Education

Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences, Providence RI
     Ph.D. Candidate, degree expected May 2008
Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences, Providence RI
     M. S., Planetary Spectroscopy, May 2006
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Chicago IL
     M. S., Geomorphology and Surface Hydrology, May 2003
University of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Chicago IL
     A. B., Geophysical Sciences, August 1997

Research and Professional Experience

Brown University, Providence RI
      Research Assistant, August 2003 – Present
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
      Research Assistant, January 2002 – July 2003

Teaching Experience

Brown University, Providence RI
      Teaching Assistant
            Spring 2006
                  Geo 23 – Geochemistry: Earth and Planetary Materials and Processes
                   Professors: Reid Cooper and Peter Gromet
                   Taught weekly labs in rock and mineral identification and phase diagrams.
                   Redesigned several labs to include a link between rock types and tectonic
                   settings.
            Spring 2005
                  Geo 6 – Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions and other Geologic Hazards
                   Professor: Mac Rutherford
                   Taught labs in rock identification and volcanic processes and helped
                   develop a lab on tsunamis and earthquakes.

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
      Teaching Assistant
            Spring 2003
                   EaES 475 – Hydrology/Hydrogeology
                   Professor: Peter Doran
                   Taught weekly labs in graduate/undergraduate level hydrology and held
                   weekly office hours for student questions and review.
            Spring 2002
                   EaES 101 – Exploring the Earth’s Surface (Lead T.A.)
                   Professor: Torbjorn Tornqvist
                   Advised and assisted junior teaching assistants and tutored blind student.
            Fall 2001
                   EaES 101 – Exploring the Earth’s Surface
                   Professor: Peter Doran
                   Taught weekly labs in sedimentology, stratigraphy and surface processes
                   and led weekly discussion sections.
            Spring 2001
                   EaES 102 – Exploring the Earth’s Interior
                   Professor: Kelvin Rodolfo
                   Taught weekly labs in mineralogy and petrology (including optical
                   mineralogy) and led weekly discussion sections.
           
DePaul University, Chicago IL
Environmental Health and Sciences, Office of Applied Innovations
      Senior Technical Trainer, May 1998 – November 2000

Awards and Memberships

2001 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
Elected member, Brown University Chapter of Sigma Xi
Member, American Geophysical Union, 2001 - present
Member, Geological Society of America, 2001 - present
Member, Mineralogical Society of America, 2004 - present
Member, Meteoritical Society, 2004 - present

Publications

Peer Reviewed

Klima, R. L., Pieters, C. M. and M. D. Dyar (2008), Characterization of the 1.2 µm M1 pyroxene band: Extracting cooling history from near-IR spectra of pyroxenes and pyroxene-dominated rocks, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press.

Klima, R. L., Pieters, C. M. and M. D. Dyar (2007), Spectroscopy of synthetic Mg-Fe pyroxenes I: Spin-allowed and spin-forbidden crystal field bands in the visible and near-infrared, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42, 235-253.

Dyar, M. D., Klima, R. L., Lindsley, D. H. and C. M. Pieters, Effects of differential recoil-free fraction on ordering and site occupancies in Mössbauer spectroscopy of orthopyroxenes (2007), American Mineralogist, 92, 424-428.

Klima, R. L., and C. M. Pieters (2006), Near- and mid-infrared microspectroscopy of the Ronda peridotite, Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 111, E01005, -doi: 10.1029/2005JE002537.

Extended Abstracts

Klima, R. L., C. M. Pieters, and M. D. Dyar (2008), Reflectance and Mössbauer spectroscopy of synthetic pyroxenes: Characterizing the cooling histories of HEDs using reflectance spectroscopy, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, Abstract #2289, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L. and C. M. Pieters (2008), MGM analysis of pyroxene mineral separates from Apollo 15 and 17, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, Abstract #1756, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R., Pieters, C., Sunshine, J., Hiroi, T.,Bishop, J., Lane, M. Dyar, D. and Treiman, A. (2007), Coordinated spectroscopic and petrologic investigation of LAP 04840: First results of infrared, thermal and raman spectroscopy, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII, Abstract #1710, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L., C. M. Pieters, and M. D. Dyar (2007), Vis-NIR spectroscopy of synthetic pyroxenes: Calcium bearing pyroxenes and application to the HED meteorites, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII, Abstract #1733, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L., C. M. Pieters, and M. D. Dyar (2006), Pyroxene spectroscopy at visible wavelengths: Effects of total iron content on spin forbidden absorption features, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII, Abstract #1637, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L., C. M. Pieters, and M. D. Dyar (2005), Pyroxene spectroscopy: Effects of major element composition on near, mid and far-infrared spectra, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Abstract #1462, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L., C. M. Pieters, and M. D. Dyar (2005), Capabilities and limitations of infrared reflectance microspectroscopy, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Abstract #1459, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Klima, R. L., and C. M. Pieters (2004), Infrared spectroscopy on a microscopic scale: Investigating the technique of microspectroscopy and its application to the study of a lunar breccia, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract #1305, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).

Pieters, C. M., M. D. Dyar, T. Hiroi, J. Bishop, J. Sunshine, and R. Klima (2004), Pigeonite Masquerading as Olivine at Mars: First Results from Mars Spectroscopy Consortium, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract #1171, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX (CD-ROM).