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Daniel M. Deocampo

Daniel M. Deocampo

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Daniel M. Deocampo

CAS Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies    

Overview

Education

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 2001. Rutgers University.
M.S. Geological Sciences, 1997. Rutgers University.
B.S., Geological Sciences, 1994. Tufts University.

Biography

Licensures

State of California:  Professional Geologist (PG#8161)
State of Georgia:  Professional Geologist (PG#2059)
OSHA 24 Hour HAZWOPER (Cert. # 110924251813)

 

Post Doctoral Fellowships
2003.  Natural History Museum, London, UK.
2002.  U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
2001. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Dan at Hutton’s Section in the Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh, Scotland, where a dolerite sill is intruded along bedding planes in a Mississippian sandstone. This was one of the important sections as James Hutton developed the early field of geology in the 18th century.

Recent Funded Research

American Chemical Society / Petroleum Research Fund, “Iron Dynamics in Alkaline Lacustrine Systems: Implications for Deposition and Diagenesis”, $70,000, 2017-2020. Status: PI.

National Science Foundation, “Collaborative: ACACIA: Ancient Climate and the Authigenic Clay Index of Aridity,” $394,000 ($303,875 to GSU).  6/1/14 – 5/31/17.  Status: Lead P.I. (With Co-PIs/Collaborators G.M. Ashley, J. Cuadros, J.S. Delaney, W.C. Elliott, M. Krekeler, F. Longstaffe)

Montana Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, “Lake Kookanoosa Suspended Sediment Separation for Selenium Monitoring,” $2,220. 4/1/16-8/31/16. Status: P.I.

Maryland Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, “Sediment Processing in Support of Radionuclide Monitoring,” $1,768. 6/1/16-8/31/16. Status: P.I.

Montana Department of Environmental Quality, “Clark Canyon Reservoir Turbidity Monitoring,” $1,000. 9/1/16-12/31/16. Status: P.I.

National Institutes of Health, “Disparities in Exposure to Environmental Threats,” $295,883.  10/1/14-9/31/15.  Status: Co-I (PI: Rothenberg)

National Institutes of Health, “Georgia State University Center of Excellence: Syndemics of Disparities Environmental Core,” 9/22/11 – 7/31/15.  Status: Co-I. (With PI M. Erikson and 6 others), $724,509.

Petroleum Research Fund – American Chemical Society, “Experimental synthesis of authigenic lacustrine clay minerals: Hypothesis testing for modern and ancient depositional systems,” $65,000.  1/1/11 – 8/31/2014.  Status: P.I. (With Co-PIs J. Cuadros, NHM-London, and W.C. Elliott, GSU).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Pb and Mn Content in Soils Associated with Child Lead Poisoning, Nigeria,”  $19,968 (Contract).  7/22/2013 – 12/31/2013.  Status: P.I. (With Co-PI A. Horowitz)

U.S. National Science Foundation, 2012-2013, $234,362. Acquisition of X-ray diffraction instrumentation for mineralogical, crystallographic, and geochemical research and education. Status: P.I.

U.S. National Science Foundation, 2010-2011, $61,537. (Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry) RAPID: Enhancing Biodegradation of Deepwater Horizon Contaminant Hydrocarbons in Louisiana Salt Marsh Using High Layer Charge Montmorillonites. Status: P.I.

American Chemical Society / ACS/PRF, 2010-2013, $65,000. Experimental Synthesis of Authigenic Clay Minerals: Implications for Lacustrine Deposition and Diagenesis. Status: P.I.

Publications

Publications

1.  2013 Ashley, G.M., Deocampo, D.M., Kahmann-Robinson, J., and Driese, S.G.  Groundwater-fed Wetland Sediments and Paleosols: It’s All About The Water Table.  In:  Driese, S.G. and Nordt, L.C. (Eds.), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 44, New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology: Paleosols and Soil Surface Analog Systems, p. 47-61.

2. 2013.  Greipsson, S., Tay, C., Whatley, A., and Deocampo, D.M.  Sharp decline in lead contamination in topsoil away from a smelter and lead migration in an ultisol.  World Environment, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 102-107.

3. 2014. Deocampo, D.M. and Jones, B.F.  Geochemistry of Saline Lakes.  Treatise on Geochemistry 2nd Edition, Volume 7: Surface and Groundwater, Weathering, and Soils (Drever, J.I., Ed.), p. 437-469.

4. 2014.  Marra, F., Sottili, G., Gaeta, M., Giaccio, B., Jicha, B., Masotta, M., Palladino, D.M., and Deocampo, D.M.  Major explosive activity in the Monti Sabatini Volcanic District (central Italy) over the 800-390 ka interval: geochronological – geochemical overview and tephrostratigraphic implications.  Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 94, p. 74-101

5.  2014. Deocampo, D.M. and Jones, B.F. Geochemistry of Saline Lakes. Treatise on Geochemistry 2nd Edition, Volume 7: Surface and Groundwater, Weathering, and Soils (Drever, J.I., Ed.), p. 437-469.

6.  2015.  *Meyer, B.K.*, Vance, R.K., Bishop, G.A., and Deocampo, D.M.  Origin and Dynamics of Nearshore Wetlands: Central Georgia Bight, USA. Wetlands. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-014-0615-1.

7.  2015. *Solt, M.*, Deocampo, D.M., and Norris, M. Spatial Distribution of Lead and Other Trace Metals in Sacramento, California, USA.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12, p. 3174-3187.

8.  2015 *Johnson, D.*, Deocampo, D.M., El-Mayas, H., and Greipsson, S.  Induced phytoextraction of lead through chemical manipulation of swtchgrass and corn; role of iron supplement.  International Journal of Phytoremediation.  DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2015.1045134

9.  2015.  Deocampo, D.M. Authigenic Clays in Lacustrine Mudstones.  In: Paying Attention to Mudstones: Priceless!  (Egenhoff, S., Larsen, D., and Fishman, N., Eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 515, p. 49-64, doi:10.1130/2015/2515(03).

10. 2015. Deocampo, D.M. Authigenic Clays in Lacustrine Mudstones. In: Paying Attention to Mudstones: Priceless!  (Egenhoff, S., Larsen, D., and Fishman, N., Eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 515, p. 49-64, doi:10.1130/2015/2515(03).

11. 2015. *Johnson, D.*, Deocampo, D.M., El-Mayas, H., and Greipsson, S.  Induced phytoextraction of lead through chemical manipulation of swtchgrass and corn; role of iron supplement.  International Journal of Phytoremediation.  DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2015.1045134

12. 2015 *Solt, M.*, Deocampo, D.M., and Norris, M. Spatial Distribution of Lead and Other Trace Metals in Sacramento, California, USA. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12, p. 3174-3187.

13. 2015. *Meyer, B.K.*, Vance, R.K., Bishop, G.A., and Deocampo, D.M. Origin and Dynamics of Nearshore Wetlands: Central Georgia Bight, USA. Wetlands. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-014-0615-1.

14. 2015.  Marra, F., Sottili, G., Gaeta, M., Giaccio, B., Jicha, B., Masotta, M., Palladino, D.M., and Deocampo, D.M.  Major explosive activity in the Monti Sabatini Volcanic District (central Italy) over the 800-390 ka interval: geochronological – geochemical overview and tephrostratigraphic implications.  Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 94, p. 74-101.

15.  2016. Deocampo, D.M. and Renaut, R.W.  Geochemistry of African soda lakes.  In: Soda Lakes of the East African Rift Valley (Schagerl, M., Ed.), Springer, p. 77-93.

16.  2016. Grothe, P.R., Cobb, K.M., Bush, S.L., Cheng, H., Santos, G.M., Southon, J.R., Edwards, R.L., Deocampo, D.M., and Sayani, H.R.  A comparison of rapid-screen 14C and U/Th dates from Line Island fossil corals: implications for paleoclimate reconstruction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, doi:10.1002/2015GC005893.

17.  2016.  Cohen, A., and 60 coauthors.  The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: Inferring the Environmental Context of Human Evolution from Eastern African Rift Lake Deposits.  Scientific Drilling, vol. 21, p. 1-16. doi: 10.5194/sd-21-1-2016.

18.  2016.  Liutkus-Pierce, C.M., Zimmer, B.W., Carmichael, S.K., McIntosh, W., Deino, A., Hewitt, S., McGinnis, K.J., Hartney, T., Brett, J., Mana, S., Deocampo, D.M., Richmond, B.G., Hatala, K., Harcourt-Smith, W., Pobiner, B., Metallo, A., and Rossi, V..  Radioisotopic age, formation, and preservation of Late Pleistocene human footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 463, p. 68-82.

19. 2016. Liutkus-Pierce, C.M., Zimmer, B.W., Carmichael, S.K., McIntosh, W., Deino, A., Hewitt, S., McGinnis, K.J., Hartney, T., Brett, J., Mana, S., Deocampo, D.M., Richmond, B.G., Hatala, K., Harcourt-Smith, W., Pobiner, B., Metallo, A., and Rossi, V.. Radioisotopic age, formation, and preservation of Late Pleistocene human footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 463, p. 68-82.

20. 2016. Cohen, A., and 60 coauthors. The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: Inferring the Environmental Context of Human Evolution from Eastern African Rift Lake Deposits.  Scientific Drilling, vol. 21, p. 1-16. doi: 10.5194/sd-21-1-2016.

21. 2016. Grothe, P.R., Cobb, K.M., Bush, S.L., Cheng, H., Santos, G.M., Southon, J.R., Edwards, R.L., Deocampo, D.M., and Sayani, H.R. A comparison of rapid-screen 14C and U/Th dates from Line Island fossil corals: implications for paleoclimate reconstruction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, doi:10.1002/2015GC005893.

22. 2016. Deocampo, D.M. and Renaut, R.W. Geochemistry of African soda lakes. In: Soda Lakes of the East African Rift Valley (Schagerl, M., Ed.), Springer, p. 77-93.

23.  2017.  Campisano, C.J., and 24 coauthors.  The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of Hominin Evolution.  PaleoAnthropology, vol. 2017, p. 1-43.  Doi: 10.4207/pa.2017.art104.

24.  2017. Braun, E., Meyer, B.K., Deocampo, D.M., and Kiage, L.M..  A 3000 yr Paleostorm Record from St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, doi:1-.1016/j.ecss.2017.05.021.

25. 2017. Deocampo, D.M., *Berry, P.A.*, *Beverly, E.J.*, Ashley, G.M., and *Jarrett, R.E.* Whole-rock geochemistry tracks precessional control of Pleistocene lake salinity at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: a record of authigenic clays.  Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38950.1

26. 2017 Deocampo, D.M., *Berry, P.A.*, *Beverly, E.J.*, Ashley, G.M., and *Jarrett, R.E.* Whole-rock geochemistry tracks precessional control of Pleistocene lake salinity at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: a record of authigenic clays. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38950.1

27. 2017. *Braun, E.*, *Meyer, B.K.*, Deocampo, D.M., and Kiage, L.M.. A 3000 yr Paleostorm Record from St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, doi:1-.1016/j.ecss.2017.05.021.

28. 2017. Campisano, C.J., and 24 coauthors.  The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of

29. 2018. Owen, R.B., Muiruri, V.M., Lowenstein, T.K., Renaut, R.W., *Rabideaux, N.*, Luo, S., Deino A.D., Sier M.J., Dupont-Nivet, G., McNulty, E.P., Leet, K., Cohen, A., Campisano, C., Deocampo, D.M., Shen, C.-C., Billingsley, A., and Mbuthia, A. Progressive aridification in East Africa over the last half million years and implications for human evolution Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801357115

30. 2018. Foerster, V., Deocampo, D.M., Asrat, A., Gunter, C., Junginger, A., Kraemer, H., Stroncik, N.A., and Traut, M.H. Towards an understanding of climate proxy formation in the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopian Rift Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol. 501, p. 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.009

31. 2019. Dai, D., Neal, F.B., Deocampo, D.M., Stauber, C., and Dignam, T.A. Confluent impact of housing and geology on indoor radon concentrations in Metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Science of the Total Environment vol. 558, p. 500-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.257

32. 2019. Owen, R.B., Renaut, R.W., Muiruri, V.M., *Rabideaux, N.M.*, Lowenstein, T.K., McNulty, E.P., Leet, K., Deocampo, D., Luo, S., Deino, A.L., Cohen, A., Sier, M.J., Campisano, C., Shen, C.-C., Billingsley, A., Mbuthia, A., and Stockhecke, M. Quaternary history of the Lake Magadi Basin, southern Kenya Rift: tectonic and climatic controls Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 518, p. 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.017

PhD Dissertations Supervised

 

  • Nate Rabideaux, (Completed 5/2018). Late Quaternary East African Environmental Change based on Mineralogical and Geochemical Analysis of Outcrop and Core Material from the Southern Kenya Rift. Subsequent position: Research Analyst, Rutgers University. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/chemistry_diss/145/
  • Jill Gehlerter, Georgia State (Completed 12/2014). Geochemistry and bioremediation of oiled Louisiana salt marshes amended with clay minerals. Subsequent position: Senior Hydrogeologist, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_diss/7/
  • Brian Meyer, Georgia State (Completed 5/2013). Shoreline Dynamics and Environmental Change Under the Modern Marine Transgression: St. Catherines Island, Georgia.  Subsequent position: Lecturer, Georgia State University. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_diss/5

 

MS Theses Completed

  • Lanier Henson (Completed, 2018). Spatial distribution of contaminant soil lead in urban Atlanta. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/117
  • Francis Muchemi (Completed, 2018). Heavy metal contamination in the Nairobi River, Kenya. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/114
  • Fatai Balogun (Completed, 2017). Fate of contaminant lead in simulated Nigerian soils. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/111
  • Karim Minkara (Completed, 2017). Zeolite mineralogy of Chemeron Formation, Baringo Basin, Kenya. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/110
  • Samson Onibiyo, (Completed 12/2016).  Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Coastal Environments, Nigeria. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/100
  • Alexandra Simpson, (Completed 5/2016).  Clay Mineralogy of Central Basin Olduvai Gorge Paleolake Deposits. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/91
  • Lucy Taylor (Completed 5/2015). Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Nigerian Gold Ore and Child Lead Poisoning in Nigerian Villages. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/82
  • Rebecca Pickering, Georgia State, (Completed 5/2014). Role of detrital phases in experimental synthesis of sepiolite and Mg-rich smectite. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/72
  • Robert Jarrett, Georgia State, (Completed 5/2014). Mineralogy of Olduvai Gorge Lacustrine Sediments. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/75
  • Rhoda Poopola, Georgia State, (Completed 5/2013). Characterization of Paleozoic strata of North Georgia as Potential Carbon Sequestration Reservoirs.  https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/56
  • Jessica Raines, Georgia State (Completed 8/2012). Clay mineral transformations under simulated CO2 sequestration conditions.  Subsequent position:  Geologist, Southern Company Carbon Operations. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/50
  • Patti Berry, Georgia State (Completed 7/2012). Paleochemistry and Paleolimnology of Pleistocene Paleolake Olduvai.  Subsequent position: Geologist, Southern States Energy Board. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/47
  • Scott Yurman, Georgia State (Completed 5/2011). Experimental carbonate mineralization in hypersaline brines: Implications for Carbon Sequestration.  Subsequent position: Geologist, BHP Billiton Exploration. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/45
  • Jennifer Garcia, Georgia State (Completed, 12/2011). Analytical approaches to silica analysis in road aggregate.  Subsequent: Aggregate Geologist, Georgia Department of Transportation. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/39
  • Jennifer Dickie, Georgia State (Completed 5/2010). Mineralogical and geochemical indicators of subaerial weathering in the Pozzolane Rosse Ignimbrite (Alban Hills Volcanic District, Italy).  Subsequent:  Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools.
  • Michael Solt, Sacramento State (Completed 5/2010). Multivariate Analysis of Lead and Other Metals in Soil of Sacramento, CA.  Subsequent: Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division.
  • Scott Yurman, M.S., 2012.Carbon Sequestration Potential in Simulated Saline Lake Waters.http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/45/
  • Jennifer Dickie, M.S., 2010. Mineralogical and geochemical indicators of subaerial weathering in the Pozzolane Rosse Ignimbrite (Alban Hills Volcanic District, Italy).
  • Michael Solt, M.S., 2010. Multivariate Analysis of Lead and Other Metals in Soil of Sacramento, California.
  • Jennifer Garcia, M.S., 2011. A Geochemical Analysis: Application of a Chelating Agent on Potential ASR Reactive Aggregates.