Kristin Bergmann

Kristin Bergmann serves as the Weedon CD Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, where she investigates Earth's ancient environmental changes through multidisciplinary research. After earning her BA in geology and environmental studies from Carleton College in 2004, she spent three years teaching middle school science before completing her PhD at Caltech in 2013. Her research combines sedimentology, stratigraphy, stable isotope geochemistry, and geobiology to reconstruct environmental changes from the Precambrian to end-Ordovician periods. Following her doctoral work, she served as a Junior Fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows, working with Professor Andrew Knoll from 2013-2015, before joining MIT's faculty in 2015. Her innovative approach to studying ancient carbonate rocks has provided new insights into Earth's early climate history, earning her recognition in the field of paleoclimatology. Through her work analyzing sedimentary rocks and their chemical signatures, she continues to advance our understanding of Earth's environmental evolution over billions of years.