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Personal profile
Research
My research focuses on the intersection of climate and human evolution. I use organic geochemical proxies for climate parameters that are preserved in sediment archives to understand how climate variability impacts humans on the landscape.
External positions
Research Associate, Harvard University
1 Jul 2023 → …
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
8 May 2023 → 2 Jun 2023
Keywords
- Climate of the past
- Organic chemistry
Areas of expertise
- paleoclimate
- organic geochemistry
- hominin evolution
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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WARMEST: West African Rainfall Modulation by Eocene Shifts in Temperature
Lupien, R. (PI) & Blattmann, F. (Participant)
01/02/2024 → 31/01/2027
Project: Research
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Using biomarkers to understand Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene environmental change and human impacts in Denmark
Lupien, R. (PI) & Riede, F. (PI)
01/01/2024 → 30/06/2024
Project: Research
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Terrestrial Organics Since the Oligocene (TOTO): The Rains Down in Africa
Lupien, R. (PI) & Uno, K. T. (CoPI)
15/01/2022 → 31/03/2026
Project: Research
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BRAINSTORM: Biomarker Records of Africa Improved by Neural networks, Studies of Terrestrial Oscillations, and Revamped Methods
Lupien, R. (PI)
01/10/2025 → 30/09/2029
Project: Research
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Testing novel proxies for reconstructing coral reef responses to ancient climate changes
Lupien, R. (Collaborator), Prohaska, A. (PI), Posth, N. (Collaborator) & Sand, K. (Collaborator)
01/07/2023 → 31/01/2024
Project: Research
Research output
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Low-frequency orbital variations controlled climatic and environmental cycles, amplitudes, and trends in northeast Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene
Lupien, R., Uno, K. T., Rose, C., deRoberts, N., Hazan, C., de Menocal, P. & Polissar, P., Oct 2023, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 4, 360.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access11 Citations (Scopus) -
Past climate unravels the eastern African paradox
Lupien, R. L., 10 Aug 2023, In: Nature. 620, 7973, p. 279-280 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Comment/debate/letter to the editor › Research
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Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene
Lupien, R. L., Russell, J. M., Pearson, E. J., Castañeda, I. S., Asrat, A., Foerster, V., Lamb, H. F., Roberts, H. M., Schäbitz, F., Trauth, M. H., Beck, C. C., Feibel, C. S. & Cohen, A. S., Feb 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 10 p., 3170.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access26 Citations (Scopus) -
Eastern African environmental variation and its role in the evolution and cultural change of Homo over the last 1 million years
Lupien, R. L., Russell, J. M., Subramanian, A., Kinyanjui, R., Beverly, E. J., Uno, K. T., de Menocal, P., Dommain, R. & Potts, R., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 157, 103028.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Biomarker indicators of past ecosystems
Lupien, R. & Śliwińska, K. K., 2024, Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, vol. 6. Elias, S. A. (ed.). 3 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 6. p. 731-741Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Activities
- 2 Visiting an external academic institution
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Harvard University
Lupien, R. (Visiting researcher)
2023 → 30 Apr 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Columbia University
Lupien, R. (Visiting researcher)
8 May 2023 → 2 Jun 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Drilling into the Climate of Human Origins
15/12/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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Environmental variability and human evolution
10/08/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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How a Turbulent Environment Sparked a Leap in Early Human Behavior
21/10/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Meet the Scientist: Dr. Rachel Lupien, Paleoclimatologist
21/09/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Courses
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Climate Change: Cross-disciplinary Challenges and Solutions
Pedersen, V. K. & Lupien, R. 31/07/2023 → 13/08/2023
Course: Teaching
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Oceans and Climate
Pearce, C., Detlef, H., Seidenkrantz, M.-S. & Lupien, R. 05/09/2023 → …
Course: Teaching
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