Dr. Camille A Holmgren research interests includes Quaternary paleoecology, paleoclimatology, biogeography, and global change, and she especially interested in understanding changing environmental conditions in arid environments from the last ice age until present. She use macrofossils from packrat middens (their dens) to reconstruct vegetation and climate dynamics since the last ice age. Her research has taken her to deserts in both the western United States and South America. She teach courses in paleoclimatology, biogeography, global change, climatology, and physical geography. She also part of a team developing an InTeGrate curriculum module entitled “The Changing Biosphere.” InTeGrate is an NSF-funded Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) that seeks to create a series of modules for introductory geoscience courses aimed at addressing societal issues and developing Earth literacy.

Quaternary paleoecology, Paleoclimatology, Biogeography, and Global change