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Member Since 2012
Jessica Leigh Oster
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
President-Elect, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee; Section President-Elect, Council; Chair, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Emiliani Lecture Committee
Professional Experience
Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor
2012 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2010
University of California Davis
Doctorate
Publications
A Comparative Study of Cave System Calcium Isotope Ratios: Implications for Quantitative Reconstruct...

Variations in speleothem calcium isotope ratios (δ44Ca) are thought to be uniquely controlled by prior carbonate precipitation (PCP) above a d...

October 23, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The Effect of Vegetation and Depth on the Soil Geochemistry Above Titan Cave, Wyoming
BRIGHT STARS: BRIGHT STUDENTS TRAINING AS RESEARCH SCIENTISTS POSTER SESSION POSTER
education | 12 december 2024
Devan Reilly, Bryce Belanger, Aida Zyba, Jessica L...
Stalagmites grow when water percolates through the soil and bedrock into a cave. Like tree rings, stalagmites can reveal information about past climat...
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Identifying Atmospheric River Precipitation in California Stalagmite Records – An Isotope-Enabled Proxy System Modelling Approach
WATER ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS: IMPROVING MODERN AND PALEOCLIMATE INTERPRETATIONS I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Sarah Pederzani, Gabriel J. Bowen, Yuval Burstyn, ...
Precipitation variability and the occurrence of extreme precipitation events in California are projected to increase under warming climates with impor...
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Southern Caribbean Records of Post-Industrial Sea Surface Temperature and Hydrology from the Massive Starlet Coral (Siderastrea siderea)
CLIMATE OF THE COMMON ERA II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
David Clark, Bryce Belanger, Jessica L. Oster, Isa...
Geochemical variability within the calcium carbonate skeletons of massive stony corals have long served as archives of environmental changes in tropic...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Emiliani Lecture Committee
2025 - 2026
President-Elect
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
Section President-Elect
Council
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