Naomi E. Levin

Assistant Professor
Earth & Planetary Sciences

Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street, Olin 301
Baltimore, Maryland 21218


Phone: 410-516-4317
Fax: 410-516-7933
Email: nlevin3 at jhu.edu
Office: 123 Olin Hall
JHU Stable Isotope Lab


Geology - Isotope Geochemistry - Paleoecology
My research centers on understanding how terrestrial landscapes and organisms respond to past climate change.  I primarily use stable isotopic records to study interactions between mammals, vegetation, and climate in past ecosystems. My work includes examination of modern climatic, ecological and geochemical processes to develop analogs for fossil systems. To date, my research has focused on reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene environments from sedimentary and isotopic records preserved in the East African rift.  New projects include paleoecological research on Middle Pleistocene sediments in South Africa and mass-dependent Δ17O variation in the sedimentary record and the hydrosphere.