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Matthew S. Fantle
Geosciences Department
Pennsylvania State University
212 Deike Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

Education
Dartmouth College 1993 to 1997
Environmental Earth Sciences

University of California, Berkeley 1998 to 2005
Ph.D., Geology (Dr. D. J. DePaolo, advisor)

Research Interests
BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST
Intermediate-mass (Fe, Ca) and radiogenic isotope geochemistry (TIMS), numerical modeling, remote sensing, global geochemical cycling, paleoclimate, chemical weathering, abrupt climate change

SPECIFIC INTERESTS
Analytical calibration of Fe isotope system, Characterization of isotopic components of geochemical cycles, diagenetic modeling to determine paleoproxy fidelity, interpretation of temporal isotope and pore fluid geochemical records in terms of seawater chemical evolution and atmospheric CO₂ variations, Isotope fractionation of iron and calcium in natural systems, dust production and associated mineralogy in arid systems, consequences of abrupt climate change for geochemical cycling.

Professional Experience

Experience	Date	Location

Teaching Assistant, Environmental Studies 3	Spring 1995	Dartmouth College
Research assistant, Dr. C.Page Chamberlain	Spring 1996	Dartmouth College
Research assistant, Dr. Half Zantop	Spring 1996	Dartmouth College
Teaching Assistant, Dr. C. Page Chamberlain	Fall 1996	Cooke City, MT
Laboratory technician for Dr. Marilyn Fogel, Carnegie Institution of Washington	Sept. 1997 to August 1998	Washington, D.C.
Graduate Student Instructor for Structural Geology	Spring 1999	Berkeley, CA
Graduate Student Instructor for Introduction to Marine Geochemistry	Fall 2000	Berkeley, CA
Postdoctoral researcher	Apr. 2005-Dec. 2005	Berkeley, CA
Research Associate/Assistant Professor	January 2006-	Penn State University

Professional and academic Affiliations

Sigma Xi Scientific Society	1996 to present
Geological Society of America	1996 to 2002
Phi Beta Kappa	1997 to present
American Geophysical Union	2002 to present

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

Presidential Scholar, Dartmouth College
Francis L. Town Scientific Award in Earth Sciences	1995
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant (independent research)	Summer 1995
Paul K. Richter Memorial Trust Research award	Summer 1996
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant (senior thesis)	Summer 1996
Estwing Award, Most Outstanding Earth Science Junior	1995-6
John Ebers '64 Award, Most Outstanding Earth Science Undergraduate	1996-7
Sigma Xi Christopher G. Reed Prize (3rd place)	1997
Rufus Choate Scholar, Dartmouth College	1996, 1997
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship	1998 to 2001
Berkeley Graduate Student Fellowship	1997
NASA Earth System Science Graduate Student Fellowship	2001 to 2003
Center for Integrative Planetary Science (CIPS) mini-grant	2002 to 2003
American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award	Dec. 2002

Papers and abstracts
Fantle, Matthew S. (1996) Heavy metal contamination in the environment: Elizabeth Mine, South Strafford, Vermont. Presidential Scholar research.

Fantle, Matthew S. (1997) Transport of trace elements in stream waters: Metal fractionation in the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone River watershed. Senior honors thesis.

Fantle M. S., Dittel A. I., Schwalm S. M., Epifanio C. E., and Fogel M. L. (1999) A food web analysis of the juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, using stable isotopes in whole animals and individual amino acids. Oecologia 120(3): 416-426.
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Horton T. W., Chamberlain C. P., Fantle M., and Blum J. D. (1999) Chemical weathering and lithologic controls of water chemistry in a high-elevation river system: Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone River, Wyoming and Montana. Water Resources Research 35(5): 1643-1655. [View abstract; Download pdf]

Dittel A. I., Epifanio C. E., Schwalm S. M., Fantle M. S., and Fogel M. L. (2000) Carbon and nitrogen sources for juvenile blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in coastal wetlands. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 194: 103-112. [View abstract]

Fantle, Matthew S. and DePaolo, Donald J. (2004) Iron isotopic fractionation during continental weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 228: 547-562. [Download pdf]

Fantle, Matthew S. and DePaolo, Donald J. (2005) Variations in the marine Ca cycle over the past 20 million years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 237(1-2): 102-117. [Download pdf]

Fantle, Matthew S. (2005) The global geochemical cycles of iron and calcium: using novel isotope systems to understand weathering, global mass budgets, natural reaction rates, and paleoclimate. Doctoral dissertation, University of California (Berkeley). [Download pdf]

Fantle, Matthew S. and DePaolo, Donald J. (2006) Sr isotopes and pore fluid chemistry in carbonate sediment of the Ontong Java Plateau: Calcite recrystallization rates and evidence for a rapid rise in seawater Mg over the last 10 million years. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 3883-3904. [Download pdf]

Fantle, Matthew S. and DePaolo, Donald J. (2007) Ca isotopes in carbonate sediment and pore fluid from ODP Site 807A: The Ca²⁺(aq)-calcite equilibrium fractionation factor and calcite recrystallization rates in Pleistocene sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(10): 2524-2546). [Download pdf]

Medina-Elizalde, M., Lea, D. W., and Fantle, M. S. (2007) Proxy and Climate Implications of Past Mg/Ca Variability in Seawater. Submitted to EPSL.

Conference abstracts and posters
Fantle, M. S. and Fogel, M. L. (1998) A food web analysis of the juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, using stable isotopes in whole animals and individual amino acids. Stable Isotopes in Ecology Conference. Saskatoon, Saskachewan. Talk.

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2001) Iron isotopes and isotope fractionation processes at deep sea hydrothermal vents. Applied Isotope Geochemistry IV. Pacific Grove, CA. Poster.

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2001) Iron isotope variations in minerals from a black smoker: The case for equilibrium and kinetic isotope effects. Geological Society of America. Boston, MA. Poster.

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2002) The Iron Isotopic Composition of Continental Iron and Implications for the Global Iron Cycle. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V22B-1234. [Download poster (1 MB)].

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2003) The Global Iron Budget: Estimates Of Isotopic Composition And Elemental Fluxes. Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B31E-0356. Poster.

Bullen, T. D.; Fantle, M. S.; Aggarwal, J. and Bailey, S. W. (2004) An initial assessment of calcium and iron isotope systematics in forest ecosystems: clues to possible linkages? Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H21D-06.

Fantle, M. S.; Bullen, T. D.; and DePaolo, D. J. (2004) Fe isotopic composition of rivers. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 68 (11): A433-A433 Suppl. Talk. [Download Abstract].

Fantle, M. S.; Fung, I.; Koven, C.; and DePaolo, D. J. (2004) Hyperspectral remote sensing of mineralogy in African dust-producing regions. First Annual Earth System Scholars Network Symposium. Adelphi, MD. Poster.

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2004) Variations of the marine Ca cycle and implications for paleo-CO₂ levels over the past 20 myr. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51A-0513. [Download poster (1 MB)].

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2005) Determining the equilibrium fractionation factor between CaCO₃ and Ca²⁺ in solution: Isotope measurements of pore fluids and sediments from ODP Site 807A. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP31B-1529. [Download poster (2.2 MB) or abstract].

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2006) The equilibrium fractionation factor between CaCO₃ and Ca²⁺(aq): Fractionation mechanisms and diagenetic Ca isotope effects, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V14C-07 INVITED. [Download abstract]

Fantle, M. S. and DePaolo, D. J. (2007) Constraining reaction rates in marine carbonate sediments using reactive transport modeling: Investigating the effects of diagenesis on Sr, Ca, and Mg. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71(15): A267 Suppl. 1. Talk. [Download Abstract].