T h e F r i t z L a b
T h e F r i t z L a b
Former Students and Postdocs
Ph.D. (2012-2016)
Thesis title: "A Paleolimnological Analysis of the Hierarchy of Environmental Controls on the Resilience of Aquatic Communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA"
Present position: Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University, Texas
Weide, Marie
Ph.D. (2012-2016)
Thesis title: "Environmental variability on the Bolivian Altiplano during the middle and late Holocene inferred from paleoenvironmental records from the southern basin of Lake Titicaca and Andean ice cores"
Ph.D. (2010-2015)
Thesis title: "Sizes, shifts, & structures: A statistical exploration of changes in diatom morphologies and communities"
Present position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. (2010-2014)
Thesis title: "Watershed and Aquatic Ecosystem Evolution during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene in the Greater Yellowstone Region"
Present position: Micropaleontologist, PaleoData, Inc., New Orleans
Ph.D. (2000 - 2005)
Thesis title: "A high-resolution record of Holocene drought variability and the diatom stratigraphy of Foy Lake, Montana"
Present position: Assistant Professor, Indiana State University
Ph.D. (2000 - 2006)
Thesis title: "Diatom-inferred
records of paleolimnological change and Holocene paleoclimate
variability from the Altai Mountains (Siberia) and Columbia Mountains
(British Columbia)"
Present position: Research Scientist, Indiana State University
Bracht, Brandi
Ph.D. (2005 - 2009)
Thesis title: "Evaluating Lake Response to Environmental and Climatic Change Using Lake Core Records and Modeling"
Present position: Hydrologist, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Hobbs, Will
Post-doctoral Fellow(2008 - 2009)
Present position: Ecologist, Washington State Department of Ecology
Cook Shinneman, Avery
Post-doctoral Fellow(2008 - 2009)
Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
Schmieder, Jens
Ph.D. (2005 - 2009)
Thesis title: "Linking Eolian and Lacustrine Records of Late Holocene Climate in the Nebraska Sand Hills"
Present position: Associate Geologist, BHP Billiton, Houston
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004 - 2006)
Research: "Quaternary climate in the Lake Titicaca drainage basin"
Present position: Staff Scientist, California State Water Board, Sacramento, CA
Aebly, Frank
Ph.D. (2001 - 2006)
Thesis title: "Geomorphic records of Holocene lake-level history in West Greenland"
Present position: Hydrologist, US Forest Service, Mendocino, CA
Bennett, Danuta
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002 - 2005)
Research: "Using
paleolimnology to evaluate a lake classification system developed from
contemporary data sets in an agricultural landscape"
Present position: Postdoctoral fellow, UCSB
Research Associate (1999 - 2005)
Research: "Holocene climate history of the northern Rocky Mountains"
Present position: Associate Professor, California State University - Long Beach
Jacobs, Kim
M.S. (2002 - 2004)
Thesis title: "Lacustrine evidence for moisture changes during Marine Isotope Stage 3 in the Nebraska Sand Hills"
Present position: Environmental consulting firm, Dickinson, N.D.
M.S. (2001 - 2003)
Thesis title: "Lacustrine Geochemical Records of Holocene Environmental History in West Greenland"
Present position: Research Assistant Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tapia, Pedro
Ph.D. (1998 - 2003)
Thesis title: "Late Quaternary Diatom Stratigraphy, Paleoenvironments, and Climate Variability in Lakes Titicaca and Junin (Peru and Bolivia)"
Present position: Scientist, Peruvian Ministry of Culture
M.S. (1999 - 2001)
Thesis title: "Diatom Distribution and Response to Climate in Lakes of the Northern Rocky Mountains"
Present position: Assistant Professor, High Point University, North Carolina
M.S. (1999 - 2001)
Thesis title: "Groundwater-Surfacewater-Climate Interactions of Two Lakes in Southeastern North Dakota"
Present position: Associate Professor, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA
Ph.D. (1995 - 1999)
Thesis title: "The Role of Ionic Concentration and Composition in Determining Diatom Distributions in Saline Lakes"
Present position: Professor, University of Maine
M.S. (1997 - 1999)
Thesis title: "Pollution Trends in Minnesota Lakes: The Use of Fossil Diatoms as Paleoindicators of Human Impact"
Present position: Research Scientist, St. Croix Watershed Research Station, MN
Olson, Olaf G.
Ph.D. (1994 - 1998)
Thesis title: "Mechanisms Controlling Long-Term Changes in Periphytic Diatom Community Structure"
Disappeared
Laird, Kate
Ph.D. (1992 - 1996)
Thesis title: "A High Resolution Paleoclimatic Record of a Closed-Basin Lake in the Northern Great Plains"
Present position: Research Scientist, Queens University
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow (1993 - 1994)
Research: "Distribution and Taxonomy of Diatoms in Closed-Basin Lakes of Western Canada"
Present position: Professor, Queens University