Professor Kathleen Ann Campbell
BSc (Hons) (University of California), MSc (University of Washington), PhD (University of Southern California)
Prof. Kathleen Campbell was educated along the geologically active margin of the western USA – from the University of California (Santa Cruz, BSc), to U Washington (Seattle, MSc), to U Southern California (Los Angeles, PhD). Field work in coastal Washington’s rain forest prepared her for the often wet and bush-clad conditions she regularly encounters on North Island field excursions. Even now Kathy is struck by similarities in geology and landscapes between the two regions. In mid-1997, the University of Auckland enticed her from a post-doctoral position at NASA Ames Research Center (Exobiology Branch) in California to take up paleoecological and paleoenvironmental teaching and research in the Geology Department, now part of the School of Environment. Since then she has co-supervised 60 post-graduate students, and has worked with numerous colleagues on multi-disciplinary research projects, both in New Zealand and overseas. Kathy is a member of the GSNZ, RSNZ, GSA, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) and the Paleontological Society. She is an associate editor or editorial board member of the journals Scientific Reports, PALAIOS, Geobiology, NZ Jour Geology & Geophys, and Palaeontologia Electronica.
Current research is focused on marine hydrocarbon seeps and terrestrial hot-springs as analogues for early life settings — at field sites in New Zealand, Patagonia, South Africa and the western USA — in collaboration with groups from the University of Waikato, AUT, GNS Science, Geological Research Ltd (New Zealand); U Washington, Calif. Academy of Sciences, UC Berkeley and Arizona State U (USA); Leeds Univ (UK); MARUM-GEOMAR (Germany); UNLP (Argentina); and CNRS (France). From her website, The University of Auckland
“I am interested in the power of Nature to inspire, and using geology to help people understand their place in the world — our Pale Blue Dot in a vast Universe. I also enjoy photography, drawing, science writing, science communication, teaching and educational outreach.” Kathleen Campbell
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