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Dr. Kathleen Rodrigues
Assistant Research Professor, Luminescence
Phone 
775-673-7435
E-Mail 
Kathleen.Rodrigues@dri.edu
Campus 
Reno Campus
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Division 
Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Professional Interests

Kathleen’s research interests are in radiation exposure dating techniques including optically stimulated luminescence, thermally stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance. For her PhD research, Kathleen was focused on developing and refining a new thermoluminescence dating technique applied to volcanic glasses. Her postdoctoral research uses luminescence dating techniques to define the timescales over which tephra reworking occurs in a variety of depositional environments.

Education

Institution

Degree

Year of Completion
University of Nevada, Reno PhD Geology 2020
McMaster University MSc Geology 2015
McMaster University BSc Biology & Environmental Sciences 2013

Keywords

luminescence dating, OSL, TL, archaeometry, geochronology, geomorphology, Quaternary research

 

Publications
2022
Rodrigues, K. D., Huot, S., Keen-Zebert, A. K. (2022). Exploring the application of blue and red thermoluminescence for dating volcanic glasses, Radiation Measurements, 106731, Elsevier

2021
Rodrigues, K. D., Stapor, F., Rink, W. J., Dunbar, J., Doran, G. (2021). A 5700-year-old beach-ridge set at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and its implication for Holocene sea-level history in the southeastern USA, The Holocene, 1-17

2018
Williams, T., Collins, M., Rodrigues, K. D., Rink, W., Velchoff, N., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Gilmer, A., Frederick, C., Ayala, S., Prewitt, E. (2018). Evidence of an early projectile point technology in North America at the Gault Site, Texas, USA, Science advances, 4 (7), eaar5954. American Association for the Advancement of Science

2017
Mercier, N., Rink, W. J., Rodrigues, K. D., Morley, M. W., Linder, M. V., Whallon, R. (2017). Chapter 9: Radiometric Dating of the Crvena Stijena SequenceChapter : . In , Crvena Stijena in Cultural and Ecological Context, 140-149. Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts

2016
Rodrigues, K. D., Rink, W. J., Collins, M. B., Williams, T. J., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Lopez, G. I. (2016). OSL Ages of the Clovis, Late Paleoindian and Archaic Components at Area 15 of the Gault Site, Central Texas, U.S.A., Journal of Archaeological Sciences, 7, 94-103, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.014

Conference Proceedings
2023
Ruprecht, P., Rodrigues, K. D. (2023). Cryptic magma storage in the Great Basin derived from Soda Lakes maar olivine crystal records. The IAVCEI Scientific Assembly: New Zealand, January 30, 2023-February 3, 2023

2021
Rodrigues, K. D., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Huot, S. (2021). Exploring the use of luminescence techniques for dating volcanic glasses. Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (LED) 16th Annual Conference, September 13, 2021-September 17, 2021

2017
Rodrigues, K. D., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Huot, S., Adams, K. D. (2017). Testing the suitability of the TL signal for dating volcanic glass. Luminescence and Electron Spin Dating Conference (LED 2017): Cape Town, South Africa, September 11, 2017-September 15, 2017

Rodrigues, K. D., Keen-Zebert, A. K., Huot, S., Adams, K. D. (2017). Testing the potential of thermoluminescence dating of volcanic glass with known-age samples. Geological Society of America: Seattle, October 22, 2017