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"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" (Albert Einstein)
And then there is the (former) Secretary of Defense
Ph.D. Work
I am still working on my Ph.D. at UNR. I worked under the support of the Sulo and Aileen Maki fellowship, a three year fellowship that I received in 2000 through DRI. I am currently working as a RA and lecturer in the Geography Dept. with my advisor, Dr. Franco Biondi. My interests are a further exploration of paleoclimate, climate change and associated impacts on human populations and biologic communities. My research focuses on a reconstruction of the North American Monsoon (NAM) from treeline environments of the North American tropics. I am also very interested in the ecoclimatology of this unique environment. We hope to use isotopic variations in tree ring cellulose to reconstruct Monsoon variations an the multi century scale. To read a draft of this proposed research click here.
Dr. Biondi has started a Dendrochronology
Lab at UNR and I am excited to be a part of it. Our field site is
on Nevado de Colima, a dormant volcano adjacent to Volcan
MS Work
I completed my Master's work on paleoclimate and paleorecharge records preserved in the soil chemistry of arid vadose zones in 2000. This link will take you to my thesis proposal where you can read about what this project. If your are REALLY interested in this topic, you can view my entire thesis. Housing and support for this and ongoing research were graciously provided by the Desert Research Institute and the National Science Foundation. My most recent work has investigated nitrate records preserved in vadose zone profiles. You may also be interested in my former advisor, Dr. Scott Tyler, to whom I am indebted for all his help and support. We subsequently had a paper published in Science following up on this work!
We have started the Student
Association for International Water Issues (SAIWI) at UNR. We are a
forward looking group interested to creative solutions to water problems in the
developing world. This could not have taken place without the vision and
inspiration of Braimah Apambire, a graduate of the Hydro program. We sent
students to
You may be interested in my CV ( html or pdf )
Gracie is now 4 years old! She continues to entertain and outsmart her folks. Gracie now shares a website with her new brother Raymond!
Ray was born on 1/9/07 at 16:57pm. In keeping with the metric only policy of this website, he was 3719g, 56cm.
If you are feeling left out and don't yet use the metric system like the rest of the world, try this
More of the Sierra, my lovely wife and the 2002 NL Champion Giants (Doesn't have quite the same ring as World Series champs, does it?) and our tickets in phone company Park
In 2002 I took a research trip to Antarctica with Chris Fritsen's group.
Or you may be interested in my previous lives, for a glimpse, click here to see Tom Cruise pushing my car
I played
If you have comments or suggestions, email me at phartsou@unr.nevada.edu