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CURRICULUM VITAE Liviu Giosan Geoscientist Associate Scientist w/ Tenure Department of Geology and Geophysics Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: (508) 289 2257 E-mail: [email protected] Education Bucharest University Bucharest, Romania Geology Dipl. 1993 SUNY Stony Brook New York, USA Marine Env. Sci. M.S. 1995 SUNY Stony Brook New York, USA Marine & Atm. Sci. PhD 2001 Professional Experience 2013- Associate Scientist with Tenure WHOI 2007-2013 Associate Scientist WHOI 2003-2007 Assistant Scientist WHOI 2003 Postdoctoral Investigator WHOI 2001-2003 CICOR Postdoctoral Scholar WHOI Sponsors: Lloyd Keigwin & Bill Curry Research Interests Human-climate-landscape interactions: Role of natural phenomena on development and collapse of civilizations based on reconstructions from marine/continental deposits Morphodynamics and Sedimentation: Rivers, deltas and supply-dominated coasts Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology: Sources, transport, transformations, and climatic significance of clastic sediments in marine, fluvial, and other aquatic environments Professional Societies American Geophysical Union; Geological Society of America; European Geosciences Union Boards and Committees US Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling (2015-2017) Board of Mississippi Delta Expert Panel on Diversions Planning & Implementation (2013-2016) Honors 2018-2019 International Ocean Discovery Program Distinguished Lecturer 2016-2018 Visiting Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania 2006-2007 Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen 2001 CICOR Postdoctoral Scholar, WHOI 1993 NAFSA Baltic and East European Program Award 1 Shipboard and Field Experience 2018 - 2021 Co-lead Scientist, Okavango delta 2016 - 2017 Chief Scientist, Myanmar (Burma)-Andaman Sea 2016 Geophysicist, Discovery Bay, Jamaica 2014 Stratigraphic Correlator, IODP Leg 353, Bay of Bengal 2013 Physical properties specialist, IODP Leg 346, Sea of Japan 2012 Co-lead Scientist, Yukon delta 2010 - 2012 Co-lead Scientist, Ebro delta 2008 - 2010 Co-lead Scientist, Mackenzie delta 2007 - 2009 Co-lead Scientist, Indus shelf (R/V Pelagia) 2007 Oil Industry Consultant, Indian Ocean 2006 Chief Scientist, Black Sea infilled estuaries 2006 Sedimentologist, India National Gas Hydrate Drilling (NGHP01) Expedition 2004 - 2009 Co-chief Scientist, Indus delta 2004 Co-chief Scientist, Panama Basin (R/V Knorr 176) 2003 - 2011 Chief Scientist, Danube delta 2002 Lead investigator, New England continental slope (R/V Oceanus) 2002 Physical properties specialist, ODP Leg 202, SE Pacific 1998 Physical properties specialist, ODP Leg 172, N Atlantic Professional Activities Synergistics 2012-2013 co-led IODP proposal resulting in Expedition 353 (Bay of Bengal) and led APL proposal resulting in Expedition 359 (Arabian Sea) Outreach and Communication - Co-author of white paper on “From the Mountains to the Sea: Interdisciplinary Science and Applications Driven by the Flow of Water, Sediment, and Carbon” for NASA’s Decad. Surv. Earth Sci. Appl. from Space, 2015 - Co-author of white paper on “Answering 10 Fundamental Questions about the Mississippi Delta”, Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund, and National Wildlife Federation, 2012 - Co-author of white paper on “Dynamics and Vulnerability of Deltas” for Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), 2009. - Publications on the the Indus, Black Sea, and the Danube highlighted in print/online in Science, Nature, National Geographic, Discovery, NY Times, LA Times, Yahoo News, Google News, Voice of America, Canadian Public Radio, media in France, Greece, India, Japan, Romania, UK. Editorship and Reviews 2013- Editorial Board member for Frontiers in Earth Sciences 2013-2017 Editorial Board member for Anthropocene 2012 Lead editor, AGU monograph on “Climate, Landscapes and Civilizations” 2 2005 Lead editor, SEPM book on “River Deltas: Concepts, Models, Case Studies” 1998 - Reviewer and panelist: National Science Foundation, NERC-UK, Israel Science Foundation, Dutch Science Foundation, NSERC-Canada, French and Romanian funding agencies 1998 - Reviewer: Nature, Scientific Reports; Geology; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical; GSA Bulletin; Quaternary Science Reviews; Earth Planetary Science Letters; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Marine Geology; Geomorphology; Sedimentary Geology; Basin Research; Journal of Sedimentary Research; Deep Sea Research; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Estuaries and Coasts; Quaternary Research; Marine Geophysical Researches; Marine Pollution Bulletin; (I)ODP publications Invited Conference Speaker AGU Fall Meeting Session on monsoons (2018): Winter Monsoons and the Indus Civilization AGU Fall Meeting Session on deltas (2017): Survival of deltas under anthropogenic global changes EGU Meeting Vienna (2016): Sustainable management of river deltas under pressure AGU Fall Meeting Session on deltas (2014): Deltas maintenance and reconstruction AGU Fall Meeting Session on fluvial fluxes (2013): Black Sea Anthropocene 7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Goa, India (2011): Keynote: Aridification of India during Holocene. DeltaNet Conference on the Impacts of Global Change on Deltas, Estuaries & Coastal Lagoons, Romania, 2011: A new look at the history of Danube delta DeltaNet Conference on the Impacts of Global Change on Deltas, Estuaries & Coastal Lagoons, Spain, 2011: Are deltas human constructs? 18th International Sedimentological Congress, Argentina (2010): Impacts on Old World deltas. AGU Fall Meeting Session on deltas (2009): The Great Diversion: Danube delta in Anthropocene Estuarine Research Federation Annual Meeting (2009): Danube delta under human control. Estuarine Research Federation Annual Meeting (2007): Role of Abrupt Climate Change in River Delta Development Ocean Sciences Meeting (2008): Danube delta: a biosphere reserve at risk. IGCP Conference on Asian Deltas, Vietnam (2005): Development of the Indus Mega-Delta American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, Dallas (2004): Large-scale morphodynamics of deltas Organizer/Convener/Chair/Invited IODP Proposal Nurturing Workshop Goa, India, 2018: Drilling the Arabian and Andaman Seas EGU Meeting Vienna, 2017: Sustainable management of river deltas under pressure EGU Annual Meeting session on “Black Sea Evolution: Progress and Opportunities”, 2016 International IGCP Geoscience Program 581 “Evolution of Asian River Systems”, 2009-2013 3 AGU Fall Meeting session on Monsoon and Past Civilization, 2012 IODP Building US Strategies, Denver, 2012 AGU Chapman Conference on Climates, Past Landscapes, and Civilizations, 2011 Scientific Drilling in the Indian Ocean, Goa, 2011 EGU Annual Meeting session on Coasts, Estuaries and Deltas, 2011 Deltas2010 – Wetland Foundation Conference, Washington, DC. 2010 AGU Fall Meeting session on Response of Sedimentary Systems to Rapid Climate and Sea Level Changes and its Impacts on Humans, 2009 INVEST, IODP Conference, Bremen, 2009 AGU Chapman Conference on Physics of Wave-Mud Interaction, 2008 Thematic Session on “Tideless Coasts: Sediment Processes and Engineering” at Coastal Sediments ’07, ASCE, New Orleans, April 2007 JOI workshop on Black Sea drilling, 2003 AGU Fall Meeting session on “Effects of Sediment Dynamics on Marine Paleorecords, 2003 GSA Annual Meeting Topical Session “Deltas: Old and New”, 2002 Conference on U.S. Participation (CUSP) in IODP, Washington, D.C., 2002 RIOMAR (River-dominated Ocean Margins) workshop, New Orleans, 2001 Invited talks Caltech, JPL, MIT, Cambridge, Harvard, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Washington, University of Arizona, Rutgers, University of South Carolina, University of Chicago, University of New Mexico, Binghamton University, Southampton University, Tokyo University, universities in India, Pakistan, Germany, and Romania. Education Undergraduate: 10 summer and guest undergraduate students since 2006. Doctoral Advisor/Committee: Camilo Ponton, PhD, 2012 (postdoc Caltech); Jaap Nienhuis, PhD 2015 (postdoc Tulane) Postdoctoral Mentor: Nitesh Khonde, 2017-2018 (Lucknow Institute Paleobotany, India; Ning Zhao, 2017-2018 (Max Planck, Postdam, Germany); Ann Dunlea, 2016-2018 (WHOI); Sam Munoz, 2015-2017 (Northeastern University); Guillaume Soulet, 2013-2015 (University Durham, UK); Nalaka Ranashinghe, 2011-2012 (Paradenya University, Sri Lanka); Andrew Ashton, 2005- 2007 (Associate Scientist, WHOI) Courses: 2012 - 12.710 MIT/WHOI Joint Program: Introduction to Marine Geology & Geophysics 2014 MIT/WHOI Joint Program: Marine Geodynamics - ANTHROPOCENE 2011 MIT/WHOI Joint Program: Marine Geodynamics – RIVERS 4 Books Giosan, L., Fuller, D., Nicoll, K., Rowan, F., Clift, P., (Eds.), 2012, Climate, landscapes and civilizations, American Geophysical Union Monograph, Vol. 198, 226 p. Giosan, L. and Bhattacharya, J., (Eds.), 2005, River Deltas: Concepts, Models, Case Studies, SEPM Special Publication, 83, 520 p. Publications (* - student, postdoc led) 1. *Munoz, S.E., Giosan, L., Blusztajn, J., Rankin, C. and Stinchcomb, G.E., 2019. Radiogenic fingerprinting reveals anthropogenic and buffering controls on sediment dynamics of the Mississippi River system. Geology, 47(3), pp.271-274. 2. *Soulet, G., Giosan, L., Flaux, C. and Galy, V., 2019. Using Stable Carbon Isotopes to Quantify Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Offsets in the Coastal Black Sea. Radiocarbon, 61(1),