Yair Rosenthal - Curriculum Vitae

Born in Israel, June 10, 1956
Israeli citizenship
A permanent resident in the USA, married with one child

3/95-Present

Post-doctoral investigator, Biosphere-2 Center of Columbia
Univ.; Adjunct scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

1994-95

Post-doctoral investigator, MIT

1988-94

Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Thesis advisor: Prof. Edward A. Boyle

1985-88

M.Sc. in geochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1982-85

B.Sc, Geology and Biology, highest honors, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant in: I) Introduction to Paleontology; II) General Geology; III) Geological Mapping; and IV) Aquatic chemistry

1987-Geological Society of Israel for M.Sc. thesis

American Geophysical Union, The Geochemical Society

Aug. 2-31, 1992: Study of trace-metals in Mediterranean coastal waters.
July 12-30, 1992: Coring cruise in the North Atlantic (R/V Le Suirat,
French).
Oct. 6-20, 1991: Water column studies in the California current (R/V New
Horizon).
June 15-28, 1991: Water column studies in the California current (R/V New
Horizon).
Jan. 24-27, 1990: Study of lead in Bermuda surface-water (R/V Weather
bird).
Feb. 10-20, 1986: Hydrographical study in the Red Sea (R/V Shikmona).

Rosenthal, Y. 1988. Evidence from gastropod shells for the evolution of freshwater lakes in the Jordan Valley, Israel. M.Sc. thesis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (in Hebrew).

Rosenthal Y., 1994. Late Quaternary Paleochemistry of the Southern Ocean: Evidence from Cadmium Variability in Foraminifera and Sediments. Ph.D. thesis, MIT / WHOI, Joint Program in Oceanography.

Rosenthal, Y. and Katz, A. 1989. The applicability of trace-elements in freshwater shells for paleogeochemical studies. Chem. Geol. 78: 65-76.

Rosenthal, Y., Katz, A., and Tchernov, E. 1989. The reconstruction of Quaternary freshwater lakes from the chemical and isotopic composition of gastropod shells: The Dead Sea, Israel. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 74: 241-253.

Rosenthal, Y., and Boyle E. A., 1993. Factors controlling the fluoride content of planktonic foraminifera: An evaluation of its paleoceanographic applicability. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57: 335-346.

Oppo D. and Rosenthal Y., 1994. Cd/Ca changes in a deep Cape Basin core over the past 730,000 years: Response of circumpolar deepwater variability to northern hemisphere ice sheet melting ? Paleoceanography 9: 661-675.

Rosenthal Y., Boyle E. A., Labeyrie L., and Oppo D., 1995. Glacial enrichments of authigenic Cd and U in glacial sub-Antarctic sediments: A climatic control on the elements' oceanic budget ? Paleoceanography, 10: 395-413.

Rosenthal, Y., Lam, P., Boyle E. A., and Thomson J., 1995. Authigenic cadmium enrichments in suboxic sediments: Precipitation and postdepositional remobilization. Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett, 132: 99-111.

Boyle E.A., and Rosenthal Y., 1995, Chemical hydrography of the South Atlantic during the last glacial maximum: Contradictions, artifacts and resolutuions. Proceedings of Conference on South Atlantic Oceanography and Paleoceanography, Bermen, August 1994, in press.

Rosenthal, Y., Boyle E. A. and N. Slowey, Environmental controls on the incorporation of Mg, Sr, F and Cd into benthic foraminiferal shells from Little Bahama Bank: prospects for thermocline paleoceanography - submitted to Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.

Rosenthal Y., E. A. Boyle, and L. Labeyrie. Last glacial maximum reorganization of Southern Ocean circulation.

Rosenthal Y., E. A. Boyle, and L. Labeyrie. Chemical variability of circumpolar deep water during the last 150 kyr: Evidence from foraminiferal cadmium and carbon isotopes.

Rosenthal Y. and E. A. Boyle, Depth-dependent incorporation of metals by benthic foraminifera: Toward sorting out the pressure, temperature and dissolution effects.

Rosenthal, Y., 1982. An environmental survey of Dimona Region (Israel): An assessment for urban development. Society for the Protection of Nature, 50 p. (in Hebrew).

Rosenthal, Y. 1995. Hydrogeology and ecology of desert springs in the Arava Valley, Israel. Nature Reserve Authority, Jerusalem, 85 p. (in Hebrew).

Rosenthal, Y., Katz, A., and Tchernov, E., 1987. Trace metals in gastropod shells as palegeochemical indicators. Israel Geol. Soc. Annual Meeting, Mitzpe Ramon.

Rosenthal, Y., and Boyle E. A., 1989. The evolution of anthropogenic lead and cadmium in the Mediterranean Sea.Tera Nova Abstracts, third International Conference in Paleoceanography, Cambridge England.

Rosenthal Y. and Boyle E. A., 1991. Factors Controlling the Fluoride Content of Foraminifera. EOS Abstracts, AGU Spring Meeting 1991. 158.

Rosenthal Y. and Boyle E. A., 1991. Fluoride in Benthic Foraminifera: A Test for Temperature Effect. EOS Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting 1991.

Boyle E. A. and Rosenthal Y. , 1991. Depth dependent cadmium incorporation in benthic foraminifera. EOS Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting 1991.

Rosenthal Y., Boyle E. A. and Labeyrie L., 1993. Cadmium variability in the glacial Southern Ocean Circumpolar Deep Water. EOS Abstracts, AGU Spring Meeting 1993.

Rosenthal Y., Boyle E. A., Labeyrie L., and D. Oppo, 1993. Authigenic Cadmium and Uranium in Southern Ocean Glacial Sediments. EOS Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting 1993, p. 345.

Boyle E. A. and Rosenthal Y. , 1993. High-Resolution Paleochemical Variability in South Atlantic Deep Water: Comparison of Benthic Cadmium Data from the South Atlantic and Eastern Tropical Pacific. EOS Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting 1993, p. 345.

Lohmann G. P. and Rosenthal Y., 1993. Effects of secondary calcification and dissolution on the F, Mg, Sr, d13C, d18O chemistry of the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides sacculifer. EOS Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting 1993, p. 367-368.

Rosenthal, Y. Lam, P. and E. A. Boyle, 1994. Precipitation and post-depositional mobility of cadmium in reducing sediments: implications for the Cd oceanic budget. abstract for the Goldschmidt Conference 1994, Mineralogical Magazine, 58A, 789-790.

Rosenthal Y., Boyle E. A. and Labeyrie L., 1994. Did Deepwater form in the Southern Ocean during the LGM ? AGU Fall Meeting 1994.

Lloyd-Kindstrand L., Rosenthal Y., and Boyle E. A., Depth-Dependent Incorporation of Metals by Benthic Foraminifera: Toward Sorting Out the Pressure, Temperature and Dissolution effects. AGU Fall Meeting 1994.

Rosenthal, Y., and Boyle E. A., 1995. Last glacial maximum reorganization of Southern Ocean circulation, Fifth International Conference in Paleoceanography, Halifax, Nova Scotia.