Lily Pfeifer, Assistant Professor

pfeiferls@rowan.edu
856-256-5280
314A Discovery Hall

Courses taught:
GEOL 01320 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOL 01321 Basin Analysis
GEOL 01303 Advanced Topics in Geology 
GEOL 01432 Tectonic-Scale Climate Change

 
Research keywords: sedimentology-stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, geochronology, Paleozoic, climate change, paleosols, deep time, field geology
 
Research
Dr. Pfeifer is a geologist with expertise in sedimentology and paleoclimate. She studies ancient sedimentary basins, applying both traditional field methods and analytical techniques (e.g., geochronology, geochemistry, cyclostratigraphy, granulometry), to understand the climatic and tectonic processes that prevailed hundreds of millions of years ago (primarily in the Paleozoic world). Broadly, her research—from Western Europe to the midcontinent U.S.—illuminates aspects of the Earth’s climate system (e.g., long-term controls on carbon cycling) that have implications for understanding present and future climate solutions.

 
Education
2020-2021 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Oklahoma
2020 Ph.D. Geology, University of Oklahoma
2014 M.S. Geology, University of Oklahoma 
2012 B.S. Geology, Bucknell University
 
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