Jill S. Leonard-Pingel Assistant Professor

The Ohio State University Newark | 1179 University Dr. | Newark, OH 43055 [email protected]| 740-755-7178

EDUCATION University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences 2014 • Post-doctoral research scholar • Advisor: Dr. Susan Kidwell

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD 2012 • PhD, Dissertation Title: Changes in Neogene Caribbean community structure after closure of the Central American Seaway • Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Jackson • Committee: Dr. Greg Rouse, Dr. Lisa Levin, Dr. Richard Norris, Dr. Kaustuv Roy • Curriculum: Earth Sciences and Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation [IGERT Associate, Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Research and Training, NSF]

Louisiana State University 2005 • M.S., Thesis Title: Molluscan Taphonomy as a Proxy for Recognizing Fossil Seagrass Beds • Advisor: Dr. Laurie Anderson • Committee: Dr. Samuel Bentley, Dr. John Wrenn

Cornell College 2003 • B.A. Geology, B.A. Environmental Science

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS The Ohio State University Newark 2017-present • Assistant Professor

Washington and Lee University, Geology Department 2014 – 2017 • Visiting Assistant Professor

Instructor, UCSD, Environmental Studies Program 2012

RESEARCH INTERESTS Ecosystem evolution and conservation, invertebrate paleontology and paleoecology, conservation paleobiology, molluscan biology and ecology, coral reef ecology, historical ecology, evolution, limnology • Ecological response of benthic communities (particularly mollusks) to abiotic change • Influence of abiotic environment on predator-prey interactions • Reef communities and conservation • Reconstruction of historic communities using the fossil and near-fossil record to create conservation baselines • Environmental history of lakes and lake communities • Molluscan biology and taxonomy Leonard-Pingel, CV pg. 2

GRANTS • EarthRates Workshop Grant [co conveners Jill Leonard-Pingel, Andrew Michelson, and Atreyee Bhattacharya] ($15,000) 2017 • Keck Geology Consortium Grant [co PIs Jill Leonard-Pingel and Andrew Michelson] ($42,900) 2016 • Summer Lenfest Grant, Washington and Lee University ($6,500) 2016 • Summer Lenfest Grant, Washington and Lee University ($6,450) 2015 • IGERT mini-grant, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation ($3,000) 2009 • Academic Senate Bridge Grant [PI Jeremy Jackson] ($8,000) 2008 & 2009 • Steven J. Gould Memorial Grant, The Paleontological Society ($500) 2007 • Alexander Sisson Research Award, Geological Society of America ($3,500) 2007

PUBLICATIONS *Bizjack, M.T., Kidwell, S. M., Leonard-Pingel, J., Tomašových, A., and Velarde, R.G. (2017) Detection and discrimination of legacy and illegal dredge spoil on the southern California shelf using dead mollusk shells. Marine Pollution Bulletin 114:448-465. Leonard-Pingel, J. S. and Jackson, J. B. C. (2016) Drilling predation increased in response to changing environments in the Caribbean Neogene. Paleobiology 42:394-409. O’Dea, A., Lessios, H.A., Coates, A.G., Eyatn, R.I., Restrepo-Moreno, S.A., Cione, A.L., Collins, L.S., de Queiroz, A., Farris, D.W., Norris, R.D., Stallard, R.F., Woodburne, M.O., Aguilera, O., Aubry, M.P., Berggren, W.A., Budd, A.F., Cozzuol, M.A., Coppard, S.E., Duque-Caro, H., Finnegan, S., Gasparini, G.M., Grossman, E.L., Johnson, K.G., Keigwin, L.D., Knowlton, N., Leigh, E.G., Leonard-Pingel, J.S., Marko, P.B., Pyenson, N.D., Rachello-Dolmen, P.G., Soibelzon, E., Soibelzon, L., Todd, J.A., Vermeij, G.J., Jackson, J.B.C. (2016) Formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Science Advances Vol. 2 no. 8, e1600883. Cramer, K.L., Leonard-Pingel, J., Rodriguez, F., Jackson, J. B. C. (2015) Molluscan subfossil assemblages reveal the long-term deterioration of coral reef environments in Caribbean Panama. Marine Pollution Bulletin 96:176-187. Leonard-Pingel, J. S. and Jackson, J. B. C. (2013) Drilling intensity varies among Neogene tropical American Bivalvia in relation to shell form and life habit. Bulletin of Marine Science 89:905-919. Leonard-Pingel, J. S., Jackson, J. B. C. & O’Dea, A. (2012) Featured Article: Changes in Bivalve functional and community ecology in response to environmental change in the Caribbean Neogene. Paleobiology 38:509-524. Cramer, K. L., Jackson, J. B. C., Angioletti, C. V., Leonard-Pingel, J., and Guilderson, T. P. (2012) Extensive Anthropogenic Mortality on Caribbean Coral Reefs Predates Coral Bleaching and Disease. Ecology Letters, 15: 561-567.

*Indicates undergraduate co-author

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW

Leonard-Pingel, J. Kidwell, S. M., Tomašových, A., Alexander, C. R., and Cadien, D. B. Gauging benthic recovery from 20th century pollution on the Southern California continental shelf using bivalves from sediment cores. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In Review. Cramer, K. L., O’Dea, A., Leonard-Pingel, J. S., Norris, R. D. Millenial-scale transformation of a Caribbean coral-reef ecosystem coupled with changes in reef water quality. Ecology. In Review.

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PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION Leonard-Pingel, J., Stemann, T., and Jackson, J. B. C. Depositional setting and paleoecology of the Bowden shell beds, southeastern Jamaica. In preparation. Leonard-Pingel, J., Kidwell, S., and Tomašových, A. Drilling frequency of bivalves increases over a gradient of eutrophication on a temperate continental shelf. In preparation.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Invited Seminars • Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, India [June 13, 2018] • Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University [March 22, 2018] • Department of Geology Udden Club Seminar Series, Augustana College [Feb. 10, 2017] • Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences Seminar Series, Towson University [Feb. 12, 2016] • Watson Research Seminar, Field Museum of Natural History [Oct. 2, 2013]

Conference Presentations [since 2011] • Leonard-Pingel. J., Stemann, T, and Jackson, J. B. C. 2018. Depositional setting and paleoecology of the Bowden shell beds, southeastern Jamaica. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J., Michelson, A., Dannehl*, Waheed, A.*, Conaway, A.* 2017. Environmental histories of two Wisconsin lakes reconstructed from geochemical and geological proxies. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J., Todd, J., and Stefanic, C.* 2015. Functional shift in gastropod assemblages reflects changing habitats in the Caribbean Neogene. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J., Kidwell, S., Tomašových, A. 2014. Drilling frequency of bivalves increases over a gradient of eutrophication on a temperate continental shelf. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J., Kidwell, S., Tomašových, A., and Alexander, C. 2013. Assessing restoration success on an urban California shelf using bivalve core assemblages. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J., Kidwell, S., and Tomašových, A. 2013. Changes in bivalve communities on the Palos Verdes shelf before and after the Clean Water Act. Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J. and Jackson, J. B. C. 2012. Environmental change drove rates of predation in Caribbean Neogene Molluscan Communities. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [oral presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J. S. and Jackson, J. B. C. 2011. Changes in abundance of predatory gastropod families in Neogene Caribbean molluscan communities. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting [poster presentation]. • Leonard-Pingel, J. S. and Jackson, Jeremy B. C. 2011. Habitat change drove rates of predation in Caribbean Neogene bivalve communities. The Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting [oral presentation].

*Indicates undergraduate co-author

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TEACHING AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY • ES 1100 – Planet Earth: How it Works: Undergraduate, non-major, introductory level course on a “flipped” classroom model. Taught 24 student in SP 18 and 24 students in AU 18. • ES 1105 – Geology of the National Parks: Undergraduate, non-major, introductory level course on a “flipped” classroom model. Taught 2x40 students in AU17, 40 students in SP 18, and 40 students in AU 18.

UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING • Cody Kessler, Senior Thesis, The Ohio State University 2017-2018 • Sequoya Bua-Iam, Senior Thesis (Keck), Washington and Lee University 2016-2017 • John Dannehl, Senior Thesis (Keck), Washington and Lee University 2016-2017 • Claire Sbardella, Senior Thesis, Washington and Lee University 2016-2017 • Andrew Conaway, Senior Thesis (Keck), College of Wooster 2016-2017 • Sloane Garelick, Senior Thesis (Keck), Oberlin College 2016-2017 • Taylor Mooney, Senior Thesis (Keck), Colgate University 2016-2017 • Alexander Waheed, Senior Thesis (Keck), Whitman College 2016-2017 • John Wilbur, Senior Thesis, Washington and Lee University 2015-2016 Thesis title: Gastropod protoconchs as a proxy for productivity in the Caribbean Neogene • Griffin Johns, Summer Research Scholar, Washington and Lee University 2015 • Clarie Sbardella, Summer Research Scholar, Washington and Lee University 2015 • Hermione Wang, Independent Summer Research, Washington and Lee University 2015 • Candice Stefanic, Senior Thesis, Washington and Lee University 2014 Thesis title: Did Carribean gastropod assemblage functionality shift as a response to ecological change in the Late Neogene? • Matt Bizjak, Senior Thesis, University of Chicago 2013-2014 Thesis title: Detection and discrimination of legacy and illegal dredge spoil on the southern California shelf using dead mollusk shells • Anna Hopkins, Independent Summer Research, University of Chicago 2013 • Mui Ho, Environmental Systems Internship Program, UC San Diego 2012 Project title: Drilling in Neogene Caribbean bivalves • Jordan Rex, Summer Training for Research in the Sciences, UC San Diego 2010 • Genevieve Metson, Environmental Systems Internship Program, UC San Diego 2009 Project Title: Changes in life habits and environments of the Arcidae (Bivalvia, Mollusca) in response to the rise of the Isthmus of Panama • Son Do, Environmental Systems Internship Program, UC San Diego 2009 Project title: Interpreting past environments from faunal assemblages

FIELD AND SHIPBOARD EXPERIENCE • Laboratory Coordinator, R/V Melville Cruise 1211. PIs Susan Kidwell, Adam Tomašových, and Clark Alexander. September 2012 • Extensive field work in Central America (Panama and Costa Rica) and the Caribbean (Jamaica and the Dominican Republic) 2006-2015

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UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE University Service • Faculty Well-being Committee, OSU Newark 2018-present • Orton Museum Committee, School of Earth Science, OSU 2018-present

Community Service and Outreach • The Paleontological Society Education and Outreach Committee 2017-present • Coach, Granville Middle School Science Olympiad Team 2017-present • Steering Committee Member, Better Education for Women in Science and 2008-2012 Engineering (BEWiSE), San Diego County School District BEWiSE is a program that encourages young women to pursue education and careers in STEM fields by providing opportunities for them to interact with professionals and be involved in research outside the classroom. • Short course presenter, California Science Teacher Association Annual Meeting 2009

Community Presentations • How do people around the World access clean water? Hannah Ashton Middle School, Reynoldsbusrg, OH [Sept. 20, 2018] • An Environmental History of Shadow Lake Friends of Shadow Lake, Waupaca, WI [July 22, 2017] Reviewer • Palaios, Ecology Letters, Ecography, Alcheringa, Special Topics in Paleobiology

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS • Geological Society of America • The Paleontological Society • Western Society of Malacologists

ADDITIONAL TRAINING • Participant in the two-week course: Advances in Molluscan Biology, University 2007 Wollongong, Australia. Taught by Dr. Winston Ponder and Dr. Andy Davis. • Wilderness First Aid Certified 2016

POPULAR MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH • CBS 8, San Diego, “Using Marine Animals to Study Environmental Changes” Video Report by Shawn Styles • Explorations Now Scripps Institution of Oceanography, “Warning Signs in Nature” by Mario Aguilera