Carlota Escutia Dotti

Carlota Escutia Dotti (Granada, Spain, 1958) is a geologist, best known for her work on the geologic evolution of Antarctica and the global role of the Antarctic ice cap. Escutia is based at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences), Universidad de Granada and the High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).

Carlota Escutia Dotti
NationalitySpanish
Alma materMSc Autonomous University of Barcelona
PhD University of Barcelona
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
InstitutionsUniversidad de Granada
High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Early life and education

Escutia received her undergraduate degree, followed by an MSc in Geology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1982 and 1985 respectively.[1] Her PhD was awarded in 1992 from the University of Barcelona in seismic stratigraphy and sedimentology in depositional environments.[2]

Career and impact

Escutia's research focuses on seismic stratigraphy and sedimentology of clastic continental margins in high and low latitudes with the following themes: global environmental and paleoclimatic change, geohazards, and resource assessment.[3][4] She has made important contributions to understanding how the Antarctic ice sheet has grown and melted during the last 35 million years,[5] also providing crucial information on the sedimentological record of climate change in Antarctica.[6] In addition to her scientific publications, Escutia additionally has authored scientific and planning reports, as well as giving keynote and plenary lectures.[7][8]

In her professional career she has worked as a marine geologist at the High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona (Spain), from 1984–1985, as a visiting scholar to Stanford University, from 1994–1995, as a postdoctoral researcher at the United States Geological Survey, from 1995–1997, as a visiting scientist to the United States Geological Survey, from 1997–1998, as an adjunct professor at the California State University, from 1996–2002, as an assistant research scientist /Leg Project Manager at the Ocean Drilling Program-Texas A&M University, as a research affiliate at Texas A&M University, from 2001–2002, and as an investigator on “Ramón y Cajal” at the High Council for Scientific Research, from 2002–2005.[1] She was Coordinator of the ANTOSTRAT (Antarctic Acoustic Offshore Stratigraphy) Project Land Regional Working Group, from 1995–2002,[9] and European co-chief scientist of the IODP Expedition 318: Ice Sheet Evolution, collecting deep-sea cores off Wilkes Land in Antarctica from 2008–2013,[10][11] she has contributed significantly to understanding the geologic evolution of Antarctica[6] and the role of the Antarctic ice cap in our world.[12]

Further projects cover the topics of marine-terrestrial linkages during past global climatic changes (2004-2005),[13] Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE): An International research initiative to study the climate and glacial history of Antarctica through paleoclimate and ice-sheet modelling integrated with the geological record for SCAR (2004–present),[14] Antarctic Climate Evolution during the International Polar Year, Bipolar Climate Machinery - A study of the interplay of northern and southern polar processes in driving and amplifying global climate as recorded in paleoclimate archives and their significance for the generation of realistic estimates of future climate and sea level development during the International Polar Year and Plate Tectonics and Polar Gateways in Earth History during the International Polar Year.

She has been a member of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling-Antarctic Detailed Planning Group since 1996,[15][16] the chair of the Extreme Climates Working Group, APLAON (Alternate Platforms as part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program),[17] Lisbon since 2001, was the Texas A&M-Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) liaison to the ODP Environmental Scientific Evaluation Panel from 1999–2002,[4] is part of the JEODI Work Package-7 Working Group from September 2002 – present, currently serves on the Editorial Review Board (ERB) of the Ocean Drilling Program (1998–Present), a member of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site Survey Panel (SSP) in representation of the European Consortium for Ocean and a member of Research Drilling (ECORD) (2002-2005,)[4] a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) from 1998–present, a member of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) from 1998–present.[18]

At the 2014 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference she was invited to give a plenary lecture on Deciphering past climate and ice sheet dynamics from sedimentary records.[19][20] She serves as a member of the steering committee of the SCAR Scientific Research Programme (SRP) Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics,[21] is a member of Antarctic Climate Change in the 21st Century,[22] and is one of the Spanish representatives to the SCAR Standing Scientific Group on Geosciences.[23] Escutia also attended the SCAR Horizon Scan Retreat.[24] Since 2005 she has been an associate research scientist at the High Council for Scientific Research, while also working as an academic in the doctoral programme (‘Mención de Calidad’) at the University of Granada. She has also been a collaborator, member or Principal Investigator on numerous scientific programmes and investigations.[25]

References
  1. Escutia Dotti, Carlota. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). rac.es.
  2. "Carlota Escutia - Thesis". www.ugr.es. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  3. "Carlota Escutia - Research interests". Universidad de Granada. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  4. "Discovering our Oceans – entering a new phase of research drilling with the International Ocean Discovery Program" (PDF). European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD). IODP. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11.
  5. "Earth's Orbit Affects the Stability of Antarctica's Eastern Ice Cap". Earth Changes Media. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  6. CincoDias, Ediciones (2010-02-01). "La geóloga Carlota Escutia liderará una misión a la Antártida". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  7. Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement (2014-08-25), ISC 2014 - Carlota Escutia Keynote Lecture, retrieved 2016-06-05
  8. parqueciencias (2009-05-13), LVDE-22. ENTREVISTA: Carlota Escutia. Profesora de la Universidad de Granada, retrieved 2016-06-05
  9. "The ANTOSTRAT Legacy: Science Collaboration and International Transparency in Potential Marine Mineral Resource Exploitation of Antarctica" (PDF). atsummit50.org. The Antostrat Legacy.
  10. OceanLeadership (2010-03-25), IODP Expedition 318: Wilkes Land Week Report SEVEN, retrieved 2016-06-05
  11. "Newsletter 15" (PDF). ECORD. European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-17.
  12. Patterson, M. O.; McKay, R.; Naish, T.; Escutia, C.; Jimenez-Espejo, F. J.; Raymo, M. E.; Meyers, S. R.; Tauxe, L.; Brinkhuis, H. (2014). "Orbital forcing of the East Antarctic ice sheet during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene". Nature Geoscience. 7 (11): 841–847. Bibcode:2014NatGe...7..841.. doi:10.1038/ngeo2273. Lay summary – How Earth's Orbit Affects Antarctic Ice Caps.
  13. "Research Projects: "Big Science" Programs". Universidad de Granada. International Union for Quaternary Research et al. 2005. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  14. "ACE" (PDF). ace.scar.org. University of Massachusetts Amherst. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-09-30.
  15. "ft_main". www-odp.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  16. "Final Technical Report" (PDF). www-odp.tamu.edu. ODP.
  17. "APLACON CONFERENCE - ALTERNATE PLATFORMS AS PART OF THE INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM" (PDF). ECORD. Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11.
  18. "Carlota Escutia - Committees". Universidad de Granada. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  19. "SCAR and COMNAP Antarctic Research Fellowships". usscar.org. United States Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  20. "OSC Plenary Talks". www.scar.org. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  21. "Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics". www.scar.org. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  22. "Antarctic Climate Change in the 21st Century". www.scar.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  23. "Standing Scientific Group on GeoSciences". www.scar.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  24. "Horizon Scan Retreat". www.scar.org. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  25. "Carlota Escutia - Previous Projects". Universidad de Granada. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
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