1000 E. Henrietta Rd

Brighton, NY 14623

(585) 292-2421, acolosimo@monroecc.edu

Jan –Aug 2004 Graduate work, Science Education, Warner School of Education,University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

August 2004 M.S. Geological Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

December 2001 B.A. Geological Sciences, Mathematics Concentration, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

Summer 2005- Red Creek Ecosystem Research, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY

Jan 2002- Aug 2004 Master’s Thesis Research, Evidence for lysocline shoaling at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198, Dr. Timothy Bralower, UNC-Chapel Hill, Dept. of Geological Sciences

May 2001-Aug 2001 NSF-REU Fellowship, Stream Ecosystem Comparisons in Pine Barrens and Hardwood Watersheds with a Cross-watershed Assessment of Impoundments, Dr. Timothy Mihuc, SUNY Plattsburgh, Center for Earth and Environmental Science

January 2001 Field Research, South Island, New Zealand, SUNY Geneseo, Dept. Of Geological Sciences

Aug 2000-Dec 2001 Honors Thesis Research, Conodonts of the Williamsburgh Bed, West River Shale, Upper Devonian, west-central New York, Dr. D. Jeffrey Over, SUNY Geneseo, Dept. of Geological Sciences

Spring 2000 Honors Research, Surficial mapping of the Conesus Lake Watershed, Dr. D. Jeffrey Over, SUNY Geneseo, Dept. of Geological Sciences

Fall 2004-present Instructor, Monroe Community College

Summer 2004 Teaching Assistant, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester

       -co-teacher, Integrating Science and Technology

Spring 2004 Research Assistant, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester

          -developed lesson plans for M.S. candidates

         -assisted in the instruction of a water ecology unit to middle school girls

Fall 2003 Chief Teaching Assistant, Earth and Climate Lab, UNC Chapel Hill;Instructor, Earth and Climate Lab

March- Dec 2003 Geologist, USGS, Water Division STEP Program, Raleigh, NC

-Collected, analyzed, and interpreted local water quality data

-Generated annual nitrogen loads for the Neuse River basin

-Gained proficiency with GWSI, PART (hydrograph separation), ADAPS, QW Data, S-Plus, WellCAD, S-LoadEst, Microsoft Excel, and additional software programs

-Provided technical assistance in pump tests and water sampling

Spring 2003 Coastal Geology Field Assistant, Shackleford Banks, NC

-Assisted in GPR surveys

Jan-Feb 2003 Volunteer for Science, USGS, Water Division, Raleigh, NC

-Archived geophysical logs and old water quality data

-Assisted in monthly water quality monitoring, slug tests

Spring 2002-Fall 2003 Chief Teaching Assistant, Introductory Geology Lab

Earth and Climate Lab, UNC Chapel Hill, Dept. of Geological

Sciences

The Marine Environment Lecture Assistant, UNC-Chapel Hill

Fall ’00-Spring ’02 Employed by IHS Energy Group transferring declassified mineral exploration data, including environmental assessment reports, maps, gamma ray data, and completion reports

Fall ’99-Fall 2001 History of Life Lab Teaching Assistant, SUNY Geneseo

Our Geologic Environment Tutor

Calculus Tutor

April 2004 Scanlon Fellowship, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester

May 2003 Preston Jones & Mary Elizabeth Frances Martin Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill

Dec 2002 Graduate School Transportation Grant Fund, UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept 2002 Walter H. Wheeler Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching

Summer 2002 Martin Research Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill, Dept. of Geological Sciences

Spring 2002 Megathalin Award, SUNY Geneseo, Dept. of Geological Sciences

Spring 2002 Student travel grant, Southeast GSA

Spring 2002 Martin Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill, Dept. of Geological Sciences

May 2001 Geology Alumni Award, SUNY Geneseo, Dept. of Geological Sciences

May 2001 Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship, National

Science Foundation, SUNY Plattsburgh

Activities

Rochester Academy of Sciences Member, 2005

Fall 2001-2004 Student Member, GSA

Spring 2002-2004 Geological Society Member, UNC-Chapel Hill

Aug 2002-2004 AGU student member

Spring 2002 North American Micropaleontological Society Student Member

Fall 2001 Geology Club President, SUNY Geneseo

Wood, A.A. and Colosimo, A.B., 2005, Longitudinal Water Ecology Study of the west branch of Red Creek, Rochester, NY, Annual Meeting of the Rochester Academy of Sciences Poster Presentation

Colosimo, A.B., Bralower, T.J., and Zachos, J.C., in press, Evidence for lysocline shoaling at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Shatsky Rise, Northwest Pacific, ODP Leg 198 Special Volume, 47 pgs.

December 2004 Spruill, T.B., Tesoriero, A.J., Mew, H.E., Farrell, K., and Colosimo, A.B., Hydrogeologic Framework, Characteristics of Nitrogen Transport, and changes in Ground-Water Chemistry due to a Confined Animal Feeding Operation in a Coastal Plain Agricultural Watershed near Lizzie, North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 2004.

October 2003 Zachos, J.C., Wara, M.W., Bohaty, S., Delaney, M.L., Petrizzo, M.R., Brill, A., Bralower, T.J., Premoli-Silva, I., A significant rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Science.

September 2003 Brill, A., Bralower, T.J., Zachos, J.C., Thomas, D.J. Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 Post-Cruise Meeting- Florissant, CO; Evidence for lysocline shoaling and carbonate ‘burn down’ at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198.

November 2003 Zachos, J., Wara, M., Bohaty, S., Petrizzo, M.R., Keller, S., Delaney, P., Bralower, T., Premoli-Silva, I., and Brill, A., Geological Society of America, 2003 Fall Meeting- Seattle, WA; Coupled Isotopic and Trace Metal Evidence for a Significant rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.

April 2003 Over, D.J., Hopkins, T.H., Brill, A., and Spaziani, A.L., 2003, Age of the Middlesex Shale (Upper Devonian, Frasnian) in New York State, Cour. Forsch-Inst. Senckenberg, vol. 242: 217-223.

December 2002 Brill, A., Bralower, T.J., McDowell, T., Thomas, D.J., Cottone, R.R., Zachos, J.C., and Leg 198 Shipboard Party, American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting-San Francisco, CA; Evidence for carbonate compensation depth shoaling at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198.

May 2002 Brill, A., Gruendike, P., and Mihuc, T., North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting-Pittsburgh, PA; Stream Ecosystem Comparisons in Pine Barrens and Hardwood Watersheds with a Cross-Watershed Assessment of Impoundments.

December 2002 Zachos J.C., Bralower, T.J., Keller S., Thomas Q, Brill A., Röehl U., Scientific Participants & ODP Leg 198 American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting- San Francisco, CA; The P-E Boundary Carbon Isotope Excursion in ODP Leg 198 Sites from Shatsky Rise: An Initial Test of the Methane Hydrate Dissociation Model.