Pincelli Hull

About

Pincelli M. Hull is a professor at Yale University whose research focuses on the application of machine learning techniques in macroecology. Her work particularly emphasizes the use of deep neural networks applied to large volumes of biogeographical data, with a main research interest in species distribution modeling. Her current projects involve developing AI models that link micro and macroclimates to synthesize explanatory variables related to individuals' thermal stress and thermal refugia, contributing to understanding climate impacts on species and ecosystems.

Research topics

• Ecology
• Biology
• Paleontology
• Geology
• Oceanography
• Climatology
• Evolutionary biology
• Physics
• Astrophysics
• Environmental science

Selected publications

• On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

  Science · 2020 · 337 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary. Disentangling their relative importance is complicated by uncertainty regarding kill mechanisms and the relative timing of volcanogenic outgassing, impact, and extinction. We used carbon cycle modeling and paleotemperature records to constrain the timing of volcanogenic outgassing. We found support for major outgassing beginnin…

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• The enigma of Oligocene climate and global surface temperature evolution

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 144 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  and/or ocean gateways, and is only partially explained by current climate models. Although the dominant climate drivers of this enigmatic Oligocene world remain unclear, our results help fill a gap in understanding past Cenozoic climates and the way long-term climate sensitivity responded to varying background climate states.

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• Revisiting the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum “Carbon Cycle Conundrum” With New Estimates of Atmospheric pCO₂ From Boron Isotopes

  Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology · 2020 · 104 citations

  Abstract The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) was a gradual warming event and carbon cycle perturbation that occurred between 40.5 and 40.1 Ma. A number of characteristics, including greater‐than‐expected deep‐sea carbonate dissolution, a lack of globally coherent negative δ 13 C excursion in marine carbonates, a duration longer than the characteristic timescale of carbon cycle recovery, and the absence of a clear trigger mechanism, challenge our current understanding of the Earth system an…

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• Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur

  Nature · 2022 · 78 citations

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• Extensive morphological variability in asexually produced planktic foraminifera

  Science Advances · 2020 · 52 citations

  Planktic foraminifera reproduce sexually and asexually, overturning assumptions of heritability and dispersal.

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: P2C2: Re-assessing Pliocene and Miocene warm climates and identifying the 'missing physics' to explain them

  NSF · $300k · 2016–2019

• Collaborative Research: Eocene Orbital-scale Oceanographic Variability in the North Atlantic: Inferences from Expedition 342 Cores

  NSF · $141k · 2013–2016

• Collaborative Research: Evaluating Deep-Sea Ventilation and the Global Carbon Cycle During Early Paleogene Hyperthermals

  NSF · $111k · 2015–2020

Frequent coauthors

• Richard D. Norris

  Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  91 shared

• Michael J. Henehan

  University of Bristol

  57 shared

• Ellen Thomas

  Planetary Science Institute

  56 shared

• Donald E. Penman

  Utah State University

  53 shared

• Miranda Margulis‐Ohnuma

  Yale University

  50 shared

• Kate Pippenger

  49 shared

• Jack O. Shaw

  Santa Fe Institute

  47 shared

• Derek E. G. Briggs

  Yale University

  47 shared

Labs

• Hull LabPI

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