Annaka M. Clement
Geoscientist, M.S.
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Professional

 
 
 

Education

  • North Dakota State University- PhD (May 2023)

    • Advisor: Dr. Lydia S. Tackett

    • Late Triassic sedimentary environments and their relationship to geochemical, paleobiological, and bivalve morphology change in Eastern and Southern Panthalassa

  • University of Georgia- MS (2015)

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison- BS (2013)

Publications

Petermann, H., Clement, A. M., Sullivan, P., Bonner, H., Raynolds, R. G., Hagadorn, J. W., in review. Creating data-rich referenced paleogeographic maps. Journal of Palaeogeography.

Clement, A. M. †, Tackett, L. S. †, Marolt, S.*, 2024. Biosediment assemblages reveal disrupted silica cycling and redox conditions throughout the Rhaetian Stage: evidence for a precursor event to the end-Triassic mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Tackett, L. S., Zierer, D.*, Clement, A. M., 2022 Actinopterygian and chondrichthyan ichthyoliths reveal enhanced cosmopolitanism in Late Triassic marine ecosystems. Historical Biology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2131405.

Clement, A. M., Tackett, L. S., 2021. Facies stacking and distribution in the Gabbs Formation (Late Triassic, west-Central Nevada, USA): An environmental baseline to the end-Triassic carbonate crisis. Sedimentary Geology, 106021.

Monarrez, P. M., Zimmt, J. B., Clement, A. M., Gearty, W., Jacisin, J. J., Jenkins, K. M., Kusnerik, K. M., Poust, A. W., Robson, S. V., Sclafani, J. A., Stilson, K. T., Tennakoon, S. D., Milagros Thompson, C. 2021. Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology. Paleobiology, 1-13. doi:10.1017/pab.2021.28.

Clement, A. M., Tackett, L. S., Ritterbush, K. A., & Ibarra, Y., 2020, Formation and stratigraphic facies distribution of early Jurassic iron oolite deposits from west Central Nevada, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 105537.

Clement, A. M., Holland, S. M., 2016, Sequence Stratigraphic Context of Extensive Basin-Margin Evaporites: Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research. v. 86, no. 9, p. 965-981.

Field Work and Courses

  • PhD Research

    • Nevada: 3.5 weeks (2018 to 2020)

    • Oregon: 3 weeks (2019)

    • New Zealand: 3 weeks (2018), 5 weeks winter 2022-2023

  • Paleontology Intern with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Utah: 6 weeks (2016)

  • GeoCorps Intern at Ashley National Forest, Utah: 12 weeks (2015)

  • MS Research in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: 5.5 weeks (2014)

  • Wasatch-Uinta Field Camp, Utah: 6 weeks (2013)

  • Vertebrate fossil collection with UW Madison Geology Museum, Wyoming: 1.5 weeks (2013)

  • UW Madison Whitelake Field Mapping Course, Ontario, Canada: 1 week (2012)

 

Professional and Teaching Experience

  • Postdoctoral Scholar- Denver Museum of Nature and Science (2023 to present)

  • Research Assistant- North Dakota State University (2018 to 2023)

  • Adjunct Instructor- Minnesota State University Moorhead (Summer 2021, 2022)

  • Education Assistant & Education Specialist- Cave of the Mounds NNL (2015 to 2018)

  • Teaching Assistant- University of Georgia (2013 to 2015)

    For a complete list of professional experience, please download my CV.

Recent Grants and Awards

  • NDSU College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2023)

  • Paleontological Society Ellis L. Yochelson Student Research Award (2022)

  • AWG Winnifred Goldring Award- Honorable mention (2022)

  • Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences James R. Welch Scholarship (2020)

  • Paleontological Society Student Research Grant (2019)

  • SEPM Student Assistance Grant (2019)

  • GSA Graduate Student Research Grant (2018)

Professional Service and Outreach

For a more detailed and complete list of outreach activities, please download my CV.

  • Paleontological Society Student Representative to Council (2019 to 2020)

  • NDSU Student Representative to Graduate Council (2022 to 2023)

  • NDSU Environmental and Conservation Sciences Graduate Student Association- ECS Ambassador and Geosciences Liaison Officer (2021 to 2023)

  • Volunteer Science Advisor for the Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum (2018 to Present)

  • Volunteer Scientist with Skype A Scientist (2020 to Present)

  • Outreach done on behalf of NDSU Department of Earth, Environment, and Geospatial Sciences (2018 to 2023)

    • For a detailed list please download my CV or contact me for more information

  • Workshop and booth host for NDSU Avenues of Scientific Discovery (2018, 2019, 2022)

  • Volunteer and assistant coordiantor of NDSU’s Darwin Day Event (2018 to 2020)