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
NSF EAR - Instrumentation & Facilities. PI T. Selly, Co-PIs K.M. Middleton, C.M. Holliday, J.D. Schiffbauer and S.M. Jacquet. EA: Upgrade of the X-ray tomographic microscope to expand operations at the University of Missouri X-ray Microanalysis Laboratory ($624,996), Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
MU-CAS Student Success Proposal. PI S.M. Jacquet, CO-PIs: J.D Schiffbauer & H. Lamadrid. Enhancing Student Success at Mizzou:
Modernizing the Geological Sciences Teaching Collections ($100,000), Jan 2022 – 2023.
Swedish Research Council. PI. C. Skovsted/T. Topper, Co-PIs: M.J. Betts and S.M. Jacquet. Engineering the Cambrian explosion: The role of reef environments as drivers of early animal evolution ($400,692). Jan 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), Aug 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 – 2023.
University of Missouri Postdoctoral Travel Award ($300), Jul 2018
University of Missouri Preparing Future Faculty for Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Oct 2017-2019
University of New England Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined in place of MU Preparing Future Faculty Postdoc) Jan 2017