Education University of Colorado Boulder Colorado Geological Sciences Ph.D., 2018 Colgate University New York Geology A.B., 2013
Publications *Basler, L., Baughman, J.S., Fame, M., and Haproff, P. (2021) Spatially variable syn- and post-Alleghanian exhumation of the Central Appalachian Mountains from zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Geosphere17 (4), 1151-1169. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02368.1 *Donnelly, M., *Nebuwa, A., Baughman, J.S. and Doore, S.A. (2021) Virtual Field Trips to Increase Geoscience Accessibility and Student Engagement. 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), 1-3, doi: 10.23919/iLRN52045.2021.9459329. Baughman, J.S. and Flowers, R.M. (2020) Mesoproterozoic burial of the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa during Rodinia supercontinent assembly from (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115930 Baughman, J.S. and Flowers, R.M. (2018) Deciphering a 2 Gyr-long thermal history from a multichronometer (U-Th)/He study of the Phalaborwa carbonatite, Kaapvaal craton, South Africa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19(5), 1581-1594. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GC007198 Baughman, J.S., Flowers, R. M., Metcalf, J.R., and Dhansey, T. (2017) influence of radiation damage on titanite He diffusion kinetics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 205, 50-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.049
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Publications in revision, review, or preparation Baughman, J.S. and Flowers, R.M. (in prep) The far-reaching thermal effects of Pan-African tectonism on the Kaapvaal craton margin.
Honors, grants, and awards Total Funding: $63,600 2021 Bowdoin Faculty Development Research Grant: Project entitled Spatially variable syn- and post-Alleghanian exhumation of the central Appalachian Mountains from zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology($1,650) 2020 Bowdoin Fletcher Family Research Award: Project entitled Fingerprinting ancient tectonic events and landscape evolution with thermochronology in southeast New England? ($4,000) 2020 Bowdoin Gibbons Fellowship: Project entitled Increasing Accessibility and Spatial Reasoning in the Earth Sciences using Virtual Reality ($3,600) 2019 Bowdoin Faculty Research Development Grant: Project entitled Is Northern Appalachian mountain uplift driven by hot, buoyant mantle? ($4,000) 2019 Bowdoin Faculty Research Development Grant: Project entitled When and why the Adirondack Mountains of New York got high ($4,000) 2019 Bowdoin Gibbons Fellowship: Project entitled Leveraging Python and MATLAB to enhance quantitative reasoning and conceptual understanding in the earth sciences ($4,500) 2017 United Government of Graduate Students CU Boulder Travel Grant ($800) 2017 CU Boulder Dept. of Geological Sciences Travel Grant ($800) 2016 NSF professional development grant, Baughman lead author and in support of Baughman’s career development, awarded as a supplement to R.M. Flowers to EAR-0951518 ($35,000) 2016 GSA-IGC Travel grant ($3,250) 2015 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2014-2016 CU Boulder Undergraduate Student Mentorship grant ($2,000) 2013 Phi Beta Kappa, Colgate University 2012 USGS/NAGT Cooperative Field Training Program
Pending Funding Research Award Opportunity (ROA) Supplement to NSF CAREER: Thermochronometry and textural signatures of fault damage zones and stimulating middle school student interest in earthquake science. ROA supports a new collaboration between Jaclyn Baughman and Alexis Ault. Supplement to NSF CAREER EAR-1654628 to A.K. Ault ($46,789)
Select Presentations since 2018 Baughman, J.S. and Flowers, R.M. (2020) Reconstructing Deep-Time Burial and Erosion Histories using (U-Th)/He Data Patterns, Geologic Constraints, and Thermal History Modeling: an Example from the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa. AGU Fall meeting 2020, abs# 685525 (oral, invited). Baughman, J.S., *Carrillo, T., Doore, S. (2020) Increasing Accessibility and Spatial Reasoning in the Earth Sciences using Virtual Reality: A Virtual Coastal Maine Field Experience. GSA Annual Meeting 2020, abs# 154-3 (oral). *Saga, R., *Basler, L., Baughman, J.S., and Fame, M. (2020) Mid-Cretaceous Exhumation of the Northern Appalachian Mountains, Vermont, from Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology. GSA Annual Meeting 2020, abs# 7-13 (poster). *Basler, L., Baughman, J.S., Fame, M., Haproff, P. (2020) Spatially Variable Alleghanian Exhumation of the Central Appalachian Mountains from Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronlogy. GSA Annual Meeting 2020, abs# 133-10 (oral). *Basler, L., *Shona, O., Baughman, J.S., Fame, M., Haproff, P. (2019) Constraining the mid to low temperature exhumation history of the Central Appalachian Mountains using zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology. AGU Annual Meeting 2019, (poster). Baughman, J.S., Fame, M., Haproff, P., *Basler, L., *Shona, O. (2019) Exploring the extent of Cenozoic Central Appalachian exhumation using targeted low-temperature apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology. GSA Annual Meeting 2019, abs# 63-5(oral). Baughman, J.S. and Flowers, R.M. (2018) Substantial Proterozoic Burial and Exhumation of the Kaapvaal Craton from (U-Th)/He Thermochronology and Implications for Cratonic Stability. AGU Fall meeting 2018, abs# 426204
*Denotes undergraduate student advisee
Mentorship and Outreach (i) Student Mentorship: Supporting scientific and personal development
Mentor/Supervisor to seven Bowdoin undergraduates, one honors thesis defended spring 2020
Mentor/Supervisor to UCB undergraduate, honors thesis defended spring 2016, now PhD student at UCSB
Mentored South African M.Sc. student, Maggie Marokane, in field techniques, lab techniques, modeling and writing – collaborator and coauthor of her research
(ii) Support of underrepresented groups in geosciences: Promoting scientific diversity
Assisted RESESS and GeoLaunchpad internship programs, which pair underrepresented minority students and community college students with intensive earth science research projects
Facilitated RESESS/GLP communication seminars, skills seminars and writing workshops
Planned and lead weekend long and daylong geo-focused field trips
Organized a Geoscience and Communication Symposium for undergraduate, graduate, and community college students
(iii) Experiential Teaching: Making STEM subjects more accessible and less intimidating
PI of project to create a virtual reality field experience, that can be shared widely. Bowdoin students Thais Carrillo and Matt Donnelly lead software development
Developed a physically accessible Introductory Geology course for Bowdoin College
Focus on computer coding and mathematical application for the next generation of Earth scientists!
Head Tutor, of UCB Department of Geological Sciences Tutoring Room
Led Colgate University’s 6-week field camp throughout the western U.S.
(iv) Community outreach and education
Incorporate education outreach with local middle schools in introductory earth science curriculum
Facilitated community forums on hydraulic fracturing in upstate NY, provided expert testimony
Organized Colgate University Green Summit to promote a more climate conscious community
(v) National Service
Student representative for Geological Society of America Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (2017-2019)
Convener of a technical session "Topographic and Lithospheric Evolution of Elevated Continental Passive Margins" at GSA Annual Meeting 2020.
Primary convener of a technical session “Applications of Thermochronology to Understand Crustal Systems” at AGU Fall Meeting 2017.
Reviewer for Five journals and two funding agencies