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Curriculum Vitae I. PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Alan Jay Kaufman (Appointed in 2009) Title: Professor of Geochemistry 2014-2015 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Marquee Professor of Science and Technology Address: Department of Geology University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742-2465 (301) 405-0395 [email protected] Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/faculty/KAUFMAN/kaufman.html Home: 17710 New Hampshire Avenue Ashton, Maryland 20861 (301) 760-0267 Born: February 24, 1960 Little Rock, Arkansas Education: Ph.D. 1990 Biogeochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Dissertation Title: Stable isotopic studies of Early Proterozoic banded iron-formations and Late Proterozoic carbonate platform sequences M.S. 1986 Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B.S. 1982 Geology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA B.A. 1982 English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Employment: 2009-present Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park Affiliate Faculty, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), UMD 2003-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park Affiliate Faculty, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) University of Maryland, College Park 2001-2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park Affiliate Faculty, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), UMD 1997-2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park Kaufman: Page 2 of 51 1995-1997: Research Associate, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1992-1995 Research Associate and Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1990-1992 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1983-1990 Research Assistant, Biogeochemical Laboratories, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1981 Research Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA II. RESEARCH, SCHOLARLY, & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES a. Books Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology (2007). In: Topics in Geobiology (Xiao, S. and Kaufman, A.J., eds.), vol. 27, 300pp. b. Chapters in Books Misi, A., Kaufman, A.J., Azmy, K., Dardenne, M.A., Sial, A.N. and de Oliviera, T.F. (2011) Neoproterozoic successions of the Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil: the Bambui, Una, Vazante and Vaza Barris/Miaba groups and their glaciogenic deposits. In: E. Arnaud, G.P. Halverson and G. Shields-Zhou (eds) The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations. Geological Society, London Memoirs, 36, 509-522. Kaufman, A.J., Sial, A.N., Frimmel, H.E., Misi, A. (2009) Neoproterozoic to Cambrian palaeoclimatic events in southwestern Gondwana. In Neoproterozoic- Cambrian Tectonics, Global Change and Evolution: A Focus on Southwestern Gondwana (Eds. Gaucher, C., Sial, A.N., Frimmel, H.E. and Halverson, G.P.). Developments in Precambrian Geology, vol. 16: 369-388. Simonson, B.M., and Kaufman, A.J. (2009) Banded iron formations and the early atmosphere, In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments (Vivien Gornitz, ed.), Springer, p. 85-89. c. Articles in Refereed Journals First author is lead author. *Denotes graduate student at time of submission. # Denotes undergraduate student at time of submission. † Denotes high school intern at time of submission In press, revision, review or preparation Kaufman: Page 3 of 51 Lang, X., Shen, B., Peng, Y., Huang, K., Ma, H., Zhou, C., Kaufman, A.J., and Xiao, S. (in preparation) Development of a sulphidic ocean during global Neoproterozoic glaciation. Nature. Haynes, S.J., MacLeod, K.G., Huber, B.T., Warny, S., Kaufman, A.J., Pancost, R.D., Berrocoso, A.J., Petrizzo, M.R., Watkins, D., and Zhelezinskaia, I. (in review) Southeastern Tanzania depositional environments, marine and terrestrial links, and exceptional microfossil preservation in the warm Turonian. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Cui, H., Kaufman, A.J., Xiao, S., and Zhou, C. (in review) An authigenic response to Ediacaran surface oxidation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Gilleaudeau, G.J., Frei, R., Kaufman, A.J., Kah, L.C., Azmy, K., Bartley, J.K., Chernyavskiy, P. and Knoll, A.J. (in review) Oxidative continental weathering of chromium during the Mesoproterozoic Era. Nature Geosciences. Kaufman, A.J., Grazhdankin, D., Rogov, V.*, Peek, S., Martin, A.J., Cui, H.*, Xiao, S., Buchwaldt, R., and Bowring, S. (in preparation) A shorter fuse for the Cambrian Explosion? Science. Hantsoo, K.G.#, Kaufman, A.J., Narbonne, G.M., Cui, H., and Plummer, R.E. (in revision) Did bioturbation cause the fuse to the Cambrian Explosion to burn faster? Nature Geoscience. 2016 107. Gaschnig, R.M, Rudnick, R. L., McDonough, W.F., Kaufman, A.J., Valley, J., Hu, Z., Gao, S., and Beck, M. (2016) Compositional evolution of the upper continental crust constrained by ancient glacial diamictites through time. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 106. Cui, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Xiao, S., Peek, S.*, Cao, H.*, Min, X., Cai, Y., Siegel, Z.†, Liu, X.-M., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Martin, A. (2016) Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals. Geobiology. 105. Cao, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Shan, X., Cui, H.*, and Zhang, G. (2016) Sulfur isotope constraints on marine transgression in the lacustrine upper Cretaceous Songliao Basin, northeastern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 451: 152-163. 2015 104. Liu, X.-M., Kah, L.C., Knoll, A.H., Cui, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Sahar, A., and Hazen, R.M. (2015) Tracing Earth’s O2 evolution using Zn/Fe ratios in marine carbonate. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 2: 24-34 | doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1603 Kaufman: Page 4 of 51 103. Jarboe, P.J.*, Candela, P.A., Zhu, W., and Kaufman, A.J. (2015) Extraction of Hydrocarbons from High Maturity Marcellus Shale by Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Energy and Fuels. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02059 102. Huang, K.-J., Shen, B., Lang, X.-G., Tang, W.-B., Peng, Y., Ke, S., Kaufman, A.J., Ma, H.-R., and Li, F.-B. (2015) Magnesium isotopic compositions of the Mesoproterozoic dolostones: Implications for Mg isotopic systematics of marine carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 164: 333-351. 101. Cui, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Xiao, S., Zhu, M., Zhou, C. and Lui, X.-M. (2015) Redox architecture of an Ediacaran ocean margin: Integrated chemostratigraphic (δ13C–δ34S–87Sr/86Sr–Ce/Ce*) correlation of the Doushantuo Formation, South China. Chemical Geology 405: 48-62. 2014 100. Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S. Cai, Y., Wallace, A.F., Hua, H., Hunter, J., Xu, H., Peng, Y., and Kaufman, A.J. (2014) A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression. Nature Communications 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms6754 99. Zhelezinskaia, I.*, Kaufman, A.J., Farquhar, J., and Cliff, J. (2014) Large sulfur isotope fractionation associated with Neoarchean microbial sulfate reduction. Science 346: 742-744. 98. Gaschnig, R., Rudnick, R., McDonough, W.F., Kaufman, A.J., Hu, Z., and Gao, S. (2014) Onset of oxidative continental weathering recorded in the geochemistry of ancient glacial diamictites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 408: 87-99. 97. Gómez-Peral, L., Kaufman, A.J., and Poiré, D. (2014) Paleoenviornmental implications of two phosphogenic events in Neoproterozoic sedimentary successions of the Tandilla System, Argentina. Precambrian Research 252: 88-106. 96. Peng, Y., Bao, H., Pratt, L.M., Kaufman, A.J., Jiang, G., Boyd, D., Wang, Q., Zhou, C., Yuan, X., Xiao, S., and Loyd, S. (2014) Contamination of ancient carbonate-associated sulfate by Modern atmospheric sulfate: evidence from triple oxygen isotopes. Geology 42: 815-818. 95. Misi, A., Azmy, K., Kaufman, A.J., de Oliveira, T.F., Sanches, A.L. and de Oliveira, G.D. (2014) Review of the geological and geochronological framework of the Vazante sequence, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Implications to metallogenic and phosphogenic models. Ore Geology Reviews 63: 76-90. Kaufman: Page 5 of 51 94. Xiao, S., Shen, B., Tang, Q., Kaufman, A.J., Yuan, X., Li, J., and Qian, M. (2014) Biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic constraints on the age of early Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in North China. Precambrian Research 246: 208-225. 93. Tackett, L.S.*, Kaufman, A.J., Corsetti, F.A. and Bottjer, D.J. (2014) Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy of the Gabbs Formation (Nevada): Implications for Global Norian-Rhaetian Correlations and Faunal Turnover. Lethaia 47: 500–511. 2013 92. Lim, C., Jang, J., Lee, I., Kim, G., Lee, S.-M., Kim, Y., Kim, H., and Kaufman, A.J. (2013) Sulfur isotope and chemical compositions of the wet precipitation in two major urban areas, Seoul and Busan, Korea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 79: 415-425. 91. Geboy, N.J., Kaufman, A.J., Walker, R.J., Misi, A., de Oliviera, T.F., Miller, K.E., Azmy, K., Kendall, B. and Poulton, S. (2013) Re-Os age constraints and new observations of Proterozoic glacial deposits in the Vazante Group, Brazil. Precambrian Research 238: 199-213. 90. Hall, M., Kaufman, A.J., Vickers-Rich, P., Linnemann, U., Ivantsov, A., Elliott, D.*, Trusler, P.*, Fedonkin, M., Hoffmann, K.-H., Hoffman, M., Wilson, S., Schneider, G., and Smith, J. (2013) Stratigraphy, paleontology and geochemistry of the late Neoproterozoic Aar Member, southwest Namibia: Reflecting environmental controls on Ediacara fossil preservation during the terminal Proterozoic in African Gondwana.