Celina Suarez Source Confirmed

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Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

17 h-index 91 pubs 863 cited

Research Areas

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Fossil Vertebrate Paleontology Stratigraphy and Geochronology Paleoecology and Paleobiology Isotope Geochemistry

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Celina Suarez's research focuses on paleontology and stratigraphy, with a particular emphasis on vertebrate paleontology and the paleoecology of Cretaceous terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Her work investigates fossil bonebeds, the sedimentology of ancient coastal plains, and the geochronology and chemostratigraphy of geological formations. Suarez has published on diverse topics including the taphonomy of tyrannosaurid bonebeds, the sedimentology of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, and vertebrate faunas from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation in Arkansas.

Her research also extends to understanding the migration and feeding habits of Cretaceous marine reptiles through isotopic analysis of their teeth. She has explored the paleoecology of formations in Patagonia, Argentina, and contributed to the geochronological dating of lacustrine strata. Suarez has secured significant federal funding, including a $500,656 NSF grant as PI for research on terrestrial biodiversity dynamics during the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum and a $1,099,952 NSF grant as Co-PI for the acquisition of an ICP-MS for geological and paleobiological research.

With an h-index of 17 and over 90 publications, Suarez is an active researcher who collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Clayton Forster, Glenn Sharman, Jack Fekete, and Barry Shaulis. She maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate her research findings.

Metrics

  • h-index: 17
  • Publications: 91
  • Citations: 863

Selected Publications

  • A revised chronostratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic Moenave Formation, western USA: Implications for timing of continental climate change (2025) DOI
  • REVISITING THE NORTH AMERICAN TERRESTRIAL OXYGEN ISOTOPE GRADIENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A METEORIC WATER OXYGEN ISOSCAPE (2025) DOI
  • REFINED GEOCHRONOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS NONMARINE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN (2025) DOI
  • MULTI-TAXON OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BIOAPATITES FROM THE CLOVERLY FORMATION, WYOMING (2025) DOI
  • Ecohydrology and paleoenvironment of the Cretaceous (Albian) Cloverly Formation: insights from multi-taxon oxygen isotope analysis of vertebrate phosphates (2025) DOI
  • RE-EVALUATION OF OXYGEN ISOTOPIC GRADIENT AND OXYGEN ISOSCAPE OF THE 'MIDDLE' CRETACEOUS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024) DOI
  • CARBON ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CLASTIC KOOTENAI FORMATION, MT (2024) DOI
  • EVALUATION OF THE AGE OF DEPOSITION OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF UTAH THROUGH CARBON ISOTOPIC CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY (2023) DOI
  • C-ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE ELLIOT FORMATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2023) DOI
  • A PRONOUNCED LATITUDINALLY-INDUCED RAINOUT EFFECT IS SHOWN IN EARLY CRETACEOUS NORTH AMERICAN WATER OXYGEN ISOSCAPE (2023) DOI
  • COLORADO PLATEAU CORING PROJECT PHASE 2 (CPCP-2): A CONTINUOUS RECORD OF TRIASSIC-JURASSIC CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (2023) DOI
  • New Geochronological Age Constraint and Chemostratigraphy for Aptian Lacustrine Strata, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah (2023) DOI
  • Berriasian–Valanginian Geochronology and Carbon-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Yellow Cat Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Eastern Utah, USA (2023) DOI
  • Insights into paleoecology of the Bajo Barreal Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina (2022) DOI
  • A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA (2021) DOI

Federal Grants 2 $1,600,608 total

NSF Co-PI

MRI Track 1: Acquisition of a Replacement Multicollector ICP-MS for Enhanced Research in Geology, Archeology, and Paleobiology

Instrumentation & Facilities, XC-Crosscutting Activities Pro $1,099,952
NSF PI

Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: US-South Africa: Surviving A Super Greenhouse: Terrestrial Biodiversity Dynamics During The Cretaceous Thermal Maximum.

BOCP-Biodiv on Changing Planet $500,656

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Clayton Forster University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 shared publications Glenn R. Sharman University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Jack Fekete University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Barry Shaulis University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Jordan Oefinger University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Dennis Mmasa University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Asher Boudreaux University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Kirsty Morgan University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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