Current Role at Stanford

Deputy Director, Earth Systems Program

Honors & Awards

  • Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford University (2018)
  • Excellence in Teaching, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (2017)
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, University of California San Diego (2001, 2002)
  • Chevron Fellow, Stanford University (1991)
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, Stanford University (1989-1992)
  • Pond Prize for best undergraduate thesis in Geology, Amherst College (1987)

Education & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences (1995)
  • B.A., Amherst College, Geology (1987)

Contact

  • Work
    rnevle@stanford.edu
    University - Staff Department: Earth Systems Program Position: Deputy Director, Earth Systems Program
    • 473 VIA ORTEGA
    • 473 Via Ortega
    • Room 133
    • STANFORD,  California  94305 
    (650) 725-0979 (fax)

Additional Info

Links

2024-25 Courses

Professional Affiliations and Activities

  • Member, Ecological Society of America (2019 - Present)
  • Sustainability Design Team, Education Lead, Stanford University (2019 - Present)
  • Long-Range Planning Committee, Education Area Steering Group, Stanford University (2017 - Present)
  • Evaluation Committee, Notation in Science Communication, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University (2016 - Present)
  • Writing and Rhetoric Requirement Governance Board, Stanford University (2015 - Present)
  • Teaching Task Force, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (2015 - 2016)

All Publications

  • The Paradise Notebooks: Ninety Miles across the Sierra Nevle, R. J., Nightingale, S. Cornell University Press. 2022
  • Drawing Inspiration in the Range of Light Journal of Natural History Education and Experience Nevle, R. J. 2020
  • Quick capture and questions: A curriculum for introducing natural history through field journaling Journal of Natural History Education and Experience Chay, F., Black, H., Nevle, R. 2018; 12: 5-14
  • Stopping wildlife disease from becoming a crisis: a collaborative leadership success story 2016-5 Krebs, M., McIntosh, T., Nevle, R., Sturner, P. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). 2016 ; SESYNC Case Study for Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis
  • Neotropical human-landscape interactions, fire, and atmospheric CO2 during European conquest HOLOCENE Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K., Ruddiman, W. F., Dull, R. A. 2011; 21 (5): 853-864

    View details for DOI 10.1177/0959683611404578

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293265900013

  • The Columbian Encounter and the Little Ice Age: Abrupt Land Use Change, Fire, and Greenhouse Forcing ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS Dull, R. A., Nevle, R. J., Woods, W. I., Bird, D. K., Avnery, S., Denevan, W. M. 2010; 100 (4): 755-771

    View details for Web of Science ID 000284418100005

  • Effects of syn-pandemic fire reduction and reforestation in the tropical Americas on atmospheric CO2 during European conquest PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K. 2008; 264 (1-2): 25-38

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.008

    View details for Web of Science ID 000258017600003

  • A gold-bearing horizon in the Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland Economic Geology, Bird, D. K., Arnason, J. G., Brandriss, M. E., Nevle, R. J., Radford, G., Bernstein, S., Guanacos, R. A., Keleman, P. B. 1995; 90: 1288-1300

    View details for DOI 10.2113/gsecongeo.90.5.1288

  • Imprint of meteoric water on the stable isotope compositions of igneous and secondary minerals, Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Brandriss, M. E., Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K., O'Neil, J. R. 1995; 121 (1): 74-86
  • TERTIARY PLUTONS MONITOR CLIMATE-CHANGE IN EAST GREENLAND GEOLOGY NEVLE, R. J., Brandriss, M. E., Bird, D. K., McWilliams, M. O., ONEIL, J. R. 1994; 22 (9): 775-778

    View details for Web of Science ID A1994PE29200002

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