Dr. Martín Medina-Elizalde is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and raised in Mexico, Dr. Medina-Elizalde was introduced to the joy of reading, arts, sciences, and politics by his parents. He pursued his passion for marine biology and earned his Bachelor's degree from the Universidad de Baja California Sur, Mexico. He later completed his Master's degree in Marine Biology with a focus on coral geochemistry from the Center of Research and Advanced Studies, Yucatan, and his Ph.D. in the Interdepartmental Program in Marine Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studied tropical climate evolution.
Dr. Medina-Elizalde has made significant contributions to the field of climate evolution and paleoclimatology. He has published numerous research papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, and Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology on topics such as precipitation variability in the Yucatan Peninsula during the mid-Holocene, coral geochemistry, climate change, and the collapse of ancient civilizations. He is particularly interested in investigating the role of greenhouse gases in driving global climate change, and his recent research has focused on using stalagmite isotopic records to understand the hydroclimate variability in the southern United States and the Caribbean during the Pleistocene and Holocene.
Dr. Medina-Elizalde has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College and an Assistant Professor at the Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. Dr. Medina-Elizalde has taught a range of courses, from undergraduate to Ph.D. level, including Climate Change and Society, Earth System Science and Global Change, and Paleoclimatology.
Dr. Medina-Elizalde's expertise in climate evolution and paleoclimatology has been recognized by his peers, and he has received several awards and grants for his research. His dedication to teaching and the environment has inspired many students to pursue careers in environmental science. He can be contacted via email at mmedinaeliza@umass.edu, and his personal website is medinaelizalde.net.
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