N.RyanMcKenzie
CurriculumVitae
DepartmentofGeologyandGeophysics YaleUniversity
210WhitneyAve.,NewHavenCT06511
Phone:562-305-4857
Email:ryan.mckenzie@yale.edu
EDUCATION
2012
2009
2006
2003
Ph.D.Geology.UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
M.S.Geology.UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
B.S.Geology/Paleobiology.UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles
A.A.NaturalSciences-General.CerritosCollege
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
AssistantProfessor–Dept.ofEarthSciences,UniversityofHongKong(startFall2016)
FlintPostdoctoralAssociate–Dept.ofGeology&Geophysics,YaleUniversity(2014–Current)
JacksonDistinguishedPostdoctoralFellow–Dept.ofGeosciences,UTAustin(2012–2014) Lecturer–UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside(2008–2012)
Geo-001TheEarth’sCrustandInterior;Geo-003HeadlinesintheHistoryofLife
TeachingAssistant–UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside(2006–2012)
Geo-115GeologicalMapsandLandforms;Geo-008EarthquakeCountry;Geo-118Sedimentology
andStratigraphy;Geo-122Mineralogy;Geo-003HeadlinesintheHistoryofLife;Geo-004Natural
Hazards&Disasters;Geo-151PrinciplesofPaleontology.
ResearchAssistant–UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside(2006–2012)
UndergraduateResearchAssistant–UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(2005–2006)
CuratorialAssistant–Invert.Paleontology,NaturalHistoryMuseum,LosAngeles(2004)
RESEARCHINTERESTS
Earthsurface–lithosphericprocesses,paleoenvironment,andbiosphericevolution.Iintegrate
sedimentological,geochemical,geo-/thermochronologic,andbiostratigraphicdatafromfield-based
studiestounderstandtheevolutionaryhistoryofEarth’ssurfaceenvironment.
PUBLICATIONS(studentadvisee)
Lee,C-T.A.,Yeung,L.A.,McKenzie,N.R.,Yokoyama,Y.,Ozaki,K.,andLenardic,inpress,
Two-stepriseofatmosphericoxygenlinkedtothegrowthofcontinents.Nature Geosciences.
ColeD.B.,Reinhard,C.T.,Wang,X.,Gueguen,B.,Halverson,G.,McKenzie,N.R.,Lyons,T.W.,
Planavsky,N.J.,inpress,Ashale-hostedCrisotoperecordoflowatmosphericoxygenduringthe
Proterozoic.Geology.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Loomis,S.E.,Stockli,D.F.,Planavsky,N.J.,andLee,C-T.A.,2016,
Continentalarcvolcanismastheprincipaldriveroficehouse–greenhousevariability.Science.v.
352,p.444-447.
Lee,C-T.A.,andMcKenzie,N.R.,2015,RiseoftheContinents.NatureGeoscience.v.8,506-507.
Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,McKenzie,N.R.,Xiao,S.,Banerjee,D.M.,Stockli,D.F.,andTang,C.,
2015,AgeandimplicationsofthephosphaticBirmaniaFormation,Rajasthan,India.
PrecambrianResearch.v.267,p.164-173.
Myrow,P.M.,Hughes,N.C.,Derry,L.A.,McKenzie,N.R.,Jiang,G.,Webb,A.A.G.,Banerjee,D.M.,
Paulsen,T.S.,andSingh,B.P.,2015,NeogenemarineisotopicevolutionandtheerosionofLesser
Himalayanstrata:ImplicationsforCenozoictectonichistory.EarthandPlanetaryScience
Letters.v.417,p.142-150.
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McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Gill,B.J.,andMyrow,P.M.,2014,Platetectonicinfluenceson
Neoproterozoic-earlyPaleozoicclimateandmetazoanbiodiversity.Geology.v.42,p.127-130.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Banerjee,D.M.,Deb,M.,andPlanavsky,N.J.,2014,
ReplytoCommenton“NewageconstraintsontheProterozoicAravalli-Delhisuccessionsof
centralIndiaandtheirimplications”.PrecambrianResearch.v.246,p.371-372.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Banerjee,D.M.,Deb,M.,andPlanavsky,N.J.,2013,
NewageconstraintsontheProterozoicAravalli-DelhisuccessionsofcentralIndiaandtheir
implications.PrecambrianResearch.v.238,p.120-128.
Sappenfield,A.,Droser,M.L.,Kennedy,M.J.,andMcKenzie,N.R.,2012,TheoldestZoophycosand
implicationsforEarlyCambriandepositfeeding.GeologicalMagazine.v.149,no.6,p.11181123.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Xiao,S.,andSharma,M.,2011,Correlationof
Precambrian-CambriansedimentarysuccessionsacrossnorthernIndiaandtheutilityof
isotopicsignaturesofHimalayanlithotectoniczones.EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters.v.312
p.471-483.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Choi,D.K.,andPark,T.-y.,2011,Trilobitesandzircons
linkNorthChinatoIndiaintheCambrian.Geology.v.39,no.6,p.591-594.
Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,McKenzie,N.R,Harper,D.A.T.,Bhargava,O.N.,Tangri,S.K.,Ghalley,K.S.,
andFanning,C.M.,2010,CambrianrocksandfaunasoftheBlackMountainRegionofBhutan.
GeologicalMagazine.v.148,p.351-379.
McKenzie,N.R,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Bhargava,O.N.,Tangri,S.K.,andGhalley,K.S.,2008,Late
Cambrian(Furongian)trilobitesofthePeleLaGroup,BlackMountainRegion,Bhutanandtheir
significanceforreconstructionoftheearlyPaleozoicGondwananmargin.SpecialPapersin
TrilobiteResearch.CuadernosdelMuseoGeominero.
ManuscriptsSubmitted/InAdvancedPreparation(studentadvisee)
Colleps,C.L.,McKenzie,N.R.,Stockli,D.F.,Singh,B.P.,Webb,A.A.G.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M,and
Horton,B.K.,inreview,Himalayanthrustbeltdynamics,weathering,andNeogeneseawater
chemistry.Geology.
Myrow,P.M.,Hughes,N.C.,McKenzie,N.R.,Pelgay,P.,Thompson,T.J.,Haddad,E.E.,Fanning,C.M.,
inreview,Cambrian-OrdovicianorogenesisinHimalayanequatorialGondwana. GSABulletin.
Xiao,S.,Tang,Q.,Hughes,N.C.,McKenzie,N.R.,andMyrow,P.M.,inreview,Whatisunderneaththe
GangaBasin?BiostratigraphicanddetritalzirconageconstraintsontheGangaSupergroup.
TerraNova.
McKenzie,N.R.,Gill,B.C.,Chen,J.,Park,T.-y.,Myrow,P.M.,Woo,J.,Hughes,N.C.,Han,Z.,andChoi,
D.K.,inprep,TrilobiteextinctionsandchemostratigraphyoftheupperCambrian(Furongian)
Sino-Koreancarbonateplatform.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Fuentes,F.,Fosdick,J.C.,Capaldi,T.,Stockli,D.F.,andAlvarado,P.,in
prep,DetritalzirconevaluationofaccretionaryterranesofwesternArgentina.
RecentAbstractsPresented(studentadvisee;*=Invited;++=Keynote)
*McKenzie,N.R.,Planavsky,N.J.,Penman,D.E.,Horton,B.K.,Loomis,S.E.,Stockli,D.F.,Lee,C-T.A,
2015Theroleofcontinentalarcmagmatismindrivinglong-termclimatechange.AGU.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Fuentes,F.,Fosdick,J.C.,Capaldi,T.,Stockli,D.F.,andAlvarado,P,
2015,AssessmentofPaleozoicterraneaccretionalongthesoutherncentralAndesusingdetrital
zircongeochronology.AGUFallMeeting
McKenzie,N.R.,Planavsky,N.J.,Penman,D.E.,Horton,B.K.,Stockli,D.F.,Mackaman-Lofland,C.,
TheinfluenceofvolcanicallydrivenclimatechangeonPhanerozoicbiodiversity.GSAAnn.Meet.
++McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M,Singh,B.P.,Jiang,G.,Planavsky,N.J.,Webb,A.A.G.,
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Colleps,C.L.,Banerjee,D.M.,Deb,M.,Stockli,D.F.,2015,Constraintsonthestratigraphic
architectureoftheUttarakhand-HimachalLesserHimalaya:implicationsfortheevolutionofthe
NorthIndianmargin.The30thHimalaya-Karakoram-TibetWorkshop,Dehradun,India.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Loomis,S.E.,Stockli,D.F.,Lee,C-T.A,2015,Assessingtheroleofthe
continentalarcmagmaticCO2fluxonicehouse–greenhousetransitions:A~720Myrrecord.
Goldschmidt.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Stockli,D.F.,Loomis,S.E.,Lee,C-T.A,2015,Continentalmagmaticarcs
asdriversofNeoproterozoic&Phanerozoicicehouse–greenhousetransitions.GAC-MAC-AGU.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Stockli,D.F.,2014,Theroleofcontinental
magmaticarcsonPhanerozoicpCO2andicehouse–greenhousetransitions.GSAAnnualMeeting.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Singh,B.P.,Banerjee,D.M.,Jiang,G.,Planavsky,N.J.,Deb,
M.,Stockli,D.F.,2014,ConstraintsontheProterozoicstratigraphicarchitectureofIndia:
insightsonregionaltectonicsandpaleo-environmentalevolution.GSAAnnualMeeting.
McKenzie,N.R.,Horton,B.K.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Stockli,D.F.,2014,Reconcilingthe
detritalzirconrecordwithcontinentaltectonichistories:casestudiesfromIndiaandSouth
America.Goldschmidt.
McKenzie,N.R,Gill,B.C,Chen,J.,Park,T-y.,Myrow,P.M.,Woo,J.,Hughes,N.C.,Choi,D.K.,2013,
ChemostratigraphyoftheFurongian(upperCambrian)carbonatedepositsoftheSino-Korean
Craton:insightsonglobalcorrelationandtrilobiteextinctions.GSAAbstracts, v.45,n.7.
McKenzieR.,HughesN.,GillB.MyrowP.,2013,Evaluatingtheroleofarcvolcanismon
NeoproterozoictoEarlyPaleozoicclimate.Goldschmidt–MineralogicalMagazine,77(5)1725.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Gill,B.J.,Cawood,P.A.,Myrow,P.M.,Theroleoftectonismon
NeoproterozoictoEarlyPaleozoicclimateandearlymetazoanbiodiversification.GSAv.44,n.7.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Cawood,P.A.,2012,TheinfluenceofGondwanan
tectonismonclimateduringtheNeoproterozoic-earlyPaleozoictransition.IGCBrisbane.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Xiao,S.,Jiang,G.,2011,Theutilityofisotopic
characterizationofHimalayanlithotectoniczones.AGUFallMeeting.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Xiao,S.,Jiang,G.,2011,TheProterozoic-Cambrian
configurationoftheNorthIndianmargin:Insightsfromdetritalzirconsandneodymium
isotopes.GSAAbstracts,v.43,n.5,p.314.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Xiao,S.,Jiang,G.,Myrow,P.M.,Singh,B.P.,Sharma,M.,2010,
GeochemicalandlithologicalconstraintsontheageandcorrelationoftheLesserHimalayaand
thecentralIndiancraton,GSAAbstractsv.42,n.5,p.665.
McKenzie,N.R.,Hughes,N.C.,Myrow,P.M.,Xiao,S.Jiang,G.,2010,Chronostratigraphicconstraints
ontheinnerLesserHimalayansedimentarybeltofnorthIndiaandProterozoicsediment
continuityofthenorthIndianmargin.The25thHimalaya-Karakoram-TibetWorkshop.
INVITEDLECTURES,COLLOQUIA&SEMINARS
2015DepartmentSeminar,UniversityofHongKong.
2015DepartmentColloquium,QueensCollege.
2015MyanmarGeosciencesSociety,Yangon,Myanmar.
2015DepartmentofGeology,MandalayUniversity,Myanmar.
2015DepartmentSeminar,CSUPomona.
2015DepartmentSeminar,CityUniversityNewYork.
2015BromeryLectures,JohnsHopkinsUniversity.
2014DepartmentSeminar,RiceUniversity.
2014DepartmentSeminar,VanderbiltUniversity.
2014DepartmentSeminar,OregonStateUniversity.
2014Conference:SedimentaryProcesses&MetallogenyThroughTime.Dharwad,India.
2013DepartmentSeminar,FloridaStateUniversity.
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2013DepartmentSeminar,UniversityofTexasatAustin.
2013DepartmentColloquium,NorthernIllinoisUniversity.
2010Conference:PrecambrianLife,TimeandEnvironment.UniversityofLucknow,India.
GRANTS
2015-2017LeadPI.NSF-Tectonics:“ExhumationHistoryoftheIndianLesserHimalaya:
DiscriminatingTectonicModelswithImplicationsfortheNeogeneIsotopicCompositionof
Seawater”.Co-PIsD.Stockli&B.Horton.$361,773.CollaboratorA.Webb.
2014–2016Co-PI.NSF-Tectonics:“RapidMiocenethrustpropagationandwholesalebasin
partitioningalongthecentralandsouthernAndes,Argentina.”Co-PI:B.Horton.$298,481.
2014Co-PI.JacksonSchoolofGeosciencesSeedGrant:“Convergent-margindeformationandarc
magmatismastriggersofearlyPaleozoicglobalextinctionsandbiodiversification”.Co-PIB.Horton.
$25,000.
2011–2013Graduatestudentcoauthor.NSF-SedimentaryGeology&Paleobiology.Collaborative
Research:TestingHimalayantectonicanderosionalhistoryviachronostratigraphiccorrelation
betweentheLesserHimalayaandIndiancraton.PIN.Hughes.$180,189.CollaboratorsP.Myrow,S.
Xiao,andG.Jiang.Totalawardedforproject=$365,633.
2013NSFCriticalTransitionsWorkshopTravelSupport.$3,000.
GraduateStudent
2012InternationalGeologicalCongress-GeologicalSocietyofAmerica(GSA)TravelGrant($3,500)
2011Infoquestresearchgrant($1,500)
2010AAPGFrederickA.SuttonMemorialGrant($3,000);SEPMResearchGrant($1,500);IGCP-512
TravelSupport($1,000);GSATravelGrant
2009GSAStudentResearch($4,000);AAPGJeanG.FunkhouserMemorialGrant($3,000);GSA
TravelGrant;PaleontologicalSocietyAllisonR."Pete"PalmerAward($700)
2008GSAStudentResearch($2,000);GSATravelGrant;InstituteforCambrianStudies($500)
AWARDS,SCHOLARSHIPS,&FELLOWSHIPS
2014-2016FlintPostdoctoralFellowship.Dept.ofGeology&Geophysics,Yale.
2012-2014JacksonDistinguishedPostdoctoralFellowship.Dept.ofGeosciences,UTAustin.
2012PostdoctoralFellowshipinGeobiology(offeredbutdeclinedforUT).AgouronInstitute.
2012DissertationYearFellowship.UCRiverside.
2010BlanchardFellowship.Dept.ofEarthSciences,UCRiverside.
2008JohnDunhamFieldScholarship.Dept.ofEarthSciences,UCRiverside.
2006WalterHarrisSummerFieldScholarship.Dept.ofEarthandSpaceSciences,UCLA.
2005UndergraduateResearchAward.Dept.ofEcologyandEvolutionaryBiology,UCLA.
2005OutstandingUndergraduatePosterPresentation.Dept.ofEco.&Evol.Biology,UCLA.
FIELDEXPERIENCE
2015Himalaya,India(5weeks);SuperiorCraton,Canada(1week);Myanmar(1week).2014
FrontalCordillera&Precordillera,Argentina(6weeks);DharwadCraton,India(2weeks).2013
Himalaya,India(2weeks).2012BeltSupergroup,Montana(1week);FrontalCordillera&
Precordillera,Argentina(3weeks);Rajasthan,India(2weeks).2011SouthKorea(2weeksJune);
SouthKorea&China(3weeksMarch).2010VindhyanBasin,India(2weeks).2009Himalaya,
India(4weeks).2008Himalaya,India(5weeks);GreatBasin&DeathValley(2weeks).2007
PanamintValley,California(1week).2006Himalaya&Rajasthan,India(5weeks);Cranbrook,
Canada(1week);UCLAFieldCamp(5weeks);FieldAssist.,SaltonTrough,California(1week);
FieldAssist.,GreenRiver,Utah(1week).2005FieldAssist.,KlamathFalls,Oregon(1week).
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SHORTCOURSES&WORKSHOPS
2013October4th,FromEvolutiontoGeobiology(Paleo.Soc.);2012Nov3rdReconstructingEarth’s
deep-timeclimate:thestateoftheartin2012(Paleo.Soc.);2012Feb14th-15thEducationalGlobal
ClimateModel(EdGCM)ShortCourse(UCR&NASA);2011Dec4thU-Th-PbGeochronologybyLAICPMS:ApplicationstoDetritalGeochronologyandPetrochronology(U.Arizona,UCSB,&NSF);2011
Feb22nd-25thUCLASIMSWorkshop(UCLAandNSF);2010October30thQuantitativeMethodsin
Paleobiology(Paleo.Soc.);2010February2nd-9thPrecambrianLife,TimeandEnvironment:Evolving
ConceptsandModernAnalogues(ICSNeoproterozoicSubcommissionandIGCP512);2009October
17th,SequenceStratigraphyforGraduateStudents(GSA);2009January20th-31stVindhyanBasin
FieldWorkshop(PalaeontologicalSocietyofIndia);2008October4thFromEvolutiontoGeobiology
(Paleo.Soc.);2007October8th-13thCarbonateReservoirArchitectureandAppliedCarbonate
SequenceStratigraphyofSoutheastNewMexicoandWestTexas(Nautilus);2005October29th-20th
SedimentologyandFaciesArchitectureofChannelizedSlopeSystems:EoceneArdathandScripps
FormationsandMioceneCapistranoFormation,SouthernCalifornia(PS-SEPM).
APPOINTMENTS&SERVICES
2013SessionChair:ExtinctionsandDiversityDynamics.(GSAAnnualMeeting).
2013Participant:CriticalTransitionsWorkshop.Kunming,China(NSF&NSFC).
2012Conferenceco-organizer:CalPaleo2012
2009-2011StudentRepresentative:PaleontologicalSocietyCouncil
2007-2008Co-organizer:HewittClubLectureSeries.UCRiverside
REVIEWER
Journals:EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters;GeologicalSocietyofAmericaBulletin;Tectonics;
Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology;PrecambrianResearch;JournalofGeology;
BasinResearch;Lithos;Tectonophysics;GondwanaResearch;JournalofAsianEarthSciences;Earth
ScienceResearchJournal(Colombia).Proposals:NSF-Tectonics.
CURRENTCOLLABORATORS
N.Planavsky&M.Brandon(Yale);B.Horton&D.Stockli,(UTAustin);C-t.Lee(Rice);N.Hughes(UC
Riverside);P.Myrow(ColoradoCollege);B.Gill&S.Xiao(VirginiaTech);G.Jiang(UNLV),A.Webb
(Leeds);A.Smye(Oxford/PennState);C.Reinhard(GeorgiaTech);D.Banerjee&M.Deb(Delhi
University);B.Singh(PanjabUniversity);V.Hegde(SDMCollegeofEng&Tech.);J.Chen(Nanjing
Institute);D.Choi(SeoulNationalUniversity);J.Woo&T-y.Park(KoreanPolarResearchInstitute);
F.Fuentes(YPFBuenosAires);P.Alvarado(U.SanJuan)
MEMBERSHIPS
AGU,GeochemicalSociety,GSA,PaleontologicalSociety,SEPM.
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REFERENCES
Dr.NigelC.Hughes
Email:nigel.hughes@ucr.edu
Phone:(951)827-3098
UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
Dept.EarthSciences
900UniversityAve.,Riverside,CA92521
Dr.PaulM.Myrow
Email:pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu
Phone:(719)389-6790
ColoradoCollege
Dept.ofGeology
14E.CacheLaPoudre,ColoradoSprings,CO80903
Dr.BrianK.Horton
Email:horton@jsg.utexas.edu
Phone:(512)471-1869
UniversityofTexasatAustin
JacksonSchoolofGeosciences
1UniversityStationC1100.Austin,TX78712
Dr.NoahJ.Planavsky
Email:noah.planavsky@yale.edu
Phone:(203)432-9043
YaleUniversity
Dept.Geology&Geophysics
210WhitneyAve.,NewHavenCT06511
Dr.Cin-tyA.Lee
Email.ctlee@rice.edu
Phone:(281)250-3606
RiceUniversity
Dept.ofEarthScience
6100MainSt.Houston,TX77005
Dr.TimothyW.Lyons
Email:timothy.lyons@ucr.edu
Phone:(951)827-3106
UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
Dept.EarthSciences
900UniversityAve.,Riverside,CA92521
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