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1 Jennifer M. Cotton, Ph.D. California State University, Northridge Department of Geological Sciences Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA (818) (Cell) Education 2013 Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Advisor: N. Sheldon) 2010 M.S. Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007 B.S. with honors in Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2007 B.A. in Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Professional Experience 2016 present Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Change and Sustainability Center, Departments of Geology & Geophysics and Biology, University of Utah; Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University (Advisors: T. Cerling and C. Still) Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan Senior Thesis Research in Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University 2006 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Intern, Carnegie Institution of Washington Current Research Interests Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions of terrestrial ecosystems Reconstructions of past atmospheric pco 2 during warming events Continental scale isotope ecology and biogeography Modern stable isotope geochemistry and ecology and applications to both past environments and isotope forensics. Grants 2016 NSF Emerging Frontiers/Macrosystems Biology RUI/Collaborative Research: Mice-oscapes: Using isotopes to understand the effect of climate and landscape change on small mammal ecology over the past 100 years Lead PI, Co-PIs Rebecca Terry and Tara Smiley ($299,676, 01/15/17 01/15/19) 2012 University of Michigan Scott Turner Research Award ($500) 2011 Society For Sedimentary Geology Student Research Grant ($1,000) 2011 University of Michigan Scott Turner Research Award ($2,400) Cotton CV, page 1

2 2011 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant ($3,000) 2011 ExxonMobil Geoscience Grant ($7,500) 2010 University of Michigan Rackham Research Grant ($3,000) 2010 University of Michigan Scott Turner Research Award ($1,750) 2010 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant ($3,600) 2010 Evolving Earth Foundation Research Grant ($3,000) 2009 University of Michigan Scott Turner Research Award ($2,750) Honors and Awards 2014 John Dorr Graduate Academic Achievement Award for dissertation research 2012 Michigan Geophysical Union 1 st Place Poster Award 2012 University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2011 Michigan Geophysical Union 3 rd Place Poster Award 2010 GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Student Research Award for Best Proposal 2008 BP Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan 2007 The American Institute of Chemists Student Achievement Award 2006 Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory NSF REU Intern Publications Smiley, T.M., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., Reynolds, R.E., Evidence of Early C4 grasses, habitat drying and faunal response during Miocene Climatic Optimum in the Mojave Region. In Review, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D. and Cotton J.M., Constraining the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: a terrestrial interhemispheric comparison. In Press, available online. Geological Society of America Bulletin doi: /B Cotton, J.M., Cerling, T.E., Hoppe, K.A., Mosier, T.M. and Still, C.J., Climate, CO 2 and the history of North American grasses since the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances 2, e doi: /sciadv Smiley, T.M., Cotton, J.M., Cerling, T.E. and Badgley, C.E., Small mammal isotope ecology tracks climate and vegetation gradients across western North America. OIKOS doi: /oik Cotton, J.M., Sheldon, N.D., Hren, M.T. and Gallagher, T.M., Positive feedback drives carbon release from soils to atmosphere during Paleocene/Eocene warming. American Journal of Science 315, doi: / Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D. and Cotton J.M., Terrestrial evidence for a two-stage mid- Paleocene biotic event (MPBE). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 417, doi: /j.palaeo Cotton, J.M., Hyland, E.G., and Sheldon, N.D., Multi-proxy evidence for tectonic control on the expansion of C 4 grasses in northwest Argentina. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 395, doi: /j.epsl Cotton CV, page 2

3 Cotton, J.M., Jeffery, M.L., and Sheldon, N.D., Climate controls on soil-respired CO 2 in the United States: Implications for 21 st century chemical weathering rates in temperate and arid ecosystems. Chemical Geology 358, doi: /j.chemgeo Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., Using stable isotopes to teach about sustainable agriculture through active learning. Journal of Geoscience Education 61, doi: / Cotton J.M. and Sheldon N.D New constraints on using paleosols to reconstruct atmospheric pco 2. Geological Society of America Bulletin 124, doi: /B Cotton, J.M., Sheldon, N.D. and Strömberg, C.A.E High resolution isotopic record of C 4 photosynthesis of a Miocene grassland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology , doi: /j.palaeo Invited Talks California Institute of Technology, October 2016 University of Southern California, September 2016 Goldschmidt Annual Meeting, Prague Czech Republic, August 2015 California State University Northridge, March 2015 College of William and Mary, February 2015 Sonoma State University, February 2015 Dickinson College, February 2015 University of San Diego, February 2015 University of Kentucky, February 2014 Brown University, July 2011 * Denotes Undergraduate Co-Author Published Abstracts Cotton, J.M., Mosier, T.M., Cerling, T.E., Ehleringer, J.R., Hoppe, K.A. and Still, C.J The spatial distribution of C 3 and C 4 grasses in North America through the next century. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Cotton, J.M., Cerling, T.E., Hoppe, K.A., Mosier, T.M. and Still, C.J, Climate, CO 2 and the history of C 3 and C 4 vegetation from the Last Glacial Maximum to present across North America. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. Smiley, T.M., Badgely, C., Hyland, E.G., and Cotton, J.M Coupling environmental change and ecological response: the Miocene of the Mojave desert, California. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany. Cotton, J.M., Still, C.J., Cerling, T.E. and Sheldon, N.D., Climate controls on the carbon Cotton CV, page 3

4 isotopic composition of soil organic matter and its regional variability in grasslands and savannas. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D. and Cotton, J.M., First terrestrial record of the Paleocene- Eocene boundary from the southern hemisphere. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Stromberg, C.A.E., Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., Harris, E.B., Hamer, J.M.M., Chen, S.T., Frederickson, E.K., Smith, K.G., Preliminary multi-proxy 40 Ma record of the rise and spread of grasses in Montana. 10th NAPC, Gainesville, Fl. Hyland, E.G., Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Cotton, J.M., and Strömberg, C.A.E., 2013, Dynamics of the rise of C 4 grasslands in southwestern Montana: 10 th NAPC, Gainsville, Fl. Strömberg, C.A.E., Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Cotton, J.M., and Hamer, J.M.M., Reconstructing late Miocene ecosystem dynamics in southwestern Montana using multiple lines of evidence (phytoliths, stable isotopes, trace fossils): Botanical Society of America Meting, New Orleans, LA Cotton, J.M., Sheldon, N.D., Hren, M.T., and Gallagher, T.M., Variable magnitude of carbon isotope excursions in organic and inorganic terrestrial carbon pools during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Hyland, E.G., Cotton, J.M., and Sheldon, N.D., Constraining the Paleogene of South America: Magnetostratigraphy and paleoclimate proxy records from Cerro Bayo (Provincia de Salta, Argentina). American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., Revised atmospheric pco 2 estimates from pedogenic carbonates support CO 2 -temperature coupling throughout the Phanerozoic Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Strömberg, C.A.E., Sheldon, N.D., Smith, S.Y., Cotton, J.M., and Hamer, J.M.M., Multi- Proxy (Phytoliths, Stable Isotopes, Trace Fossils) high resolution record of late Miocene ecosystem variability. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Cotton, J.M., Jeffery, M.L., and Sheldon, N.D., Modern and future spatial variability of soil respired CO 2 across the United States. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Cotton, J.M. Hyland, E.G., and Sheldon, N.D., Organic carbon isotopic reconstruction of C 3 /C 4 photosynthesis and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Santa María basin, Northwest Argentina. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Wilkins, C.L.*, Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., Patterns in bulk plant and organ d 13 C variability along a precipitation gradient. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., Derivation of a new soil respired CO 2 proxy and application to paleo-co 2 reconstruction of the late Miocene. Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver CO. Cotton CV, page 4

5 Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., Derivation of a New Soil Respired CO 2 Proxy for Application to paleo-co 2 Reconstruction. Goldschmidt Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN. Cotton, J.M. and Sheldon, N.D., High resolution isotopic record of C 4 photosynthesis of a mid-miocene grassland. Geological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. Morrill, P.M., Johnson, O.J., Cotton, J.M., Eigenbrode, J.L., Nealson, K.H., Lollar, B.S. and Fogel, M.L., Isotopic evidence of microbial methane in ultrabasic reducing waters at a continental site of active serpentinization in N. California. Goldschmidt Annual Meeting, Vancouver, CA. Cotton, J.M., Morrill, P.M., Johnson, O.J., Nealson, K.H., Lollar, B.S., Eigenbrode, J.L., and Fogel, M.L., Biogeochemical Carbon Cycling in Ultrabasic Reducing Springs in Sonoma County, CA. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Undergraduate Supervision Brigid Lynch Geological Sciences Major co-advised with Nathan Sheldon Christie Wilkins Geological Sciences Major, co-advised with Nathan Sheldon Yang Sheng University Research Opportunities Program (UROP) student co-advised with Nathan Sheldon Service Proposal Reviewer, NSF Division of Earth Science, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Reviewer, PNAS, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology, Biogeochemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Journal of Mammalogy, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Plant Ecology, Journal of Geology Faculty Search Committee Representative, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan (2013) Session Chair, Terrestrial Proxies of Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment in Deep Time, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November Seminar Coordinator, Graduate student peer reviewing seminar, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan (2012) Seminar Coordinator, IDEAS seminar, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan ( ) Faculty Student Representative, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan ( ) Geological Society of America American Geophysical Union Society for Sedimentary Geology Affiliations Cotton CV, page 5