Curriculum Vitae
Timothy Shaw
TIMOTHY A. SHAW
DATE OF BIRTH: 14th October 1983 NATIONALITY: British
ADDRESS: Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New
Jersey, USA, 08901-8521.
TEL WORK: +1 848-932-3483 CELL: +1 848-667-3463 EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBPAGE: sealevel.marine.rutgers.edu TWITTER: twitter.com/RutgersSeaLevel
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
With a broad background in physical geography, my early scientific career has focused on quantitative paleo sealevel reconstructions using micropalaeontological proxies, with a particular emphasis on intertidal foraminifera
combined with lithological and sedimentological evidence from salt-marsh environments. I have a keen interest
in this field and look to apply and expand my skill set through further dedicated research in the field of sea-level.
CURRENT POSITION
2014 – 2016
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE: Sea Level Research, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
Rutgers University, New Jersey. USA.
OUTLINE: Common Era sea-level changes along the mid U.S Atlantic Coast (Chesapeake Bay) using salt-marsh
sediments and foraminifera.
SUPERVISORS: Professor Benjamin Horton (Rutgers University, USA), Assistant Professor Andrew Kemp (Tufts
University, USA).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2009 – 2013
PHD: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, U.K. / National Oceanography
Centre, Liverpool, U.K. (NERC Studentship).
THESIS: Establishing historical sea-level trends for the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea using salt-marsh
foraminifera.
SUPERVISORS: Professor. Andrew Plater (University of Liverpool, U.K.), Dr. Jason Kirby (Liverpool John Moores
University, U.K.), Dr. Simon Holgate (National Oceanography Centre, U.K.).
EXAMINERS: Dr. Robin Edwards (External; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Dr. Fabienne Marret-Davies (Internal;
University of Liverpool, U.K.).
2007 – 2008
MSC: Environment and Climate Change. School of Environmental Sciences, University of
Liverpool, U.K.
DISSERTATION: Late Quaternary climate and recent human impacts on lake sedimentation, Central Coastal
California.
2004 – 2007
BSC (HONOURS): Physical Geography (2:1). Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.
DISSERTATION: The Mid-Late Holocene Evolution of Southern Walland Marsh and the Origin of the 'Midley Sand'.
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PUBLICATIONS
Khan, N. S., Ashe, E., Shaw, T. A., Vacchi, M., Walker, J., Peltier, W. R., Kopp, R. E., Horton, B. P. (2015) Holocene
relative sea-level changes from near-, intermediate-, and far-field locations, Current Climate Change Reports, 1
(4), 247-262.
Plater, A. J., Kirby, J. R., Boyle, J. F., Shaw, T., Mills, H. (2015) Loss on Ignition and Organic Content, In: Handbook
of Sea-Level Research, Shennan, I., Long, A. J., and Horton, B. P. (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, U.K.
Shaw, T. A., Plater, A. J., Kirby, J. R., Holgate, S. Contemporary salt-marsh foraminiferal distribution from the
Adriatic Coast of Croatia and its potential for sea-level studies, Journal of Foraminiferal Research (accepted).
Kirby, J., Clarke, D., Shaw, T., Toole, E. (2010) The Mid-Late Holocene Evolution of Southern Walland Marsh and
the Origin of the ‘Midley’ Sand, In Romney Marsh: Persistence and Change in a Coastal Lowland, Waller, M. P,
Edwards, E., Barber, L (Eds.), The Romney Marsh Research Trust, Sevenoaks, U.K.
Shaw, T, A., Plater, A. J., Kirby, J. R., Holgate, S. Late Holocene sea-level trends from the Croatian coast of the
Adriatic Sea (in preparation to be submitted to The Holocene).
Shaw, T. A., Kemp, A. C., Horton, B. P. Common Era Sea-Level, Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Atlantic Coast (in preparation).
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Shaw, T. A., Horton, B. P., Kemp, A. C., Engelhart, S. E., Nikitina, D., Walker, J., Pilarczyk, J., Artola, A. G. (2015)
Common Era Sea-Level, Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Atlantic Coast, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, vol. 47, No. 7, p.359, #134-9, Baltimore, USA, 1 – 4 November, 2015.
Kirby, J., Shaw, T., Plater, A., Holgate, S. (2015) Establishing historical sea-level trends using salt-marsh
foraminifera: testing inter-site replicability with the first records from the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, Sea
level and coastal change QRA working group, Cumbria, U.K., 16 – 18 September, 2015.
Shaw, T., Horton, B. P., Kemp, A. C., Engelhart, S. E., Nikitina, D., Walker, J., Pilarczyk, J., Artola, A. G. (2015)
Reconstructing late Holocene relative sea-level in Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Atlantic Coast, #T02745, XIX INQUA
Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 26 July – 2 August, 2015.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2015) Using salt-marsh foraminifera as a tool to reconstruct sea-level
trends for the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, #T02300, XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 26 July – 2 August,
2015.
Shaw, T., Horton, B. P., Kemp, A. C., Engelhart, S. E., Nikitina, D. (2015) Investigating late Holocene relative sealevel changes from Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Atlantic Coast, PALSEA2 Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 22 – 24 July, 2015.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2015) Historical sea-level trends from the Croatian coast of the Adriatic
Sea, PALSEA2 Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 22 – 24 July, 2015.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2014) Establishing historical sea-level trends using salt-marsh
foraminifera, A new record for the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, vol. 46, No. 6, p.179, #67-6, Vancouver, Canada, 19 – 22 Oct, 2014.
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Shaw, T., Plater, A., Holgate, S., Kirby, J. (2013) Reconstructing historical sea-level trends for the Croatian coast of
the Adriatic using saltmarsh foraminifera, All at Sea, An integrated approach to research on the coastal zone,
University of York, U.K., 4 – 5 July, 2013.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2012) Reconstruction of historical sea-level trends for the Croatian coast
of the Adriatic using saltmarsh foraminifera, American Geophysical Union, #G31A-0915, San Francisco, USA, AGU.
3 – 7 December, 2012.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2011) Establishing Holocene and historical sea-level trends for the
Croatian coast of the Adriatic, XVIII INQUA Congress, Bern, Switzerland, 21 – 27 July, 2011.
Shaw, T., Plater, A., Kirby, J., Holgate, S. (2010) Establishing Holocene and historical sea-level trends for the
Croatian coast of the Adriatic, 14th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, National Oceanography
Centre, Southampton, U.K., 6 – 9 September, 2010.
CONVENED SESSIONS AND INVITED SEMINAR
Post-glacial drowning of continental shelves, session C07, XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 26 July – 2 August,
2015.
Salt marshes and their potential to record sea-level changes along the coast of Croatia, Institute of Oceanography
and Fisheries, Split, Croatia, 12 December, 2012.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER: The Journal of Foraminiferal Research; Geomorphology.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Micropaleontological
Society; Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; Quaternary Research Association.
AWARDED FUNDS
$1700 INQUA Congress Conference Funding ECR (August 2015). Successful application for travel grant funds to
attend and present at conference in Nagoya, Japan.
$300 PAGES Working Group – PALSEA2 (July 2015). Early career researcher funds to attend and present at
workshop in Tokyo, Japan.
$2700 NERC Radiocarbon Dates (2013). Successful application for C14 dating support (Allocation number
1678.1012).
$1500 Romney Marsh Research Trust, U.K. (2007). Successful application to aid undergraduate dissertation
(fieldwork and laboratory costs).
WORK EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT: (2009) FIREMAN Project, Professor Richard Bradshaw, Department of Geography, University
of Liverpool, U.K. Employed to collect and create a new European paleo pollen and charcoal database.
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LABORATORY ASSISTANT: (2009) SWIMMER; Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, U.K. Employed as field
and laboratory assistant.
POLLEN ANALYST: (2008) Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, U.K. Employed to analyze pollen
samples from Kalambo River, Tanzania and produce summary report.
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
2014 – 2016: Extensive fieldwork experience investigating salt-marsh environments along the U.S Atlantic coast.
2012: Grab samples retrieved from the Irish sea-bed for sedimentological analyses.
2012: Limnological study of high-latitude (above Arctic Circle) lakes in northern Scandinavia (Sweden and Norway).
2010: An investigation into the sedimentary history of the Hutovo Blato region, Bosnia and Herzegovina as a
potential interstadial site.
2009 – 2013: Multiple expeditions exploring sediment stratigraphy of Croatian salt-marsh environments.
2008 – 2013: Numerous investigations into the sediment stratigraphy of coastal deposits in Romney Marsh, Kent,
U.K.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING SKILLS
RESEARCH: Qualitative and quantitative analyses of micropalaeontological proxies including foraminifera, pollen
and diatoms. Sediment stratigraphy (coring, sampling and technical descriptions (e.g. Troels-Smith classification)).
Surveying (total station, optical and RTK equipment). XRF geochemistry, particle size analysis (Coulter and Malvern
machines), organic matter (LOI), magnetic susceptibility, scanning electron microscopy, preparing and supplying
samples for 14C and short-lived radionuclide (Pb210, Cs137) dating. Quantitative analysis of biological data using
specialist software (e.g. C2, R and Canoco). Constructing age-depth models (e.g. OxCal and Bchron).
TEACHING: Laboratory and field demonstrating in coastal environments and micropalaeontology skills including
field trips, lectures and small group sessions (both at undergraduate and post-graduate level). Lectures in sealevel rise and proxy based reconstructions (Rutgers University and University of Liverpool). Co-supervision of
undergraduate (Kelsey Logan, Rutgers; Evan Lechner, Stockton) and post-graduate (Frazer Bird, University of
Liverpool) projects focusing on palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and coastal hazards. Demonstrator on final
year undergraduate field class to Santa Cruz, California (2008 – 2013). Co PI on Earthwatch Ignite field class
investigating salt-marsh and sea-level history of Narraganset, Rhode Island (June, 2015).
REFERENCES
Prof. Andrew Plater
PhD Advisor
University of Liverpool
+44 151-794-2843
[email protected]
Prof. Benjamin Horton
Postdoctoral Supervisor
Rutgers University
+1 848-932-3430
[email protected]
Dr. Jason Kirby
PhD Advisor
Liverpool John Moores
+44 151-231-2410
[email protected]
Dr. Andrew Kemp
Postdoctoral Supervisor
Tufts University
+1 617-627-3494
[email protected]
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