Senior Lecturer in Geosciences
Faculty of Science
Education:
2003–2007 PhD in Geology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
1998–2003 MSc in Geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
1993-1997 – Mathematics & Geography teacher, Eszterházy Teacher Training College, Eger, Hungary
Previous Academic Positions
2010–2013 Ambizione Research Fellow (Ambizione SNSF Grant) • University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
2008–2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow • School of Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton, UK – Swiss National Science Foundation – Fellowships for Young Scientist and – NERC Postdoctoral project.
Teaching Area
- Physical Geology (SG-1302)
- Geochemistry (SG-4303)
- Micropaleontology and Biostratigraphy (SG-4305)
- Isotope geochemistry and geochronology (SG-4310)
- Introduction to Paleontology (SG-1204).
Research Interests
Reconstruction of past environmental conditions with geochemical analyses of various biominerals and sediments. The major subjects include climate, oceanography, stratigraphy, ecology, extinction events. I am also very interested in palaeontology, especially in fossil vertebrates and the related questions in taphonomy, those that can be addressed by chemical, isotopic and mineralogical analyses.
Publications
- Kocsis, L., Gheerbrant, E., Mouflih, M., Cappetta, H., Ulianov, A. & Amaghzaz, M. (2016): Gradual oxygenation of upwelled seawater from the late Cretaceous through early Paleogene at the northwest coast of Africa. – Chemical Geology – doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.12.001
- Leuzinger,L., Kocsis, L., Billon-Bruyat, J.-P., Spezzaferri, S., Vennemann, T. (2015) Stable isotope study of a new chondrichthyan fauna (Kimmeridgian, Porrentruy, Swiss Jura): an unusual freshwater-influenced isotopic composition for the hybodont shark Asteracanthus – Biogeosciences, 12, 6945–6954.
- Kovács, J., Szabó, P., Kocsis, L., Vennemann, T., Sabol, M., Gasparik, M., Virág, A. (2015): Pliocene and Early Pleistocene paleoenvironmental conditions in the Pannonian Basin (Hungary, Slovakia): stable isotope analyses of fossil proboscidean and perissodactyl teeth. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440, 455–466.
- Kocsis, L., Vennemann, T., Ulianov, A. & Brunnschweiler, J.M. (2015): Characterizing the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas habitat in Fiji by the chemical and isotopic compositions of their teeth. – Environmental Biology of Fishes, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-015-0386-4.
- Kocsis, L., Ounis, A., Baumgartner, C., Pirkenseer, C., Harding, C.I., Adatte, T., Chaabani, F. & Neili, M.S. (2014): Paleocene-Eocene palaeoenvironmental conditions of the main phosphorite deposits (Chouabine Formation) in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia. – Journal of African Earth Science, 100, 586–597.
- Kocsis, L., Ounis, A., Baumgartner, C., Pirkenseer, C., Harding, C.I., Adatte, T., Chaabani, F. & Neili, M.S. (accepted): Paleocene-Eocene palaeoenvironmental conditions of the main phosphorite deposits (Chouabine Formation) in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia. – Journal of African Earth Science, 100, 586–597.
- Kocsis, L., Ozsvárt, P., Becker, D., Ziegler, R., Scherler, L. & Codrea, V. (2014): Orogeny forced terrestrial climate variation during the late Eocene–early Oligocene in Europe. – Geology, 42/8, 727-730.
- Kocsis, L., Gheerbrant, E., Mouflih, M., Cappetta, H., Yans, J. & Amaghzaz, M. (2014): Comprehensive stable isotope investigation of marine biogenic apatite from the late Cretaceous-early Eocene phosphate beds of Morocco. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 394, 74–88.
- Yans, J., Amaghzaz, M., Bouya, B., Cappetta, H., Iacumin, P., Kocsis, L., Mouflih, M., Selloum, O., Sen, S., Storme1, J.-Y. & Gheerbrant, E. (2014): First carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate Basin, Morocco; implications for dating and evolution of earliest African placental mammals. – Gondwana Research, 25, 257–269. 2013
- Kocsis, L., Ounis, A., Chaabani F. & Salah, N.M. (2013): Paleoenvironmental conditions and strontium isotope stratigraphy in the Paleogene Gafsa Basin (Tunisia) deduced from geochemical analyses of phosphatic fossils. – International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 1111-1129. 2012
- Kocsis, L., Dulai, A., Bitner, M.A., Vennemann, T. & Cooper M. (2012): Geochemical compositions of Neogene phosphatic brachiopods: implication for ancient environmental and marine conditions. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 326–328, 66–77.
- Bitner, M.A., Dulai, A., Kocsis, L. & Müller, P.M. (2012): Lingula dregeri (Brachiopoda) from the Middle Miocene of Hungary. – Ann. Soc. Geol.Pol. 82, 39–43.2011
- Kocsis, L. (2011): Geochemical compositions of marine fossils as proxies for reconstructing ancient environmental conditions. – Chimia 65, 787–791.
- Trueman, C.N., Kocsis, L., Palmer, M.R. & Dewdney C. (2011): Fractionation of rare earth elements within bone mineral: a natural cation exchange system. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 310, 124–132.2010
- Kocsis, L., Trueman, C.N. & Palmer, M. (2010): Protracted diagenetic alteration of REE contents in fossil bioapatites: direct evidence from Lu-Hf isotope systematics. – Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 6077–6092.2009
- Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, N. C. & Palmer R. M. (2009): Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Csehbánya Formation (Hungary): evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 280, 532–542.
- Kocsis, L., Vennemann, W. T., Hegner, E., Fontignie, D. & Tütken, T. (2009): Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 271, 117–129.2008
- Kocsis, L., Vennemann, T. W., Fontignie, D., Baumgartner, C., Montanari, A. & Jelen, B. (2008): Oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Miocene Mediterranean deduced from Nd, Sr, C, and O isotope compositions of marine fossils and sediments. – Paleoceanography, 23, PA4211, doi:10.1029/2007PA001540.
- Ounis, A., Kocsis, L., Chaabani F. & Pfeifer H.-R (2008): Rare earth element and stable isotope geochemistry (d13C and d18O) of phosphorite deposits in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 268, 1–18.2007
- Kocsis, L., Vennemann, W. T. & Fontignie, D. (2007): Migration of sharks into freshwater systems during the Miocene and implications for Alpine paleoelevation. – Geology, 35/5, 451–454.
- Kocsis, L. & Vennemann, W. T. (2007): Mit Haizähnen das Schweizer Kilma rekonstruieren / Des dents de requins pour reconstituer le climat Suisse. – Schweizer Strahler / Le Cristallier Suisse, 2, 18–20.
- Kocsis, L. (2007): Central Paratethyan Miocene shark fauna (Ipolytarnóc, Hungary) – Geologica Carpathica, 58, 27–40.
- Hably, L., Kordos, L., & Kocsis, L. (2007): Lower Miocene fossils from Ipolytarnóc, Borókás- and Botos-valley. Ch. 8.1, 183–190. In: Pálfy, J. & Pazonyi, P. (eds.) Paleontological fieldtrips in Hungary and Transylvania. The Hantken Press, Budapest, pp. 260. (in Hungarian)2002
- Kocsis, L. (2002): Middle Eocene Hyrachyus cf. stehlini (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Gerecse Hills, Hungary. – N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh., Stuttgart, 11, 649–658.
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