Christopher Alfred Scholz is an American geologist who is known for his work in Paleolimnology and Rift Basin Evolution. He is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Syracuse University.
Christopher A. Scholz | |
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| Alma mater | Duke University University of Minnesota University of Vermont |
| Awards | Israel C. Russell Award of the Geological Society of America (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Earth science, Paleolimnology |
| Institutions | Syracuse University |
| Website | rifts |
Biography
editScholz received his B.S. from the University of Vermont in 1981, M.S. from the University of Minnesota in May 1985, and his Ph.D. from the Duke University in 1989, all in geology.[1] He joined the faculty of Duke U. as a research associate in 1990. Scholz moved to the University of Miami in 1994 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to associate professor in 1998. Since 1998, he has worked at Syracuse University.
Scholz is a leading expert in lake systems and paleolimnology, specializing in reconstructing past environments of inland waters.[citation needed] His research uses seismic and sediment core data from lakes worldwide to understand the evolution of lake systems. He has conducted studies on the African Great Lakes,[2][3] including Lake Malawi, where his team drilled a 378-meter core providing a 1.3 million-year record of African climate change.[4] Scholz has also researched Lake Baikal in Siberia, and many lake basins in North America. He has authored over 100 journal articles, and has led research on environmental changes in the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York,[5] and the potential impact of climate change on Lake Victoria in East Africa.[6]
Scholz is an active member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists,[7] American Geophysical Union,[8] and Geological Society of America.
Awards
editScholz was awarded the from the Geological Society of America in 2022.[5][9] In 2017, Scholz received the Syracuse University Chancellor's Citation for Faculty Excellence and Distinction.[5]
References
edit- ^ Christopher Alfred, Scholz (1989). Seismic stratigraphic studies of East African lakes Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria (PhD). Duke University. OCLC 21313557.
- ^ Scholz, Christopher A.; Johnson, Thomas C.; Cohen, Andrew S.; King, John W.; Peck, John A.; Overpeck, Jonathan T.; Talbot, Michael R.; Brown, Erik T.; Kalindekafe, Leonard; Amoako, Philip Y. O.; Lyons, Robert P.; Shanahan, Timothy M.; Castañeda, Isla S.; Heil, Clifford W.; Forman, Steven L.; McHargue, Lanny R.; Beuning, Kristina R.; Gomez, Jeanette; Pierson, James (October 16, 2007). "East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (42): 16416–16421. doi:10.1073/pnas.0703874104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1964544. PMID 17785420.
- ^ Johnson, T. C.; Werne, J. P.; Brown, E. T.; Abbott, A.; Berke, M.; Steinman, B. A.; Halbur, J.; Contreras, S.; Grosshuesch, S.; Deino, A.; Scholz, C. A.; Lyons, R. P.; Schouten, S.; Damsté, J. S. Sinninghe (September 2016). "A progressively wetter climate in southern East Africa over the past 1.3 million years". Nature. 537 (7619): 220–224. doi:10.1038/nature19065. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 27509851. S2CID 4467376. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Lyons, Robert P.; Scholz, Christopher A.; Cohen, Andrew S.; King, John W.; Brown, Erik T.; Ivory, Sarah J.; Johnson, Thomas C.; Deino, Alan L.; Reinthal, Peter N.; McGlue, Michael M.; Blome, Margaret W. (December 22, 2015). "Continuous 1.3-million-year record of East African hydroclimate, and implications for patterns of evolution and biodiversity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (51): 15568–15573. doi:10.1073/pnas.1512864112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4697375. PMID 26644580.
- ^ a b c Bernandi, Dan (December 8, 2022). "EES Professor Recognized by the Geological Society of America". Syracuse University News. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Thomas C.; Scholz, Christopher A.; Talbot, Michael R.; Kelts, Kerry; Ricketts, R. D.; Ngobi, Gideon; Beuning, Kristina; Ssemmanda, Immacculate; McGill, J. W. (August 23, 1996). "Late Pleistocene Desiccation of Lake Victoria and Rapid Evolution of Cichlid Fishes". Science. 273 (5278): 1091–1093. doi:10.1126/science.273.5278.1091. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 8688092. S2CID 37107540. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "Christopher Scholz". American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "D-Index & Metrics: Research.com". Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Israel C. Russell Award Presented to Christopher A. Scholz". Geological Society of America. December 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2023.