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JAIME ESCOBAR [email protected] PERSONAL Born, 8 Oct. 1977, Medellin, Colombia EDUCATION 2005-2010 PhD. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida. Gainesville, US “Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climate Change in the Maya Lowlands” Advisors: Dr. Mark Brenner – Dr. David Hodell 2002-2005 M.S. Geology. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, US “Thecamoebians as environmental and paleoenvironmental indicators: Evidence from modern thecamoebian distributions in Florida lakes” Advisor: Dr. Mark Brenner 1996-2002 B.S. Environmental Engineering. Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia “Thecamoebians as limnological indicators in tropical lakes: Study case at La Fe reservoir, Antioquia, Colombia” Advisor: Dr. Jose Ignacio Martinez OTHER COURSES 2008 2006 Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms. Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. Iowa, US. Analysis of Environmental Data. Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. Iowa, US. WORK EXPERIENCE 2015-Present Courtesy Professor. Department of Geological Sciences. University of Florida. Gainesville, United States 2015-Present Associate Professor. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia 2013-Present Director. Institute for Sustainable Development. Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia 2012-Present Research Associate. Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Ciudad de Panama, Panama 2012-2015 Assistant Professor. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia 2011-2012 Assistant Professor. Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences. Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogota, Colombia 2010-2011 Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist. Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. Paleoecology – Paleoclimatology – Stable isotopes 2009-2010 Pre-doctoral Visiting Scientist. Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Ciudad de Panama, Panama 2002-2009 Lab Assistant. Identification of foraminifera, ostracods, and gastropods and sample (waters, CaCO3, bulk sediments) preparation for stable isotope analyses (δ13C, δ18O,δ15N). Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Florida. Gainesville, US 2003-2009 Lab and Field Assistant. Field assistant for sediment core collection and lab assistant for Pb210 dating. Land Use and Environmental Change Institute (LUECI), University of Florida. Gainesville, US 2001 Lab and Field Assistant. Chemistry Lab assistant for the pesticides, heavy metals and nutrients dependencies and field assistant for water and sediment collection. Environmental Marine Quality Assessment Group, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-present Geology – Environmental Engineering – Global Climate Change (undergraduate class). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universidad del Norte Climate and Environmental Change – Statistics – Limnology (Graduate class). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universidad del Norte 2011-2012 General Biology – Research Projects – Environmental Biology (undergraduate class). Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences. Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano. 2005 Environmental Limnology (undergraduate class). Environmental Engineering Department, Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia. 2004-2006 Limnology – Paleolimnology (Graduate class/Teaching assistant). Geology Department, University of Florida. Gainesville, US. 2002-2004 Exploring the Geological Sciences – Introduction to Marine Sciences (Teaching assistant). Geology Department, University of Florida. Gainesville, US. PUBLICATIONS Peer review book chapters and manuscripts 2015-2016 Restrepo JC, Escobar J, Otero L, Franco D, Pierini J, Correa I. 2016. Factors influencing the distribution and characteristics of Surface sediment in the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia. Journal of Coastal Research. DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00185.1 Sigala I, Lozano S, Escobar J, Perez L Gallegos J. 2016. Testate Amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) in Tropical Lakes of Central Mexico. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 64, 393-413 Serna Y, Velez MI, Escobar J. 2015. Microscopic organic matter particles in late Holocene riparian sediments near the Cauca River. Journal of Paleolimnology, 54, 325-344 Hoyos N, Monsalve O, Berger GW, Antinao JL, Giraldo H, Silva C, Ojeda G, Bayona G, Escobar J, Montes C. 2015. A Climatic trigger for catastrophic Pleistocene-Holocene debris flows in the Eastern Andean Cordillera of Colombia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(3), 258-270 Moreno JF, Hendy AJW, Quiroz L, Hoyos N, Jones DS, Zapata V, Zapata S, Ballen G, Cadena E, Cardenas A, Carrillo J, Carrillo JD, Delgado-Sierra D, Escobar J, Martinez JI, Martinez C, Montes C, Moreno J, Perez N, Sanchez R, Suarez C, Vallejo-Pareja MC, and Jaramillo C. 2015. Revised Stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira, Colombia. Swiss Journal of Paleontology, 134, 5-43 2013-2014 Jaramillo, C., E. Moreno, V. Ramirez, S. da Silva, A. Barrera, B. Adhara, S. Moron, F. Herrera, J. Escobar, R. Koll, S. Manchester, and N. Hoyos. 2014. Palynological record of the last 20 Million years in Panama. In W. D. Stevens, O. M. Montiel, and P. Raven, (Editor). Paleobotany and Biogeography: A Festschrift for Alan Graham in His 80th Year. pp 134-253.St Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press Arnold TE, Brenner M, Curtis J, Dutton D, Baker SM, Escobar J, Ortega C. 2014. Application of stable isotopes (δ18O) to determine the growth patterns of the invasive gastropod Pomacea maculata in Florida lakes. Florida Scientist, 77(3), 126-144 Velez MI, Escobar J, Brenner M, Rangel O, Betancourt A, Jaramillo JA, Curtis J, Moreno JL. 2014. Middle to late Holocene relative sea level rise, climate variability and environmental change along the Colombian Coast. The Holocene, 24, 898-907 Winston B, Hausmann S, Escobar J, Kenney WF. 2014. A sediment record of trophic state change in an Arkansas (USA) reservoir. Journal of Paleolimnology, 51(3), 393-403 Aguilar-Reyes B, Mejia V, Goguitchaichvili A, Escobar J, Bayona G, Bautista F, Morales J, Ihl T. 2013. Reconnaissance environmental magnetic study of urban soils, dust and leaves from Bogotá, Colombia. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 57, 741754 Restrepo JC, Franco D, Escobar J, Correa ID, Otero L, Gutierrez J. 2013. Bahia de Cartagena (Colombia): Distribución de sedimentos superficiales y ambientes sedimentarios. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 41(1), 99-112 Pérez L, Curtis J, Brenner M, Hodell D, Escobar J, Lozano S, Schwalb A. 2013. Stable isotopes values (δ18O & δ13C) of multiple ostracode species of a large Neotropical lake as indicators of past changes in hydrology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 66, 96-111 Escobar J, Whitmore TJ, Kamenov GD, Riedinger-Whitmore MA. 2013. Isotopic record of anthropogenic lead pollution in lake sediments of Florida, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology, 49, 237-252 Hoyos N, Escobar J, Restrepo JC, Arango AM, Ortiz JC. 2013. Impact of the 2010-2011 La Nina phenomenon in Colombia, South America: the human toll of an extreme weather event. Applied Geography, 39, 16-25 2011-2012 Molinares CE, Martinez JI, Fiorini F, Escobar J, Jaramillo C. 2012. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction for the lower Pliocene Arroyo Piedras section (Tubara – Colombia): Implications for the Magdalena River – paleodelta’s dynamic. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 39, 170-183 Correa-Metrio A, Bush MB, Cabrera KR, Sully S, Brenner M, Hodell DA, Escobar J, Guilderson T. 2012. Rapid climate change and no-analog vegetation in lowland Central America during the last 86,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 38, 63-75 Escobar J, Hodell DA, Brenner M, Curtis JH, Gilli A, Mueller AD, Anselmetti FS, Ariztegui D, Grzesik DA, Perez L, Schwalb A, Guilderson TP. 2012. A ~43-ka record of paleoenvironmental change in the Central American lowlands inferred from stable isotopes of lacustrine ostracods. Quaternary Science Reviews, 37, 92-104 Hodell DA, Turchyn AV, Wiseman CJ, Escobar J, Curtis JH, Brenner M, Gilli A, Mueller AD, Anselmetti F, Ariztegui D, Brown E. 2012. Late Glacial temperature and precipitation changes in the lowland Neotropics by tandem measurement of δ 18O in biogenic carbonate and gypsum hydration water. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 77, 352-368 Correa-Metrio A, Bush MB, Hodell DA, Brenner M, Escobar J, Guilderson T. 2012. The influence of abrupt climate change on the ice-age vegetation of the Central American lowlands. Journal of Biogeography. 39, 497-509 Velez MI, Curtis JH, Brenner M, Escobar J, Leyden BW, Popenoe de Hatch, M. 2011. Environmental and Cultural Changes in Highland Guatemala Inferred from Lake Amatitlan Sediments. Geoarchaeology. 26(3), 346-364 Pérez L, Frenzel P, Brenner M, Escobar J, Hoelzmann P, Scharf B, Schwalb A. 2011. Late Quaternary (24–10 ka BP) environmental history of the Neotropical lowlands inferred from ostracodes in sediments of Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala. Journal of Paleolimnology. 46, 59-74 2009-2010 Mueller AD, Anselmetti FS, Ariztegui D, Brenner M, Curtis JH, Escobar J, Gilli A, Grzesik DA, Hodell DA, Guilderson TJ, Kutterolf S, Ploetze ML. 2010. Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironment of Lake Petén Itzá, Northern Guatemala: Evidence from Deep Drill Holes and Seismic Stratigraphy. Sedimentology. 57(5), 1220-1245 Escobar J, Curtis J, Brenner M, Hodell DA, Holmes J. 2010. Isotope measurement of ostracod and gastropod shells for climate reconstruction: evaluation of within-sample variability and determination of optimum sample size. Journal of Paleolimnology. 43(4), 921-938 Brenner M, Escobar J. 2009. Ontogeny of Aquatic Ecosystems. In: Gene E. Likens, (Editor) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. volume 1, pp. 456-461. Oxford: Elsevier Escobar J, Buck DG, Brenner M, Curtis J, Hoyos N. 2009. Thermal stratification, circulation patterns and heat budgets of Florida lakes. Journal of Fundamental and applied limnology. 174(4), 283-293 2007-2008 Hodell DA, Anselmetti FS, Ariztegui D, Brenner M, Curtis JH, Gilli A, Grzesik DA, Guilderson TJ, Muller AD, Bush MB, CorreaMetrio YA, Escobar J, and Kutterolf S. 2008. An 85-ka Record of Climate Change in lowland Central America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 27(11), 1152-1165 Escobar J, Brenner M, Whitmore T, Kenney W, Curtis J. 2008. Ecology of testate amoebae (thecamoebians) in subtropical florida lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology. 40, 715-731 2005-2006 Hodell D, Anselmetti F, Brenner M, Ariztegui D, and the PISDP Scientific Party. 2006. The Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project (PISDP). Journal of Scientific Drilling. 3, 25-29 Escobar J, Martinez JI, Parra N. 2005. Thecamoebians (testaceous rhizopods) from a tropical lake: La Fe Reservoir, Antioquia, Colombia. Caldasia. 27(2), 293-298 Escobar J, Restrepo JC, Martinez JI. 2005. Paleolimnology as a tool for the study and management of reservoirs. Gestion Ambiente. 8(2), 51-59. In Spanish Non Peer Review and General Audience Magazines Hodell D, Anselmetti FS, Ariztegui D, Brenner M, Curtis J, and the PISDP Scientific Party. 2006. Preliminary results of the Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project. DOSECC News. 4(2), 5-6 Hodell D, Anselmetti FS, Ariztegui D, Brenner M, Curtis J, and the PISDP Scientific Party. 2006. 1.3 km of sediment recovered by the Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project. DOSECC News. 4(1), 1-2 FIELD RESEARCH 2105 Boyaca and Cundinamarca, Colombia. Collected lake sediment cores in high altitude ecosystems. Project in collaboration with Dr. Broxton Bird. Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana-Purdue University. 2014 Guajira, Colombia. 2014 Boyaca and Cundinamarca, Colombia. Collected lake sediment cores in high altitude ecosystems. Project in collaboration with Dr. Broxton Bird. Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana-Purdue University. 2011 El Valle y Bocas del Toro, Panama. Collected bog and lake sediment cores in Lago San Carlos and Bocas del Toro. Project in collaboration with Dra. Maria Isabel Velez, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Regina, and Dr. Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 2010 Tatacoa Desert, Colombia. Development of stratigraphic columns for the Honda and Huila Formations and collection of sediment samples for carbon isotope analysis. Project PI: Dr. Carlos Jaramillo 2008 Las Sierras, California. Field assistant. Lake sediment coring. Project PI: Dr. Jim Sickman of University of California Riverside. 2008 Florida, US. Collected thirty (30) sediment cores from Lake Loochloosa, Florida under the project “Sediment accumulation rate and past water quality in Lochloosa Lake”. 2007 Peruvian Andes. Field assistant. Lake sediment coring, install meteorological stations and collect glacialgeologic data. Project PI’s: Dr. Don Rodbell of Union College and Dr. Mark Abbott of University of Pittsburgh. 2007 Merida, Venezuela. Collected bog and lake sediment cores in the Sierra de Santo Domingo and the Pico Bolivar region. (3500-4000masl). Project in collaboration with Nathan Stansell, Department of Planetary and Geological Sciences, Pittsburgh University, US, and Maximiliano Bezada, Department of Earth Sciences, Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador, Venezuela. 2006-2008 Florida, US. Collected monthly limnological data in Lakes Tulane, Verona, Sheelar, and Johnson Pond. 2006-2008 Florida, US. Collected sediment cores from lake Bonnet. Project in collaboration with Thomas Whitmore and Melanie Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore, University of South Florida, US. 2006 Petén District, Guatemala. Collected lake sediment cores (GLAD 800 Drilling Platform). Lake Peten Itza. Over 1300m of sediment recovered. 2006 Western Antioquia, Colombia. Field Coordinator. Collected paleo-lake (extinct) sediment cores. Project in collaboration with Jose Ignacio Martinez, EAFIT University, Colombia and Oscar Ruiz, Colombian National University, Colombia. 2003-2004 Florida, US. Collected surface sediment samples from 35 North and central Florida lakes. 2001 Sta. Marta, Colombia. Collected limnological data and lake sediment surface samples. Santa Marta Coastal Lagoon. 2000 Eastern Antioquia, Colombia. Collected limnological data and lake sediment surface samples. La Fe Artificial Reservoir. GRANTS 2015 Jaramillo C and others. Escobar (Co-PI). Elevation history of Espinar, northern Andes Central Plateau. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Internal Grant. $28,000 2014 Bird B, and others. Escobar (Co-PI). New perspectives of South American climate change on human timescales from high-resolution lake sediment records. Research Support Funds Grant (RSFG). Indiana University - Purdue University. $15,000 2014 Escobar J. Causas y consecuencias de la aridificación de ecosistemas húmedos tropicales. Una mirada climática y geológica durante el neógeno de Suramérica. Colciencias. ~$36,000 2014 Bird B, and others. Escobar J (Collaborator). A Seismic Reflection Survey to Assess the Deep Drilling Potential of Laguna de Tota, Colombia. National Science Foundation (NSF). $53,151 2014 Jaramillo C, and others. Escobar J (Co-PI). Elevation history of the Northern Andes central plateau. National Geographic. $20,000 2013 Escobar J, Jaramillo C, Martinez MC. Evaluation of the biodiversity of the past in the Colombian Caribbean: Opportunities for Science, Education and Energy. Universidad del Norte Internal Research Grant. ~$44,000 2012 Broxton B and others. Escobar J (Co-PI). Developing New Lake Records of Holocene South American Summer Monsoon Variability from the Colombian Andes through International Collaboration. International Development Fund Grant Application, Indiana-Purdue University. $15,000 2012 Perillo G, and others. Escobar J (Co-PI) Sensing the Americas’ Freshwater Ecosystem Risk (SAFER) from Climate Change. Inter-american Institute for Global Change Research. $902,100 2012 Escobar J. Climate and environmental history of Colombian Caribbean coastal lakes. Case Study: Cienaga Grande coastal swamp. Universidad del Norte internal Research Grant. ~$10,000 AWARDS 2008 Outstanding Student Paper Award. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. US. 2004 The Ernst Award. Teaching Assistant (1000-2000 level Course). Department of Geological Sciences. University of Florida. Gainesville, US. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2. Associate Editor, Journal of Paleolimnology, 2014-Present 1. Manuscript reviewer, Caldasia, Journal of Paleolimnology (JOPL), Journal of Foraminiferal Research (JFR), Journal of Fundamental and Applied Limnology (FAL) PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Mark Brenner [email protected] Department of Geological Sciences University of Florida, Dr. David A. Hodell [email protected] Department of Earth Sciences University of Cambridge Dr. Thomas J. Whitmore [email protected] Environmental Science, Policy, and Geography Department University of South Florida Dr. Jason Curtis [email protected] Stable isotope Lab Manager University of Florida Dr. Carlos Jaramillo [email protected] Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute