Katherine Haines Freeman

Professor of Geosciences


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Contact Information
Office: 235 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-8177
Fax: (814) 863-7823
Email: kate@geosc.psu.edu


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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 Employment
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
1990-1991 Postdoctoral Associate, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
1984-1990 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geology, Indiana University
1984 Associate Instructor, Geologic Field Station, Indiana University
1981-1984 Visiting Investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory
Professional Experience
2003-2007 Director, Penn State Biogeochemistry Research Initiative in Education, NSF-IGERT graduate student training program
2002 Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1999-2002 Associate Director of Penn State Biogeochemistry Research Initiative in Education (BRIE); NSF-IGERT graduate student training program
1991-present Associate, Earth System Science Center, Pennsylvania State University
1981-1984 Visiting Investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory; Advisor: Thomas C. Hoering
Selected Honors
2007 Fellow, The Geological Society of America
2004 The Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
2002 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University
2001 Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Earth System Evolution Program
1999 James Lee Wilson Medal in Sedimentology (from SEPM,The Society for Sedimentary Geology); For "Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Young Scientist."
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).
1987 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship
1984 The Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship
Selected Professional Service
2008-present Member, Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts, U.S. National Research Council
2007-present Member, Geological Sciences Advisory Board, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006-2008 Chairman, 2008 Gordon Research Conference in Organic Geochemistry
2006-present Associate Editor, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2006 Panel Member, NASA Exobiology
2005-present Member, Editorial Board, Geobiology
2005-present Member, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, U.S. National Research Council
2000-present Member, Editorial Committee, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences