Temporary Headquarters during
Ozark Hall construction:
Stone House South
346 Arkansas Avenue
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-3355
Fax: 479-575-3469
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Dr. Sonja Hausmann 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:
Conservation of Natural Resources - Spring and Fall
GEOG 3003/H-GEOG3003
Pollution of Lakes and Rivers
GEOG 410V, BIO 480 ,
former ENDY 6023 – 001, GEOG 4333 in 2013 - Spring
ENDY 5063-001, GEOS 5063, BIOL 5063 – 001
or Ecology and Taxonomy of Algae GEOL 560V ‐ 002 - Fall
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.
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