Dr. Paula Noble is a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada Reno and is on the graduate faculty in Geology and Hydrological Sciences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Paleontology from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Geology from UT Austin. Her research focuses on the combined use of microfossils and sediment chemistry to answer questions about the age of rocks, the evolution and extinction of fossil marine plankton, as well as understanding past climate, anthropogenic impacts, and natural disturbances in mountain lakes. Recently, she has begun tracking the occurrence of prehistoric earthquakes in lake records, while trying to understand how seismic events can affect groundwater chemistry and spring discharge that enters these lakes.