Education
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 B.S. Geology, University of California, Davis, 1/1989
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Ph.D. Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 12/1998
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Postdoctoral Training
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Postdoctoral Researcher, UCSB, 1999-2000
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Tenure Track Appointments
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Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 9/1/2000-
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments
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Lecturer, Historical Geology, General Geology, and Field Paleontology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1/1/1999-6/1/1999
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Corsetti researches Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Earth history, using integrated chemostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and lithostratigraphy. He also investigates carbonate petrology, sedimentology and geochemistry; biogeology and origin of life; biogeology of critical intervals; trends in carbonate diagenesis through time; carbon and strontium isotope stratigraphy; and field sedimentology.
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Other Research
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I was on sabbatical in Fall of 2006 (hence my slim meeting attendance this year). I started new research projects with Thorsten Becker (USC) in a field quite unrelated to my usual research...this resutled in a PNAS paper published in 2007.
In addition to my ongoing projects, I've started a new research project with Prof. Will Berelson (USC) and Prof. John Spears (Colorado School of mines) studying Yellowstone hot spring deposits as analogues for ancient environments. The combination of a sedimentologist (me) with a geochemist (Will) and a molecular biologist (John) represents a "first" in terms of a true geobiologic collaboration with respect to the Yellowstone environment., 2006-2007
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Publications
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Journal Article
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Loyd, S., Becker, T. W., Conrad, C., Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., Corsetti, F. A.
(2007).
Time-variability in Cenozoic reconstructions of mantle heat flow: plate tectonic cycles and implications for Earth's thermal evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.
Vol. 104, pp. 14266-14271..
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Honors and Awards
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USC Center for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty Fellow, 8/1/2008-8/1/2011
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USC Mellon Mentorship Award, Faculty to Graduate Student Advising, 2006-2007
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Certificate of Appreciation, Geological Society of America, 2005
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USC Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund Award, 2004-2005
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Associate Editor, Palaios, 4/15/2006-4/15/2010
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Editorial Board, Geobiology, 2005-2009
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Professional Offices
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Secretary, Geological Society of America Geomicrobiology Division, 2006-2009
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Professional Memberships
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Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 2000-2006
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Geological Society of America, Member, 1992-2006
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