CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environment, and Physics
Worcester State University, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
2018-2020
Postdoctoral Associate
Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), Rutgers University, New Jersey
Project title: Quantifying spatial and temporal variability in coastal sedimentation to improve models of tidal marsh response to sea level rise, with implications for the future of the salt marsh sparrow
2018
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Ph.D. in Geological Sciences
Adviser: Dr. Alexander Simms
Thesis: The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Southern California Coast: Sea-Level Change, Storms, and Subsidence
2011
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
B.A. in Earth Sciences, cum laude; English (Creative Writing) Minor
Adviser: Dr. Meredith Kelly
Honors Thesis: Pollen, charcoal, and macrofossil analysis of the Occom Pond core and surficial geology of the surrounding area.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018
Associate Instructor (Fall Term): Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Earth 122)
2017
Associate Instructor (Spring Term): The Geology of California (Earth 109)
2015
Associate Instructor (Spring Term): Introduction to Oceanography (Earth 4)
2014
Teaching Assistant (Winter Term): Antarctica (Earth 10)
2013
Teaching Assistant (Summer Term): Summer Field Geology (Earth 118)
Teaching Assistant (Spring Term): Coastal Processes and Management (ENVS 134)
Teaching Assistant (Winter Term) History of Life (Earth 30)
2012
Teaching Assistant (Fall Term): Dinosaurs (Earth 7)
Environmental Educator (Spring), Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH
2011
Environmental Educator (Fall), Casper Mountain Science School, Casper, WY
Teaching Assistant (Summer): Dynamic Earth, John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Palo Alto, CA
2010
Teaching Assistant (Summer): Dynamic Earth, John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Palo Alto, CA
Science Mentor (Winter), Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT
2009
Education Intern (Spring), Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Rutgers Raritan River Consortium Mini Grant (2019)
Rutgers EOAS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2020)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2013-2016)
NSF GROW/JSPS Fellowship for Research at the Atmospheric and Ocean Science Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (2016)
G.K. Gilbert Award, UC Santa Barbara (2106)
Lloyd and Mary Edwards Field Studies Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara (2016)
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Annual Meeting (2015)
Graduate Student Opportunity Award, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
Global Field Travel Fund, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
Association for Women Geologists Takken Student Research Presentation Travel Award (2014)
Alumni Graduate Award for Research Excellence (2014, 2017)
Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant (2013)
Fellowship on Hazards (California Institute for Research on Hazards) (2013)
Graduate Student Opportunity Award, UC Santa Barbara (2013)
High Honors, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College (2011)
Upham Geology Award for thesis research, Dartmouth College (2011)
Grimes Prize for English, Dartmouth College (2011)
Dean of Faculty Research Grants (John Lindsley Fund Grant; Class of ’86 Research Award Grant) , Dartmouth College (2011)
INVITED OUTREACH AND PROFESSIONAL TALKS
Evidence for Holocene coseismic subsidence in a small southern California estuary, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, March 2018.
Geological tour of Carpinteria Marsh, First Congregational Church, Carpinteria, California, July 2017.
Evidence for Holocene Coseismic Subsidence Along the Rincon Creek Fault, Carpinteria, California, Coast Geological Society, Ventura, California, September 2017.
Coastal Hazards in the Sedimentary Record: Megafloods of California's Past, Cal Poly Pomona, May 2016.
Geology of Carpinteria Valley, Parks Department Docent Training Program, Carpinteria, California, February 2015.
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICE
Education and Outreach Co-Chair, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), University of California Santa Barbara (2014-2016)
Volunteer, Santa Barbara Partners in Education (2013-2015)
Organizer, Alumni Career Panel, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2014)
Graduate Student Faculty Liaison, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2014)
Organizer, Earth Science Weekly Seminar, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2013-4, 2015-6)
Academic Coach, Summer Enrichment At Dartmouth (SEAD) Program (2009)
SELECTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. An Estuarine Record of Paleofloods from Coastal Southern California, Pacific Climate Workshop, Monterey, CA, February 2019.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Holocene Hydroclimate in Coastal Southern California, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December 2018.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Evidence for Holocene coseismic subsidence during a non- plate boundary earthquake American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2017.
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Ejarque, A., King, B.L., Anderson, R.S., Carlin, J.A., Bentz, J. M., Rockwell, T. K., Peters, R. B. Variability in sedimentation rates in southern Californian estuaries from the late Holocene through the Anthropocene, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island, October 2017.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Holocene coseismic subsidence along a non-subducting active margin. Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, Sept. 2017.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Carlin, J. (2016) Sedimentary Record of Recent Flood Events From Sauces Canyon, Santa Cruz Island, California, University of California Natural Reserve System Mathias Symposium, Bodega Bay, California, March, 2016.
Reynolds, L.C., Truong, M., Ejarque, A., Simms, A.R., Anderson, S., Dating historical sediments in estuaries: A multi-proxy approach, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., (2015) Holocene Sea Level History for Southern California and Elkhorn Slough, INQUA International Congress XIX, Nagoya, Japan, July, 2015.
Steel, E., Simkins, L.M., Reynolds, L.R., Fidler, M.K. (2014) Characterization of the Elephant Trees Formation, Anza Borrego with implications for determining the depositional environments of conglomeratic debris flows, Poster, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, CA, October 2014.
Reynolds, L.C., Holmquist, J.R, Brown, L.N., Southon, J.R., Simms, A.R., MacDonald, G.M., (2014) Radiocarbon Reservoir Variability in California Estuaries, Oral Presentation, Radiocarbon in the Environment, Belfast, U.K., August 2014.
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environment, and Physics
Worcester State University, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
2018-2020
Postdoctoral Associate
Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), Rutgers University, New Jersey
Project title: Quantifying spatial and temporal variability in coastal sedimentation to improve models of tidal marsh response to sea level rise, with implications for the future of the salt marsh sparrow
2018
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Ph.D. in Geological Sciences
Adviser: Dr. Alexander Simms
Thesis: The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Southern California Coast: Sea-Level Change, Storms, and Subsidence
2011
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
B.A. in Earth Sciences, cum laude; English (Creative Writing) Minor
Adviser: Dr. Meredith Kelly
Honors Thesis: Pollen, charcoal, and macrofossil analysis of the Occom Pond core and surficial geology of the surrounding area.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018
Associate Instructor (Fall Term): Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Earth 122)
2017
Associate Instructor (Spring Term): The Geology of California (Earth 109)
2015
Associate Instructor (Spring Term): Introduction to Oceanography (Earth 4)
2014
Teaching Assistant (Winter Term): Antarctica (Earth 10)
2013
Teaching Assistant (Summer Term): Summer Field Geology (Earth 118)
Teaching Assistant (Spring Term): Coastal Processes and Management (ENVS 134)
Teaching Assistant (Winter Term) History of Life (Earth 30)
2012
Teaching Assistant (Fall Term): Dinosaurs (Earth 7)
Environmental Educator (Spring), Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH
2011
Environmental Educator (Fall), Casper Mountain Science School, Casper, WY
Teaching Assistant (Summer): Dynamic Earth, John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Palo Alto, CA
2010
Teaching Assistant (Summer): Dynamic Earth, John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Palo Alto, CA
Science Mentor (Winter), Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT
2009
Education Intern (Spring), Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Rutgers Raritan River Consortium Mini Grant (2019)
Rutgers EOAS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2020)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2013-2016)
NSF GROW/JSPS Fellowship for Research at the Atmospheric and Ocean Science Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (2016)
G.K. Gilbert Award, UC Santa Barbara (2106)
Lloyd and Mary Edwards Field Studies Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara (2016)
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Annual Meeting (2015)
Graduate Student Opportunity Award, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
Global Field Travel Fund, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
Association for Women Geologists Takken Student Research Presentation Travel Award (2014)
Alumni Graduate Award for Research Excellence (2014, 2017)
Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant (2013)
Fellowship on Hazards (California Institute for Research on Hazards) (2013)
Graduate Student Opportunity Award, UC Santa Barbara (2013)
High Honors, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College (2011)
Upham Geology Award for thesis research, Dartmouth College (2011)
Grimes Prize for English, Dartmouth College (2011)
Dean of Faculty Research Grants (John Lindsley Fund Grant; Class of ’86 Research Award Grant) , Dartmouth College (2011)
INVITED OUTREACH AND PROFESSIONAL TALKS
Evidence for Holocene coseismic subsidence in a small southern California estuary, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, March 2018.
Geological tour of Carpinteria Marsh, First Congregational Church, Carpinteria, California, July 2017.
Evidence for Holocene Coseismic Subsidence Along the Rincon Creek Fault, Carpinteria, California, Coast Geological Society, Ventura, California, September 2017.
Coastal Hazards in the Sedimentary Record: Megafloods of California's Past, Cal Poly Pomona, May 2016.
Geology of Carpinteria Valley, Parks Department Docent Training Program, Carpinteria, California, February 2015.
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICE
Education and Outreach Co-Chair, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), University of California Santa Barbara (2014-2016)
Volunteer, Santa Barbara Partners in Education (2013-2015)
Organizer, Alumni Career Panel, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2014)
Graduate Student Faculty Liaison, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2014)
Organizer, Earth Science Weekly Seminar, UC Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences (2013-4, 2015-6)
Academic Coach, Summer Enrichment At Dartmouth (SEAD) Program (2009)
SELECTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. An Estuarine Record of Paleofloods from Coastal Southern California, Pacific Climate Workshop, Monterey, CA, February 2019.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Holocene Hydroclimate in Coastal Southern California, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December 2018.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Evidence for Holocene coseismic subsidence during a non- plate boundary earthquake American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2017.
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Ejarque, A., King, B.L., Anderson, R.S., Carlin, J.A., Bentz, J. M., Rockwell, T. K., Peters, R. B. Variability in sedimentation rates in southern Californian estuaries from the late Holocene through the Anthropocene, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island, October 2017.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Rockwell, T.K., Yokoyama, Y., Mijairi, Y., Hangsterfer, A. Holocene coseismic subsidence along a non-subducting active margin. Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, Sept. 2017.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., Carlin, J. (2016) Sedimentary Record of Recent Flood Events From Sauces Canyon, Santa Cruz Island, California, University of California Natural Reserve System Mathias Symposium, Bodega Bay, California, March, 2016.
Reynolds, L.C., Truong, M., Ejarque, A., Simms, A.R., Anderson, S., Dating historical sediments in estuaries: A multi-proxy approach, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
Reynolds, L.C., Simms, A.R., (2015) Holocene Sea Level History for Southern California and Elkhorn Slough, INQUA International Congress XIX, Nagoya, Japan, July, 2015.
Steel, E., Simkins, L.M., Reynolds, L.R., Fidler, M.K. (2014) Characterization of the Elephant Trees Formation, Anza Borrego with implications for determining the depositional environments of conglomeratic debris flows, Poster, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, CA, October 2014.
Reynolds, L.C., Holmquist, J.R, Brown, L.N., Southon, J.R., Simms, A.R., MacDonald, G.M., (2014) Radiocarbon Reservoir Variability in California Estuaries, Oral Presentation, Radiocarbon in the Environment, Belfast, U.K., August 2014.
