Nadja Insel, Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences, Earth Science
Associate Professor, Department Coordinator
Phone:
(773) 442-6058
Email:
n-insel@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
TBA
Country:
United States
Expertise
Tectonics, Climate, and Surface Processes
ESCI-121: Introduction the Earth Science
ESCI-123: Environmental Geology
ESCI-303: Environmental Geology in the Field
ESCI-307: Climate Change - Evidence, Causes and Effects
ESCI-326: Independent Study
ESCI-330: Structural Geology
ESCI-335A: Meteorology
ESCI-347: Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
ESCI-350: Geotectonics
ESCI-355: Geophysics
ESCI-370: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate Change
ESCI-390: Field Geology
Research Interests
Interactions between tectonics, climate, and Earth surface processes
Education
2010 Ph.D. Geology, University of Michigan, USA
2005 Diploma (M.S. equivalent) Geology, University of Potsdam, Germany
2002 Pre-Diploma, Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Germany
Selected Publications
Berkelhammer, M., N., Insel, I. Stefanescu, 2021. Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (18), e2021GL093678
Insel, N., M. Berkelhammer, 2021. The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period. Journal of Quaternary Climate 36 (4), doi: 10.1002/jqs.3311
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, C. Sturm, T.A. Ehlers, 2013. Climate controls on Andean precipitation d18O interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (17), 9721-9742
Insel, N., M. Grove, M. Haschke, J.B. Barnes, A.K. Schmitt, M.R. Strecker, 2012. Paleozoic to early Cenozoic cooling and exhumation of the basement underlying the eastern Puna plateau margin prior to plateau growth. Tectonics 31(6), doi:10.1029/2012TC003168
Barnes, J.B., T.A. Ehlers, N. Insel, N. McQuarrie, C.J. Poulsen, 2012. Linking orography, climate, and exhumation across the central Andes. Geology 40 (12), 1135-1138, doi: 10.1130/G33229.1
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, T.A. Ehlers, C. Sturm, 2012. Response of meteoric d18O to surface uplift - Implications for Cenozoic Andean Plateau growth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317, 262-272, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.039
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, T.A. Ehlers, 2010. Influence of the Andes Mountains on South American moisture transport, convection, and precipitation. Climate Dynamics 35 (7), 1477-1492, doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0637-1
Insel, N., T.A. Ehlers, M. Schaller, J.B. Barnes, S. Tawackoli, C.J. Poulsen, 2010. Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers. Geomorphology 122 (1-2), 65-77
Poulsen, C.J., N. Insel, T.A. Ehlers, C. Sturm, R. Simon, 2010. Onset of convective rainfall during gradual late Miocene rise of the central Andes. Science 328 (5977), 490-493, doi: 10.1126/science.1185078