Courses Taught

Spring 2023 GEOL 107 (Oceanography)—210 students

Fall 2022 GEOL 107 (Oceanography)—270 students

Spring 2022 GEOL 107 (Oceanography)270 students

Fall 2021 GEOL 593 (Practicum on Teaching)—15 students


Fall 2021 GEOL 513 (Carbonate Toolbox)—8 students

Spring 2021 GEOL 107 (Oceanography)—270 students


Spring 2020 GEOL 107 (Oceanography)—270 students


Spring 2020 GEOL 566 (Seminar on Carbon Sequestration)—8 students

Fall 2019 GEOL 511 (Carbonate Chemistry)—4 students

Spring 2019 Sabbatical (visiting Harvard for 3 weeks)

Fall 2018 GEOL 512 (Chemical and Physical Oceanography)—12 students

Fall 2018 GEOL 505 (New Graduate Student Seminar)—9 students

Fall 2017 GEOL 510 (Carbonate Chemistry)—15 students

Spring 2017 GEOL 108 (Crisis of a Planet)—180 students

Spring 2017 GEOL 305 (Engineering Geology—taught 1/3)—40 students

Spring 2016 GEOL 601 (Seminar on Geobiology)—10 students

Fall 2015 GEOL 505 (New Graduate Student Seminar)—6 students

Fall 2015 GEOL 351 (Climate Systems)—10 students—new class

Spring 2015 GEOL 601 (Seminar on Geobiology)—12 students

Fall 2014 GEOL 505 (New Graduate Student Seminar)—13 students

Spring 2014 GEOL 601 (Carbonate Chemistry)—10 students

Fall 2013 GEOL 505 (New Graduate Student Seminar)—20 Students

Spring 2013 GEOL 601 (Geobiology Seminar—Carbonate Chemistry)—8 students

Fall 2012 GEOL 107 (Elements of Oceanography)—125 Students

Spring 2012 Sabbatical

Fall 2011 GEOL 385 (Undergraduate Research Training)—6 Students

Fall 2011 GEOL 108 (Crises of a Planet)—120 Students

Spring 2010 GEOL 107 (Elements of Oceanography)—150 Students

Spring 2010 GEOL 601 (Seminar in Geobiology—Biomineralization)—7 graduate students, team taught with F. Corsetti and D. Bottjer

Fall 2010 GEOL 560 (Marine Sedimentary Geochemistry)—12 graduate students.

Spring 2009 GEOL 601 (Seminar in Geobiology—Non-Actualistic biosignatures)—8 Graduate Students, team taught with F. Corsetti, D. Bottjer, and S. Feakins

Spring 2009 GEOL 107 (Elements of Oceanography)—160 Students"

Fall 2008 GEOL 511 (Carbonates)—11 Graduate Students, team taught with F. Corsetti

Spring 2008 GEOL 601 (Seminar in Geobiology—Crises)—7 Graduate Students, team taught with F. Corsetti, D. Bottjer, and R. Douglas

Spring 2008 GEOL 107 (Elements of Oceanography)—110 Students

Fall 2007 GEOL/BISC 474 (Catalina Semester—Earth System and Ecosystem Function)—7 undergraduate students, co-taught with W. Ziebis

Fall 2007 Welcome Week Micro-Seminar – Biosignatures and the Search for Life

Spring 2007 GEOL 601 (Seminar in Geobiology—Anoxia)—6 grad students, team taught with F. Corsetti, D. Bottjer, and R. Douglas

Spring 2007 GEOL 107 (Elements of Oceanography)—130 Students

Fall 2006 GEOL/BISC 474 (Ecosystem Function and Earth Systems)-4 undergraduates—Instructor Evaluation = 3.50

Fall 2006 Welcome Week Micro-Seminar – Biosignatures and life on Mars

Summers 2002-2014 The International Summer Course in GeoBiology—16-20 students from a pool of applicants are selected each year representing a range of institutions, US and international. Six-week intensive course. I was executive director and instructor.