Vitae
Education
2013 – 2016 Doctor of Philosophy Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2012 Honours in Palaeobiology Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2009 – 2011 Bachelor of Science Majoring in Palaeobiology Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Employment History
Sept 2019– Present Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Nov 2017 – Aug 2019 Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Aug 2013 – Oct 2017 Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Nov 2012 – Sept 2017 Research Assistant, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Feb 2017 – Sept 2017 Casual Technician, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Publications
(*Corresponding author, †Graduate student)
Articles in Preparation/Submitted/in Review
Jacquet*, S.M., Jacobs, G.S.†, Speir, E.E.†, Huntley, J.W., Schiffbauer, J.D., Selly, T. [in prep]. Pairing x-ray microscopy with traditional extraction methods to assess preservational and sampling bias in the skeletal record. Frontiers.
Jacobs, G.S.†, Jacquet*, S.M., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D., Huntley, J.W.* [in prep]. Fossils prepared two ways: A case study of micro-CT and acid maceration in complement. Frontiers.
O’Neil, G.R., Tackett, L.S., Selly, T. Pulsipher, M.†, Rosbach†, S., Jacquet, S.M., Schnucker, S.G., & Schiffbauer, J.D. [in prep] Taphonomic variants of tubular fossils from the White-Inyo late Ediacaran Deep Spring Formation, Inyo County, CA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Published Articles
21. Jacquet, S.M.*, Webb, J-L.†, Huntley, J.W., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D. (2023) X-ray tomographic microscopy of Eocene coprolites from Pipestone Springs Main Pocket, Southwest Montana. Frontiers in Earth Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1130107
20. Miller, A.A.†, Huntley, J. W., Jacquet, S.M.* (2022) Biotic interactions between conulariids and epibionts from the Silurian Waukesha Biota. Palaios. 37 (11):691-699. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2022.027
19. Miller, A.A.†, Jacquet, S.M.*, Anderson, E.P., Schiffbauer, J.D. 2022. Conulariids from the Silurian (late Telychian) Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.2017917
18. Jacquet, S.M.*, Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D. & Brock, G.A. 2021. Sclerite assembly, articulation and protective system of Lower Devonian machaeridians. Papers in Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1410
17. Zhang, Zhiliang*, Zhang, Zhifei, Ma, J., Taylor, P. D., Strotz, L. C., Jacquet, S. M., Skovsted, C. B., Chen, F., Han, J. & Brock, G. A. 2021. Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa. Nature, 599, 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04033-w
16. Anderson, E. P.*, Schiffbauer, J. D., Jacquet, S. M., Lamsdell, J.C., Kluessendorf, J. & Mikulic, D. G. 2021. Stranger than a scorpion: a reassessment of Parioscorpio venator, a problematic arthropod from the Llandoverian Waukesha Lagerstätte. Palaeontology. 64 (3): 429-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12534
15. Teece, B. L.*, George, S. C., Agbaje, O. B. A., Jacquet, S. M. & Brock, G. A. (2020). Mars Rover Techniques and Lower-Middle Cambrian Microbialites from South Australia: Construction, Biofacies and Biogeochemistry. Astrobiology. 20 (5): 637-657. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2110
14. Schiffbauer, J. D.*, Selly, T., Jacquet, S. M., Merz, R. A., Nelson, L. L., Strange, M. A., Cai, Y., & Smith, E. F. (2020). Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period. Nature Communications. 11 (1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13882-z
13. Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Jacquet, S. M., Strange, M. A., O’Neil, G. R., Andreasen, B. D., Cai, Y., Huntley, J. W., Thater, C. A. Nelson, L. L., Smith, E. F., Bykova, N., Steiner, M., Yang, B. (2020). A new cloudinid fossil assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (4), 357-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2019.1623333
12. Jacquet, S. M.*, Betts, M. J., Huntley, J. W. & Brock. G. A. (2019). Facies, phosphate and fossil preservation potential across a Lower Cambrian carbonate shelf, Arrowie Basin, South Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 533: 109200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.05.022
11. Claybourn, T. M.*, Jacquet, S. M., Skovsted, C. B., Topper, T. P., Holmer, L. E. & Brock, G. A. (2019). Mollusks from the upper Shackleton Limestone (Cambrian Series 2), Central Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology. 93(3), 437-459. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.84
10. Jago, J. B.*, Gehling, J. G., Betts, M. J., Brock, G. A., Dalgarno, C. R., García-Bellido, D. C., Haslett, P. G., Jacquet, S. M., Kruse, P. D., Langsford, N., Mount, T. J. & Paterson, J. R. (2018). The Cambrian System in the Arrowie Basin, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2018.1525431
9. Betts, M. J.*, Paterson, J. R., Jacquet, S. M., Andrew, A. S., Hall, P. A., Jago, J. B., Jagodzinski, E. A., Wolfgang V. Preiss, James L. Crowley, Brougham, T., Mathewson, C. P., García-Bellido, D. C., Topper, T. P., Skovsted, C. B., & Brock, G. A. (2018). Early Cambrian chronostratigraphy and geochronology of South Australia. Earth-Science Reviews 185:498-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.06.005
8. Betts, M. J.,* Paterson, J. R., Jago, J. B., Jacquet, S. M., Skovsted, C. B., Topper, T. P. & Brock, G. A. (2017) Global correlation of the early Cambrian of South Australia: Shelly fauna of the Dailyatia odyssei Zone. Gondwana Research 46: 240-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.02.007
7. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brougham, T., Skovsted, C. B., Jago, J. B., Laurie, J. R., Betts, M. J., Topper, T. P.& Brock, G. A. (2017) Watsonella crosbyi from the lower Cambrian (Terreneuvian, Stage 2) Normanville Group in South Australia. Geological Magazine: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756816000704
6. Betts, M. J.,* Paterson, J. R., Jago, J. B., Jacquet, S. M., Skovsted, C. B., Topper, T. P. & Brock, G. A. (2016) A new lower Cambrian shelly fossil assemblage zones in the lower Hawker Group, Arrowie basin, South Australia: Reply. Gondwana Research 44: 262-264.
5. Jago, J. B.*, Kruse, P. D., Brock, G. A., Betts, M. J., Jacquet, S. M., Gehling, J. G. & García-Bellido, D. C. (2016) Day 2 – Sunday 3 July. Cryogenian and Cambrian of Fleurieu Peninsula. In Kruse P.D. & Jago J.B. (eds), Palaeo Down Under 2. Geological field excursion guide: Cryogenian-Ediacaran-Cambrian of the Adelaide Fold belt, Report Book 2016/00011. Department of State Development, South Australia, Adelaide. pp. 30-36.
4. Betts, M. J.*, Paterson, J. R., Jago, J. B., Jacquet, S. M., Skovsted, C. B., Topper, T. P. & Brock, G. A. (2016) A new lower Cambrian shelly fossil assemblage zones in the lower Hawker Group, Arrowie basin, South Australia. Gondwana Research 36: 163-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2016.05.005
3. Jacquet, S. M.*, Jago, J. B. & Brock, G. A. 2016. An enigmatic univalve macromollusc from the lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) Heatherdale Shale, South Australia. Australasian Palaeontological Memoirs 49:21-30.
2. Jacquet, S. M.* & Brock, G. A. 2016. Lower Cambrian helcionelloid macromolluscs from South Australia. Gondwana Research, 36: 333-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.06.012
1. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brock, G. A. & Paterson, J. R. 2014. New data on Oikozetetes (Mollusca: Halkieriidae) from the lower Cambrian of South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 88 (5): 1072-1084. https://doi.org/10.1666/13-137
Conference Abstracts
(*Presenting author, †Graduate student)
34. du Plessis, R., Speir, E., Oprean, D., & Jacquet, S.M. (2022). Immersive and engaging content creation with 360° images. Lessons learned from the design and development of a virtual field experience. Online Learning Consortium Accelerate. https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-accelerate-2022-session-page/?session=11605&kwds=
33. Wong, C*†. & Jacquet, S.M. (2022). A novel tubular sponge taxon found inhabiting cryptic environments of the reddened crust, Arrowie Basin, South Australia. Missouri Geological Survey Student Colloquium, Rolla. [Poster]
32. Speir. L.E.* †, du Plessis, R., Oprean, D., Jacquet, S.M. (2022) Take a virtual hike: building a virtual field experience of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. Missouri Geological Survey Student Colloquium, Rolla. [Poster]
31. Jacquet, S.M.*, Webb, J-W.†, Selly, T., Huntley, J.W., Schiffbauer, J.D. (2022). New perspectives on preserved turds: Applications of X-ray tomographic microscopy in the study of coprolites and other bromalites. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.
30. Jacobs, G.*†, Jacquet, S.M., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J. D., Huntley, J. W. (2021)Fossils prepared two ways: advantages and shortcomings of micro-CT and acid maceration in complement. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.
29. Bennett, C*†, Jacquet, S.M., Mate, C., Pulsipher, M.A., Rosbach, S, Selly, T. & Schiffbauer, J. D. (2022). A cautionary tale of coniform fossil taphonomy from the Cambrian Harkless Formation Nevada. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.
28. Speir. L.E.* †, du Plessis, R., Oprean, D., Jacquet, S.M. (2022) Virtually There: developing a geological virtual field experience of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Missouri, USA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.
27. Speir, L.E.* †, du Plessis, R., Oprean, D. & Jacquet, S. M. (2022). Designing virtual field environments closer to home: making a VFE of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. Proceedings of 2022 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN).
26. Speir. L.E.* †, du Plessis, R., Oprean, D., Jacquet, S.M. (2022). Work-in-progress—Developing an Undergraduate Geology Virtual Field Environment. 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Virtual Campus [Poster]
25. Speir. L.E.* †, du Plessis, R., Oprean, D., Jacquet, S.M. (2022) Virtually There: progress towards a virtual field experience of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Fayette, Missouri.
24. Jacquet, S.M.*, Betts, M.J., Selly, T, Schiffbauer, J. D. and Brock, G.A. (2021) Shell ultrastructure and ontogeny of organophosphatic brachiopods from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland. [Poster]
23. Speir, L.E.*†, Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D, Betts, M.J., Jacquet, S.M. (2021). Small shelly faunas and repeated phosphatic hardgrounds from the Lower Cambrian, Wirrapowie Limestone, Ikara-Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
22. Webb, J-L.*†, Jacquet, S.M., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J. D., & Farke, Andrew. (2021) X-ray tomographic microscopy shines a light on fossilized feces from the Eocene Pipestone Springs Main Pocket, Montana. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland.
21. Jacobs, G.*†, Selly, T., Jacquet, S.M., Schiffbauer, J. D., Huntley, J. W. (2021) Preparation biases in silicified faunas revealed by paired micro-CT and acid maceration. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland.
20. Jacquet, S. M.*,1, Miller, A†., Speir, L.†, Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J. D., Paterson, J. R. & Marissa J. Betts. (2020) Paleoenvironmental and taphonomic implications for lower Cambrian phosphatic hardgrounds from South Australia. Geological Society of America. Virtual Conference.
19. Miller, A. A.*†, Jacquet, S. M., Anderson, E. P., Huntley, J. W. & Schiffbauer, J. D. (2020) Taxonomy, taphonomy, and ecology of Silurian (late Telychian) Conulariids from the Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin. Geological Society of America. Virtual Conference.
18. Miller, A. A.*†, Jacquet, S. M., Anderson, E. P., & Schiffbauer, J. D. (2019) Conulariids: The Underdogs of the Waukesha—Taxonomy, taphonomy, and ecology of Silurian Conulariids from the Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin. Missouri Geological Survey’s Second Annual Student Colloquium, Missouri, USA. [Poster]
17. Jacquet, S. M.* & Selly, T. (2019) Augmenting traditional methods of teaching carbonate sedimentology with micro-CT and 3D segmentation. 11th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC), Riverside, California, USA.
16. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Selly, T., Jacquet, S.M., Strange, M.A., Andreasen, B.D., Cai, Y., Nelson, L.L., and Smith, E.F. (2019). Soft-tissue preservation in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada may provide clues onto phylogenetic position. 11th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC), Riverside, California, USA.
15. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brock, G. A., Selly, T. & Schiffbauer, J. D. (2018) X-ray microscopy of armored worms: the plate assembly and protective system of early Devonian articulated machaeridians from Australia. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. [Poster]
14. Schiffbauer, J. D.*, Selly, T., Jacquet, S. M.*, Strange, M. A., Andreasen, B. D., Cai, Y., Nelson, L. L. & Smith, E. F. (2018). New data on the cloudinids from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada: Possible soft-tissue preservation may provide clues into phylogenetic position. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
13. Selly, T.*, Schiffbauer, J. D., Jacquet, S. M., Michael A. Strange, O’Neil, G. R., Andreasen, B. D., Cai, Y., Huntley, J. W., Thater, C. A., Nelson, L. L., & Smith, E. F. (2018). Taxonomic evaluation of a tubular assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
12. Anderson, E. P.*, Schiffbauer, J. D., Jacquet, S. M. 2018. Reevaluating taphonomic windows: exceptional preservation pathways in the Waukesha and their connection to other lagerstätten. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
11. Jacquet, S. M.*, Betts, M. J., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J. D. & Brock, G. A. 2018. Shell ultrastructure of the organophosphatic brachiopod Eodicellomus from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia. International Conference on Ediacaran and Cambrian Sciences, Xi’an, China. [Poster]
10. Schiffbauer, J. D.*, Selly, T., Jacquet, S. M., Michael A. Strange, Andreasen, B. D., Cai, Y., Nelson, L. L., and Smith, E. F. 2018. New data on a tubular assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada: Possible soft-tissue preservation may yield phylogentic position. International Conference on Ediacaran and Cambrian Sciences, Xi’an, China.
9. Selly, T.*, Schiffbauer, J. D., Jacquet, S. M., Strange, M. A., O’Neil, G. R., Andreasen, B. D., Cai, Y., Huntley, J. W., Thater, C. A., Nelson, L. L., & Smith, E. F. 2018. New data on a tubular assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada: Taxonomic evaluation indicates a new species of Conotubus and a new cloudinid genus. International Conference on Ediacaran and Cambrian Sciences, Xi’an, China. [Poster]
8. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brock, G. A., Selly, T. & Schiffbauer, J. D. 2018. X-ray microscopy of plate assembly in early Devonian articulated machaeridians from Australia. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France. Abstract Volume.
7. Jacquet, S. M.*, Betts, M. J. & Brock, G. A. 2017. Facies controls on Cambrian molluscan faunas. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA. Abstracts with Programs, 49, p. 233.
6. Jacquet, S. M.*, Betts, M. J. & Brock, G. A. 2016 Phosphate, facies and fossilisation of early Cambrian molluscs. p. 36 in Laurie, J.R., Kruse, P.D., García-Bellido, D. C. & Holmes, J.D. (eds.), Palaeo Down Under 2, Adelaide, July 2016. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 117.
5. Jacquet, S. M.* & Brock, G. A. 2015 New Lower Cambrian macromolluscs from South Australia and taphonomic constraints in the fossil record. p. 35 in Molluscs 2015: Frontiers in Molluscan Research, Coffs Harbor. Malacological Society of Australasia Abstracts and Program.
4. Brock, G. A.*, Paterson, J. R., Betts, M. J., Skovsted, C. B., Jacquet, S. M., Topper, T. P. & Holmer, L. E. 2015 The Cambrian Radiation in East Gondwana: New data, new dates, new fossils. p. 34 in The International Conference: The Rise of Animal Life (RALI 2015), Marrakesh. Abstracts and Program.
3. Jacquet, S. M.*, Skovsted, C. B., Topper, T. P., Jago, J. B., Betts, M. J., Paterson, J. R. & Brock, G. A. 2015. Theme 17 – Stratigraphy and Applied Palaeontology Watsonella crosbyi and Definition of the Base of Terreneuvian, Stage 2 (lower Cambrian) in South Australia. AAGP-SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia.
2. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brock, G. A. & Paterson, J. R. 2014. New data on Oikozetetes (Mollusca, Halkieriidae) from the lower Cambrian of South Australia. p. 543 In 4th International Palaeontological Congress, The history of life: A view from the Southern Hemisphere, Mendoza, Argentina. Abstract Volume.
1. Jacquet, S. M.*, Brock, G. A. & Skovsted, C. B. 2014. Reassessment of lower Cambrian molluscan biostratigraphy from South Australia. p. 21 in Devaere, L., Clausen, S. & Álvaro, J.J. (eds.) Stratigraphic overview of the Ediacaran and Cambrian from the Anti-Atlas, Morocco. University of Lille 1, France.
Teaching
Mizzou
Coordinator: Environmental Geology [GEOL1200], Sedimentology and Stratigraphy [GEOL3800], Carbonate Depositional Environments [GEOL7002]; Curation and Care of Natural History Collections [GEOL4002/7002]; New Methods in Paleontology [GEOL 8085; Co-convened w/ Dr. Jim Schiffbauer]; Introduction to Image Processing, Analysis, and Visualization [GEOL8002]
Macquarie University
Teaching Assistant and Lecturer: Palaeontology: the history of life [BIOL261/263]; Biological Sciences capstone [BIOL362]; Marine Depositional Environments [GEOS206]; Introduction to Field Geology [GEOS226]; Life, the Universe and Everything [GEOS204]; Marine Geoscience [GEOS126]; Planet Earth [GEOS112]
Grants and fellowships
MU-CAS Student Success Proposal. PI Sarah Jacquet, CO-PIs: Jim Schiffbauer & Hector Lamadrid. Enhancing Student Success at Mizzou:
Modernizing the Geological Sciences Teaching Collections ($100,000) 2022-2023
Swedish Research Council. PI. Christian Skovsted, Co-PIs: M.J. Betts and S.M. Jacquet [Approved]. Engineering the Cambrian explosion: The role of reef environments as drivers of early animal evolution. 2022-2025.
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. PI. S.M. Jacquet. Scratching the disconformity surface: Formation of the lower Cambrian Flinders Unconformity and distal equivalents in the Arrowie Basin, South Australia ($110,000). 2022-2023.
Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant. PI. S.M. Jacquet, D. Oprean, L.E. Speir. Bridging the gap: creating a virtual field environment to uncover midwestern geologic history ($2,477). 2021 -2022.
University of Missouri Research Council. PI. S.M. Jacquet, Co-PIs: T. Selly, J.D. Schiffbauer: X-ray tomographic microscopy shines a light on fossilized feces to unravel feeding behaviors of 35 million-year-old vertebrates from Montana ($9,789). Jan 2020 – 2022
NSF EAR Sedimentary Geology and Paleontology (SGP) Division. PI: S.M. Jacquet, Co-PI: T. Selly. Plugging the preservational pipeline: An integrated approach to tracking the taphonomic histories of Cambrian skeletal fossil assemblages ($343,878). Sept 2019 – 2022
University of Missouri Postdoctoral Travel Award ($300) July 2018
University of Missouri Preparing Future Faculty for Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Oct 2017
University of New England Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined in place of MU Preparing Future Faculty Postdoc) Jan 2017