Graduate Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Livia Montone Ph.D. Student Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences IMCS Building, Room 309E 610 Taylor Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066 U.S.A. tel: 732-932-6555 x 310 e-mail: Lmontone@eden.rutgers.edu link to course webpage: link to personal webpage:

Research Interests:

• Paleoproxy development and paleoclimate reconstructions
• Biomineralization and incorporation mechanisms of trace metals and stable isotopes

Education / Degrees:

• B.S. Geology, 2008 (University of Delaware)

Courses / Instruction:

• Planet Earth
• Introduction to Geophysics
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Advisor and Dissertation Committee:

• Rob Sherrell

Honors and Awards:

Publications:

Meetings / Abstracts:

• Southeastern Section56th Annual Meeting (2930 March 2007) , Paper No. 30-18, Taxonomic comparison of amino acid geochemistry among Late Pleistocene marine invertebrates from Florida.
• Gordon Research Conference (2-7 August 2009), Estimating surface water phosphate variability using P/Ca in corals from the Oman upwelling region.