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Overview

Matthew J. Wooller is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their work primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on multiple related subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Anthropology, and General Health Professions.

Their research covers a variety of topics including Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology. Additionally, they have contributed to studies in Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine animal studies overview, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, and climate change and permafrost.

Among recent scholarly contributions, several papers highlight the scope of their research interests and collaboration. Key recent publications include:

  • Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth (2021), published in Science
  • Advances in global bioavailable strontium isoscapes (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Metabolic flexibility of aerobic methanotrophs under anoxic conditions in Arctic lake sediments (2021), published in The ISME Journal
  • Ancient horse genomes reveal the timing and extent of dispersals across the Bering Land Bridge (2021), published in Molecular Ecology
  • High sensitivity of Bering Sea winter sea ice to winter insolation and carbon dioxide over the last 5500 years (2020), published in Science Advances

Frequent collaborators in their research include Clément P. Bataille, Grant D. Zazula, Sambit Ghosh, Nancy H. Bigelow, and Benjamin D. Barst, illustrating a pattern of team-based scientific inquiry across various projects.

Publication venues where their work appears frequently include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

This publication record reflects a solid engagement with both interdisciplinary environmental issues and specialized scientific domains. The combination of research topics also indicates a blend of field-based and laboratory methodological approaches, relevant to ecological, geological, and anthropological investigations.

Best Publications

  • Early human dispersals within the Americas.

    J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar;Lasse Vinner;Peter De Barros Damgaard;Constanza De La Fuente

  • Tracing carbon flow in an arctic marine food web using fatty acid-stable isotope analysis.

    S. M. Budge;M. J. Wooller;A. M. Springer;Sara J. Iverson

  • Phytolith indices as proxies of grass subfamilies on East African tropical mountains

    Laurent Bremond;Anne Alexandre;Matthew J. Wooller;Christelle Hély

  • Advances in global bioavailable strontium isoscapes

    Clement P. Bataille;Brooke E. Crowley;Matthew J. Wooller;Gabriel J. Bowen

  • Holocene climate changes in eastern Beringia (NW North America) – A systematic review of multi-proxy evidence

    Darrell S. Kaufman;Yarrow L. Axford;Andrew C.G. Henderson;Nicholas P. McKay

  • Reconstruction of a subalpine grass-dominated ecosystem, Lake Rutundu, Mount Kenya: a novel multi-proxy approach

    K.J Ficken;M.J Wooller;D.L Swain;F.A Street-Perrott

  • Tracking human travel using stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope analyses of hair and urine

    Diane M. O'Brien;Matthew J. Wooller

  • Quantitative paleotemperature estimates from d 18 O of chironomid head capsules preserved in arctic lake sediments

    Matthew J. Wooller;Donna Francis;Marilyn L. Fogel;Gifford H. Miller

  • Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska

    Russell W. Graham;Soumaya Belmecheri;Soumaya Belmecheri;Kyungcheol Choy;Brendan J. Culleton

  • Variation in winter diet of southern Beaufort Sea polar bears inferred from stable isotope analysis

    T.W. Bentzen;Erich H. Follmann;Steven C. Amstrup;G.S. York

  • Late Quaternary vegetation reconstruction from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

    C.T. Mumbi;C.T. Mumbi;R. Marchant;H. Hooghiemstra;M.J. Wooller

  • Changes in northeast Pacific marine ecosystems over the last 4500 years: evidence from stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from archeological middens

    Nicole Misarti;Bruce Finney;Herbert Maschner;Matthew J. Wooller

  • Strontium isotopes delineate fine-scale natal origins and migration histories of Pacific salmon

    Sean R. Brennan;Christian E. Zimmerman;Christian E. Zimmerman;Diego P. Fernandez;Thure E. Cerling

  • A multi-proxy lacustrine record of Holocene climate change on northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

    Jason P. Briner;Neal Michelutti;Donna R. Francis;Gifford H. Miller

  • Shifts in Identity and Activity of Methanotrophs in Arctic Lake Sediments in Response to Temperature Changes

    Ruo He;Ruo He;Matthew J. Wooller;John W. Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Late Quaternary fires and grassland palaeoecology of Mount Kenya, East Africa: evidence from charred grass cuticles in lake sediments

    M.J Wooller;F.A Street-Perrott;A.D.Q Agnew

  • Diversity of active aerobic methanotrophs along depth profiles of arctic and subarctic lake water column and sediments.

    Ruo He;Matthew J Wooller;John W Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic variation in Laguncularia racemosa (L.) (white mangrove) from Florida and Belize: implications for trophic level studies

    Matthew Wooller;Matthew Wooller;Barbara Smallwood;Myrna Jacobson;Marilyn Fogel

  • Unusually negative nitrogen isotopic compositions (δ 15 N) of mangroves and lichens in an oligotrophic, microbially-influenced ecosystem

    M. L. Fogel;M. J. Wooller;M. J. Wooller;J. Cheeseman;B. J. Smallwood;B. J. Smallwood

  • Late Quaternary vegetation changes around Lake Rutundu, Mount Kenya, East Africa: evidence from grass cuticles, pollen and stable carbon isotopes

    M. J. Wooller;D. L. Swain;K. J. Ficken;A. D. Q. Agnew

Frequent Co-Authors

Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Grant D. Zazula
Grant D. Zazula Simon Fraser University
Oliver Heiri
Oliver Heiri University of Basel
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Miriam C. Jones
Miriam C. Jones United States Geological Survey
Bruce P. Finney
Bruce P. Finney Idaho State University
Daniel H. Mann
Daniel H. Mann University of Alaska Fairbanks
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen

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