoceanography of
the South Atlantic, 13th Annual Goldschmidt Conference (Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta 67 (18): A102)
2003
Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson, W.S. Broecker,
Holocene/LGM mapping of provenance and flux of terrigenous sediments near the tip
of South Africa: Implications for tracing changes in the Agulhas leakage, EGS-AGUEUG Joint Assembly
2003
Local/Regional Meetings
*Franzese, A.M., S.R. Hemming, S.L. Goldstein, R.F. Anderson R.L. Rutberg, J.P.
Sachs, Holocene/LGM mapping of provenance and flux of terrigenous sediments near
the tip of South Africa: Implications for tracing changes in the Agulhas leakage, LDEO
NOAA/CORC ARCHES Annual Conference
2002
Committee Assignments and Service to the University
Hostos Community College, CUNY
CILES: The Alliance for Continuous Innovative Learning Environments for STEM
http://www.ciles.cuny.edu/ (Curriculum development)
2015 -present
Udall Foundation (Faculty Representative)
2015 -present
Education and Outreach Pillar, Sustainability Committee (Member)
2014 -present
Environmental Sciences Course Manager
2014 -present
CUNY - DOE Collaborative Curriculum Revision Project (Participant)
2015
Earth Day Committee (Co-chair)
2015
Other Professional Service
Meeting/Conference Organization
Goldschmidt Conference, Co-convenor of Session 17f: “Geochemical tracers of past
ocean circulation”
2008
Manuscript Reviews
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013, 2015
Quaternary Science Reviews
2014
Paleoceanography
2009, 2010
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2006, 2009
Journal of Quaternary Science
2008
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Deep-Sea Research
2008
Estuaries
2005
Proposal Reviews
National Science Foundation (Marine Geology and Geophysics, MGG)
2011, 2014
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, Dutch research council)
2007
Community Service and Outreach
Columbia University Grad School Q &A Lunch for Undergraduates and REUs, Panel
discussion participant
2005
Summer Intern Program for High School Girls at LDEO, Co-organizer
2005
Summer Intern Program for High School Girls at LDEO, Mentor
2003 – 2005
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House, Lab guide
2002 – 2005
Powells Lane Elementary School, Westbury, NY, Taught a lesson to elementary school
students on relative and absolute dating using a hands-on exercise to demonstrate the
laws of radioactive decay
2003
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2003 -present
Association of Women in Science (AWIS)
2007 -present
Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG)
2009 -present
Geochemical Society (GS)
2008 -present
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
2014 -present
Geological Society of America (GSA)
2005 – 2008