State University of New York , Oneonta
James Zachos went to which school in Aug 1980?
James Zachos James Zachos is an American paleoclimatologist , oceanographer , and marine scientist . He is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary sciences at University of California , Santa Cruz where he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017 . He has conducted research on a wide variety of topics related to biological , chemical , and climatic evolution of late Cretaceous and Cenozoic oceans , and he is recognized for transforming our understanding of long-term climate change and climate transitions in the past 65 million years . His investigations of past climatic conditions are intended to improve our ability to understand the consequences of anthropogenic carbon emissions on future climate change . Professor Zachos has co-authored over 160 publications and has been invited to give over 140 lectures at institutions , universities , and conferences around the world , including Stanford University , University of Cambridge , and Utrecht University , University of Sao Paolo , and International Conference on Paleoceanography VIII . He has also participated on multiple Ocean Drilling Program ( ODP ) Expeditions to the Arctic and Southern Ocean , Pacific and Indian Oceans . In 2004 , Zachos served as the co-chief scientist of Leg 208 expedition to the south Atlantic . Zachos is a fellow of the Geological Society of America , American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and American Geophysical Union . In 2016 , he received the Milutin Milankovic Medal by the European Geosciences Union , which is awarded to scientists for their outstanding research in long-term climatic changes and modelling . Research . James Zachos’ research is focused on the biological , chemical , and climatic evolution of late Cretaceous and Cenozoic oceans ( i.e. , the last 66 million years ) . This research typically involves analysis of the chemical and isotopic composition of fossil shells from marine sediments to reconstruct past changes ice-volume , ocean temperatures , circulation , productivity , and carbon cycling . Combined with numerical models , such observations are used to determine the mechanisms responsible for the long and short-term changes in global climate . Presently , Zachos’ research group is studying several episodes of rapid and extreme changes in climate including the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum . Academic Background . In 1981 Zachos received bachelors degrees in Geology and Economics from the State University of New York , Oneonta . Zachos obtained his M.S . in Geology ( 1983 ) at The University of South Carolina and a Ph.D . in Geological oceanography at the University of Rhode Island . After completing his education , he pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Michigan from 1988 to 1990 before joining the faculty of the Department of Earth Sciences UC Santa Cruz in 1992 . In 2000 he was a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge . Recognition . - Ida Benson-Lynn Endowed Chair of Ocean Health ( 2018 ) - Foreign Member , Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 2018 ) - Member , National Academy of Sciences ( 2017 ) - Milutin Milankovic Medal , European Geosciences Union ( 2016 ) - Highly Cited Researcher ESI ( 2014 ) - Chauncey D . Holmes Lecture , Syracuse University ( 2014 ) - Distinguished Achievement Award , University Rhode Island ( 2011 ) - Fellow , California Academy of Sciences ( 2011 ) - Fellow , American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 2011 ) - Humboldt Research Award ( 2008 ) - USSSP Distinguished Lecturer ( 2007 ) - Emiliani Lecture , American Geophysical Union ( 2006 ) - CIRES Distinguished Lecture , University of Colorado ( 2005 ) - Henry Charnock Lecture , Southampton University ( 2004 ) - Fellow , Bremen University Visiting ( 2004 ) - Fellow , Geological Society of America ( 2004 ) - Vetlesen Distinguishing Lecture , University of Rhode Island ( 2004 ) - Visiting Fellow , University of Cambridge ( 2000 ) - National Young Investigator ( 1994 ) - JOI-USSAC Distinguished Lecturer ( 1993 )