Research
Interests
(Palynology, Stratigraphy)
Research
Interests
My palynological research focuses on the responses of land vegetation and phytoplankton to environmental and climatic changes, the causes of such changes, and on stratigraphic problems. I work with fossil pollen and spores from land plants, marine dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs, and freshwater algae. My current research concentrates on the Cretacaeous-Paleogene of Antarctica and southern South America, including the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, the Neogene of Antarctica, and the Permian-Triassic of the Transantarctic Mountains. I am also involved in collaborative research on the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian of Bolivia/Brazil and coeval successions elsewhere in the world.
Academic
Background
I received my B.Sc.(Hons.) and Ph.D. (1976) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, then came to the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. I held research positions at OSU (1977-1980), Colorado School of Mines (1980-1986), University of California at Riverside (1986-1994), and returned as a Visiting Associate Professor to Ohio State in 1994. I joined Byrd Polar Research Center in 1995, have set up a Palynology Laboratory, and also teach undergraduate and graduate courses (including an 800 seminar "Methods and Applications in Palynology" with Stephen R. Jacobson) for the Department of Geological Sciences. I also do palynological consulting in Precambrian through Tertiary rocks worldwide.
Selected
PublicationsContacting
me
Phone: (614) 292-0876 Fax: (614) 292-4697
Click here to e-mail me: askin.1@osu.edu
Snail Mail:
Rosemary Askin
Byrd Polar Research Center
108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
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