Professional Background

Dr. Fred Bachhuber received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1964 and 1966. He continued his studies at the University of New Mexico, working under Dr. R.Y. Anderson, graduating in 1971. In 1969, prior to completing his doctoral degree, he accepted a position as assistant professor at Central Missouri State University and continued in that capacity for 5 years. In 1974 he moved to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas which, at that time, was popularily known as "sagebrush university'. Since his arrival at UNLV, Dr. Bachhuber has witnessed a three-fold increase in student numbers, buildings, and faculty. During the same time period, the Department of Geoscience has grown from 6 faculty & 1 staff member to 17 faculty, 3 clerical staff, & 3 instrumentation analysts.

Dr. Bachhuber has served as Department chair (1977-1980, 1997-2001) and as acting dean (1981 and 2001-2003) of the College of Sciences. He is an active member of the American Quaternary Association, Candian Quaternary Association, International Quaternary Association, Geological Society of America, Arctic Institute of North America, Arizona/Nevada Academy of Acience, and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.

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Teaching

Dr. Bachhuber received the College of Sciences Distinguished Teacher Award (1994).

Undergraduate:
• GEO 101 Physical Geography
• GEY 433 Glacial and Periglacial Geology
• GEY 434 Quaternary Geology
• GEY 437 Quaternary Paleoecology

Graduate:
• GEY 633 Glacial and Periglacial Geology
• GEY 635 Quaternary Geology
• GEY 701 Graduate Field Seminar
• GEY 707 Quaternary Paleoecology
• GEY 730 Seminar in Quaternary Studies
• GEY 795 Seminar in Geology

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Research Interests

Research interests focus on the development of high resolution paleoecologic and paleolimnologic records of pluvial lakes which can be used for detailed paleoclimatic analysis. Dr. Bachhuber is presently conducting research of this nature in the Great Basin, western Canada, and western Australia.

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Selected Research Publications

Bachhuber, F. W., and Catto, N., 2000, Geologic evidence of rapid and high magnitude climate change during the last glacial (Wisconsian) of North America: in McLaren, S., and Kniveton, D., eds., Linking Climate Change to Land Surface Change: Kluwer Academic Press, p. 143-169.

Catto, N., and Bachhuber, F. W., 2000, Aeolian geomorphic response to climate change: an example from the Estancia Valley, central New Mexico: in Mclaren, S., and Kniveton, D., eds., Linking Climate Change to Land Surface Change: Kluwer Academic Press, p. 171-192.

Bachhuber, F. W., 1994, Pollen yield from olive tree cvs. Manzanillo and Wilson on Wilson on the University of Nevada campus: Clark County Health District, Air Pollution Control Division, 27 p., 9 figs. Addendum, 2001, 6p. 1 fig.

Rutter, N., Bachhuber, F. W., and Lyons, G., 1992, The use of seeds in aminostratigraphy of a Wisconsin paleolimnological record from central New Mexico, U.S.A., in Robertsson, A., Ringberg, B., Miller. U., and Brunnberg, L., eds., Quaternary stratigraphy, glacial morphology and environmental changes: Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning, Ser. Ca 81, pp. 307-312.

Bachhuber, F. W., 1992, A pre-late Wisconsin paleolimnological record from the Estancia Valley, central New Mexico, in Clark, P.U., and Lea, P.D., eds., The last interglacial/glacial transition in North America: Geological Society of America Special Paper 270. p. 289-307.

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Students

• Anthony D. Feig, 1998, Quaternary geology and paleoclimatology of Coal    Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of    Nevada
• Dawn Arnold, Holocene climate zone shifts as determined by packrat    middens, Spring Mountains, Nevada (work in progress).

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