Office for Global Engagement

International Activities

International Professional Membership

• Global: Vice-President for Communications, International Quaternary Association, 07/15/2023
• Global: Member, Fulbright Foundation Liason, 08/20/2022
• Global: Member, Fulbright Association, 05/01/2022
• Global: Member, American Society for Oriental Research, 01/01/2020
• Global: Member, European Geophysical Union, 01/01/2016

International Publications

• Global: Rangel-Buitrago, N., Ben-Haddad, M., Nicoll, K., Galgani, F. & Neal, W. (2024). Marine plastic pollution in the Anthropocene: A linguistic toolkit for holistic understanding and action. Ocean & Coastal Management. Vol. 248., 02/01/2024 BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES NATURE & CULTURE WATER CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Turkey: Okur, H., Erturaç, M. K., & Nicoll, K. 2023. Geomorphic changes and socio-environmental impacts of recent sand mining in the Sakarya River, NW Turkey. The Anthropocene Review, 0(0); published online December 22, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196231218480, 12/22/2023 JUSTICE BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES ENERGY WATER ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOOD SYSTEMS
• Africa, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa: Nicoll, K. 2023. John Kinahan. Namib: The Archaeology of an African Desert. Suffolk: James Currey, 2022. xxvi + 546 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $135. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1847012883. African Studies Review. Published online 2023:1-2. doi:10.1017/asr.2023.110, 12/14/2023
• Global: Rangel-Buitrago, N., Neal, W. & Nicoll, K. (2023). Is Earth in a New Time Period: The Plasticene?. Frontiers., 11/24/2023 BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES NATURE & CULTURE WATER ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Global: Fensham, R., Adinehvand, R., Babidge, S. , Cantonati, M., Currell, M., Daniele, L., Elci, A. , Galassi, D.M.P., de la Hera Portillo, Á, Hamad, S., Han, D., Jawadi, H.A., Jotheri, J., Laffineur, B., Mohammad, A.H., Naqinezhad, A., Navidtalab, A., Nicoll, K., Odeh, T., Re, V., Sanjuan, B., Souza, V., Stevens, L.E., Tekere, M. , Tshibalo, E., Silcock, J. , Webb, J., van Wyk, B., Zamanpoore, M. & Villholth, K. (2023). Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect the world’s oases. Science of the Total Environment., 04/2023 NATURE & CULTURE WATER CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Africa, Egypt, Sudan: Nicoll, K. (2023). Sand, wind, paleosols, war: Late Quaternary aeolian dynamics in the Selima Sand Sheet Region, Darb el Arba'in Desert, Southern Egypt. Quaternary International. Vol. 657, 37-49., 03/2023
• Africa: Nicoll, K. & Zerboni, A. (2023). Interdisciplinary Research in Africa: Quaternary Landscapes, Environmental Change and Human Activities. Quaternary International. Vol. 657, 1-2., 03/2023 CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Global: Scerri, E.M.L.; Kühnert, D.; Blinkhorn, J.; Groucutt, H.W.; Roberts, P.; Nicoll, K.; Zerboni, A.; Orijemie, E., Barton, H.; Candy, I.; Goldstein, S.; Hawks, J.; N’Dah, D.; Niang, K.; Petraglia, M.D.; Vella, N. 2020. Field-based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01317-8, 09/20/2020 JUSTICE NATURE & CULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Africa: Nicoll, K. 2020. Review of “Martin Williams: The Nile Basin: Quaternary Geology, 6 Geomorphology and Prehistoric Environments Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019, 405 pp., ISBN 978-1107179196 910” African Archaeological Review 37(3):647-649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09398-3, 09/01/2020
• Israel: Sharp, C., Šmejda, L., McKinny, C., Nicoll, K., Orendi, A. and Shai, I., 2020. Bedrock Installations Used and Reused Outside Tel Burna. Judea and Samaria Research Studies 29(1): 202 5-24. OA DOI: https://doi.org/10.26351/JSRS/29-1/5, 06/01/2020
• Turkey: Azzoni. R.S., Fugazza, D. Garzonio, C.A., Nicoll, K., Diolaiuti, G.A., Pelfini, M., and Zerboni, A., 2019. Geomorphological effects of the 1840 Ahora Gorge Catastrophe on Mount Ararat (Eastern Turkey). Geomorphology 332: 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.001, 03/2019
• Egypt: Nicoll, K., 2018. A revised chronology for Pleistocene paleolakes and Middle Stone Age - Middle Paleolithic cultural activity at Bîr Tirfawi - Bîr Sahara in the Egyptian Sahara, Quaternary International 463: 18-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.08.037, 01/2018
• Egypt: Nicoll, K. and Sallam, E.S., 2017. Paleospring tufa deposition in the Kurkur Oasis Region and implications for tributary integration with the River Nile in southern Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 136: 239-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.10.014, 02/16/2017
• Africa, Egypt, Northern Africa, Southern Europe: Clarke, J., Brooks, N., Banning, E.B., Bar-Matthews, M., Campbell, S., Clare, L., Cremaschi, M., di Lernia, S., Drake, N., Gallinaro, M., Manning, S., Nicoll, K., Philip, G., Rosen, S., Schoop, U-D., Tafuri, M.A., Weninger, B., Zerboni, A., 2016. Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence, Quaternary Science Reviews 136: 96-121. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.003, 10/19/2015
• Egypt: Nicoll, K. 2014. Site Entry: Nabta Playa. In: Smith, Claire (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2, 05/2014
• Turkey: Nicoll. K. and Küçükuysal, C., 2013. Emerging Multi-Proxy Records of Late Quaternary Paleoclimate Dynamics in Turkey and the Surrounding Region. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 22: 126-142. doi: 10.3906/ yer-1109-7 . http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/issues/yer-13-22-1/yer-22-1-6-1109-7.pdf, 01/2013
• Egypt, Sudan: Nicoll, K. 2012. Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Holocene Climate Change as a Civilizing Factor in the Egyptian Sahara. In: Giosan, L., Fuller, D.Q., Nicoll, K., Flad, R.K., and Clift, P.D., (eds.) 2012. Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 198. Geopress, American Geophysical Union. Book doi: 10.1029/GM0198. p. 157-162. Paper doi: 10.1029/2012GM001219, 12/2012
• Several: Giosan, L., Fuller, D.Q., Nicoll, K., Flad, R.K., and Clift, P.D., 2012. Preface. In: Giosan, L., Fuller, D.Q., Nicoll, K., Flad, R.K., and Clift, P.D., (eds.) 2012. Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 198. Geopress, American Geophysical Union. Book doi: 10.1029/GM0198. Paper doi: 10.1029/2012GM001426., 12/2012
• UK, Mexico: Gill, J.L., Blois, J.L., Goring, S., Marlon, J.R., Bartlein, P.J., Nicoll, K., Scott, A.C., and Whitlock, C. 2012. Paleoecological changes at Lake Cuitzeo were not consistent with an extraterrestrial impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1206196109, 08/2012
• In 2010, one of my lead author papers formerly published in 1999 (Nicoll et al., 1999) have been made available to the public as part of a special topical issue for free download online, through a “Virtual Volume” of Geoarchaeology accessible via this link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1520-6548/homepage/geoarchaeological_research_in_egypt_and_the_nile_valley.htm The original citation is: Nicoll, K.; Giegengack, R.; Kleindienst, M.R.; 1999. Petrogenesis of Artifact-Bearing Fossil-Spring Deposits from Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal. v. 14: p. 849-863, 10/10/2010

International Presentations

• Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Libya, Northern Africa, Sudan: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2019. Geoarchaeology beyond environmental determinism: Observations of cultural continuity & resilience reconstructed from geoarchaeological records, Awards Keynote, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 22-25 September 2019. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2019AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/334143, 09/23/2019
• Egypt, Libya, Northern Africa, Sudan: Nicoll, K., Spinapolice, E.E. and Zerboni, A. 2019. Emerging environmental & geoarchaeological records from the NE Sahara & their relevance in dispersals ‘Out of Africa’ during the Quaternary. Keynote, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 22-25 September 2019. , 09/23/2019
• Northern Africa: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2019. Zoogeomorphic Agency and a geoarchaeological interpretation of the dust increase over North Africa at the termination of the African Humid Period. Keynote, 20th INQUA Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 25-31 July 2019. , 07/29/2019
• Northern Africa: Zerboni, A. and Nicoll, K. 2019. Emerging hypotheses about the Holocene palaeoclimate in the Sahara: landscape response, biome continuity, and termination of wet and arid phases. 20th INQUA Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 25-31 July 2019. https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/574/program-app/submission/92139, 07/25/2019
• Northern Africa, Southern Europe: Zerboni, A., Zanchetta, G. and Nicoll, K. 2019. Archaeological stratigraphies: from the excavation to the laboratory. STRATI 2019 The 3rd International Congress on Stratigraphy, Milan, Italy, 2-5 July 2019, 07/02/2019
• Africa, Northern Africa: Zerboni, A. and Nicoll, K. 2019. Emerging hypotheses about the Holocene palaeoclimate in the Sahara: landscape response, biome continuity, and termination of wet and arid phases. 20th INQUA Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 25-31 July 2019., 07/2019
• Africa, Northern Africa: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2019. Zoogeomorphic Agency and a geoarchaeological interpretation of the dust increase over North Africa at the termination of the African Humid Period. 20th INQUA Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 25-31 July 2019., 07/2019
• Global: Nicoll, K. 2019. A decade of “Geomorphology Rules” for science outreach: Persisting through the Trumpocene. EGU, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019. , 04/08/2019
• Northern Africa: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2019. A geoarchaeological interpretation of the dust increase over North Africa at the termination of the African Humid Period. EGU, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019. poster , 04/08/2019
• Africa: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2019. A geoarchaeological interpretation of the dust increase over North Africa at the termination of the African Humid Period. EGU, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019. , 04/2019
• Northern Africa: Zerboni, A. and Nicoll, K. 2018. New approaches to challenges in Quaternary Geology of North Africa: resolving Holocene palaeoclimatic reconstruction, landform response and human adaptation. PANAF'18 – XV° Congres Pan-African Archaeological Association, Rabat, Morocco on 10-14 September 2018., 11/2018
• Eastern Africa, Northern Africa: Nicoll, K., Spinapolice, E.E. and Zerboni, A. 2018. GO WEST `Out of Africa' through the desert side? A review of archaeological and environmental records across the NE Sahara. Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques. XVIIe Congrès Mondiale UISPP- Paris. 4-9 June 2018., 06/2018
• Global: Nicoll, K. and Zerboni, A. 2018. Geoarchaeological records of landscape change as lessons for the Anthropocene. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. 8–13 April 2018., 04/2018
• China: Nicoll, K. 2014. A Fresh Look at the Geobiology & Sedimentary Environments of the Hypersaline Great Salt Lake, USA. Acta Geologica Sinica 88:94-95., 07/2014
• Turkey: Nicoll, K. 2013. Geoarchaeological insights on the climate of Eastern Turkey during antiquity (invited). The Avkat Archaeological Project: Workshop II – Climate, Environment & History in Anatolia ca 200-1000 CE. Princeton, NJ. 24-25 May, 05/2013
• Turkey: Nicoll, K. 2012. Records of urbanism, imperialism, & environmental change in southeastern Turkey. European Geophysical Union (EGU) Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April., 04/2012
• Egypt: Nicoll, K. 2012. Geoarchaeological Synthesis & emerging chroostratigraphies for Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Egyptian Sahara. Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert, Oxford, UK. 13-14 January., 01/2012
• Turkey: Nicoll, K. 2010. Geoarchaeology, Environmental History, and Tectonic Uplift in Eastern Anatolia (SE Turkey). 2010 Geological Society of America International Conference Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia. Ankara, Turkey: 4-8 October 2010., 06/2010

International Research

• Turkey: Ankara Conference Planning - GSA International Division, October 2009, 10/21/2009-10/31/2009
• Congo: AAAS Scientist on Call - Working with NGOs in Republic of Congo, 09/29/2009-10/15/2009
• Western Asia: Research in Turkey & Azerbaijan (Naxcivan), 06/22/2009-08/15/2009

International Teaching

• Azerbaijan: I taught students to do geographic and archaeological fieldwork this summer in Azerbaijan., 06/22/2009-07/29/2009

International Conferences

• United States of America: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 10/21/2009

International External Service

• Global: Facebook Page Administrator Geomorphology Rules, 01/25/2010-12/31/2020
• Global: Social Media Outreach via Facebook on "Geomorphology Rules" with more than 250,000 followers and lately I am reaching up to 20 million people a week from around the globe with science posts and engagement opportunities. I maintain a more active popular interface than anything the University does, and they have dedicated marketing people. I mention this because I have literally shifted how the world sees the University of Utah as an institution. , 01/01/2007-12/31/2029

International Professional Service

• Global: Vice-President for Communication, International Quaternary Association (INQUA), 07/15/2023-07/17/2027
• Global: Editorial Board, Journal of Quaternary Environments and Humans, 05/20/2023-05/19/2029
• Global: Promote Scholarship, solicit applications and provide advice and feedback to the public for the Fulbright Foundation Awards, Fulbright Foundation Liason and University of Utah Representative, 08/01/2022-07/21/2027
• Global: Working with others who make up the Board, I help connect alumni and friends of the Fulbright program through lifelong learning, collaborative networking, and service projects here at Utah., Board Member of the Utah Chapter of the Fulbright Foundation, 08/01/2022-06/30/2024
• Global: Scientific Committee for the IAG Italian Young Geomorphologists Days' Meeting, International Association of Geomorphologists , 10/01/2018-07/17/2019
• Global: Editorial Board, Elsevier Journal Geomorphology, 07/25/2018-07/17/2020
• Global: Scientific Committees for the 2019 STRATi International Congress on Stratigraphy, STRATi International Congress on Stratigraphy, 07/25/2018-07/17/2019
• Global: Organize and conduct social media campaign related to the 2023 Congress of the International Quaternary Association held in Rome, Italy in July 2023, Social Media Coordinator INQUA Roma 2024 Congress, 03/2018-08/01/2023
• Italy: Reviewer, Commissario Brunetti in Veneto, Italia, 01/01/2018-06/30/2020
• Japan: Convened and presided over one all day session entitled "Geoarchaeology: integrating palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records for ancient landscape reconstruction", INQUA, 07/31/2015
• Japan: Session organizer, International Quaternary Association (INQUA), 10/2014-07/31/2015
• UK: Editorial Board, Journal of Archaeology, 01/2012
• USA: Joint Technical Program Committee, Geological Society of America, 01/01/2010-12/31/2012
• Chair Elect. Archaeological Geology Division, Geological Society of America, 10/20/2008
• Turkey: International Organizing Committee for a conference "Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia" (4-8 October 2010 in Ankara, Turkey) , Geological Society of America, 09/2008-11/2010
• Session Chair for Annual Meeting each year 2005-2010., Geological Society of America, 10/20/2005

International Media

• Libya: Popular Science "The Sahara Used to be full of Fish" by Sarah Kiley Watson, 02/25/2020
• Algeria, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Tunisia: "A Greener Sahara: Ancient Oases and Prehistoric Human Habitation in the Modern Desert" by Emily Zawacki , 11/19/2019
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: BBC programme "Science In Action" interview about Great Salt Lake , 08/28/2014
• Turkey: Turkish Television interview and newspaper story about the GSA International Meeting, 10/08/2010

International Awards

• Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Turkey, Yemen: Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professorship, W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, 03/15/2023 NATURE & CULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Italy: Con Il Sud Program, Fulbright Foundation Global Scholars Award, 01/2022 JUSTICE NATURE & CULTURE WATER CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOOD SYSTEMS
• Italy: Con Il Sud Program in Italy, Fulbright Foundation Global Scholars Award, 07/01/2021 JUSTICE NATURE & CULTURE WATER CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOOD SYSTEMS
• Egypt, Italy, Libya: Prize at the 14th Conference of Environmental Archaeology, Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory, 02/2018

Countries and Regions of Interest

• Africa
• Azerbaijan
• Congo
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Israel
• Jordan
• Namibia
• Turkey