LUECI - Mark Brenner

Mark Brenner
Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences
Director of LUECI

Phone: (352) 392-7226
E-mail: brenner@ufl.edu

Personal Web Page, Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Mark Brenner is a limnologist and paleolimnologist with special interests in tropical and subtropical lakes and watersheds. He uses sediment cores from lake bottoms to reconstruct the history of aquatic ecosystems and their drainage basins. These sediment profiles record information on past climate change and anthropogenic environmental impacts. The research is collaborative and multidisciplinary, involving palynology, sediment geochemistry, microfossil analysis, and radiometric dating. Dr. Brenner has worked on numerous projects supported by the National Science Foundation, NASA, United States Geological Survey, and the Florida Water Management Districts.

Selected Recent Publications:

Brenner, M., M.F. Rosenmeier, D.A. Hodell, and J.H. Curtis. 2002. Paleolimnology of the Maya lowlands: long-term perspectives on interactions among climate, environment, and humans. Ancient Mesoamerica 13: 141-157. (538K PDF file).

Hatch, M.P., E. Ponciano, T. Barrientos Q., M. Brenner, and C. Ortloff. 2002. Climate and technological innovation at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala. Ancient Mesoamerica 13: 103-114. (2193K PDF file).

Riedinger, M.A., M. Steinitz-Kannan, W.M. Last, and M. Brenner. 2002. A 6100 yr record of El Niño activity from the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Paleolimnology 27: 1-7. (125K PDF file).

Rosenmeier, M.F., D.A. Hodell, M. Brenner, J. H. Curtis, and T. P. Guilderson. 2002. A 4000-year lacustrine record of environmental change in the southern Maya lowlands, Petén, Guatemala. Quaternary Research 57: 183-190. (352K PDF file).

Rosenmeier, M.F., D.A. Hodell, M. Brenner, J.H. Curtis, J.B. Martin, F. Anselmetti, D. Ariztegui, and T.P. Guilderson. 2002. Influence of vegetation change on watershed hydrology: implications for paleoclimatic interpretation of lacustrine d¹⁸O records. Journal of Paleolimnology 27: 117-131. (224K PDF file).