Christina Riesselman is an American paleoceanographer whose research focus is on Southern Ocean response to changing climate.
Early life and education
After completing her bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Geology and English in 2001, Riesselman spent time at the Joint Oceanographic Institution in Washington DC, then moved to Stanford for her PhD which was completed in 2011.
Career
Following postdoctoral work as a Research Scientist with the US Geological Survey, she moved to the University of Otago, New Zealand in 2013.
Riesselman uses diatom micropaleontology and stable isotope geochemistry in marine sediments to examine the evolution of the Antarctic cryosphere through the Cenozoic. She also participates in collaborative investigations into the modern controls on phytoplankton community structure.
Riesselman with her husband, Chris Moy, a University of Otago paleoclimatologist, are among the 30 researchers on the JOIDES Resolution. The aim of the voyage, according to Reisselman, is to figure out how ocean circulation behaved during past warmer climates, up to three million years ago.
Awards and honors
Riesselman won the inaugural L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science New Zealand in 2015.
Publications
Source:
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Expedition 318 Scientists, including Riesselman, C. (2010). Wilkes Land glacial history: Cenozoic east Antarctic ice sheet evolution from Wilkes Land margin sediments [Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 318 Preliminary Report]. Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International. 101p. doi: 10.2204/iodp.pr.318.2010