Ji-Eun Kim (JJ)
ji-eunkim at usgs.gov
Phyiscal scientist @ US Geological Survey National Minerals Information Center, Reston, VA
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Areas of Specialization
Geology, Mineral resources (Manganese & Iron oxide pigment), Paleoceanography, Paleoclimate, Geochemistry, Carbon cycle, Sedimentary processes
Education
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, May 2022
M.S. Pusan National University, Earth Environmental System, August 2018
B.S. Pusan National University, Geological Sciences, February 2016
Employment and Research Experiences
2022-current Physical scientist, USGS National Minerals Information Center
Summer 2021 Student Contractor, USGS Astrogeology
2018-2022 Ph.D., Griffith Isotope Geochemistry & Paleoceanography Lab, The Ohio State University
February 2017 Visiting Research Assistant, Hokkaido University
2016; 2017 Guest Researcher, Kochi Core Center
2016-2018 M.S., Geological Oceanography Lab, Pusan National University
2014-2016 B.S., Sedimentary Lab, Pusan National University
Publications
7. Mills, M. M., McEwen, A. S., Hughes, A. N., Kim, J. E., Okubo, C. (submitted to Icarus). Analyzing Spatial Distributions and Alignments of Pitted Cone Features in Utopia Planitia
6. Kim, J.E., Kim, H.J., Griffith, E.M. (Under review). Export production using sediment trap excess-Ba of tropical Pacific.
5. Kim, J.E., Singer, D., Griffith, E.M. (In preparation). Selenium and arsenic speciation within natural barite as coprecipitation redox indicators.
4. Kim, J.E., Westerhold, T., Alegret, L., Drury, A.J., Röhl, U., & Griffith, E.M. (2022). Precessional pacing of tropical ocean carbon export during the Late Cretaceous. Climate of the Past, 18(12), 2631-2641. DOI: 10.5194/cp-18-2631-2022
3. Khim, B.K., Kim, J.E., Horikawa, K., Ikehara, M., Asahara, Y., & Lee, J. (2020). Orbital-Scale Paleoceanographic Response to the Indian Monsoon in the Laxmi Basin of the Eastern Arabian Sea. In Patterns and Mechanisms of Climate, Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Changes from Low-Latitude Regions (pp. 9-11). Springer, Cham
2. Kim, J.E., Khim, B.K., Ikehara, M., & Lee, J. (2018). Orbital-scale denitrification changes in the Eastern Arabian Sea during the last 800 kyrs. Scientific reports, 8(1), 7027. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25415-7
1. Khim, B.K., Horikawa, K., Asahara, Y., Kim, J.E., & Ikehara, M. (2018). Detrital Sr–Nd isotopes, sediment provenances and depositional processes in the Laxmi Basin of the Arabian Sea during the last 800 ka. Geological Magazine, 1-13. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756818000596
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-5072
Awards and Grants
2021 Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
Summer 2021 Friends of Orton Hall “Using Se(VI)/Se(IV) and As(V)/As(III) coprecipitated in natural barite samples as paleo-redox indicator”
2020 KSEA-KUSCO Scholarships for Graduate Students
Fall 2019 Friends of Orton Hall “2019 AGU Annual Fall Meeting travel fund”
Spring 2019 Friends of Orton Hall “Application of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for investigating export productivity in the Cretaceous Pacific Ocean”
2019-2020 GSA Graduate Student Grant “Coprecipitation of selenium in marine barite used as paleo‐redox proxy”
2018 Scholarship for Graduate Study Abroad (Pusan National University)
2016 Undergraduate Student ambassador, 37th International Geological Congress (IGC) in 2024
Leadership and Miscellaneous
President of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) - Ohio & DC metro Chapter
Organizer of Orton’s Earth History Club (OSU SES Earth History division seminar)
Former President of OSU Korean Graduate Student Association (KGSA)
Soccer player, figure skater, and musician on the side!