Jared Kluesner

Summary

Conducting interdisciplinary research in paleoceanography since May 2004
Student research assistant in The Venice Lagoon Project (SIOSED)
Invited participant on a 6-day research cruise collecting dredging samples and mapping of the sea floor in the San Quintin area off the coast of CA. R/V Roger Revelle
Invited participant on a 24-hour research cruise collecting samples off San Diego, CA
Author on 14 abstracts: Lead author 5, co-author 9
Given an oral presentation at the GSA National conference Salt Lake City, Utah (2005).
Presented at Argonne National Labs November 6, 2005.
Presented at ISU research Showcase, April 2005.
Have given 3 experiential learning presentations at ISU, including a dept. seminar
Webmaster for Geography, Geology & Anthropology Department since August 2004

Education

B.S., Geology, Indiana State University, Anticipated graduation May 2006

GPA 3.52 / 4.00

Associate of Applied Science, Vincennes University, Graduated August 2003

GPA: 3.69 / 4.00

Research Experience

2005 Chosen as 1 of 2 student participants from ISU, 6-day SCRIPPS cruise in the

San Quintin area. Rediscovery of "popping rocks" and mapping of the

surrounding seafloor. Chief Scientists: Dr. Barry Eakins and

Dana Vukajlovich. R/V Roger Revelle

2005 The Venice Lagoon Project (SIOSED): Quantitative Microfaunal and Geochemical Assessments of Contaminant Impact on Venice Lagoon Benthic Ecosystems. Student research assistant conducting oceanographic field work as part of a independent research project in the Venice Lagoon and part of an interdisciplinary study involving a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Italian scientists

2004 Chosen as 1 of 3 Student Participants from ISU, University of San Diego Student Research Cruise, Chief Scientist: Dr. Ron Kauffman, R/V Robert Gordon Sproul

2004-present Undergraduate Student Researcher (2 Projects: Foraminifera ecology off of the Aleutian Islands; Benthic foraminifera of the Venice Lagoon), Indiana State University Paleontology /Paleoceanography Lab, Advisor: Dr. Tony Rathburn

Published Abstracts

KLUESNER, Jared1, RATHBURN, Tony1, PÉREZ, Elena1, BASAK, Chandranath1, GRAY, Cassie1, BROUILLETTE, Ellen1, and GIESKES, Joris2. RESPONSES OF LIVING (ROSE BENGAL STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO CONTAMINANTS IN THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY. Accepted: 2006 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, April 2006, Akron, Ohio.

KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena, BASAK, Chandranath,

GIESKES, Joris M., LIVING (ROSE BENGAL STAINED) BENTHIC

FORAMINIFERA FROM THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY. Published: Geological

Society of America Annual Meeting, October 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.

KLUESNER, Jared W.1, RATHBURN, Anthony E. 1, PÉREZ, M. Elena1, BASAK,

Chandranath1, GIESKES, Joris M.2, WRIGHTSMAN, Brian1, THE ECOLOGY OF

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY.

Submitted 2005: 16th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science,

November 2005, Chicago Illinois.

KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena, ADAMIC, Jessica F., BASAK, Chandranath, ABRIANI, Michelle A., SHEPHERD, Amanda S., WRIGHTSMAN, Brian K., ZIEBIS, Wiebke, GIESKES, Joris M., Vertical Distribution of Living (Stained) Benthic Foraminifera from the Aleutian Margin. Published: 2005 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, May 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena, ADAMIC, Jessica F., BASAK, Chandranath, ABRIANI, Michelle A., SHEPHERD, Amanda S., WRIGHTSMAN, Brian K., ZIEBIS, Wiebke, GIESKES, Joris M., Vertical Distribution of Living (Stained) Benthic Foraminifera from the Aleutian Margin. 2005 9^th Annual Undergraduate/Graduate Research Showcase, Indiana State University

M. E. Pérez, A. E. Rathburn, A. Henderson, J. KLUESNER, C. Basak, and J. M.Gieskes. Historical records of pollution in the Venice Lagoon using benthic foraminifera. Submitted: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria 02 – 07 April 2006.

BROUILLETTE, Ellen R.1, RATHBURN, Anthony E.1, PÉREZ, Elena M.1, KLUESNER, Jared1, GRAY, Cassie J.1, BASAK, Chandranath1, and GIESKES, Joris2, DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF LIVING (STAINED) FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY. Accepted: 2006 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, April 2006, Akron, Ohio.

GRAY, Cassie J.1, RATHBURN, Anthony E.1, PÉREZ, Elena1, KLUESNER, Jared W.1, BROUILLETTE, Ellen R.1, BASAK, Chandranath1, and GIESKES, Joris2, THE MICROHABITAT PREFERENCES OF LIVING (ROSE BENGAL STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE VENICE LAGOON. Accepted: 2006 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, April 2006, Akron, Ohio.

ADAMIC, Jessica F., KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena,

BASAK, Chandranath, LEVIN, Lisa, GIESKES, Joris M. , MARTIN, Jon, ZIEBIS,

Wiebke, TRYON, Mike. COMPARISONS OF VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS

OF LIVING (STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE ALEUTIAN MARGIN. Published: 2005 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, May 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

BASAK Chandranath , RATHBURN Anthony E., DE DECKKER Patrick , EGGINS Stephen M.

, KLUESNER Jared , PÉREZ Elena, and GIESKES Joris. BENTHIC

FORAMINIFERA AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL INTICATOR: A STUDY FROM THE

VENICE LAGOON, ITALY. Submitted 2005: 16th Annual Argonne Symposium for

Undergraduates in Science, November 2005, Chicago Illinois.

BASAK, Chandranath, RATHBURN, Anthony E., DE DECKKER, Patrick, EGGINS, Stephen

M., KLUESNER, Jared, PEREZ, Elena, GIESKES, Joris. THE ECOLOGY AND

GEOCHEMISTRY OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE VENICE LAGOON,

ITALY. Submitted 2005: American Geophysical Union.

WRIGHTSMAN, Brian K, RATHBURN, A.E., KLUESNER, Jared.
Incorporating Ostracodes into the Classroom. Submitted 2005: 16th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, November 2005, Chicago Illinois.

ADAMIC, Jessica F., PÉREZ, M. Elena, RATHBURN, Anthony E., KLUESNER, Jared W.,

BASAK, Chandranath, ABRIANI, Michelle A., SHEPHERD, Amanda S.,

WRIGHTSMAN, Brian, ZIEBIS, Wiebke, MARTIN, Jon, Comparison of Vertical

Distributions Patterns of Living (Stained) Benthic Foraminifera Assemblages from an

Alaskan Margin cold Methane Seep and the Surrounding Seafloor. Submitted: 2005

Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, May 2005,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

WRIGHTSMAN, Brian K., JELLINEK, Thomas, RATHBURN, Anthony E., KLUESNER, Jared,

ADAMIC, Jessica, SWANSON, Kerry, DeDEKKER, Patrick. Ostracode Assemblages

within the Murray Canyon System, Offshore Kangaroo Island, Australia. 2004

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2004, Denver, CO. 2004

GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 296

Presentations

Argonne National Labs Chicago, ILL. November 6, 2005. 16th Annual Argonne Symposium for

Undergraduates in Science. KLUESNER, Jared W.1, RATHBURN, Anthony E. 1,

PÉREZ, M. Elena1, BASAK, Chandranath1, GIESKES, Joris M.2,

WRIGHTSMAN, Brian1, THE ECOLOGY OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM

THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY.

Geological Sociaty of America Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 2005. Oral

Presentation. KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena,

BASAK, Chandranath, GIESKES, Joris M., LIVING (ROSE BENGAL STAINED)

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY.

Indiana State University Undergraduate and Graduate Research Showcase Poster

Presentation. KLUESNER, Jared W., RATHBURN, Anthony E., PÉREZ, M. Elena.

Vertical Distribution of Living (Stained) Benthic Foraminifera from the Aleutian Margin.

April 2005, Terre Haute, IN.

Invited Speaker, Indiana State University, Department of Geography, Geology, and

Anthropology. Spring 2005 Speaker Series. KLUESNER, Jared W. Oceanographic

Hands-on Experiences off the Coast of San Diego, February 21, 2005, Terre Haute,

IN.

Invited Speaker, Oceanography Class, Geology Dept. KLUESNER, Jared W.

Oceanography at Indiana State University, November 2004, Terre Haute, IN.
Terre Haute, IN.

Invited Speaker, Introduction to Geology Class, Geology Dept. KLUESNER, Jared

W. 24 Hour research Cruise on the R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, October 2004, Terre

Haute, IN. Terre Haute, IN.

Awards

2006 Undergraduate Outstanding Research Award

2005 Undergraduate research Award

2005 The Lilly Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award

2005 Geography and Geology scholarship

2003 Graduated Cum Laude Vincennes University

2003 Transfer Scholarship, Indiana State University

2000 ISU Boys State delegate

Positions Held

2005 - present (SI) Supplemental Instruction leader for Geology 160 (Introduction to Geology)

2005 - present ISU Honors Department Web Designer and Manager

(www.indstate.edu/honors)

2005 - present Student Director (John C. Hooks Memorial Observatory)

2004 - present GGA Departmental Web Designer and Manager (www.indstate.edu/gga)

2004 - present Undergraduate Student Researcher, Indiana State University Paleontology /
Paleoceanography Lab, Advisor: Dr. Tony Rathburn

Relevant Skills

Microscopic analyses of microfossils
Collection and processing of core sediments
Preservation and staining of modern seafloor samples
Slicing, processing, and describing long cores (Warren Smith, SIO)
Programming knowledge
Data analysis and 3D modeling
Proficiency with computers and information technology
Mac, PC and Unix systems

Professional and Club Affiliations

American Geophysical Union, member 2005-present

Geological Society of America, member, 2004-present

Indiana State University Earth Science Club, member (Web Manager), 2004-present