Gerta Keller: Research Team & Collaborators
Research on the Deccan Traps in India began in 2006 investigating a potential link between the massive volcanic eruptions and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. An international team of collaborators participated, including many Indian scientists. The team was very successful in discovering and documenting the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (KTB) mass extinction for the first time in intertrappean sediments of the Krishna-Godvari Basin and in Central India. (see Deccan Volcanism)
Research team on Deccan geochronology and global biological, geochemical, climatic and environmental effects of Deccan volcanism. This research started in 2011 and has yielded exceptional results identifying global biological and geochemical markers directly linked to Deccan volcanism. High-precision U-Pb dating has yielded exceptional results in dating the main phase of Deccan eruptions. This research is ongoing and has the potential to solve the over three decades old controversy over what caused the KTB mass extinction including the dinosaurs, identify the actual kill mechanism, provide age control on the rate of volcanic gas emissions and link Deccan volcanism to ocean acidification and climate change. (see Deccan Volcanism)
Gerta Keller: Undergraduate Advisor
Gerta Keller: Principle Advisor
- Dr. Paula Mateo *17 Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar in Geology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
- Dr. Jahnavi Punekar *15 Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT, Bombay
- Brian Gertsch *10, University of Lausanne
- Sigal Abramovich *02, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba, Israel
- Alfonso Pardo *98, University of Zaragoza, Spain
- Lianquan Li *97, Citibank
- J.G. Lopez-Oliva *96, University Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Gangyi Lu *95, UBS Bank
- Steven D'Hondt *87, URI
Gerta Keller: Co-Advisor
- Hassan Khozyem *13 Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland), co-advisor with Thierry Adatte, currently Prof. University of Aswan, Egypt
- Markus Harting *04 Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe, Germany, co-Advisor with Prof. D. Stüben
- Markus Meudt *04 Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe, Germany, co-Advisor with Prof. D. Stüben
- Marie-Pierre Bolle *00 Ph.D., University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, co-advisor with Thierry Adatte
- Inaki Canudo *90 Ph.D., University of Zaragoza, Spain, co-advisor with Eustoquio Moline, currently Director of the Natural History Museum of Zaragoza
- R.J. Murnane *88 Ph.D., Princeton University, co-advisor with A. Fischer, currently in Washington DC, Office of Risk Management
- Mathias Lindinger *88 Ph.D., ETH Switzerland, co-advisor with K. Hsue
- Tim Herbert *87 Ph.D., Princeton University, co-advisor with A. Fischer, currently Prof. Brown University
Gerta Keller: Post-Doctoral Adviser
- Norman MacLeod, 1989-1993, currently NHM London
- Nieves Ortiz, 1993-1995
- Concha Gonzalez, 1995, Univ. Zaragoza, Spain
- Gangyi Lu, 1996-1997, Financial analyst, UBS, NY
- Liangquan Li, 1997-1998, Financial analyst, Citi Bank, NY
- Abdel Tantawy, 2004, Dean, South Valley University, Egypt
- Ahmed El Sabbagh, 2009 Rhode Scholar, Univ. Alexandria, Egypt
- Nallamuthu Malarkodi, Univ. of Bangalore, India