John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences and co-Head Tutor
Francis Macdonald is an Associate Professor of Geology. His research focuses on the interactions of tectonics, climate, and biological evolution through Earth history.
Dissertation title: “Toward an improved understanding of the global biogeochemical cycle of mercury” Advisor: Daniel Jacob Current position: AAAS Science and Technology Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency
Dissertation title: “Imprints of geodynamic processes on the paleoclimate record” Advisor: Jerry Mitrovica Current position: Newton International Fellow, Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. In 2018: faculty at Columbia University.
Dissertation title: "Application of the Helium isotopic system to accretion of terrestrial and extraterrestrial dust through the Cenozoic" Advisor: Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
Dissertation title: “Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic geology of southwestern Mongolia” Advisor: Francis Macdonald Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, University of Tokyo
Dissertation title: "Three-Dimensional Structure of the Western Los Angeles and Ventura Basins, and Implications for Regional Earthquake Hazards" Advisor: John Shaw
Dissertation title: “American Maize: Climate Change, Adaptation, and Spatio-Temporal Variation in Temperature Sensitivity” Advisor: Peter Huybers Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
Dissertation title: “Stability of Planetary Rotation” Advisor: Jerry Mitrovica Current position: MSI Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill Space Institute, McGill University
