Chris Schiller

Visiting Assistant Professor

he/him

Chris Schiller

Phone: 253-535-7004

Email: cmschiller@plu.edu

Office Location:Rieke Science Center - Room 149

Office Hours: (On Campus) M & W: 9:10 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Fri: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional

Education

  • Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 2020
  • B.S., Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2015

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

  • Paleobiology & Paleoenvironments

Research Projects

  • Paleobotany and paleoenvironments on Cenozoic to Quaternary timescales; Disturbance ecology of ancient ecosystems; Vegetation response to ancient climate change.

Selected Presentations

  • Zahajská, P., Stamm, F.M., Baldermann, A., Schiller, C.M., and Conley, D., The stubborn silica: Undissolved diatom frustules during sequential leaching: Isotopes in Biogenic Silica, Louvain-La-Neuve, BELGIUM (May 2024)
  • American Geophysical Union (Lowe, A.J., Schmitz, M.D., Dillhoff, R., Dillhoff, T.A., Nares, F., Schiller, C.M., Rember, W.C., Strömberg, C.A.E.), The terrestrial manifestation of Miocene climatic change in the Pacific Northwest (USA): Insights from the paleobotanical record: AGU, San Francisco, CA. (December 2023)
  • GSA (Geologic Society of America) Connects (Schiller, C.M., Lowe A.J., Strömberg, C.A.E., Schmitz, M.D., Dillhoff, T.A.,), Significance of short-term variability in Middle Miocene palynofloras of Oregon and Idaho, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2023)

Selected Articles

  • Schiller, C.M., Alt, M., Nanavati, W.P., Wendt, J.A.F., Stahle, L.N.,. "Getting Information from the Past: Palaeoecological Studies of Terrestrial Ecosystems, in Clifford, N., Cope, M., Gillespie, T., eds.,." Key Methods in Geography Vol. 4th Edition, 2023:
  • Morgan, L.A., Shanks, W.C.P., Pierce, K.L., Iverson, N.A., Schiller, C.M., Brown, S.R., Zahajská, P., Cartier, R., Cash, R., Whitlock, C., Fritz, S.C., Best, J., Lovalvo, D.A., Lowers, H., Benzel, W.,. "The dynamic floor of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, USA: The last 14 k.y. of hydrothermal explosions, venting, doming, and faulting:." GSA Bulletin Vol. doi 10, 2022:
  • Schiller, C.M., Whitlock, C., Brown, S.R.. "Holocene geo-ecological evolution of Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park (USA): Quaternary Research." Quaternary Research Vol. v. 105, 2022: p. 201-217.