MICHAEL R. SANDY - CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Michael Reginald SANDY E-mail:
ADDRESS: Department of Geology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469-2364, USA.
'PHONE/FAX: Work (937) 229-2952; Home (937) 252-2762; Fax (937) 229-2889
DATE OF BIRTH: 10th September 1958 AGE: 48 years
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.
NATIONALITY: British. Permanent Resident Alien - right to reside and work permanently in the U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
1977-1980 Queen Mary College, University of London.
1980-1984 Queen Mary College, University of London & British Museum (Natural History).
QUALIFICATIONS:
1980 B.Sc. Geology - Upper Second Class Honours.
1984 Ph.D. - Title: A study of selected brachiopod genera either side of the Jurassic-Cretaceous
boundary in Europe.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
2003 - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Wright State University.
Invited to teach “Concepts in Geology” to pre-service teachers and a field-based course “Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Ohio” for teachers and undergraduate majors and non-majors.
1998 - PROFESSOR, Department of Geology, University of Dayton.
· Responsible for teaching 'soft-rock' geology program: Paleontology; Stratigraphy; Sedimentology; Historical Geology and The Dynamic Earth. Director of Graduate Workshop for teachers: Geology, Landscape and Environment of the Miami Valley (I developed this addition to the curriculum); taught many Earth Science workshops for K-12 teachers from Centerville City Schools and City of Dayton Schools.
· Over $400,000 received for research and educational projects, including grants from: American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (1994, 2002); Project SUSTAIN (2000, 2002); Title II, Ohio Board of Regents (2001), NASA - Project NOVA (1996); Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1992); National Science Foundation (1990, 1997); and the National Geographic Society (1991).
· Technical Editor for the Journal of Paleontology and Memoirs of the Paleontological Society (1992-1997).
· Program Coordinator for the Paleontological Society (1994-1997).
1994-2002: CHAIR, Department of Geology, University of Dayton.
During my tenure the department grew from 3 Full Time faculty (2 tenured) to 7 Full Time faculty (4 tenure track [all tenured], 1 lecturer, 1 visiting professor, 1 instructional technologist).
The budget grew from $200,000 in 1994 to $500,000 in 2002.
1992-1998 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, University of Dayton.
1987-1992 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, University of Dayton.
1985-1986 POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
· Research on Mesozoic paleoenvironments, supported by British Petroleum
Extra-Mural Research Award for project 'Organic Facies and Petroleum Potential'.
1984 GEOLOGICAL CURATOR, London Borough of Enfield (part-time, 6 months).
· Curation and display of geological collection, preparation of data for computer input and answering public enquiries.
1980-1984 TEACHING ASSISTANT to undergraduates at University of London.
· Introductory Geology, Geological Map Interpretation, Invertebrate Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Sedimentology. Fieldtrip teaching assistant.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
· Earth Science Education. • Geology of Building Stones.
· Applied paleontology/paleobiology, paleoecology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleogeography and paleobiogeography.
· Use of brachiopods in paleogeographic modelling of the western Cordillera of North and South America and the relationships between paleoecology, paleobiogeogeography, and paleogeography. Recent investigations concentrating on Mesozoic brachiopods from lithotectonostratigraphical (suspect) terranes of the Western Cordillera of North and South America.
· Brachiopod paleobiogeography in relation to fossil chemosynthetic cold seep communites.
· Recent research includes aspects of Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous and Eocene brachiopod paleoecology, paleobiogeography, paleogeography, biostratigraphy, and taxonomy.
· Application of computer graphics in brachiopod taxonomy. Image digitizing and quantification of the internal structures of fossil brachiopods.
SOCIETY ACTIVITIES/APPOINTMENTS/INVITATIONS:
2005 - Member of Ohio Higher Education Network
2005 - Participant in South-Central Ohio's EXCEL Center
2004-05 - Writing Team Member 3rd and 4th grade writing team. Ohio Science and Curriculum
Instruction, Module Development/Deployment for the Ohio Department of Educantion grades 3-6.
2004 - Appointed Ohio Board of Regents' Teaching Fellow.
2001 - Co-convenor of Paleontological Society Short Course “Brachiopods – Ancient and Modern” for
the Paleontological Society. Co-editor of short course volume.
1997 - Invited Participant in National Science Foundation sponsored workshop: U.S.-Mexico
Cooperative Research: International Workshop on the Geology of Sonora.
Participant in grant to Irish Science Council for international collaboration visit.
1996 - Invited presentation on Geology in the United States of America. Symposium on the "Past,
Present, and Future of Geology", University of London, England.
1996 - Invited presentation at history symposium:"Taverns to Towers: A Bicentennial Heritage Day" - Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio.
1996 - Guest editor for special issue of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, London.
Commissioned by Centerville Historical Commission to develop a "Geological Heritage Trail" in Stubbs Park, Centerville, Ohio.
1995 - "Celebration Dayton 1776-1996" Bicentennial: Heritage and Literature Committees.
Consultant "Fossils to go" travelling exhibits, Dayton's Childrens' Museum.
1995 - Participant in the Great Mid-West Conference Presidential Lecture Series.
1994 - Elected Program Coordinator for Paleontological Society (1994-1997).
Co-chair of Invertebrate Paleontology/Paleobotany technical session, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.
1994 - Invited presentation at international conference “Shallow Tethys 4”, Austria.
1993-94 - Visiting Research Professor, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany.
Co-chair, Joint Technical Program Committee, Paleontological Society.
1993 - Invited presentation at Natural History Museum and Palaeontologicial Association Review
Seminar. The Natural History Museum, London.
1992 - Appointed Technical Editor for Paleontological Society publications: Journal of Paleontology and Memoirs of the Paleontological Society (1992- )
Co-chair, Joint Technical Program Committee, Paleontological Society.
Co-chair of Invertebrate Paleontology/Paleobotany technical session, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Elected to Board of Trustees (1992-94), Dayton Museum of Natural History, serving on Education Committee, Museum Committee, Search Committee for Executive Director, and Board of Trustees. Chair of Scientific Advisory Committee (1995- ).
1991 - Appointed Co-Program Coordinator, Paleontological Society.
1990 - Visiting Research Professor, University of Montana.
1990 - Invited paper to Second International Brachiopod Congress, New Zealand. Invited author to
journal special issue Palaeogeography, biogeography and palaeoceanography of Tethys.
1990 - Invited author on Ordovician and Silurian brachiopods, Fossils of Ohio published by the Division of Geological Survey, Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
1990 - Invited author on Triassic brachiopods from Peru for Monograph on Triassic-Jurassic Invertebrate fauna from Peru (editor G. D. Stanley).
1989 - Co-chair of Paleontology technical session, Geological Society of America North-Central Section
Meeting.
1989 - Invited contribution to 28th International Geological Congress Symposium Volume.
1988 - Invited author of chapter "Preparation of serial sections" in: Paleotechniques (editors R. M.
Feldmann, R. E. Chapman and J. T. Hannibal), Special Publication of the Paleontological
Society.
1987 - Designated University of Dayton Teaching Fellow.
1986 - Invited author on Cretaceous brachiopods, their biogeographical and biostratigraphical distributions. For Revision critique de la Paléontologie Française d'Alcide d'Orbigny coordinated by the National Museum of Natural History, Paris.
1986 - Secretary of Aberdeen Geological Society (130 members).
1985 - Invited author on Tithonian brachiopod faunas. For International Geological Correlation Project198 Evolution of the Northern Margins of Tethys.
REVIEWER:
1991 - Journal of Paleontology and Memoirs of the Paleontological Society; 2002, Lethaia; 2002, Rivista di Paleontogie; 1995-96, ‘99, ‘02 - Palaeontology; 1999 - Records of the Western Australian Museum; 1997 - Geology; 1996 - Caribbean Journal of Science; 1995 - Atlantic Geology;
Proceedings of the Third International Brachiopod Congress; National Geographic Society Grant Proposal; 1994, ’96, ‘97 - Geologists’ Association of London; American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund; MONTS - Montanans on a new track for science; 1991 - National Association of Geology Teachers Summer Field-Course Scholarship Applications; 1989-92 - National Science Foundation proposals; 1989 - Historical Biology.
Reviewed chapters from the following: 1999, Evolution: Investigating the Evidence, Paleontological Society Special Publication No. 9; 1997, Fossils of Ohio published by the Division of Geological Survey, Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
FIELDTRIP LEADER:
Numerous fieldtrips for teachers and the public including “Exploring Geology of Southwestern Ohio”, “Evidence for Evolution at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens”, “Geology of the Stone Houses of Centerville”.
1995, 1999 - Building stones of downtown Dayton. Science Educators' Council of Ohio, Annual Conference, Dayton, Ohio.
1992 - Leader of Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Fieldtrip, Cincinnati.
1988-91 - "Geology of southwestern Ohio" fieldtrip for NSF Teacher Enhancement Workshop.
1989 - Director of British Isles Geology Field course.
1989 - Faculty coordinator for Ohio Intercollegiate Geological Fieldtrip.
1988 - Discovery Walk “History in the Rocks”, Glen Helen Association, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
1984 - Joint leader of Essex Geologists' Association fieldtrip to Llangollen, North Wales.
1983 - Organized and led fieldtrips to southern England for a party of geologists from Bergen University, Norway and Queen Mary College Geological Society, University of London.
WORKSHOPS:
Numerous workshops for Dayton Public Schools, Centerville City Schools.
1997-1999 - "Fossils of Ohio", Science Educators' Council of Ohio, Annual Conference.
1990-92 - "Geology, Landscape and Environment of the Miami Valley", a one week workshop primarily for teachers.
1992 - "Minerals, Rocks, Volcanoes and Earthquakes", a one week workshop for elementary teachers in Dayton Public Schools.
GEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK:
1980 - PRESENT Extensive fieldwork experience in Europe: Britain (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic); Austria (Mesozoic); Czech Republic (Mesozoic); France (Mesozoic); Hungary (Mesozoic); Romania (Mesozoic); Switzerland (Mesozoic): USA (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic), Mexico (Paleozoic, Mesozoic) and Canada (Mesozoic).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
USA: Paleontological Society, 1987 - ; Technical Editor for Journal of Paleontology, 1992 - 97;
Council Member, Program Coordinator Co-Chair, 1992-94; Program Coordinator, 1994 - 97;
Dayton Society of Natural History, 1988 - 2000; Board of Trustees, 1992 - 94;
Dry Dredgers (An association of amateur and professional paleontologists), 1992 - ;
UK: Palaeontological Association, 1982 - ;
Geologists’ Association (London), 1981 - ;
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2007 $6,000. An integrated study of Jurassic brachiopod-bivalve faunas from Alaska:
paleobiogeographic, paleoecologic, and evolutionary significance of Alaska’s geological development. University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grant.
2007 Project SOAR. J. HERRELKO (P.I.). Ohio Board of Regents’ Improving Teacher Quality State Grant. M. R. SANDY Contributing on geology of early flight.
2006. University of Bucharest Paleobiology Database: 2006-2009. Funded by CNCSIS, Romanian equivalent of the NSF. LAZAR, I. (P.I.), and other faculty from the University of Bucharest, FELDMANN, R., SANDY, M. R., and SCHWEITZER, C. foreign team members.
2006 $3,000. Vocation among Preservice Science Teachers at the University of Dayton and Attitudes
Towards Science and Religion. M. R. SANDY AND J. HERRELKO. Faculty Fund for Vocational Exploration, Program for Christian Leadership.
2006 O'BRIEN, T., AND SANDY. M. R. (mentor). Learn, Lead, and Serve Award: Title of Project: Development of K-12 Resources for Science Teachers in Dayton, Montgomery County, and Beyond.
2005-2006 $9,000. Integrated inquiry-based investigations on the Mad River, Greene County: Chemistry,
Earth Science, and a new Evaluaton Tool. Suzanne K. Lunsford, Krishnakumar Nedunuri, Michael R. Sandy. Ohio Higher Education Network Minigrant.
2005. $15,000. Co-Principal Investigator: “Educating teachers for the future: Integrated Inquiry-Based
Science and Mathematics Curriculum in the Integrated Natural Science Sequence for preservice teachers and the Community” Learning Technology Center Innovation Grants, University of Dayton.
2004-2005 Team member and member of writing team for 3rd and 4th grades. Ohio Science and
Curriculum Instruction, Module Development/Deployment for the Ohio Department of Education
grades 3-6.
2002-2005 $74,678. Paleogeographic, tectonic, and evolutionary studies in the Western Cordillera –
contributions by Late Triassic-Early Jurassic brachiopods. American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund.
2001 Presented with Friend of Science Award by the Science Educators’ Council of Ohio at the National Science Teachers’ Association Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, November 2001.
2001 $4,000. Paleogeographic, tectonic, and evolutionary studies in the Western Cordillera –
contributions by Late Triassic-Early Jurassic brachiopods. University of Dayton Research Council
Seed Grant.
2001 $20,000. Integration of Mathematics and Geology for preservice teachers in The Dynamic Earth laboratory of the Integrated Natural Science Sequence. SUSTAIN PHASE III. Michael Sandy (Geology), Becky Krakowski (Mathematics), and Janet Herrelko (Teacher Education).
2001 $15,000. Inquiry based delivery of SCI 210 “The Dynamic Earth” for K-8 preservice teachers –
new pedagogy for a new future. Title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, Ohio Board of Regents.
2001-2004 $500,000 approx. Triassic time and correlations. Project Director Michael J. Orchard. Funded by Geological Survey of Canada. M. Sandy is a member of the Research Team and is to participate in fieldwork and research.
2000 $ 73,942. Miami Valley Regional Collaborative for the Improvement of Science and Mathematics Education. SUSTAIN PHASE II. University of Dayton team: M. Sandy Principal Investigator for UD; Janet Herrelko, Teacher Education, and Jennifer Hontz, Mathematics, Co-Principal Investigators.
$20,000 awarded for year one (2000) to support Sandy and Herrelko’s efforts.
1997 $73,750. National Science Foundation. Integration of Scanning Electron Microscopy into Undergraduate Biology, Chemistry, and Geology Curricula. Co-Principal Investigator.
1997 University of Dayton Alumni Award in Scholarship, Co-recipient.
1997 George B. Noland Award for Research, University of Dayton Chapter of Sigma Xi.
1996 $59,330 Project NOVA Implementation Planning Grant, NASA Education Project. Drs. Hunn,
O'Hare, and Sandy, Principal Investigators.
1996 Partcipant in grant to Irish Science Council for international collaboration.
To fund visit by Dr. David Harper, Galway, Ireland, to the University of Dayton and Cincinnati Museum of Natural History.
1996 Participant in “Project NOVA - Creating Change in Higher Education Workshop”, NASA initiative; with Dr. Diana Hunn, School of Education, University of Dayton. At NASA Research Institute for Space Education, Ypsilanti, Michigan, May 1996.
1996 Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Dayton, for 1995.
1994-98 $36,189 Early Mesozoic brachiopod faunas from North America: paleoenvironmental,
paleogeographic and stratigraphic significance, and role in the development of the Modern brachiopod fauna. American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund.
1988-2003 $45,000. University of Dayton Special Student Employment Fellow's Program.
To employ undergraduate research assistants in project investigating taxonomic methods used for fossil brachiopods. Ongoing: $3,000 per annum.