Caroline A. E. Strömberg

Caroline A. E. Strömberg is a Swedish-American paleontologist whose primary research focuses on the deep time evolution and ecology of plants through the use of the fossil record and by comparison with modern analogues, more specifically how previous plant communities changed in response to climate change and how plant evolution affected animal evolution. She is currently the Estella B. Leopold Professor of Biology and an adjunct associate professor in Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington[1][2] and the Curator of Paleobotany at the affiliated Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.[3]

Biography

Strömberg obtained her B.A. and M.S. degrees in Historical Geology and Palaeontology from Lund University (1991-1997).[4][5][6] Her master's thesis was titled "The conodont genus Ctenognathodus in the Silurian of Gotland."[7] She obtained her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley with a dissertation titled "The origin and spread of grass-dominated ecosystems during the Tertiary of North America and how it relates to the evolution of hypsodonty in equids."[8] She subsequently held postdoctoral positions at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (2004-2006) and the U.S. National Museum of Natural History (2007) before obtaining her current faculty and curatorial positions at the University of Washington in 2007.[4]

Academic contributions

Strömberg's research broadly focuses on the evolution of plant communities in deep time, with an emphasis on the evolution of grasses (Poaecae) and grassland ecosystems during the Cenozoic; the response of organisms to global climatic perturbations, including the evolution of plant communities across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary; and the role of silica in the evolution of plants.[9] Her lab addresses these questions using both macrofossils and phytoliths and conducts research across a wide range of fossil deposits in North America, South America, Africa, and Eurasia. Her work has been published in leading academic scientific journals, including Science,[10][11][12] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,[13][14] Nature Communications,[15][16] New Phytologist,[17] Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences,[18] Trends in Ecology & Evolution,[19] Systematic Biology,[20] Functional Ecology,[21] and Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology[22][23][24] and has received more than 5,500 citations.[25] She has been an associate editor at Palaios since 2013[26] and maintains an active research lab at the University of Washington.[27]

Strömberg has received extensive support for her research, including various scholarships in support of her education, including a Fulbright Scholarship,[6] and numerous grants as the lead principal investigator (PI), a co-PI, or senior personnel from the National Science Foundation[28][29][30][31][32] She has also received numerous institutional and society awards in recognition of her work, including the Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (2004);[33] the Isabel Cookson Award of the Botanical Society of America (2004);[34] and the Charles Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society (2017)[35][36] and was a Distinguished Lecturer of the Paleontological Society (2017-2018).[37]

References

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  2. ^ "Directory Profile - Earth and Space Sciences". www.ess.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  3. ^ "Geology & Paleontology Team & Contact". Burke Museum. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ^ a b "ORCID - Caroline A. E. Strömberg". orcid.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  5. ^ "Researchgate – Caroline STROMBERG | Professor (Full) | PhD | University of Washington Seattle, Seattle | UW | Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. ^ a b Strömberg, Caroline. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-02-26.[non-primary source needed]
  7. ^ "The conodont genus Ctenognathodus in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden | Lund University". www.lunduniversity.lu.se. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  8. ^ Stromberg, Caroline A. E. (2003). The origin and spread of grass -dominated ecosystems during the Tertiary of North American and how it relates to the evolution of hypsodonty in equids (Thesis).[page needed][non-primary source needed]
  9. ^ "Research Topics". STRÖMBERG LAB. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  10. ^ Edwards, Erika J.; Osborne, Colin P.; Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Smith, Stephen A.; Bond, William J.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Cousins, Asaph B.; Duvall, Melvin R.; Fox, David L.; Freckleton, Robert P.; Ghannoum, Oula; Hartwell, James; Huang, Yongsong; Janis, Christine M.; Keeley, Jon E.; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; Knapp, Alan K.; Leakey, Andrew D. B.; Nelson, David M.; Saarela, Jeffery M.; Sage, Rowan F.; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Salamin, Nicolas; Still, Christopher J.; Tipple, Brett (30 April 2010). "The Origins of C 4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science". Science. 328 (5978): 587–591. Bibcode:2005Sci...310.1177P. doi:10.1126/science.1177216. PMID 16293759. S2CID 1816461.[non-primary source needed]
  11. ^ Edwards, Erika J.; Osborne, Colin P.; Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Smith, Stephen A.; Bond, William J.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Cousins, Asaph B.; Duvall, Melvin R.; Fox, David L.; Freckleton, Robert P.; Ghannoum, Oula; Hartwell, James; Huang, Yongsong; Janis, Christine M.; Keeley, Jon E.; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; Knapp, Alan K.; Leakey, Andrew D. B.; Nelson, David M.; Saarela, Jeffery M.; Sage, Rowan F.; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Salamin, Nicolas; Still, Christopher J.; Tipple, Brett (30 April 2010). "The Origins of C 4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science". Science. 328 (5978): 587–591. Bibcode:2010Sci...328..587E. doi:10.1126/science.1177216. PMID 20431008. S2CID 17934192.[non-primary source needed]
  12. ^ Dunn, Regan E.; Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Madden, Richard H.; Kohn, Matthew J.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (16 January 2015). "Linked canopy, climate, and faunal change in the Cenozoic of Patagonia". Science. 347 (6219): 258–261. Bibcode:2015Sci...347..258D. doi:10.1126/science.1260947. hdl:11336/13778. PMID 25593182. S2CID 12512353.[non-primary source needed]
  13. ^ Chen, Meng; Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Wilson, Gregory P. (2019-04-29). "Assembly of modern mammal community structure driven by Late Cretaceous dental evolution, rise of flowering plants, and dinosaur demise". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (20): 9931–9940. doi:10.1073/pnas.1820863116. PMC 6525522. PMID 31036651.[non-primary source needed]
  14. ^ Stromberg, C. A. E. (2005-08-23). "Decoupled taxonomic radiation and ecological expansion of open-habitat grasses in the Cenozoic of North America". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (34): 11980–11984. Bibcode:2005PNAS..10211980S. doi:10.1073/pnas.0505700102. PMC 1189350. PMID 16099827.[non-primary source needed]
  15. ^ Prasad, V.; Strömberg, C.A.E.; Leaché, A.D.; Samant, B.; Patnaik, R.; Tang, L.; Mohabey, D.M.; Ge, S.; Sahni, A. (2011-09-20). "Late Cretaceous origin of the rice tribe provides evidence for early diversification in Poaceae". Nature Communications. 2 (1): 480. Bibcode:2011NatCo...2..480P. doi:10.1038/ncomms1482. PMID 21934664.[non-primary source needed]
  16. ^ Strömberg, Caroline A.E.; Dunn, Regan E.; Madden, Richard H.; Kohn, Matthew J.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (2013-02-12). "Decoupling the spread of grasslands from the evolution of grazer-type herbivores in South America". Nature Communications. 4 (1): 1478. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1478S. doi:10.1038/ncomms2508. hdl:11336/13581. PMID 23403579.[non-primary source needed]
  17. ^ Griffith, Daniel M.; Osborne, Colin P.; Edwards, Erika J.; Bachle, Seton; Beerling, David J.; Bond, William J.; Gallaher, Timothy J.; Helliker, Brent R.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Leatherman, Lila; Nippert, Jesse B.; Pau, Stephanie; Qiu, Fan; Riley, William J.; Smith, Melinda D.; Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Taylor, Lyla; Ungerer, Mark; Still, Christopher J. (October 2020). "Lineage-based functional types: characterising functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behaviour in Land Surface Models" (PDF). New Phytologist. 228 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1111/nph.16773. PMID 33448428. S2CID 225477204.[non-primary source needed]
  18. ^ Strömberg, Caroline A.E. (30 May 2011). "Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 39 (1): 517–544. Bibcode:2011AREPS..39..517S. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152402.[non-primary source needed]
  19. ^ Badgley, Catherine; Smiley, Tara M.; Terry, Rebecca; Davis, Edward B.; DeSantis, Larisa R.G.; Fox, David L.; Hopkins, Samantha S.B.; Jezkova, Tereza; Matocq, Marjorie D.; Matzke, Nick; McGuire, Jenny L.; Mulch, Andreas; Riddle, Brett R.; Roth, V. Louise; Samuels, Joshua X.; Strömberg, Caroline A.E.; Yanites, Brian J. (March 2017). "Biodiversity and Topographic Complexity: Modern and Geohistorical Perspectives". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32 (3): 211–226. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.010. PMC 5895180. PMID 28196688.[non-primary source needed]
  20. ^ Christin, P.-A.; Spriggs, E.; Osborne, C. P.; Stromberg, C. A. E.; Salamin, N.; Edwards, E. J. (2013-11-28). "Molecular Dating, Evolutionary Rates, and the Age of the Grasses". Systematic Biology. 63 (2): 153–165. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syt072. PMID 24287097.[non-primary source needed]
  21. ^ Strömberg, Caroline A. E.; Di Stilio, Verónica S.; Song, Zhaoliang (2016-07-07). "Functions of phytoliths in vascular plants: an evolutionary perspective". Functional Ecology. 30 (8): 1286–1297. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12692.[non-primary source needed]
  22. ^ Stromberg, C (May 2004). "Using phytolith assemblages to reconstruct the origin and spread of grass-dominated habitats in the great plains of North America during the late Eocene to early Miocene". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 207 (3–4): 239–275. Bibcode:2004PPP...207..239S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.09.028.[non-primary source needed]
  23. ^ Strömberg, Caroline A.E.; Werdelin, Lars; Friis, Else Marie; Saraç, Gerçek (June 2007). "The spread of grass-dominated habitats in Turkey and surrounding areas during the Cenozoic: Phytolith evidence". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 250 (1–4): 18–49. Bibcode:2007PPP...250...18S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.012.[non-primary source needed]
  24. ^ Strömberg, Caroline A.E (January 2002). "The origin and spread of grass-dominated ecosystems in the late Tertiary of North America: preliminary results concerning the evolution of hypsodonty". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 177 (1–2): 59–75. Bibcode:2002PPP...177...59S. doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(01)00352-2.[non-primary source needed]
  25. ^ "Caroline A E Strömberg". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  26. ^ "PALAIOS Information". www.sepm.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  27. ^ "People". STRÖMBERG LAB. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  28. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0819910 - COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HOW DID THE GRASSLAND BIOME EVOLVE IN SOUTH AMERICA?: INTEGRATING CENOZOIC CLIMATE, FLORAL AND FAUNAL RECORDS FROM PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  29. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1024681 - COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A combined phytolith-isotope geochemistry approach to paleo-vegetation reconstruction in Montana". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  30. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1110354 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Phytolith Undulation Index: Developing a new proxy for tracking habitat openness in the Eocene-Miocene of Gran Barranca, Argentina". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  31. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1253713 - CAREER: Tracking the evolution of grasses and grasslands: using phytoliths to explore evolution-ecology links in deep time". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  32. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1349530 - Collaborative Research: Calibrating Mid-Miocene Greenhouse Climate and Ecology in a Key High Southern Latitude Locale". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  33. ^ "Past Award Winners and Grant Recipients". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  34. ^ "Isabel Cookson Award - Paleobotanical". botany.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  35. ^ "Past Awardees". www.paleosoc.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  36. ^ Strömberg, Caroline (September 2018). "Response by Caroline Strömberg for the presentation of the 2017 Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (5): 950–951. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.54. S2CID 133888990.[non-primary source needed]
  37. ^ "Distinguished Lecturer Program". www.paleosoc.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.