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Kimberly Lau
IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Geosciences

Kimberly Lau is a sedimentary geochemist who uses isotopes and modeling to understand the controls and feedbacks on biogeochemical cycles in Earth’s past. She investigates how environments and cycles of biogeochemical elements have changed in Earth’s oceans over geologic timescales.

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Research Keywords

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Permian
Carbon Cycle
Uranium Isotopes
Uranium Isotope
Seawater
Anoxia
Mass Extinction
Paleoredox Proxy
Early Triassic
Carbonate
End-Permian Mass Extinction
Marine Anoxia
Diagenesis
Protective Atmosphere
Volcanism
Redox Condition
Seafloor
Fractionation
China
Oxygenation

Recent Publications

Localized and Transient Oxygenation of Shallow Oceans of Southwestern Laurentia at the Ediacaran–Cambrian Boundary

Chanchai, W., Nelson, L. L., Smith, E. F., Hardisty, D. S., Lonsdale, M. C., Burke, J. E. & Lau, K. V., Jan 1 2026, In: Geobiology. 24, 1, e70039.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

How Well Do We Understand the Geological Carbon Cycle?

Coogan, L. A., Lau, K. V. & Rugenstein, J. K. C., Feb 2026, In: Elements. 22, 1, p. 12-17 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Discovery of White Sea assemblage fossils from Laurentia

Evans, S. D., Sperling, E. A., Lau, K. V. & Strauss, J. V., May 20 2026, In: Science Advances. 12, 21, p. 1-11 11 p., eaed9916.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project Phase 2 data release: An open data resource for the study of Earth's environmental history

Farrell, Ú. C., Olson, H. C., Thompson, M. O., Abshire, M. L., Adeboye, O. O., Ahm, A. S. C., Alcott, L. J., Algeo, T. J., Anderson, R. P., Ansari, A. H., Bastos, L. P. H., Bauer, K. W., Beaty, B., Birdwell, J. E., Bowyer, F. T., Brocks, J. J., Brunoir, T., Busch, J. F., Canfield, D. E. & Caxito, F. A. & 136 others, Chang, C., Cheng, M., Clemente, J. N. R., Cordie, D. R., Crockford, P. W., Cui, H., Cunningham, C. M., Dahl, T. W., de Paula, J. R., Dehler, C. M., Del Mouro, L., Dewing, K., do Carmo, D. A., Dornbos, S. Q., Drabon, N., Dumoulin, J. A., Ejeh, O. I., Ellefson, E., Elrick, M., Emmings, J. F., Eric, B. E., Fang, H., Fazio, G., Fernandes, H. A., French, K. L., Gaines, R. R., Gaschnig, R. M., Gibson, T. M., Gilleaudeau, G. J., Goldberg, K., Gong, Z., Hagen, A. P. I., Halverson, G. P., Hantsoo, K., Haxen, E. R., Henderson, M. A., Hippertt, J. P. T. M., Hodgskiss, M. S. W., Hoffman, P. F., Huang, E. C., Johnson, B. W., Kabanov, P. B., Kang, J., Keller, C. B., Kendall, B., Kimmig, J., Kimmig, S. R., Kipp, M. A., Knoll, A. H., Kreitsmann, T., Kulkarni, A. A., Kunert, A., Kunzmann, M., Lai, J., Lease, R. O., Li, C., Li, S., Lipp, A. G., Liu, Y., Loydell, D. K., Lu, X., Maloney, K. M., Mänd, K., Millikin, A. E. G., Mills, N. T., Motomura, K., Mwinde, C. N., Nelson, L. L., Nieminski, N. M., O'Connell, B., O'Sullivan, E., Okubo, J., Olah, J. K., Ossa, F. O., Ostrander, C. M., Paiste, K., Partin, C. A., Pereira, E., Peters, S. E., Playter, T., Porter, S. M., Poulton, S. W., Pruss, S. B., Qiu, Z., Quinn, D. P., Remírez, M., Richiano, S., Richoz, S., Rico, K. I., Ritzer, S. R., Roney, Z., Rooney, A. D., Rose, W. C., Rugen, E. J., Sahoo, S. K., Schoepfer, S. D., Sclafani, J. A., Sheldon, N. D., Shen, Y., Shields, G. A., Singh, P., Singh, A. K., Slotznick, S. P., Smith, E. F., Song, H., Spinks, S. C., Stockey, R. G., Strauss, J. V., Stüeken, E. E., Sun, Z., Tang, D., Tarhan, L. G., Thomson, D., Tosca, N. J., Tostevin, R., Tu, C., Vizcaíno, M. N., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Wang, X., Warren, L. V., Webb, L. C., Wilby, P. R., Woltz, C. R., Wood, R., Wu, Y., Yang, X., Yurchenko, I. A., Zhang, J., Whiteside, J. H., Gill, B. C., Mehra, A. K., Lau, K. V., Planavsky, N., Johnston, D. T. & Sperling, E. A., Jun 30 2026, In: Chemical Geology. 712, 123148.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Unsteady Gypsum Cycling as a Driver of Cryptic Perturbations in the Ancient Carbon Cycle

Hantsoo, K. & Lau, K. V., Apr 2026, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 41, 4, e2025PA005367.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Experimental constraints on the partitioning behaviour of uranium (VI) in dolomite

McCormick, C. A., Hardisty, D. S., Pederson, C. L., Dietrich, W. L., Bondzie-Selby, I., Hashim, M. S. & Lau, K. V., May 1 2026, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 420, p. 228-245 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Stable Ca and Sr isotope responses to ocean acidification during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Nana Yobo, L., Holmden, C., Lau, K. V., Karas, J. & Brandon, A. D., Aug 5 2026, In: Chemical Geology. 715, 123475.

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Heterogeneous Carbonate Lithium Isotope Records Across the end-Permian Mass Extinction Indicate a Highly Perturbed Lithium Cycle in the Early Triassic

Taylor, K., Rauzi, S., Isson, T., Ibarra, D. E., Hülse, D., Kimmig, S. R., Payne, J. L., Altiner, D., Lehrmann, D. J., Kalderon-Asael, B., Planavsky, N. J. & Lau, K. V., Jan 2026, In: American Journal of Science. 326, p. 1-26 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Advanced 2D XRF imaging of uranium oxidation states using HERFD at the U M4 edge

Bazarkina, E. F., Lau, K. V., Chappaz, A., Bastrakov, E., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., Marshall, M., Meyer, F. M., Boreham, C. J., Amidani, L. & Kvashnina, K. O., Feb 5 2025, In: Chemical Communications. 61, 19, p. 3840-3843 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Iron Isotopes reveal volcanogenic input during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2 ∼ 94 Ma)

Nana Yobo, L., Williams, H. M., Brandon, A. D., Holmden, C., Lau, K. V., Bergman, S. C., Eldrett, J. S. & Minisini, D., Jan 15 2025, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 389, p. 157-167 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Lithological Controls on Aqueous Phosphorus on Ocean-covered Exoplanets

Stone, A. T., Foley, B. J., Tutolo, B. M. & Lau, K. V., Nov 1 2025, In: Planetary Science Journal. 6, 11, 258.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Metazoan-algal benthic ecosystems enhance automicritic slope boundstone: The Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou carbonate platform, Xiliang margin, China

Kelley, B. M., Lehrmann, D. J., Yu, M., Lau, K. V., Altiner, D., Minzoni, M., Enos, P., Li, X. & Payne, J. L., Oct 2024, In: AAPG Bulletin. 108, 10, p. 1851-1884 34 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

All aboard! Earth system investigations with the CH2O-CHOO TRAIN v1.0

Kukla, T., Ibarra, D. E., Lau, K. V. & Rugenstein, J. K. C., Oct 4 2023, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 16, 19, p. 5515-5538 24 p.

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Reduction in animal abundance and oxygen availability during and after the end-Triassic mass extinction

Singh, P., Lu, W., Lu, Z., Jost, A. B., Lau, K., Bachan, A., van de Schootbrugge, B. & Payne, J. L., Mar 2023, In: Geobiology. 21, 2, p. 175-192 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Marine siliceous ecosystem decline led to sustained anomalous Early Triassic warmth

Isson, T. T., Zhang, S., Lau, K. V., Rauzi, S., Tosca, N. J., Penman, D. E. & Planavsky, N. J., Dec 2022, In: Nature communications. 13, 1, 3509.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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