Darrell Kaufman directs the AAGL. He has studied amino acid racemization beginning with his dissertation research at the University of Colorado. He focuses on using amino acid racemization to determine the ages and paleotemperatures of Quaternary marine and lacustrine deposits, and he has contributed to studies led by scientists around the world.
Katherine Sides manages the AAGL. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental and Soil Sciences from the university of Tennessee. Her research experience is mainly in ecosystem ecology, climate change, and soil microbiology. She is now delving into amino acid analyses of foraminifera, and is planning to examine bacterial degradation of materials used for amino acid geochronology.
Jordon Bright managed the AAGL from 1998 to 2010 before moving to Tucson to pursue his PhD degree. He specializes in identifying lacustrine ostracodes and interpreting their depositional environments. His Master's thesis research in Quaternary Sciences at Northern Arizona University focused on using oxygen isotopes in ostracode shells and endogenic carbonates to reconstruct hydrological change at Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho.
