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Clay Tabor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut, within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on understanding Earth's climate system responses to various forcings through paleoclimatology, with expertise in glacial cycles, isotopic hydroclimate analysis, and Cretaceous climate dynamics. He actively collaborates across disciplines with atmospheric chemists, geochemists, and geologists.
Dr. Tabor holds a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of North Carolina–Asheville. His teaching includes courses on Paleoclimatology (ERTH 4850/5850) and Our Evolving Atmosphere (ERTH 2800).
His research interests span three core themes: 1) glacial cycles and sea level change, 2) water isotopologue patterns and regional hydroclimate, and 3) Cretaceous climate dynamics and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. He employs advanced methods such as stable isotope analysis, climate modeling, and proxy data interpretation to address these topics.
No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided information. His work involves interdisciplinary collaborations and leverages both observational datasets and Earth system models to advance climate science understanding.
