Matthew E. Kirby, Ph.D.

California State University, Fullerton

Department of Geological Sciences

P.O Box 6850

Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

Office Phone: (714) 278-2158

Lab Phone: (714) 278-3303

E-mail: mkirby@fullerton.edu

Education

Associate Professor: California State University, Fullerton, CA 2008-

Assistant Professor: California State University, Fullerton, CA 2002-2008

Post-Doc/Research Assoc.: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2001-2002 Advisors: Dr. Christopher Poulsen/Dr. Steve Lund

Projects: Lacustrine sedimentology; Holocene tropical climate variability and forcings; climate modeling.

Ph.D.: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2001 Advisor: Dr. Henry T. Mullins

Dissertation: 14,600 Calendar Years of Decadal-to-Centennial Scale Atmospheric Circulation and Precipitation Change, Fayetteville Green Lake, NY.

M.Sc.: University of Colorado/Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, CO 1996 Advisor: Dr. John T. Andrews

Thesis: Mid to late Wisconsin Ice Sheet/Ocean Interactions in the Northwest Labrador Sea: Sedimentology, Provenance, Process, and Chronology.

B.A. Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 1993 Advisor: Dr. Eugene W. Domack

Thesis: High Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy and Sedimentological Analysis of Holocene Glacial Marine Sediments in the Palmer Deep Basin, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.

Publications (in review; in revisions)

In Review, Bird, B.W.*, Kirby, M.E., Howat, I., and Tulaczyk, S., Geophysical Evidence for Holocene Lake-Level Change in Southern California (Dry Lake): Additional Support for a Regionally Wet Early Holocene and a mid-Holocene Climate Shift, Palaeo-3. *student author

In Revisions, Rothenberg, S.E., DeRose, M.B., Lin, C., Bird, B.W., Kirby, M.E., Ambrose, R.F., Jay, J.A., The impact of historical wildfires on mercury levels in dated sediment cores from two lakes in southern California.

In Revisions, Rhodes, B.P., Jankaew, K., Kirby, M.E., Choowong, M., A paleotsunami deposit along the Andaman Coast of Thailand, Marine Geology.

Publications (accepted, in press, or in print)

2007, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., Anderson, M.A., Bird, B.W., Insolation Forcing of Holocene Climate Change in Southern California: A Sediment Study From Lake Elsinore, Journal of Paleolimnology, 38, p. 395-417, doi: 10.1007/s10933-006-9085-7.

2006, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.L., and Bird, B.W., Mid-Wisconsin Sediment Record From Baldwin Lake Reveals Hemispheric Climate Dynamics (Southern CA, USA), Palaegeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 241, p. 267-283, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.043.

2006, Bird, B.W.* and Kirby, M.E., An alpine lacustrine record of early Holocene North American Monsoon dynamics from Dry Lake, southern California (USA), Journal of Paleolimnology, 35, p. 179-192. *student author

2005, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., Poulsen, C.J., Hydrologic Variability and the Onset of Modern El Niño-Southern Oscillation: A 19,250 Calendar Year Record From Lake Elsinore, southern California, Journal of Quaternary Science, 20, p. 239-254.

2004, Kirby, M.E., Poulsen, C.J., Lund, S.P., Patterson, W.P., Reidy, L., and Hammond, D. E., Late Holocene lake level dynamics inferred from magnetic susceptibility and stable oxygen isotope data: Lake Elsinore, Southern California (USA), Journal of Paleolimnology, 31, p. 275-293.

2003, Mullins, H.T., Burnett, A.W., Hilfinger, M.F., Kirby, M.E., Millennial-Scale Lake-Level Fluctuations at Green Lakes State Park, New York: Implications for Atmospheric Circulation and Paleoprecipitation over the Northeastern United States, Northeast Geology and Environmental Science, 25, p. 197-205.

2003, Burnett, A.W., Kirby, M.E., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., Increasing Great Lake Effect Snowfall during the Twentieth Century: A Regional Response to Global Warming, Journal of Climate, 16, p. 3535-3542.

2002, Kirby, M.E., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., Burnett, A.W., Late glacial-Holocene atmospheric circulation and precipitation in the northeast United States inferred from modern calibrated stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114, p. 1326-1340

2002, Kirby, M.E., Patterson, W.P., Mullins, H.T., Burnett, A.W., Post-Younger Dryas climate interval linked to circumpolar vortex variability: isotopic evidence from Fayetteville Green Lake, New York, Climate Dynamics, 19, p. 321-330, DOI 10.1007/s00382-002-0227-y.

2001, Kirby, M.E., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., Burnett, A.W., Lacustrine isotopic evidence for multi-decadal natural climate variability related to the circumpolar vortex over the NE USA during the past millennium, Fayetteville Green Lake, New York, Geology, 9, p. 807-810.

2001, Hilfinger, M.F., Mullins, H.T., Burnett, A.W., Kirby, M.E., A 2500 Year Sediment Record from Fayetteville Green Lake, New York: Evidence for Anthropogenic Impacts and Historic Climate Shift, Journal of Paleolimnology, 26, p. 293-305.

1999, Kirby, M.E., Andrews, J.T., Mid-Wisconsin Laurentide Ice Sheet Growth and Decay: Implications for Heinrich Events 3 and 4, Paleoceanography, 14, p. 211-223.

1998, Kirby, M.E., Domack, E.W., McClennen, C.E., Magnetic Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Holocene Glacial Marine Deposits in the Palmer Deep, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica: Implications for Climate Change, Marine Geology, 152, p. 247-259.

1998, Rebesco, M., Camerlenghi, A., De Santis, L., Domack, E., Kirby, M.E., Seismic Stratigraphy of Palmer Deep: A Fault-Bounded Late Quaternary Sediment Trap on the Inner Continental Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula Pacific Margin, Marine Geology, 151, p. 89-110.

1998, Kirby, M.E., Heinrich Event-0 (DC-0) in Sediment Cores from the Northwest Labrador Sea: Recording Events in Cumberland Sound?, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 35, p. 510-519.

1998, Andrews, J.T., Kirby, M.E., Jennings, A.E., Barber, D.C., Late Quaternary Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Depositional Processes on the Slope of S.E. Baffin Island, Detrital Carbonate and Heinrich Events: Implications for Onshore Glacial History, Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 52, p. 91-105.

1998, Andrews, J.T., Kirby, M.E., Aksu, A., Barber, D.C., Meese, D., Late Quaternary Detrital Carbonate (DC-) Layers in Baffin Bay Marine Sediments (67°-74°N): Correlations with Heinrich Events in the North Atlantic?, Quaternary Science Reviews, 17, p. 1125-1137.

1996, Jennings, A.E., Tedesco, K.A., Andrews, J.T., Kirby, M.E., Shelf Erosion and Glacial Ice Proximity in the Labrador Sea During and After Heinrich Events (H-3 or 4 to H-0) as Shown by Foraminifera, Geological Society Special Publication No. 111, p. 29-49.

1995, Andrews, J.T., Jennings, A.E., Kerwin, M., Kirby, M.E., Manley, W., Miller, G.H., Bond, G., MacLean, B., A Heinrich-like Event, H-0 (DC-0): Source(s) for Detrital Carbonate in the North Atlantic During the Younger Dryas Chronozone, Paleoceanography, 10, p. 943-952.

Publications (in prep.)

In Prep, Kirby, M.E. and others?, Strange Happenings in the Mid-Holocene: Mega-Flood Evidence From Lake Elsinore, in prep for 9/28/08 submission to Not Sure .

Final Reports (Contracts)

2006, Bryne, R. and Reidy, L. with assistance from Sengupta, D., Watson, B., Schmidt, D., Arthur, A., Kirby, M., Krause, J., Sullivan, J., Borkowski, J., Yiu, A., and Menchaca, A., Recent (1850-2005) and Late Holocene (AD 400 – AD 1850) Sedimentation Rates at Bolinas Lagoon, Marin County, California, Contract Report submitted to the Marin County Open Space District, 37pp. plus figures.

2005, Kirby, M.E., Determination of Sedimentation Rate and Sedimentation Processes at Big Bear Lake: Using a Paleo-Perspective to Understand Modern Sedimentary Systems, Contract Report submitted to Big Bear Municipal Water District, 41pp.

2005, Kirby, M.E., Anderson, M., Lund, S.P., and Poulsen, C.J., Developing a baseline of natural lake-level/hydrologic variability and understanding past versus present lake productivity over the late-Holocene: a paleo-perspective for management of modern Lake Elsinore, Contract Report submitted to Lake Elsinore-San Jacinto Water Authority, 79pp.

2003, Byrne, R., Reidy, L., Kirby, M., Lund, S., and Poulsen, C., Changing Sedimentation rates during the Last Three Centuries at Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California, Final Report to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, 41pp.

Non-Peer Reviewed Papers/Commentaries/Articles.

2007, Kirby, M.E., Students Look to the Past to See the Future, National Ground Water Association (invited commentary)

Abstracts

2008, CARRASCO*, Joseph E. Jr, MARSAGLIA, Kathleen M., MARDEN, Mike, KIRBY, Matthew E., and HENDERSON, Wayne G., Paleolimnologic Study of Redpath Lake, North Island, New Zealand, 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM. (*student author)

2007, M E Kirby, B W Bird, I M Howat, S Tulaczyk. Geophysical Evidence for Holocene Lake-Level Change in Southern California (Dry Lake): Additional Evidence for a Regional Early Holocene High Stand, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2007, M A Blazevic*, M E Kirby, B L Browne, A D Woods, D D Bowman. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Glacial-age Sediment Core From Baldwin Lake, Southern California: Evidence for Multi-timescale Climate, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. *MSc student author

2007, Kirby, Matthew E., Lund, Steve P., Patterson, William P., Anderson, Michael A., Bird, Broxton W. A Lake Sediment Record of Holocene Climate Change in Southern California: New Geochemical Results, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting, Fall 2007, Long Beach State (invited).

2007, Sarah E. Rothenberg*, Matthew E. Kirby, Jennifer A. Jay, HISTORIC MERCURY DEPOSITION WITHIN THREE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SITES, Annual Southern California Academy of Sciences Meeting. *PhD student author

2007, Michael Blazevic*, Matthew Kirby, Adam Woods, Brandon Browne, Dave Bowman, HIGH-RESOLUTION THIN-SECTION PHOTOMICROGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF A GLACIAL-AGE SEDIMENT CORE FROM BALDWIN LAKE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: A LOOK AT SOME INITIAL RESULTS, Annual Southern California Academy of Sciences Meeting. *MSc student author

2007, J.E. CARRASCO*, M.E. KIRBY and S.P. LUND EVIDENCE FOR RAPID LAKE LEVEL CHANGE DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (LAKE ELSINORE), Annual Southern California Academy of Sciences Meeting. *BSc student author

2007, M.E. Kirby, M.B. DeRose, B.W. Bird., FLOODS, FIRES, AND HUMANS: ASSESSING 150 YEARS OF RAPID DEPOSITIONAL EVENTS IN A SMALL ALPINE LAKE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Annual Southern California Academy of Sciences Meeting.

2007, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., Anderson, M.A., and Bird, B.W., Insolation Forcing of Holocene Climate Change in Southern California, Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2006, Schmidt, J.R.*, Kirby, M.E., Rhodes, B.P., and Jankaew, K., Searching a Holocene coastal lagoon for paleotsunami deposits: Kamala Beach, Phuket, Thailand, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP43B-1238 (*BSc student author)

2006, Rhodes, B., Jankaew, K., Kirby, M., Schmidt, J., and Choowong, M., A Possible Paleotsunami Deposit at Thap Lamu, Southern, Thailand, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP43B-1239

2006, KIRBY, Matthew E., LUND, Steve P., ANDERSON, Michael A., PATTERSON, William P., ANDERSON, William T., BIRD, Broxton W., and SCHMIDT, Jennifer R., ESTABLISHING A BASELINE OF PAST HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments: Creating a Roadmap for Change in the United States (18–20 September 2006), Paper No. 2-28.

2006, CLEMENS-KNOTT, Diane, BOWMAN, David D., KIRBY, Matthew E., KNOTT, Jeffrey R., and WOODS, Adam D.,ON-CAMPUS RECRUITMENT OF GEOLOGY MAJORS: DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES TO PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AT A LARGE STATE UNIVERSITY, 2006 Philadelphia GSA Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006), Paper No. 235-15.

2005, KIRBY, Matthew E., Lund, S.P., and Bird, Broxton W., Sedimentological Evidence From Baldwin Lake (Southern CA, USA) for Mid-Wisconsin Hemispheric Climate Variability, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2005, Broxton W. Bird* and Matthew E. Kirby, A 9,000-YEAR LACUSTRINE RECORD OF LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE AND ABRUPT CLIMATE EVENTS FROM DRY LAKE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. (*MSc student author)

2005, Matthew E. Kirby, Steve P. Lund, William P. Patterson, Michael A. Anderson, Broxton W. Bird, EVIDENCE FOR MULTI-SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE DURING THE HOLOCENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (LAKE ELSINORE), Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.

2005, Matthew E. Kirby, Steve P. Lund, Michael Anderson, Broxton W. Bird, Christopher Poulsen, What Lakes in Southern California’s Arid Environment Tell Us About Past and Future Climate Variability, Arid Zone Hydrology Session, CEA-CREST Conference.

2005, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., and Arkle, Jeanette, C., Centennial-Scale Record of Late-Quaternary Climate Dynamics from the San Bernardino Mountains: Baldwin Lake, Southern California, USGS Workshop on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biotic Perspectives.

2004, Patterson, W.P., Burnett, A.W., Mullins, H.T., and Kirby, M.E., A New Model for Interpretation of Carbon Isotope Values of Lacustrine Sediment: Influence of Summer Monsoon, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2004, DeRose*, M.B., Kirby, M.E., and Bird, B.W., Assessing the poential for paleoclimate studies using sediments from Crystal Lake, San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. (*BSc student author)

2004, Bird, B.W.* and Kirby, M.E., Sedimentological evidence for a glacial response to the 8.2 ka event from Dry Lake, San Gorgonio Wilderness: Southern California, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. (*MSc student author)

2004, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., Poulsen, C.J., and Bird, B.W., Initial drill cores results from Lake Elsinore’s central basin: sedimentology and chronology spanning 11,200 calendar years, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.

2004, DeRose*, M.B., Kirby, M.E., Assessing the potential for paleoclimate studies in Crystal Lake, Southern California, Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. (*BSc student author)

2003, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., and Poulsen, C.J., A Holocene Sediment Record From Lake Elsinore, Southern California: Evidence for Relative Lake Level Change and the Onset of ENSO, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2003, Kirby, M.E., Lund, S.P., Poulsen, C.J., Patterson, W.P., Magnetic and isotope stratigraphy from an arid environment lake (Lake Elsinore, Southern CA): Insight to multi-scale lake-atmosphere interactions over the late-Holocene, International Limnogeology Congress Meeting.

2003, Patterson, W.P., Kirby, M.E., Mullins, H.T., and Burnett, A.W., Holocene records of atmospheric circulation, solar variability, seasonal precipitation and humidity from lacustrine sediment: evidence from stable isotope values of carbonate, Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting.

2003, William T. Anderson, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Samantha L. Evans, Leonel Sternberg, Reena Hernadez, Maria C Pinzon, Matthew E. Kirby, Oxygen Isotopic records in Tree Rings as Indicators of the Climatic and Atmospheric Circulation Changes from Europe, North America and South America, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting.

2002, Matthew E. Kirby, Steve P. Lund, Chris P. Poulsen, William P. Patterson, Adam W. Burnett, On the Use of Historic Atmosphere-Lake-Level Relationships for Reconstructing Stable Oxygen Isotope-Based Paleohydrology in Southern CA., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2002, Matthew E. Kirby, William T. Anderson, Adam W. Burnett, Henry T. Mullins, A Proposed Link Between Atmospheric Circulation and Stable Oxygen Isotope Values From Tree-Ring Cellulose, Fayetteville Green Lake, New York, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2002, Matthew E. Kirby, Steve P. Lund, Chris P. Poulsen, William P. Patterson, Christy Hartman, Evidence for High Amplitude, High Frequency Holocene Paleohydrological Change From a Southern Californian Lacustrine Site (Lake Elsinore, Riverside County), Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.

2002, William P. Patterson, Matthew E. Kirby, William T. Anderson, Henry T. Mullins, A New Model for the Interpretation of Carbon Isotope records of Lacustrine Calcite: Influence of Seasonal Precipitation and Humidity, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.

2000, Matthew E. Kirby, William P. Patterson, Henry T. Mullins, Martin F. Hilfinger IV, Highest-Resolution NE USA Oxygen Isotope Record Reveals Rapid Late-Glacial/Holocene Climate Change, Fayetteville Green Lake, New York, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 32.          

2000, William P. Patterson, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, A 1,500 year record of subdecadal climate variability derived from eastern North American lake sediments: Evidence from stable isotope values of calcite, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 32.

2000, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson, Adam W. Burnett, Calibration of d¹⁸O (calcite) and d¹³C (calcite) Values From Varves in Fayetteville Green Lake, NY Using Historical Meteorological Records: Implications for a Solar Forcing of Paleoclimates, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 32, p. 49.

2000, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson, Adam W. Burnett, A Possible Solar-Terrestrial Climate Connection Involving the Circumpolar Vortex and Stable Isotope Values in Varves, Fayetteville Green Lake, NY, Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting.

1999, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson, Adam W. Burnett, A 22-Year Periodicity of Stable Isotope Values in Varves from Fayetteville Green Lake, N.Y.: Evidence for a Solar-Terrestrial Climate Connection, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 31.

1998, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, Adam W. Burnett, Martin F. Hilfinger IV, Utility of Varved Sediments From Green Lake, NY to Reconstruct High-Resolution Holocene Atmospheric Circulation Patterns in the Northeastern United States, American Geophysical Union Meeting, 79, p. S28-S29.

1998, A. Camerlenghi, M. Rebesco, L. DeSantis, E.W. Domack, Matthew E. Kirby, High Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy of Palmer Deep: A Fault Bounded Late Quaternary Sediment Trap on Inner Continental Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula Pacific Margin, European Geophysical Society XXIII General Assembly.

1997, Matthew E. Kirby, The Younger Dryas (Heinrich Event-0) as Recognized in Sediments from the Northwest Labrador Sea: A Cumberland Sound Event?, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 29, p. 57.

1996, Matthew E. Kirby, John T. Andrews, Anne E. Jennings, Donny C. Barber, Mid to Late Foxe Ice-Margin Fluctuations in the Hudson Strait Region: Evidence from Northwest Labrador Sea Cores, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 28, p. 72.

1996, John T Andrews, D. Barber, Matthew E. Kirby, Ali Aksu, F.R. Hall, Evidence of Heinrich-like events in Baffin Bay; chronology and links with the North Atlantic, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 28, p. 506.

1995, Matthew E. Kirby, Clay-size Carbonate in the Northwest Atlantic, Labrador Sea: An Indicator for Laurentide Ice Sheet Dynamics and Ice Margin Position, 25^th Annual Arctic Workshop.

1995, Matthew E. Kirby, Clay-size detrital carbonate in the Northwest Atlantic, Labrador Sea: An Indicator for Laurentide Ice Sheet Dynamics, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 27, p. 18.

1995, D.C. Barber, G.L. Farmer, J.T. Andrews, A.E. Jennings, Matthew E. Kirby, Mineralogic and isotopic tracers in late Quaternary sediments in the Labrador Sea; implications for iceberg sources during Heinrich events, American Geophysical Union Meeting, 76, p. 296.

1994, Matthew E. Kirby, Anne E. Jennings, John T. Andrews, The Observation and Study of Heinrich/Detrital Carbonate Events in the Labrador Sea, 24^th Annual Arctic Workshop, p. 127.

1993, Matthew E. Kirby, Eugene W. Domack, Charles E. McClennen, High Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy and Sedimentological Analysis of Holocene Glacial Marine Sediments in the Palmer Deep Basin, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, 23^rd Annual Arctic Workshop, BPRC Miscellaneous Series, M-322, p. 97.

1993, J.T. Andrews, A.E. Jennings, Matthew E. Kirby, Timing of major detrital carbonate-rich sediment inputs into the NW Labrador Sea; links with Heinrich Events and ice sheet instability, American Geophysical Union Meeting, 74, p. 359.

1993, Eugene W. Domack, Charles E. McClennen, Matthew E. Kirby, Fine-grained glacial marine basin fill in deep basins on the Bellingshausen Sea continental shelf, Antarctica, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 25, p. 12.

Grants and Contracts

California State University, Fullerton, CA

2008, Collaborative Research: Development of a >100,000 Year Record of Hydrological and Vegetation Response to Past Periods of Climate Warming and Cooling From Southern California: (in review at NSF Sed-Paleo; $474,000 [$154,000 to CSUF]). PI: Matthew E. Kirby; co-PIs: Nicole Bonuso (CSUF), Glen MacDonald (UCLA), Steve Lund (USC), Bill Anderson (FIU)

2008, A Combined Geophysical and Lithostratigraphic Investigation of a Young Pull-Apart Basin: Evaluating the Relationship Between Basin Sedimentation, Late-Quaternary Climate Change, and Tectonics (Lake Elsinore, Southern California): (FUNDED at ACS-PRF; $65,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF)

2007, Using Modern Grain Size Distribution and C:N Ratios to Infer Past Lake Level Change at Lake Elsinore, CA: (FUNDED at CSUF Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award; $500). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF) and Ms. Luissa Ivanovici (B.Sc. Geology major candidate)

2007, Acquisition of an Elemental Analyzer for Geological and Biological Research: (FUNDED at NSF-IF; $38,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby; co-PIs: Adam Woods, Darren Sandquist, Mike Horn

2006, SEARCH FOR A INDIAN OCEAN PALEOTSUNAMI RECORD ALONG THE ANDAMAN COAST, THAILAND: (FUNDED at NSF-EAR; ~$20,000). PI: Brady Rhodes; co-PI: Matthew Kirby

2006, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH/RUI: ASSESSING MULTI-SCALE HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA USING SEDIMENTS FROM LAKE ELSINORE (SOUTHERN CA): (FUNDED at NSF-EAR; ~$152,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF); co-PI: Steve Lund (USC)

2005 Sources and Yields of Methyl Mercury in Mugu Lagoon: (FUNDED at UCLA to CSUF; ~$6,800). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF)

2005 Supplement for Underrepresented Minority Research Fellowship for DEVELOPING LATE-HOLOCENE RECORDS OF FLOOD-PRODUCING, PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY FROM SMALL LAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: (FUNDED at The American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund; $5,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF).

2004, Developing late-holocene records of flood-producing, precipitation variability from small lakes in southern california: (FUNDED at The American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund; $35,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF).

2003, Determination of Sedimentation rate and Sedimentation Processes at Big Bear Lake and Bladwin Lake: Using a Paleo-Perspective to Understand Modern Sedimentary Systems: (FUNDED at Big Bear Municipal Water District ; ~$32,000). PI: Matthew Kirby

2003, Developing a Baseline of Natural Lake-Level Variability Over the Late-Holocene: A Paleo-Perspective for Management of Modern Lake Elsinore: (FUNDED at Lake Elsinore-San Jacinto Water Authority ; ~$45,000 with cost matching: total = ~$50,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby; co-PI's Steve Lund (USC) and Chris Poulsen (UM) with Dr. Michael Anderson on an attached contract (UCR) ~$6,500.

2003, RUI: Acquisition of a rapid sediment grain size analyzer: (FUNDED at NSF-IF; ~$45,000 with cost sharing: total = ~$65,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby

2003, PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF CRYSTAL LAKE (SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) AS A PALEOPRECIPITATION ARCHIVE: A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH: (FUNDED at CSUF Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award: $1000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF) and Ms. Margie DeRose (B.Sc. Geology major candidate).

2003, Holocene History of Water Cycle Dynamics as Recorded in Sediments From a High Alpine Lake in Southern California (Baldwin Lake): (FUNDED at California State Special Fund for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity: ~$5,000). PI: Matthew E. Kirby (CSUF).