Shruti Philips

 

Doctoral Lecturer; Rocks and Minerals Coordinator; and MA TEP Earth Science Advisor

Contact:

Email: shruti.philips@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-772-5413
Office: 1041 HN

Biography:

Dr. Philips holds a PhD in Earth and Environmental Science from the CUNY Graduate School. Her research has included studies of the diagenetic history of Cambro-Ordovician limestones and dolostones of the Mohawk Valley in New York as well as Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Indian peninsula. Dr Philips has over 25 years of teaching experience during which she has taught and developed a variety of Earth science courses in Geology, Oceanography and Environmental science at Hunter College, Queens college, Brooklyn College, and Pace University. She has mentored students as a faculty member of the Catalyst Scholarship program and supervised capstone and independent study projects.

Dr. Philips has taught Physical Geology, Marine Geology, Environmental geology, Oceanography, Environmental Science, Introduction to Environmental Studies and Earth System science labs. She is interested in developing future courses at the 300-level that build upon Marine Geology. She hopes to design lecture courses that explore the co-evolution of Earth and life over geological time or examine the Cretaceous world as a case study of the Earth in ‘greenhouse mode’ and a lab course that analyzes paleoclimate datasets to learn how climate history is reconstructed from ‘proxies’ extracted from sediments, ice cores, speleothems, tree rings, coral skeletons and other archives. These subjects examine the complexity of the Earth system from different temporal and biogeochemical vantage points and teach students to think in a multidisciplinary way. Examining the past environmental conditions on Earth is useful to help us understand the present ‘climate crisis’ and think about potential future approaches to address it.

During the pandemic, Dr. Philips digitized our department’s teaching collection of rocks and minerals to produce interactive 3600 images in virtual 3D and created an online curriculum with recorded videos to facilitate online geology labs bringing students as close to an in-person experience as possible in a remote setting. The online materials, designed to also support hybrid and in-person instruction are available to all, through a ‘Geology at Hunter’ website. http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/geology/

Education:

Ph.D. 1999 The Graduate School of the City University of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences
M.Sc. 1989 The Univeristy of Poona, India, Geology
B.Sc. 1987 Fergusson College of the University of Poona, India, Geology

Interests:

Marine geology, earth-life system, paleoceanography, long-term climate change, large igneous provinces, carbonates and evaporites

Courses Taught:

  • GEOL 100 Introduction to Geology
  • GEOL 101 Introductory Geology Lab
  • GEOL 105 Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • GEOL 180 Introduction to Oceanography
  • GEOL 205 Environmental Geology
  • PGEOG 250 and PGEOG 251 Earth System Science Lab
  • GEOL 280 Marine Geology

Curriculum Vitae