David E. Grandstaff

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David E. Grandstaff

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Earth and Environmental Science

      • Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

EES 2001

Physical Geology

Undergraduate

EES 2061

Introduction to Geochemistry

Undergraduate

EES 2096

Climate Change: Oceans To Atmosphere

Undergraduate

EES 5461

Low-Temperature Geochemistry

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Song, B., Cerkez, E., Grandstaff, D., Goodwin, C., Beebe, T., & Kim, B. (2021). Reactivity of binary manganese oxide mixtures towards arsenite removal: Evidence of synergistic effects. Applied Geochemistry, 130. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.104939.

  • Ullmann, P., Voegele, K., Grandstaff, D., Ash, R., Zheng, W., Schroeter, E., Schweitzer, M., & Lacovara, K. (2020). Molecular tests support the viability of rare earth elements as proxies for fossil biomolecule preservation. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72648-6.

  • Ullmann, P., Grandstaff, D., Ash, R., & Lacovara, K. (2020). Geochemical taphonomy of the Standing Rock Hadrosaur Site: Exploring links between rare earth elements and cellular and soft tissue preservation. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 269, 223-237. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.10.030.

  • Dukes, D., Gonzales, H., Ravi, S., Grandstaff, D., Pelt, R.V., Li, J., Wang, G., & Sankey, J. (2018). Quantifying Postfire Aeolian Sediment Transport Using Rare Earth Element Tracers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(1), 288-299. doi: 10.1002/2017JG004284.

  • Horner, R., Wiest, L., Buynevich, I., Terry, D., & Grandstaff, D. (2016). Chemical composition of thalassinoides boxwork across the marine K–PG boundary of Central New Jersey, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 86(12), 1444-1455. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2016.87.

  • Wiest, L., Buynevich, I., Grandstaff, D., Terry, D., Maza, Z., & Lacovara, K. (2016). Ichnological evidence for endobenthic response to the K-PG event, New Jersey, U.S.A. Palaios, 31(5), 231-241. doi: 10.2110/palo.2015.080.

  • Shackelton, A.L., Tumarkin-Deratzian, A., Grandstaff, D., & Terry, D. (2016). REGIONAL VARIABILITY OF MICROWEAR ON THE MOLARS OF LEPTOMERYX FROM EOCENE-OLIGOCENE STRATA OF WYOMING AND NEBRASKA. doi: 10.1130/abs/2016ne-272002.

  • Conwell, C.T., Terry, D.O., Tumarkin-Deratzian, A.R., & Grandstaff, D.E. (2016). FROM BONE TO STONE: THE INFLUENCE OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS ON THE FOSSILIZATION OF VERTEBRATE BONE FROM THE PALEOGENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA. doi: 10.1130/abs/2016ne-272883.

  • Ullmann, P., Ash, R., & Grandstaff, D. (2016). Implications from diffusion modeling of trace element uptake by bones from the Standing Rock Hadrosaur Site, Hell Creek Formation, Corson County, SD. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=geh&AN=2017-029756&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=uid&user=ebony&password=lewis.

  • Drewicz, A.E., Grandstaff, D.E., & Terry, D.O. (2016). RARE EARTH AND TRACE ELEMENT DIFFUSION PERIODS FOR TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE FOSSIL BONES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMOLECULE PRESERVATION IN DEEP-TIME. doi: 10.1130/abs/2016am-283481.