Reef Indicators Lab
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
College of Marine Science

Pamela Hallock Muller, Professor, Biogeological Oceanography

Carolyn Rindosh (left) of the Association of Women Geoscientists presenting the 1999 Outstanding Educator Award to Dr. Pamela Hallock Muller.

Educational Background

• University of Montana, Missoula, B.A. Zoology, June 1969
• University of Hawaii, Honolulu, M.S. Oceanography, May 1972
• University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Ph.D. Oceanography, May 1977

Employment

• 2001-Present, Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida
• 1988-2001, Professor, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida
• 1983-1988, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida
• 1978-1983, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Earth Sciences, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

Areas of Specialization

• Role of nutrients in coral reefs, carbonate sedimentology, and paleoceanography; role of algal symbiosis in carbonate production, community structure, and evolution.
• Use of larger foraminiferal distributions, population dynamics, and functional morphologies in studies of environmental quality, paleoenvironments, and carbonate sedimentation.
• Use of simulation models in paleoecology.

Invited Lecture Topics : 2009

• Coral Reefs in the 21st Century: Is the Past the Key to the Future?
• Goldilocks and the Three Biogenic Carbonate Minerals: What Determines “Just Right”?
• Senior Women in Academia: What are Mentors and Role Models Worth?
• Careers in Marine Science - A Lot More than Manatees and Dolphins.

Selected List of Publications

Recent Grants and Contracts

• Ecosystem Response to Elevated Arsenic Levels. National Science Foundation – CHE-0221834. PI: Thomas Pichler, Co-PI’s: James Garey, Gary Huxel and Pamela Hallock Muller. Duration: 10/01/02 - 09/30/08.
• Quantifying Ecological and Economic Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Coral Reefs and Coastal Water Quality in South Florida. With T. J. Mason (USF-CPH), NOAA/through FIU International Hurricane Center; 10/01/04-12/31/07.
• Application of Historic Data Sets and Bioindicators to Assess Status and Ecological Function of Upper Keys Patch Reefs. U.S. EPA Special Studies in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary or Southeast Florida. 01/01/07-12/31/09.
• Experiments to Determine the Impacts of a High CO2 World on High Latitude, Temperate and Tropical Benthic Foraminifera. Subcontract to PHM for proposal submitted to NSF-Biological Oceanography by Joan Bernhard, WHOI. 10/1/07-09/30/10.
• Pollutants and foraminiferal assemblages in Jobos Bay: An environmental micropaleontology approach. NOAA-National Estuary Program. PI: with M. Martinez. Proposed duration: 06/1/07-05/31/10.
• Benthic Foraminifera as Bio-indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution: Torrecilla Lagoon (San Juan Bay Estuary), Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Sea Grant. PIs: M. Martinez-Colón and P. Hallock Muller. Project period: 02/08-01/10.
• Response of Florida Shelf Sediments to Ocean Chemistry. Component of the Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for Partial Support of Research at the USF/USGS Cooperative Research Center for Coastal Geology. 05/08 – 12/09.

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