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ABRIDGED PROFESSIONAL VITA: RUDY L. SLINGERLAND

Professional Preparation

1969 B.S. in Geology with Honors, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

1974 M.S. in Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1977 Ph.D. in Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Appointments

2003-2004 Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

1997-2003 Head, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1989-present Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, UP, PA

1983-1989 Associate Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1977-1983 Assistant Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1969-1971 Third Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, Mobile Construction Battalion-3

1968-1969 Geological Field Assistant, U.S. Geological Survey, Boston, MA

Publications from Last Five Years

1. T. R. Keen, R. L. Slingerland, S. J. Bentley, Y. Furukawa, W. J. Teague, Dykes, in press, Sediment Transport on Continental Shelves: Storm Bed Formation and Preservation in Heterogeneous Sediments. Special Publication of the IAS.

2. Walter L. Cressler III, Edward B. Daeschler, Rudy Slingerland and Daniel A. Peterson, in press, Terrestrialization in the Late Devonian: A palaeoecological overview of the Red Hill site, Pennsylvania, USA. Geological Society of London, Special Publication

3. D.A. Edmonds, D.C.J.D. Hoyal, B.A. Sheets, and R.L. Slingerland, 2009, Predicting delta avulsions: Implications for coastal wetland restoration. Geology, 37; no. 8; p. 759–762; doi: 10.1130/G25743A.

4. Smith, N., Perez-Arlucea, M., Edmonds, D., Slingerland, Rudy (2009), Elevation adjustments of paired natural levees during flooding of the Saskatchewan River, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(8), 1060-1068.

5. Slingerland, R., N. W. Driscoll, J. D. Milliman, S. R. Miller, and E. A. Johnstone (2008), Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S13, doi:101029/2006JF000628.

6. Slingerland, R., R. W. Selover, A. S. Ogston, T. R. Keen, N. W. Driscoll, and J. D. Milliman (2008), Building the Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua: An ocean circulation study, J. Geophys Res., 113, F01S14, doi:10.1029/2006JF000680.

7. Edmonds, D. A., and R. L. Slingerland (2008), Stability of delta distributary networks and their bifurcations, Water Resour. Res., 44, W09426, doi:10.1029/2008WR006992.

8. Edmonds, D. and R. L. Slingerland, 2007, Mechanics of middle ground bar formation: Implications for the formation of delta distributary channel networks. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 112, F02034, doi:10.1029/2006JF000574.

9. Filgueira-Rivera, M., N. D. Smith, and R. L. Slingerland (2007), Controls on natural levee development in the Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada, Sedimentology, 54, 905-919.

10. Miller, S. R., R. L. Slingerland, and E. Kirby (2007), Characteristics of steady state fluvial topography above fault-bend folds, J. Geophys. Res., 112, F04004, doi:10.1029/2007JF000772.

11. Keen, T. R., D. S. Ko, R. L. Slingerland, S. Riedlinger, and P. Flynn (2006), Potential transport pathways of terrigenous material in the Gulf of Papua, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04608, doi:10.1029/2005GL025416.

12. Miller, S. R., and R. Slingerland, 2006, Valley advection on fault-bend folds: Topographic inheritance, valley spacing, and the formation of wind gaps, Geology, v. 34; no. 9; p. 769–772.

13. Keen, T. R., Y. Furukawa, S. J. Bentley, R. L. Slingerland, W. J. Teague, J. D. Dykes, and C. D. Rowley (2006), Geological and oceanographic perspectives on event bed formation during Hurricane Katrina, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23614, doi:10.1029/2006GL027981.

Recent Synergistic Activities

Mentored 30 M.Sc. and Ph. D. students
Chair, Organizing Committee for the MARGINS Source to Sink Theoretical and Experimental Institute, September 2006

3. NSF MARGINS Steering Committee Member, 2002-2006

4. NSF Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, Steering Committee Chairman, 2004-2005

5. NSF Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)

a. Organizing committee, 2003-2006

b. Chair, Steering Committee, 2007-2010

c. Member of Executive Committee, 2007-2010

6. NSF National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (Science and Technology Center), Chair, External Advisory Board, 2007-2010

7. MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer, 2009-2010

Collaborators & Other Affiliations

Jim Best (University of Illinois) Co-PI on this project

John Bridge (Binghamton University) Co-PI on this project

Neal Driscoll (Scripps Institute of Oceanography) Co-PI on another project.

John Milliman (VIMS and College of William and Mary) Co-PI on another project.

Charles Nittrouer (University of Washington) Co-editor of Special Issue

Dan Parsons (Leeds University) Post-doctoral Researcher on this project

Norman Smith (University of Nebraska) Co-PI on this project

Sue Brantley (Penn State University) Co-PI on another project

Chris Duffy (Penn State University) Co-PI on another project

Thesis Advisees and Present Positions

Total Graduate Student Advisees: 30

Last Five Years:

S. R. Miller (Adjunct Research Scientist, MIT)

J. Barton (Post-doctoral researcher, NASA)

P. Adams (Assistant Professor, Univ. of Florida)

D. Abbado (Hydea S. R. L. Consulting, Italy)

R. Selover ( Haley Aldrich Consulting)

D. Edmonds (Assistant Professor, Boston College)

B. Fambrough (Consultant, Denver, CO)

E. Comer (current)