Lorraine Lisiecki

Assistant Professor

Contacts

Webb Hall 2113, Earth Science 9630
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630

tel: 805.893.4437
lisiecki@geol.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Research focuses on computational approaches to the interpretation of paleoclimate records. I believe that the integrated analysis of widely distributed paleoclimate records will yield important information about the climate system that cannot be obtained by studying these records individually. I am particularly interested in the evolution of Plio-Pleistocene climate as it relates to Milankovitch forcing, 100-kyr glacial cycles, and deep-ocean circulation. I also develop and distribute software related to age model development and stratigraphy. The analytical techniques I use most frequently are stratigraphic correlation, simple physical models of simple, dynamic programming, and mathematical tools such as time series analysis, principal component analysis, and computational probability and statistics.

Biography

Professor Lisiecki was a Research Fellow at Boston University before coming to UCSB. Her research emphasizes computational approaches to the interpretation of paleoclimate time series, particularly integrated analysis of widely distributed paleoclimate records, which yields important insights that cannot be obtained by studying these records individually. She focuses primarily on Plio-Pleistocene glacial cycles because she believes we cannot confidently predict future climate change unless we understand these large, recent climate responses.

Awards/Honors

• Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award, Geological Society of America, 2008

Selected Publications