Abbreviated CV:
Mark E. Patzkowsky
Professor of Geosciences
539 Deike Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-2714
Research Interests:
Stratigraphic paleobiology; biodiversity; paleoecology; quantitative paleobiology; stratigraphy
Education:
Ph.D. 1992 Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
M.S. 1986 Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
B.A. 1981 Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Professional Experience:
2013-present Professor, Geosciences, Penn State
2000-2013 Associate Professor, Geosciences, Penn State
2011-2012 Associate Head for the Undergraduate Program in Geosciences
2002 Visiting Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1995-2000 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Geosciences, Penn State
1992-1995 Assistant Professor (fixed-term), Geosciences, Penn State
1986-1991 Teaching Assistant, Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
1988 Research Assistant, Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
1985-1986 Associate Instructor, Department of Geology, Indiana University
Honors and Awards:
2011 Distinguished Service Award, The Paleontological Society
2004 Honorable Mention Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 2002
2003 Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 2001
2001 Honorable Mention Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 1999
1999 SEPM Excellence of Poster Presentation Award
1991 Best Student Paper Award, SEPM Great Lakes Section, North-Central GSA
1984 Graduate School Fellowship, Indiana University
1984 Lucretia Crocker Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
1981 Fulbright Commission Scholarship, Giessen, Germany
1981 Kansas State University Exchange Fellowship, Giessen, Germany
1980 Phi Beta Kappa
Membership in Professional Societies:
Paleontological Society
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2012, Stratigraphic Paleobiology: Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 259 p.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Schneider, L. J., Bralower, T. J., Kump, L. R., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2013, Calcareous nannoplankton ecology and community change across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Paleobiology v. 39, p. 628-647.
Pancost, R. D., Freeman, K. H., Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Ainsaar, L. and Martma, T., 2013, Reconstructing Late Ordovician carbon cycle variations: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v. 105, p. 433-454.
Holland, S. M. and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2012, Sequence architecture of the Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming, USA: Transition to the Late Ordovician icehouse: Journal of Sedimentary Research v. 82, p. 218-239.
Sessa, J. A., Bralower, T. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Handley, J. C., and Ivany, L. C., 2012, Environmental and biological controls on the diversification and ecological reorganization of Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the Gulf Coastal Plain: Paleobiology v. 38, p. 218-239.
Bonelli, J. R., and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2011, Taxonomic and ecologic persistence across the onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: evidence from the Upper Mississippian (Chesterian Series), Illinois Basin, USA: Palaios, v. 26, p. 5-17.
Jiang, S., Bralower, T. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Kump, L. R., and Schueth, J. D., 2010, Geographic controls on nannoplankton extinction across the Cretaeous/Paleogene boundary: Nature Geosciences, v. 3, p. 280-285.
Holland, S. M, and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2009, The stratigraphic distribution of fossils in a tropical carbonate succession: Ordovician Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming, USA: Palaios, v. 24, p. 303-317.
Sessa, J. A., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Bralower, T. J., 2009, The impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages: Geology, v. 37, p. 115-118. (Note: Sessa et al. was selected for Editor’s Choice in Science, v. 323, Mar. 6, 2009)
Bonelli, J. R., Jr., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, How are global patterns of faunal turnover expressed at regional scales? Evidence from the Upper Mississippian (Chesterian Series), Illinois Basin, USA: Palaios, v. 23, p. 760-772.
Alroy, J.. Aberhan, M., Bottjer, D. J., Foote, M., Fursich, F. T., Harries, P. J., Hendy, A. J. W., Holland, S. M., Ivany, L. C., Kiessling, W., Kosnik, M. A., Marshall, C. R., McGowan, A. J., Miller, A. I., Olszewski, T. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Peters, S. E., Villier, L., Wagner, P. J., Bonuso, N., Borkow, P. S., Brenneis, B., Clapham, M. E., Fall, L. M., Ferguson, C. A., Hanson, V. L., Krug, A. Z., Layou, K. M., Leckey, E. H., Nurnberg, S,. Powers, C. M., Sessa, J, A., Simpson, C., Tomasovych, A., and Visaggi, C. C., 2008, Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebates: Science, v. 321, p. 97-100.
Fuqua, L. M., Bralower, T. J., Arthur, M. A., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, Evolution of calcareous nannoplankton and the recovery of marine food webs after the Cretaceous-Paleocene mass extinction: Palaios, v. 23, 185-194.
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2007, Diversity partitioning of a Late Ordovician marine biotic invasion: controls on diversity in regional ecosystems: Paleobiology, v. 33, p. 295-309.
Krug, A. Z., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2007, Geographic variation in turnover and recovery from the Late Ordovician mass extinction: Paleobiology, v. 33, 435-454.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2007, Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA: Palaios, v. 22, p. 392-407.
Krug, A. Z., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2004, Rapid recovery from the Late Ordovician mass extinction: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 101, p. 17605-17610.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2004, Ecosystem structure and stability: Middle Upper Ordovician of Central Kentucky, USA: Palaios, v. 19, p. 316-331.
Herrmann, A. D., Haupt, B. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Seidov, D., and Slingerland, R. L., 2004, Response of Late Ordovician paleoceanography to changes in sea level, continental drift, and atmospheric pCO2: potential causes for long-term cooling and glaciation: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 210, p. 385-401.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Pollard, D., 2004, The impact of paleogeography, pCO2, poleward ocean heat transport and sea level change on global cooling during the Late Ordovician: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 206, p. 59-74.
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2003, Lack of community saturation at the beginning of the Paleozoic plateau: the dominance of regional over local processes: Paleobiology, v. 29, 545-560.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Pollard, D., 2003, Obliquity forcing with 8-12x pre-industrial levels of atmospheric pCO2 during the Late Ordovician glaciation: Geology, v. 31, p. 485-488.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M.E. and Holland, S. M., 2003, BIOMODULE: A Java program to help model and interpret the stratigraphic record: Computers in Geosciences, v. 29, p. 99-105
Olszewski, T.D., and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2003, From cyclothems to sequences: the record of eustasy and climate on an icehouse epeiric platform (Pennsylvanian-Permian, North American Midcontinent): Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 15-30.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2002, Stratigraphic variation in the timing of first and last occurrences: Palaios, v. 16, p. 134-146. (Awarded Honorable Mention Outstanding Journal Paper for 2002 by SEPM).
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2001, Evaluating taxonomic turnover: Pennsylvanian-Permian brachiopods and bivalves of the North American Midcontinent: Paleobiology, v. 27, p. 646-668.
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2001, Measuring recurrence of marine biotic gradients: a case study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent: Palaios, v. 16, p. 444-460. (Awarded Outstanding Journal Paper for 2001 by SEPM).
Alroy, J., Marshall, C. R., Bambach, R. K., Bezusko, K., Foote, M., Fürsich, F. T., Hansen, T. A., Holland, S. M., Ivany, L. C., Jablonski, D., Jacobs, D. K., Kosnik, M. A., Lidgard, S., Low, S., Miller, A. I., Novack-Gottshall, P. M., Olszewski, T. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Raup, D. M., Roy, K., Sepkoski, J. J., Jr., Sommers, M. G., Wagner, P. J., and Webber, A., 2001, Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 98, p. 6261-6266.
Articles in Books:
Pope, M. C., Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2009, The Cincinnati Arch: a stationary peripheral bulge during the Late Ordovician: Special Publication International Association of Sedimentologists, v. 41, p. 255-276.
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, Icehouse climate and eustasy recorded on a low-latitude epeiric platform: alternating climate regimes in the Pennsylvanian-Permian succession of the North American Midcontinent. In Holmden, C. and Pratt, B.R., eds., Dynamics of Epeiric Seas: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 48, p. 229-245.
NOTABLE SERVICE
Editorial Board Member, Geological Magazine, 2013-present.
Advisory Board Member, Paleobiology Database, 2000-2011.
Paleontological Society Finance Committee, Member, 2008-2011.
Treasurer, Paleontological Society, 2002-2008.
Mark E. Patzkowsky
Professor of Geosciences
539 Deike Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-2714
Research Interests:
Stratigraphic paleobiology; biodiversity; paleoecology; quantitative paleobiology; stratigraphy
Education:
Ph.D. 1992 Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
M.S. 1986 Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
B.A. 1981 Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Professional Experience:
2013-present Professor, Geosciences, Penn State
2000-2013 Associate Professor, Geosciences, Penn State
2011-2012 Associate Head for the Undergraduate Program in Geosciences
2002 Visiting Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1995-2000 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Geosciences, Penn State
1992-1995 Assistant Professor (fixed-term), Geosciences, Penn State
1986-1991 Teaching Assistant, Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
1988 Research Assistant, Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
1985-1986 Associate Instructor, Department of Geology, Indiana University
Honors and Awards:
2011 Distinguished Service Award, The Paleontological Society
2004 Honorable Mention Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 2002
2003 Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 2001
2001 Honorable Mention Outstanding Paper for PALAIOS 1999
1999 SEPM Excellence of Poster Presentation Award
1991 Best Student Paper Award, SEPM Great Lakes Section, North-Central GSA
1984 Graduate School Fellowship, Indiana University
1984 Lucretia Crocker Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
1981 Fulbright Commission Scholarship, Giessen, Germany
1981 Kansas State University Exchange Fellowship, Giessen, Germany
1980 Phi Beta Kappa
Membership in Professional Societies:
Paleontological Society
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2012, Stratigraphic Paleobiology: Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 259 p.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Schneider, L. J., Bralower, T. J., Kump, L. R., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2013, Calcareous nannoplankton ecology and community change across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Paleobiology v. 39, p. 628-647.
Pancost, R. D., Freeman, K. H., Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Ainsaar, L. and Martma, T., 2013, Reconstructing Late Ordovician carbon cycle variations: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v. 105, p. 433-454.
Holland, S. M. and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2012, Sequence architecture of the Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming, USA: Transition to the Late Ordovician icehouse: Journal of Sedimentary Research v. 82, p. 218-239.
Sessa, J. A., Bralower, T. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Handley, J. C., and Ivany, L. C., 2012, Environmental and biological controls on the diversification and ecological reorganization of Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the Gulf Coastal Plain: Paleobiology v. 38, p. 218-239.
Bonelli, J. R., and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2011, Taxonomic and ecologic persistence across the onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: evidence from the Upper Mississippian (Chesterian Series), Illinois Basin, USA: Palaios, v. 26, p. 5-17.
Jiang, S., Bralower, T. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Kump, L. R., and Schueth, J. D., 2010, Geographic controls on nannoplankton extinction across the Cretaeous/Paleogene boundary: Nature Geosciences, v. 3, p. 280-285.
Holland, S. M, and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2009, The stratigraphic distribution of fossils in a tropical carbonate succession: Ordovician Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming, USA: Palaios, v. 24, p. 303-317.
Sessa, J. A., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Bralower, T. J., 2009, The impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages: Geology, v. 37, p. 115-118. (Note: Sessa et al. was selected for Editor’s Choice in Science, v. 323, Mar. 6, 2009)
Bonelli, J. R., Jr., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, How are global patterns of faunal turnover expressed at regional scales? Evidence from the Upper Mississippian (Chesterian Series), Illinois Basin, USA: Palaios, v. 23, p. 760-772.
Alroy, J.. Aberhan, M., Bottjer, D. J., Foote, M., Fursich, F. T., Harries, P. J., Hendy, A. J. W., Holland, S. M., Ivany, L. C., Kiessling, W., Kosnik, M. A., Marshall, C. R., McGowan, A. J., Miller, A. I., Olszewski, T. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Peters, S. E., Villier, L., Wagner, P. J., Bonuso, N., Borkow, P. S., Brenneis, B., Clapham, M. E., Fall, L. M., Ferguson, C. A., Hanson, V. L., Krug, A. Z., Layou, K. M., Leckey, E. H., Nurnberg, S,. Powers, C. M., Sessa, J, A., Simpson, C., Tomasovych, A., and Visaggi, C. C., 2008, Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebates: Science, v. 321, p. 97-100.
Fuqua, L. M., Bralower, T. J., Arthur, M. A., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, Evolution of calcareous nannoplankton and the recovery of marine food webs after the Cretaceous-Paleocene mass extinction: Palaios, v. 23, 185-194.
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2007, Diversity partitioning of a Late Ordovician marine biotic invasion: controls on diversity in regional ecosystems: Paleobiology, v. 33, p. 295-309.
Krug, A. Z., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2007, Geographic variation in turnover and recovery from the Late Ordovician mass extinction: Paleobiology, v. 33, 435-454.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2007, Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA: Palaios, v. 22, p. 392-407.
Krug, A. Z., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2004, Rapid recovery from the Late Ordovician mass extinction: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 101, p. 17605-17610.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2004, Ecosystem structure and stability: Middle Upper Ordovician of Central Kentucky, USA: Palaios, v. 19, p. 316-331.
Herrmann, A. D., Haupt, B. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Seidov, D., and Slingerland, R. L., 2004, Response of Late Ordovician paleoceanography to changes in sea level, continental drift, and atmospheric pCO2: potential causes for long-term cooling and glaciation: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 210, p. 385-401.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Pollard, D., 2004, The impact of paleogeography, pCO2, poleward ocean heat transport and sea level change on global cooling during the Late Ordovician: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 206, p. 59-74.
Patzkowsky, M. E., and Holland, S. M., 2003, Lack of community saturation at the beginning of the Paleozoic plateau: the dominance of regional over local processes: Paleobiology, v. 29, 545-560.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., and Pollard, D., 2003, Obliquity forcing with 8-12x pre-industrial levels of atmospheric pCO2 during the Late Ordovician glaciation: Geology, v. 31, p. 485-488.
Herrmann, A. D., Patzkowsky, M.E. and Holland, S. M., 2003, BIOMODULE: A Java program to help model and interpret the stratigraphic record: Computers in Geosciences, v. 29, p. 99-105
Olszewski, T.D., and Patzkowsky, M.E., 2003, From cyclothems to sequences: the record of eustasy and climate on an icehouse epeiric platform (Pennsylvanian-Permian, North American Midcontinent): Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 15-30.
Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2002, Stratigraphic variation in the timing of first and last occurrences: Palaios, v. 16, p. 134-146. (Awarded Honorable Mention Outstanding Journal Paper for 2002 by SEPM).
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2001, Evaluating taxonomic turnover: Pennsylvanian-Permian brachiopods and bivalves of the North American Midcontinent: Paleobiology, v. 27, p. 646-668.
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2001, Measuring recurrence of marine biotic gradients: a case study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent: Palaios, v. 16, p. 444-460. (Awarded Outstanding Journal Paper for 2001 by SEPM).
Alroy, J., Marshall, C. R., Bambach, R. K., Bezusko, K., Foote, M., Fürsich, F. T., Hansen, T. A., Holland, S. M., Ivany, L. C., Jablonski, D., Jacobs, D. K., Kosnik, M. A., Lidgard, S., Low, S., Miller, A. I., Novack-Gottshall, P. M., Olszewski, T. D., Patzkowsky, M. E., Raup, D. M., Roy, K., Sepkoski, J. J., Jr., Sommers, M. G., Wagner, P. J., and Webber, A., 2001, Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 98, p. 6261-6266.
Articles in Books:
Pope, M. C., Holland, S. M., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2009, The Cincinnati Arch: a stationary peripheral bulge during the Late Ordovician: Special Publication International Association of Sedimentologists, v. 41, p. 255-276.
Olszewski, T. D., and Patzkowsky, M. E., 2008, Icehouse climate and eustasy recorded on a low-latitude epeiric platform: alternating climate regimes in the Pennsylvanian-Permian succession of the North American Midcontinent. In Holmden, C. and Pratt, B.R., eds., Dynamics of Epeiric Seas: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 48, p. 229-245.
NOTABLE SERVICE
Editorial Board Member, Geological Magazine, 2013-present.
Advisory Board Member, Paleobiology Database, 2000-2011.
Paleontological Society Finance Committee, Member, 2008-2011.
Treasurer, Paleontological Society, 2002-2008.