Vitae

Education:

Ph.D. 1991 Department of Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
M.S. 1989 Department of Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
B.A. 1984 Cum laude, Geology and Classical Civilization, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA USA

Professional Experience:

2004-present Associate Head for Graduate Programs and Research, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
2002-present Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
1997-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
1991-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
1991 Postdoctoral Associate, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA; Advisor: Stuart G. Wakeham
1984-1990 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geology, Indiana University; Advisor: John M. Hayes
1984 Associate Instructor, Geologic Field Station, Indiana University

Selected Honors and Service:

1984 The Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship
1987 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship
1997 The Peter Schenck Award, European Association of Organic Geochemists (for a scientist under age 35, cited for contributions in compound-specific carbon-isotope analyses).
1999 James Lee Wilson Medal in Sedimentology (from SEPM, the Society for Sedimentary Geology); For “Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Young Scientist.”
2001 Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Earth System Evolution Program
2002 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, The Graduate School, Pennsylvania State University
2004 The Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
2007 Fellow, The Geological Society of America1999 Member, NRC Committee on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences

Graduate Students:

Current: A. Diefendorf (Ph.D., 2005-present); H. Albreicht (Ph.D., 2005-present); C. Magill (Ph.D., 2007-present); K Mueller (Ph.D., 2005-present) Former Students: N. Pedentchouck (Ph.D., 2004); J. Eigenbrode (Ph.D., 2004); C. Turich (Ph.D., 2006); M. Foland M.S., 2001); R. Dias (Ph.D., 2000); K. McRowe (M.S., 2003) R. Pancost (Ph.D., 1998); T. Filley (Ph.D., 1997; co-advisor); M. Pagani (Ph.D., 1998; co-advisor); L. Colarusso (M.S., 1998); F. Cooper (M.S., 1995); K Nielson (M.S., 2006); J. Moran (Ph.D., 2007); D. McKinney (Ph.D., 1998; co-advisor); M. Strynar (Ph.D., 2002; co-advisor)

Postdoctoral & Visiting Scholars:

H. Naraoka (10 months, 1996); M. Joachimski (3 months, 1997); Y. Huang (3 years, 1997-1999); L. Dsikowitzky (6 months, 2000); A. Zimmerman (2 years, 2000-2002); G. Icopini (1 year, 2000-2001); R. Rickaby (1 month, 2000); T. Kuhn (7 months 2001-2002); F. Smith (4 years, 2002-2006); P. Polissar (2005-present)

10 Selected Publications:

Freeman K.H., Hayes J..M., Trendel J.M. and P. Albrecht (1990) Evidence from carbon-isotope measurements for diverse origins of sedimentary hydrocarbons. Nature 343, 254-256.

Freeman K. H. and Hayes J. M. (1992) Fractionation of carbon isotopes by phyto-plankton and estimates of ancient CO2 levels, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 6, 185-198.

Freeman K. H., Wakeham S. G. and Hayes J. M. (1994) Predictive isotopic biogeochemistry: hydrocarbons from two anoxic marine basins, Organic Geochemistry, 21, 629-644.

Merritt D. A., Freeman K. H., Ricci M. P., Studley S. A. and Hayes J. M. (1995) Performance and optimization of a combustion interface for isotope-ratio-monitoring GCMS. Analytical Chemistry, 67, 2461-2473.

Bidigare R. B., Fluegge A., Freeman K. H., and 12 others (1997) Consistent fractionation of 13C in nature and in the laboratory: Growth-rate effects in some haptophyte algae. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 11, 279-292. (Correction: Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13, 251-252.)

Pancost R. D., Freeman K. H., Wakeham S. G. and C. Y. Robertson (1997) Environmental and physiological controls on carbon-isotope fractionation by marine algae. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61, 4983-4992.

Pancost, R. D., Freeman K. H., Patzkowsky, M. E., Wavrek D. A. and J. W. Collister (1998) Molecular Indicators of Redox and Marine Phytoplankton Composition in the Late Middle Ordovician of Iowa, USA. Organic Geochemistry 29, 1649-1662.

Huang Y., Freeman K. H., Eglinton T. I. and F. A. Street-Perrott (1999) ?13C analyses of individual lignin phenols in the lacustrine environment: a novel proxy for deciphering past terrestrial vegetation changes. Geology 27, 471-474.

Pagani M., Arthur M. A. and K. H. Freeman (1999) Miocene evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Paleoceanography 14, 273-292.

Pancost R.D., Freeman K.H. and Patzkowsky M.E. (1999) Organic matter source variation and the expression of a Middle Ordovician carbon-isotope excursion. Geology 27, 1015-1018.

Graduate Advisor:

John M. Hayes, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Postdoctoral Advisor:

Stuart G. Wakeham, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Recent, Non-PSU Collaborators:

T. Eglinton, F. A. Street-Perrott, S. Wakeham, S. Franks, M. Lewan, K. Mandernack, M. Pagani