Abbreviated CV
Education
2019 | PhD in Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2010 | BA in Geology, Carleton College
Research appointments
2020–present | NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
2016–present | Visiting research associate, Trace and Environmental DNA Lab, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
2019–2020 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, INSTAAR, CU Boulder
2014–2019 | Graduate research assistant, INSTAAR, CU Boulder
Honors and Fellowships
2020–2022 | NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship (co-funded by BIO)
2014–2019 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2017 | J. Hoover Mackin Award, Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology, Geological Society of America
2014–2015 | Geological Sciences Departmental Fellowship, CU Boulder
2013 | Dean’s Fellowship, CU Boulder
2010 | Magna cum Laude, Carleton College
2010 | Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton College chapter
2010 | Distinction in Major, Carleton College
2010 | Distinction in Senior Integrative Exercise, Carleton College Geology Department
2010 | Jefferson Natural Sciences Teaching Award, Carleton College
2009–2010 | Duncan Stewart Fellow, Carleton College Geology Department
2009 | Patricia V. Damon Scholar, Carleton College
Publications
Crump, S.E., Fréchette, B., Power, M., Cutler, S., de Wet, G., Raynolds, M.K., Raberg, J., Briner, J.P., Thomas, E.K., Sepúlveda, J., Shapiro, B., Bunce, M., and Miller, G.H., 2021, Ancient plant DNA reveals High Arctic greening during the Last Interglacial: PNAS. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2019069118
Crump, S.E., 2021, Sedimentary ancient DNA as a tool in paleoecology: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. DOI:10.1038/s43017-021-00158-8
Capo, E., Giguet-Covex, C., Rouillard, A., Nota, K., Heintzman, P.D., Vuillemin A., ... Crump, S.E., ... Coolen, M.J.L., Epp, L.S., Domaizon, I., Alsos, I.G., Parducci, L., 2021, Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations: Quaternary. DOI:10.3390/quat4010006
Larsen, D.J., Crump, S.E., and Blumm, A., 2020, Alpine glacier resilience and Neoglacial fluctuations linked to Holocene snowfall trends in the western US: Science Advances. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc7661
Crump, S.E., Miller, G.H., Young, N.E., Briner, J.P., and Pendleton, S.L., 2020, Glacier expansion on Baffin Island during Early Holocene cold reversals: Quaternary Science Reviews. DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106419
Young, N.E., Briner, J.P., Schaefer, J.M., Miller, G.H., Lesnek, A.J., Crump, S.E., Thomas, E.K., Pendleton, S.L., Cuzzone, J., Lamp, J., Zimmerman, S., and Caffee, M., 2020, Reply to Carlson (2020) comment on “Deglaciation of the Greenland and Laurentide ice sheets interrupted by glacier advance during abrupt coolings”: Quaternary Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106329
Young, N.E., Briner, J.P., Miller, G.H., Lesnek, A.J., Crump, S.E., Thomas, E.K., Pendleton, S.L., Cuzzone, J., Lamp, J., Zimmerman, S., Caffee, M., Schaefer, J.M., 2020, Deglaciation of the Greenland and Laurentide ice sheets interrupted by glacier advance during abrupt coolings: Quaternary Science Reviews. DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106091
Larsen, D.J., Crump, S.E., Abbott, M.B., Harbert, W., Blumm, A., Wattrus, N.J., and Hebberger, J.J., 2019, Paleoseismic evidence for climatic and magmatic controls on the Teton fault, WY: Geophysical Research Letters. DOI:10.1029/2019GL085475
Crump, S.E., Miller, G.H., Power, M., Sepúlveda, J., Dildar, N., Coghlan, M., and Bunce, M., 2019, Arctic shrub colonization lagged peak postglacial warmth: Molecular evidence in lake sediment from Arctic Canada: Global Change Biology. DOI:10.1111/gcb.14836
Pendleton, S.L., Miller, G.H., Lifton, N., Lehman, S.J., Southon, J., Crump, S.E., Anderson, R.S., 2019, Rapidly receding Arctic Canada glaciers revealing landscapes continuously ice-covered for more than 40,000 years: Nature Communications. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-08307-w
Anderson, R.S., Anderson, L.S., Armstrong, W.H., Rossi, M.W., Crump, S.E., 2018, Glaciation of alpine valleys: the glacier - debris-covered glacier - rock glacier continuum: Geomorphology. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.015
Crump, S.E., Anderson, L. S., Miller, G. H. and Anderson, R. S., 2017, Interpreting exposure ages from ice-cored moraines: a Neoglacial case study on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 32, p. 1049–1062. DOI:10.1002/jqs.2979
Pendleton, S.L., Miller, G.H., Anderson, R.S., Crump, S.E., 2017, Episodic Neoglacial expansion and rapid 20th century retreat of a small ice cap on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada, and modeled temperature change: Climate of the Past, v. 13, p. 1527–1537. DOI:10.5194/cp-13-1527-2017
Titus, S.J., Crump, S., McGuire, Z., Horsman, E., and Housen, B., 2011, Using vertical axis rotations to characterize off-fault deformation across the San Andreas fault system, central California: Geology, v. 39, p. 711–714. DOI:10.1130/G31802.1
Research Grants
2019 | National Geographic Society Support for Women & Dependent Care grant ($3,980)
2018 | CU Nature, Environment, Science & Technology Studio for the Arts grant ($2,500)
2017 | NSF Arctic Systems Science grant #1737712 (proposal contributor and named Postdoc; $2,290,769 total budget)
2017 | National Geographic Society Early Career Grant ($5,000)
2017 | Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund, Geological Society of America ($3,643)
2016 | NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant ($15,999)
2016 | NSF GRFP Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide – Australia ($5,000 + $12,000AUD)
2015 | Dean’s Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Colorado ($9,995)
2015, 2016 | Spetzler Research Grant, CU Geological Sciences ($4,000)
2015 | Geological Society of America graduate student grant ($1,875)
2014, 2017 | Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Colorado ($2,000)
2014 | Arctic Institute of North America Grant-in-Aid ($1,000)
2014 | Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research ($1,000)
2013 | Mentorship Grant, CU Geological Sciences ($1,000)
Teaching
Fall 2020 | Course instructor, Global Change: An Earth Science Perspective (GEOL 1060), CU Boulder
2014–2017 | Tutor, Introductory Geology tutoring room, CU Boulder
2013–2014 | Course instructor, Introduction to Geology Lab (field- and lab-based), CU Boulder
Summer 2014, 2015 | Field Geology Instructor, CU Science Discovery Summer Camp
2010–2011 | Naturalist Instructor, Widjiwagan Outdoor Learning Program, Ely, MN
Fall 2009 | Teaching Assistant, Plate Tectonics, Carleton College
Spring 2009 | Teaching Assistant, Geology in the Field, Carleton College
Spring 2008 | Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Geology, Carleton College
Guest lecturer: Geomorphology (GEOL 4241, CU Boulder), Global Change (GEOL 1060, CU Boulder), Paleoclimatology (GEOL4070, CU Boulder), Intro Geology (GEOL 1010, CU Boulder)
Selected Outreach and Service
2020 – present | Skype a Scientist volunteer
2020 | Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee member, INSTAAR, CU Boulder
2019 | Postdoctoral representative, INSTAAR Directorate, CU Boulder
2018–2019 | Graduate student representative, INSTAAR Directorate, CU Boulder
2017–2019 | Values and Ethics Committee member, CU Boulder
2017–2019 | Student Representative, Geological Society of America Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
2016–2018 | President, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) group, CU Boulder
2015–2016 | Grant committee member, WiSE group, CU Boulder
Spring & Fall 2014 | Volunteer scientist, Earth Explorers 501(c)3 nonprofit, Boulder, CO
Fall 2013 | Annual Meeting Student Committee member Geological Society of America