usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:07:35.930912' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/daniel-muhs profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: dmuhs@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - paleoceanography - reef ecosystems - sea-level change - earth history - land surface characteristics - sedimentary rocks - stratigraphy - erosion - geochemistry - sedimentation honors: [] intro_statements: - I study geomorphology, soils and Quaternary stratigraphy to reconstruct paleoclimates over the past two and a half million years of geologic time. name: Daniel Muhs name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-7449-251X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center personal_statement: 'My main study areas are in the central and western USA (Mississippi Valley, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, desert Southwest, Pacific Coast and Alaska), but I have also worked in the Caribbean, Spain and Israel. My main interests are in origin and paleoclimatic significance of dune fields, stratigraphy and paleopedology of loess, effects of long-range-transported dust on soils, the atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems, and sea level history.Education:University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 1977-1980 (Ph.D., Physical geography/Geology)University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1973-1975 (M.S., Physical geography/Soil science)University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1972-1973 (B.A., Physical geography)University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1970-1972 (B.A., English, History)Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1968-1970 (English)Professional experience:1995-date: Geologist, Geology and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Denver, CO1985-1995: Geologist, Branch of Isotope Geology, USGS, Denver, CO1983-1984: Soil Scientist with USGS while on leave-of-absence with the University of Wisconsin to accept National Research Council Research Associateship, Denver, Colorado.1980-1985: Assistant and Associate Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI1978-1980, part-time Soil Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Central Regional Geology.1977-1979: Instructor (while a Ph.D student), Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Colorado at Denver1975-1976: Soil Scientist, U.S. Soil Conservation Service/Iowa State University' professional_experience: [] title: Scientist Emeritus