Tim Campbell
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Education:
2023 PhD Earth Sciences, Montana State University
2015 BA Geology and Politics, Bates College
Bio:
I am a sedimentary geologist who examines various processes that shape the Earth's surface across different timescales. My PhD research focused on reconstructing subglacial hydrology and basal conditions beneath the Mercer Ice Stream in West Antarctica. I have ongoing work researching how sediment is entrained onto the bottom of the ice stream and how this informs our understanding of ice flow.
Here at MSU, I am a member of the Tectonic Sedimentology and Thermochronology Laboratory (TeST Lab) and designing a workflow for zircon U-Pb and trace element geochronology using laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).
Prior to MSU, I was a visiting assistant professor at Washington and Lee University, where I taught courses on Virginia field geology, glaciers & climate, and the geologic history of the southern Appalachians.
Publications:
(* — First-author publication)
*Campbell, T.D. et al., 2025, Dynamic subglacial meltwater history archived in Antarctic subglacial lake sediments: GSA Bulletin, v. 137, p. 3055–3068, doi:10.1130/B37731.1.
Rosenheim, B.E. et al., 2023, A method for successful collection of multicores and gravity cores from Antarctic subglacial lakes: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, v. 21, p. 279–294, doi:10.1002/lom3.10545.
Siegfried, M.R. et al., 2023, The life and death of a subglacial lake in West Antarctica: Geology, v. 51, p. 434–438, doi:10.1130/G50995.1.
Priscu, J.C. et al., 2021, Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations: Annals of Glaciology, v. 62, p. 340–352, doi:10.1017/aog.2021.10.