Carlie Pietsch
Department of Geology
San Jose State University
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How do mass extinctions influence evolution?
How do mass extinctions influence evolution?
How does community ecology change during extreme climate events?
How does community ecology change during extreme climate events?
As a paleontologist, I study changes in fossil assemblages, sediments, and geochemical proxies to determine how extreme climate intervals in Earth's history affect the paleoecology and evolution of marine communities.
As a paleontologist, I study changes in fossil assemblages, sediments, and geochemical proxies to determine how extreme climate intervals in Earth's history affect the paleoecology and evolution of marine communities.
How can we center diversity in the practice of science?
How can we center diversity in the practice of science?
As a mentor, colleague, and scientist, I practice active allyship. I facilitate a NSF-supported S-STEM program, adopt equitable teaching practices, and organize spaces for learning and reflection on issues of diversity for students, staff, and faculty.
As a mentor, colleague, and scientist, I practice active allyship. I facilitate a NSF-supported S-STEM program, adopt equitable teaching practices, and organize spaces for learning and reflection on issues of diversity for students, staff, and faculty.
I am an associate professor in the Geology Department at San Jose State University. Check out the San Jose State Geology Department here.
I am an associate professor in the Geology Department at San Jose State University. Check out the San Jose State Geology Department here.
I am always considering applications from motivated undergraduate and graduate students to join the research initiatives of the SJSU Paleo Lab.
I am always considering applications from motivated undergraduate and graduate students to join the research initiatives of the SJSU Paleo Lab.
If you want to work on the paleoecology of extreme climate events, send me an email: carlie.pietsch AT sjsu.edu
Projects examine intervals of extreme climate events in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic as both a proxy for anthropogenic climate change and a window into the role of climate on evolutionary trajectories of marine invertebrates.
Ongoing work examines changes (or lack there-of!) in functional ecology, life-history (growth rates, body size), and trophic energetics across extreme climate events. My current time intervals of interest include:
Recovery from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
Early and Middle Triassic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago). The most devastating mass extinction to ever hit the planet.
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Head over to the Research tab to learn more
Here I am on a field trip to the Early Cambrian with Dr. David Bottjer.
I facilitate the S-STEM program at SJSU.
I facilitate the S-STEM program at SJSU.
S-STEM is about closing the broad gap in geoscience education equity by engaging, mentoring, and training the next generation of geoscientists. We want to create a sustainable future by understanding Earth and its natural systems from diverse perspectives. We believe that everyone has a personal connection to the geosciences that is of value in studying the Earth. We want to foster your connection to the Geosciences!
S-STEM is about closing the broad gap in geoscience education equity by engaging, mentoring, and training the next generation of geoscientists. We want to create a sustainable future by understanding Earth and its natural systems from diverse perspectives. We believe that everyone has a personal connection to the geosciences that is of value in studying the Earth. We want to foster your connection to the Geosciences!
Check out the SJSU S-STEM program here.
We hope you'll apply!!
S-STEM is supported by NSF DUE Award 2424986 to Dr. Carlie Pietsch
Here is our first cohort of East Side Union High School Students, SJSU student mentors, and faculty mentors at the student symposium in June 2024
“Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of time before time, she says little, and in a language that no one has yet understood. Through time, her secret codes have gradually been broken. Her mud and lava is a message from the past. Of time to come, she says much, but who listens?”
Jeanette Winterson
Header photo: Eocene mollusks from the Gulf Coastal Plain
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