Curriculum Vitae
Gerald T. Rustic
PhD Candidate, Earth and Environmental Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Graduate Assistant A, Engineering Science and Physics, College of Staten Island
Education
PhD Candidate (Level 3) 2010-present
Earth and Environmental Science
CUNY Graduate Center
New York, New York
Thesis Title (preliminary): The El Niño Southern Oscillation over the past 2000 years
Thesis Advisor: Athanasios Koutavas
Committee Members: Marco Tedesco, Stephen Pekar
Master of Philosophy September 2013
Earth and Environmental Science,
CUNY Graduate Center
Master of Science January 2011
Environmental Science
Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Science
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Thesis: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in and around the Arthur Kill, Staten Island, New York.
Thesis Advisor: Lisa Rodenberg
Bachelor of Science May 1995
Biology and Geology
University of Rochester, Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Rochester, New York
Magna cum laude
Publications
Suhua Wei, Chuixiang Yi*, George Hendrey, Timothy Eaton, Gerald Rustic, et al. (2014) Data-based perfect-deficit approach to understanding climate extremes and forest carbon assimilation capacities (Submitted to Environ. Res. Lett.: ERL-100163, Jan 08, 2014)
Yi, C., Rustic, G., Xu, X., Wang, J., Dookie, A., Wei, S., Hendrey, G., Ricciuto, D., Meyers, T., Nagy, Z., Pinter, K. (2012) Climate extremes and grassland potential productivity, Environmental Research Letters 7:3. http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/3/035703
Rustic, G. (2011) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in and around the Arthur Kill, Staten Island, New York. MS Thesis, Rutgers University. http://mss3.libraries.rutgers.edu/dlr/showfed.php?pid=rutgers-lib:31165
Presentations
Gerald T Rustic, Athanasios Koutavas, Braddock K Linsley(2013) El Niño Southern Oscillation during the Medieval Climate Anomaly, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2013 (Poster).
Gerald T Rustic, Athanasios Koutavas, Braddock K Linsley, Michael N Evans, Thomas M Marchitto, Timothy Herbert (2012) Variability of eastern tropical Pacific climate during the last two millennia from δ18O of individual foraminifera, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2012 (Poster).
Rustic, G., Yi, C. (2011) Canopy Photosynthetic Capacity Signature of Extreme Events, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2011 (Poster)
Fellowships and Awards
Science Fellowship – CUNY Graduate Center 2010-2011, 2011-2012
SEBS Excellence Fellowship 2009-2010
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Henry C. Torrey Fellowship Supplement 2009-2010
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
CUNY Science Scholarship (declined) – CUNY Graduate Center 2009
Wilson Scholarship – University of Rochester 1991-1992, 1992-1993
Teaching Experience
GEO100 – Planet Earth (Lecture) Fall 2013 – Fall 2014
GEO105 – Environmental Geology (Lecture) Fall 2012 – Spring 2013
GEO103 – Historical Geology Laboratory Fall 2010 – Spring 2012
Work Experience
Freelance Web Developer 2001-2013
Developed web sites and web-based applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and related technologies (XML, XSLT), Flash, and server-side scripting languages (JSP, ASP, PHP, ASPX) for various clients as an independent contractor. Clients have included small companies, management consulting groups, financial companies, non-profits, web-development agencies, Major League Baseball and NYU SCPS.
