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Dr. Sonja Hausmann 102A Ozark Hall Phone: 479-575-3159 FAX: 479-575-3469 shausman@uark.edu |
Degrees:
- 2001: PhD in Palaeolimnology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Thesis: "Potential and limitations of quantitative environmental reconstructions", Advisor: Dr. André Lotter
- 1997: Master degree in Biology, Technical University of Munich, with specialisation in limnology
Teaching Areas:
Fall and Spring
GEOG 3003 Conservation of Natural Resource
Spring
ENDY 5063-001 Paleoclimatology
We are using the textbook by Ray Bradley. Every student writes a paper and gives a presentation to improve general skills. We work also with the microscope and have guest speakers.
Fall 2007 New Class
Assessment of Water Quality
Research Interests:
Limnology, Paleoclimatology, Oxbow lakes, Reservoirs, Impact Crater Lake, Diatoms
Professional Biography:
| 2006 to present | Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas |
| 2007-2008 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, University Laval, Canada |
| 2005-2006 | Research Associate in ArcticNet, Geography Department, University of Laval, Canada |
| 2002-2005 | Post-Doctoral researcher at the Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Advisor; Reinhard Pienitz |
| 1997-2001 | Research Associate at University of Bern, Switzerland; Advisor: André Lotter |
Academic Interests and Accomplishments:
Sonja Hausmann joined our faculty in August 2006 as Assistant Professor. After Sonja defended her PhD thesis at the University of Berne, Switzerland in 2001, she worked as postdoctoral researcher at the Universtiy Laval, Canada from 2002-2006. Her primary scientific interest is paleolimnology, the examination of past environmental changes archived in lake sediments. Climate and human activities influence the water chemistry and physical parameters of lakes, and aquatic organisms respond to these changes and get deposited on the lake bottom. Modern process studies help to understand the ecological preferences of the individual taxa. In a second step, biological remains of aquatic organisms deposited in lake sediments can be used to reconstruct past environmental conditions quantitatively. Sonja and her group work with diatoms and collaborate with other researchers that study pollen, grainsize, paleomagnetics, chironomids, paleopigments and pollen.
Current projects that Sonja, her students, and colleagues are working on include paleo-flood history of the
Pingualuit Crater Lake Project
Planning is underway for an international continental drilling program (ICDP) of the Crater Lake Potrok Aike in
Sonja is teaching Conservation of Natural Resources (GEOG 3003), Paleoclimatology (ENDY 5063), and Assessment of Water Quality (ENDY 6023). She is supervising doctoral students Ruchi Battacharya and Byron Winston and the postdoctoral researcher Jessica Black who defended her PhD at Instaar in
Further links
Remote Lake May Be Treasure Trove of Climate Data
Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles in Sediments
Personal Information:
I live with my husband and our two cats close to the campus. I like biking to work. If I do not work I play with the cats or practice yoga. I also enjoy water coloring and pottery.
Publications/Presentations:
Publications in peer reviewed journals
Hausmann S. and R. Pienitz, (2007) Seasonal climate inferences from high-resolution modern diatom data along a climate gradient: A case study, Journal of Paleolimnology, 73-96, doi: 10.1007/s10933-006-9061-2
Laperrière L., Fallu M.A., Hausmann S., Pienitz R. & Muir D. (2007). Paleolimnological evidence of mining and demographic impacts on lac Dauriat, Schefferville (subarctic Québec, Canada). Journal of Paleolimnology, doi: 10.1007/s10933-007-9162-6
Bigler Ch., von Gunten L., Lotter A., Hausmann S., Blass A., Ohlendorf Ch., Sturm M. (2007) Quantifying human-induced eutrophication in Swiss mountain lakes since AD 1800 using diatoms. The Holocene, 17 (8), 1141-1154, doi: 10.1177/0959683607082555
Hausmann S. and Kienast, F. (2006) Optimisation of transfer functions by homogenisation of environmental variables: A validated case study for Greifensee in central Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 233, 96-112, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.019
Heiri, O., Lotter A.F., Hausmann, S. and Kienast. F. (2003) A chironomid-based Holocene summer air temperature reconstruction from the Swiss Alps. The Holocene, 13(4), 477-484, doi: 10.1191/0959683603hl640ft
Ohlendorf, C., Sturm, M. and Hausmann, S. (2003) Natural environmental changes and human impact reflected in sediments of a high alpine lake in Switzerland. Journal of Paleolimnology, 30 (3), 297-306.
Hausmann S., Lotter A.F., Leeuwen J.F.N., Sturm M., Ohlendorf Ch. and Lemcke G., (2002) Interactions of climate and land use documented in the varved sediments of Seebergsee in the Swiss Alps. The Holocene, 12 (3), 279-289, doi: 10.1191/0959683602hl544rp
Hausmann, S. and Lotter, A.F. (2001). Numerical Cyclotella comensis taxonomy and its importance for quantitative temperature reconstruction, Freshwater Biology, 46 (10), 1323-1333, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2001.00752.x
Hausmann, S., v. Leuween, J., Lotter, A.F., Ohlendorf, C., and Sturm, M. (1999). Étude à haute résolution des derniers siècles dans les sédiments laminés du lac subalpin de Seeberg (Suisse). Cryptogamie Algologie, 20 (2), 111-112.
Publications in other Journals
Hausmann, S., Lotter, A.F., Leeuwen, J.F.N., Ohlendorf, C. and Sturm. M. (2001) The influence of land-use and climate change on Alpine lakes: a high-resolution study focusing on the past 1000 years. Terra Nostra, 3, 96-99.
Hausmann, S., (1999). Cyclotella comensis-Typen als Temperaturzeiger. Berichte des IGB, 7, 27-29.
Hausmann, S., Grönlund, E., Lemcke, G., and Lotter, A. F. (1997). High-resolution study of the last 400 years in the laminated sediments of subalpine Seebergsee (Switzerland). Würzburger Geographische
Manuskripte, 41, 91.
Grants:
Spring 2007 USGS 104B Identifying the source and mechanisms of taste and odor compounds at the Beaver Lake, Northwest Arkansas