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Katie Jamson

Katie Jamson
Position
PhD Student (Andy Fraass)
Earth and Ocean Sciences
Contact
Credentials

BSc (Exeter), MSc (Bristol)

Area of expertise

Micropalaeontology; palaeoceanography; stratigraphy; macroevolution; scientific ocean drilling

Thesis topic:

Understanding the distribution and accumulation of global sedimentation patterns and the organisms producing them over the past 65 million years

Publications:

  • Fraass, A.J., Lowery C.M., Lam, A.R., Jamson, K.M. (Submitted). Novel adaptation increases resilience in Planktic Foraminifera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences. Pre-Print: https://osf.io/preprints/paleorxiv/jzmes
  • Sessa, J.A., LeVay, L.J., Peters, S.E., Jamson, K.M., Fraass, A.J. (2023). The extending Ocean Drilling Pursuits (eODP) project : Synthesizing scientific ocean drilling data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
  • Jamson, K.M., Moon, B. and Fraass, A.J. (2022). Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events. Palaeontology, 65: e12615.

Presentations:

  • Invited Talk: 2024 North American Paleontological Convention: NAPC occurs every 4 years. Jamson, K., Fraass, A.J., Sessa, J. A., Levay, L. J., and Peters, S. E., Investigating the responses of deep sea sediments to Cenozoic paleoclimate and paleoceanographic events using data synthesis and the eODP project.
  • 2022 American Geophysical Union: Annual Conference. Jamson, K., Sessa, J. A., Fraass, A.. J., Levay, L. J., and Peters, S. E., The extending Ocean Drilling Pursuits (eODP) Project : Spatial Distribution of Biogenic Sediments through the Cenozoic.
  • 2022 Geological Society of America : GSA Annual Conference. Jamson, K., Sessa, J. A., Fraass, A.. J., Levay, L. J., and Peters, S. E., The extending Ocean Drilling Pursuits (eODP) Project: Spatial Distribution of Biogenic Sediments through the Cenozoic.
  • 2021 Geological Society of America : GSA Annual Conference. Jamson, K., Moon, B., and Fraass, A. J., Diversity dynamics of microfossils across the Cretaceous-Paleogene and Eocene-Oligocene transitions.
  • 2020 The Palaeontological Association: Progressive Palaeontology (ProgPal) Conference. Jamson, K., Moon, B., and Fraass, A. J., Diversity dynamics of foraminifera across the Cretaceous Paleogene and Eocene-Oligocene transitions.

Awards:

  • Mar 2024 2024 Joseph A. Cushman Award for Student Travel | $1,000 (USD)

  • Mar 2024 Time Scavengers Tilly Edinger Travel Grant | $200 (USD)

  • Dec 2023 David McGillivray Scholarship in Science | $2,170 (CAD)

  • Jun 2023 ECORD Research Grant for outstanding Early Career Researchers | €3,000 (EUR)

  • Dec 2022 Dr. Arne H. Lane Graduate Fellowship in Marine Sciences | $8,238 (CAD)

  • Oct 2022 AGU Fall Meeting Earthcube Travel Grant | $1,500 (USD)

  • Sep 2022 EarthCube Geochronology Lab Management & Geoinformatics Workshop Travel Grant | $1,200 (USD)

  • Sep 2021 University of Victoria Graduate Entrance Award | $6,300 (CAD)